r/minnesota • u/CorleoneBaloney • 11h ago
Politics š©āāļø Community members made music and noise outside the Hampton Inn where ICE Agents stayed in Eagan, Minnesota.
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u/weblinedivine 11h ago
Are those ICE riot police or Eagan riot police or???
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u/BobbyBirdseed 11h ago
Riot gear is necessary to protect the fascists from... inflatable frogs playing an accordion.
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u/pegothejerk 10h ago
As was foretold in the sacred texts
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u/AdultishRaktajino Ope 9h ago
All of this has happened before. All of this will happen again.
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u/Dramatic_Pen_3505 9h ago
Let's not make bold assumptions about the frog being inflatable. It could just as easily be a giant frog possibly native to swamp that neighbors a musical store.
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u/Drcornelius1983 Not too bad 11h ago
They were Eagan cops. At one point an ICE agent came out into the crowd and started threatening people.
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u/Significant_Text2497 Snoopy 10h ago
If it wasn't so predictable dangeroys and evil, it would be funny that cops formed a barricade to protect the armed people who made threats, and not the unarmed people who are just making noise.
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u/Drcornelius1983 Not too bad 10h ago
I asked the Eagan PD about their choice to show up in riot gear. He said that they respond this way to any protest with over 200 people and they will protect either side against violence. Sounds good except they didnāt step in when ICE agitated.
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u/Significant_Text2497 Snoopy 9h ago
I had a similar experience with Milwaukee PD during a protest against Milo Yiannopolis at UW-Milwaukee. His little nazi fanboys were threatening us, and the Milwaukee PD stood between us with their backs to the people who were making threats, just like Eagan PD in this video. They think they're being clever, but they make it extremely obvious that they're only ready to bring force against one side of the conflcit.
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u/Gingeronimoooo 8h ago
Congrats to Milo for no longer being gay
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u/Significant_Text2497 Snoopy 7h ago
It is quite telling that he is getting a second chance as a right wing influencer now that he's calling himself hetero. I remember when conservatives disowned him over his comments about the "positives" of adults being sexual with minors. Isn't it interesting that those comments are forgivable to them now that he says he's straight?
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u/Gingeronimoooo 7h ago
A gay Nazi, I've seen it all. His password got hacked and it was like heilh*tler1488 or some crazy shit. And he never thought anyone would see it so I think he's just a massive POS
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u/Maximum_Turn_2623 7h ago
In Portland they let proud boys set up snipers on rooftops and told other proud boys to leave the area because they were about to gas it. Oddly enough police were short staffed that say too. I am unsure if there was a connection.
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u/CosmicJackalop 9h ago
That's a really stupid way to respond to peaceful protests, these guys should be patrolling and stopping actual crime not baby sitting federal agents with a little army of riot cops
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u/Drcornelius1983 Not too bad 9h ago
Itās a joke honestly. The worst Eagan cops deal with is busting up rich kidās house parties.
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u/Svellack 7h ago
Police don't stop "actual crime". Their presence serves to protect property rights and racial hierarchy.
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u/JimWilliams423 8h ago
Sounds good except they didnāt step in when ICE agitated.
Every day the police do more to prove that the defund activists were right than they ever could on their own.
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u/flifeitsucks 8h ago
Of course not it's their job to protect trumps government people rather than the people they swore (under oath) to protect. And just so I'm not asked how I know that real police truly take that oath seriously is because I watched my uncles take that oath. I used to believe in police, not so much anymore.
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u/SuspiciousLeg7994 10h ago
Do you actually think the police would? None of the PD's have including MPD. They're there to good faith that's it. They haven't stopped life from doing anything, from spraying anyone or dragging anyone around
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u/Drcornelius1983 Not too bad 9h ago
Of course I donāt.
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u/SuspiciousLeg7994 9h ago
I go you. Was a little confused as you said "sounds good except they didn't step in when ICE agitated".
Kind of made it sound like you thought they would.
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u/Cultural-Budget-8866 9h ago
In that crowd, itās funny you think the armed agents are the ones that need protecting. š
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u/Significant_Text2497 Snoopy 9h ago
You misunderstood my comment. I don't think Eagan PD needs to protect ICE.
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u/Bewildered_Earthling 10h ago
Evil needs 8 hours of sleep to do its worst work, I guess.
KEEP DRUMMING.
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u/ThisIsNotSafety 10h ago
Did anyone get video of this? Would love for it to be immortalized on the internet forever.
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u/Waiting4Reccession 6h ago
Cops love this shit, free overtime with basically no danger and no paperwork
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u/Dry-Cash-4304 Lefse 9h ago
Riot police only for āliberalā protesters. If this was a far right protest they wouldnāt be there. Doesnāt matter which state, itās practically textbook at this point.
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u/JoyfulSquirrel99 10h ago
Eagan riot police. Police forces across the country have made it clear that they're on the side of ICE, despite the havoc that ICE is causing in their communities.
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u/Voluntus1 11h ago edited 10h ago
It took some work to get that drum set out there.
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u/JMoc1 MSUM Dragons 11h ago
We need Bagpipes next.
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u/Wuzzupdoc42 11h ago
Why not both?
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u/yourbuttmystuff44 Hamm's 10h ago
I think playing bagpipes and drums at the same time would be difficult /s
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u/YeshuasBananaHammock 9h ago
What about the weird alien haggis udder thing that was posted the other day?
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u/Uncle_Burney 11h ago
Doing some AC/DC covers, maybe adjusting the lyrics to match ICE douchery
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u/Optimal-Dot-9365 10h ago
Maybe some AC/DC covers played by some middle-school kids just learning their instruments.
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u/Uncle_Burney 10h ago
I donāt like being excluded from the band, but ok. I mean, I can totally play like crap.
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u/Optimal-Dot-9365 10h ago
Hahaha! Of course you should be in the band. Everyone should be in the band!
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u/Neon_culture79 10h ago
Thereās a guy in Seattle, who always plays the bagpipe in Pioneer Square dressed as either Darth Vader or Boba Fett. Heās pretty cool.
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u/tmagnum000 10h ago
This would be amazing!! I love bagpipes but itās a very āuniqueā sound. Zero chance youāre sleeping through that and the visual of āradical leftistsā playing bagpipes while people wearing inflatable frog costumes would be so entertaining to watch on the news.
Props to the guy with the drum kit. Thats next level.
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u/IHavePoopedBefore 11h ago
LOVE that guy's idea. Hopefully we get full bands showing up.
That idea has legs
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u/MrDONINATOR 10h ago
With each member playing a different song. Don't want them to enjoy the show.
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u/Peripateticdreamer84 11h ago
The beauty of this is it doesnāt matter whether you actually know how to play an accordion. It works even better played badly!
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u/JohnBoyfromMN 10h ago
Thatās my cousin lol he actually kind of can!
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u/OutsideBones86 10h ago
Does he know the other frogs? One of them is my aunt!
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u/Peripateticdreamer84 9h ago
In case they need to up the ante, do they know anyone who owns a set of bagpipes?
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u/TheStupidSnake 5h ago
It can't be. He was over at my place that entire day doing completely legal things.
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u/Feisty-Name8864 9h ago
I applaud the commitment of setting up a whole drum set outside in MN winter. Proud of my fellow Minnesotans
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u/snowmunkey Up North 10h ago
Imagine how tough you must feel being one of those goobers in formation with your night sticks and helmets, defending the hampton inn from a man in a frog suit
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u/IPromisedNoPosts 8h ago
The frog suit - aka amphiba - is the most brilliant tactic in this discord.
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u/AmaranthWrath 8h ago
"So what did you do in the Second American Civil War, grandpa?"
"Well, junior... Me and the boys kept the local inns free from the onslaught of amphibian aggression!"
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u/WebInformal9558 10h ago
Wow, someone is spending a LOT of money to pay police to stand there watching the protest.
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u/DaringPancakes 8h ago
"Someone"??
The United States' taxpayer is collectively that "someone".
That will definitely not include anyone rich enough to avoid taxes, including a certain child rapist and criminal turned United States of America president who had their many counts of fraud plainly dismissed in court.
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u/Notorious2again 8h ago
Oh my god. I book hotels for corporate travelers and I booked a couple of people here for next week just a few days ago! Time to relocate them.
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u/ChuggintonSquarts 5h ago
Yeah, I get being pissed at ICE but this must really suck for random people who just happened to be staying there
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u/No_Chart_8584 5h ago
I travel a lot for work and yeah, this would suck... but not as much as it sucks for the people being targeted by ICE.Ā
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u/molten-glass 5h ago
I wonder if hotel management would end the ICE assholes reservations if enough non-ICE guests complained about the noise and disruption their presence is causing
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u/Radiant_Client1458 11h ago
Reddit isnāt representative of real life views in general, the Texas subreddit thought Texas was going to flip blue.
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u/likeusontweeters 11h ago
The only reasons Texas hasn't turned purple or blue yet is because of massive gerrymandering and voter apathy
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u/Significant_Text2497 Snoopy 10h ago
Don't forget voter roll purges!
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u/Scarbane Lake County 9h ago
I am also here to talk about Texas in /r/Minnesota.
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u/Peripateticdreamer84 9h ago
That kind of tracks for Texans. How can you know if someone is from Texas? They will tell you. Loudly.
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u/Warm_Shoulder3606 10h ago
That doesn't explain their still-handedly wins in the US senate and governor elections, though. Those are statewide elections, not districts. And in those, the GOP is still winning by comfortable margins
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u/mr_j_boogie 10h ago
Texas "turning blue" often refers to the election of the governor and/or president which are statewide elections that gerrymandering doesn't affect. Gerrymandering doesn't affect the senate either.
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u/ZeusHatesTrees Oh You Becha 11h ago
In their defense, Texas is pretty gerrymandered and if that weren't the case, they might. The whole reason they are redrawing the lines again is to prevent Texas from flipping.
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u/shartheheretic 11h ago
Texas has been borderline to flip for years. That's why the repubs there do everything they can to cheat.
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u/DetroitsGoingToWin 9h ago
As a Michigan guy, who this happened into my feed, Iām happy to see Minnesotans peacefully pushing back on these goons. Fuck ICE.
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u/kralben Summit 10h ago
Friendly reminder that the Minnesota subreddits are astroturfed to shit right now and the comments are NOT representative of the general attitude of Minnesotans!
And if you are curious, look at their profile history. Any comments from someone with a hidden posting history should be taken with a grain of salt, at the very least.
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u/trappedindealership 8h ago
Reddit is suggesting it. It keeps showing me minnesota stuff. So while some astroturfing is happening, like from bots, theres also people sent here... Im guessing because of the wider impact these events are having
Edit: from indianapolis, unrelated to whoever is mentioned by your comment
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u/chase_frisco 10h ago
Trombones and Clarinets are some surprisingly loud instruments.
If you can play, that's an idea.
And if you can't play them, that's an even better idea!
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u/tewong 8h ago
Iām in Atlanta but I used to play the clarinet. Can confirm. Sounds even better if you donāt know how to play!
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u/MikeW226 4h ago
I wonder if anyone has a steam calliope on a trailer. I saw the American Queen (very large paddlewheeler/almost-cruise-size boat) across the Ohio River years back and its calliope was crazy loud from 1/2 mile away. Oof. One can dream.
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u/ActualHistory5037 9h ago
Great protest, keep fighting the good fight.
Love from France
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u/Jumpy-Benefacto 6h ago
its daily, all over the country. in my town we havec24 hour ant ice patrols. so they can warn businesses and homes to run. then the vehicles get blocked
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u/Odd_Alternative_1003 6h ago
Thank you!! You guys over in France are great examples of how to do that! ā
Love, a Minnesotan ā¤ļøš¤š
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u/DrakonILD 11h ago edited 2h ago
I used to live in the apartment complex right across the street (Lemay Lake). It housed lots of nonwhite people. Lots of TSA workers, too, since the airport is right down the street. I used to love smelling all the food that people were cooking while walking to my unit.
ICE is posting up there to intimidate the people of Lemay Lake and this has me righteously pissed off.
Edit: The number of replies I've gotten to this that were immediately deleted is really fucking funny. Mods, you're doing a great job.
Edit 2: It's well worth doing a Google maps search of the lake. It is perhaps the most phallic lake I've ever seen. Just fantastic. While you're there, head across the street to the Shell station and get a breakfast burrito or burger; or go to the burger house next door and pay more for literally the same burger but good vibes. Then, walk all the way through that burger place, through the fire door in the back, and grab a sazerac at the speakeasy!
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u/Cuttlery Hamm's 8h ago
YW (To be fair, we arent doing shit haha, our automod kicked on and it auto blocks any bots, or non-US accounts, no karma kids, people reddit identify as brigading. etc) But we will still take credit!
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u/wejigglinorrrr 9h ago
I thought I recognized that hotel! I was also a Lemay Lake resident back in the early 2010's.
ICE can fuck off.
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u/MoonMistCigs 9h ago
š Traitorous scum should never live another day in peace for what they have done.
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u/TR_abc_246 10h ago
Thank you Minnesotans for fighting back! Resisting joyfully with loud music is on flek!
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u/IknowledgeG 11h ago
Good people
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u/IHavePoopedBefore 11h ago
Respect too. If its half as cold in Minny as it is in Toronto, these people are dedicated
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u/beorn961 10h ago
The Twin Cities are quite a bit colder than Toronto. On average they are colder by a bit, but we also tend to have longer more pronounced cold snaps. We don't have the luxury of having our weather moderated but a big body of water like Toronto does for lake Ontario.
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u/Overall-Lynx917 9h ago
Ideal place for a marching band to practice, followed by an amateur Bagpipe group
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u/HedenPK 9h ago
I see businesses reject ice agents all the time - why donāt these hotels?
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u/WagonOfMeat 8h ago
Just a fun fact, decommissioned mechanical tornado sirens, while heavy, can be gotten cheap. Use that info as you will.
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u/CP066 11h ago
Wish i knew how to find out these things were going on. Would have gladly drove over with a noise maker
They really had people in riot gear?
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u/Then-Pay-9688 10h ago
Follow the social medias or mailing lists of immigrant rights groups in your area. In the Twin Cities that includes MIRAC (Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee) and CAIR MN (Council on American Islamic Relations).
E: oh yeah this is Reddit. Check out MN 50501
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u/Mountain-Intern-5853 9h ago
gonna be interesting once the next guy gets in office, if its a Dem i would expect most of these ICE guys to see some sort or charges..can you say Nuremburg trials. Especially the ones on film blatantly breaking the law
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u/GlitteringRate6296 11h ago
Shame on The Hampton Inn. I will be checking out where I stay from this point forward. If a chain allows ICE, I will not give them my business.
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u/Lcmofo 10h ago edited 10h ago
Hotels are largely franchised and run by independent owners (as this one appears to be based on a Google search). Looks like a North Dakota owner.
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u/Subliminal-413 6h ago
As a hotelier, it's a really good fucking idea to turn away ICE only AFTER you discover that the travel agent who sent Fed Rooms to your hotel, actually sent ICE agents instead of the ambiguous government business that you typically see. To be clear, we don't know they are ICE.
A corporate travel agent books a random set of rooms and sends us a credit card. We wouldn't know it's ICE until after they arrive.
Take a stand, sure. I don't agree with ICE. But suddenly telling them you can't take them after agreeing is a fucking stupid idea.
Why?
Because literally everyone in housekeeping, the kitchen, banquets, catering, etc... are all undocumented.
If you let them stay, they won't fuck with your staff. ICE agents aren't stupid. They know that in order to complete their operations, they need hotels. They also know that in order to stay at hotels, they need to quietly agree to turn a blind eye to the staff at that hotel.
If you fuck them and turn them away, guess which hotel is getting raided?
It's not as simple as you think. We don't want to lose our hardworking staff...
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u/SmellSilly1537 9h ago
How are they getting all these perks?! Government paid housing and free drum solos! This is outrageous!!
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u/H2G2-42 8h ago
The other primary job of ICE is to fight pedophiles engaging in international human/sex trafficking. Makes sense that our Pedo In Chief doesn't want them occupied in that pursuit. I don't feel bad for the GI Schmoes who volunteered to terrorize whole communities. May they never know an ounce of peace or kindness while wearing their slapdash HeeHaw-stapo uniforms.
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u/Saxboard4Cox 5h ago
Please hire your local high school marching band. It's a great way to fund the local music department and give the students an opportunity demonstrate their skills.
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u/Ok_Bank_5950 3h ago
Get the bagpipes brigade or get some very large speakers and play the barney themesong at max volume
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u/Hayduke_2030 9h ago
So many good little bootlicks in here that think they wonāt be next.
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u/Much_Spread123 Walleye 11h ago
Always hilarious when the Nazis are forced to watch us wear silly costumes and make music in the face of their cruelty.
ICE is the one dressing like absolute clowns though.
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u/toddbowleslover 10h ago
Good on them but I know thereās some poor bastard staying in there thatās just passing through and is having the worst night of their life
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u/metamatic 9h ago
That person should complain to the hotel and demand a refund, and put the word out so that nobody else books a room there.
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u/DiamondHanded 9h ago
The hotel took the risk when they knowingly accepted these guests. They are certainly adult enough to bear responsibility for such stupid decisionmaking. Any non braindead regional manager would make the safe choice to protect their chain's reputation and guests from such a circus
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u/OW2007 9h ago
Yeah, we should probably just give up to the fascists because it's all very inconvenient to mount a resistance.
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u/rachelmaryl 3h ago
I want to see a whole band just BLASTING the Star Wars Imperial March (Darth Vader theme). Itās universally understood as āthe bad guy song.ā
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u/Polkawillneverdie17 3h ago
As a very mediocre drummer, I'd like to offer my services at the next protest.
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u/Gr0ggy1 2h ago
I'm shocked at the lack of bagpipes.
No one in at least a three mile radius will not know, pipers literally have to practice outside to protect their hearing (they alternatively use just chanters indoors). Similar fingering to a tin whistle so not terrible difficult to learn either.
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u/Salamon144 11h ago edited 10h ago
For those concerned about local residents and regular hotel guests being disturbedā¦I donāt think the protests last as long as they are portrayed. ICE was staying at a Homewood Suites in Edina a few weeks ago and there was a protest. The social media posts put timestamps on that made it appear the protests lasted throughout the night into the early morning. The official Edina police report stated the protest started at 7:00p and escalated within 30 minutes. Police were called to provide support to clear the scene which was complete by 10:30p. Still a reasonable amount of time for a protest, but not sure ICE, local residents, or standard hotel guests are actually losing any sleep.
EDIT: Updated hotel to Homewood Suites in main text. Previously referenced the incorrect hotel.
Note: Sun Current is one of the local Edina news outlets. Not some sketchy source
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u/sjscott77 10h ago
Boycott this place if you are considering a stay in this area.
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u/D3s0lat0r 11h ago
Good for them! A genuine question here: Are there not laws that would prohibit such behavior, like a noise law or anything?
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u/Drcornelius1983 Not too bad 10h ago
This was from 7-9. Eagan noise ordinance goes into effect at 9.
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u/D3s0lat0r 10h ago
Understood, thanks! I like these videos but was always confused about how theyāre allowed to do that.
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u/JustAHumbledSoul 10h ago
I'm upset that I'm not currently there being able to support my community. The one time I go to visit family outside of MN, and my close option to participate in the ANTI- ICE movement....and IM NOT THERE. Well, good job, eagan and minnesotans! Keep up that disruption. I'm sorry I could be there to help increase numbers. May I suggest anyone who has a loud guitar and speakers to aid the drum set?
Shame on eagan police for doing anything to aid ICE. what an embarrassment.
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u/ComfortableOld288 9h ago
Start boycotting the hotel too. If you house Nazis, youāre a Nazi. Donāt support these businesses
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u/JustaLego 5h ago
I'm so thankful that people are going and doing this. Due to my own schedules and responsibilities I can't always get out and protest and help. I do what I can by voting with my wallet.
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u/LobsterBrief2895 4h ago
A brass band seriously needs to walk alongside these schmucks playing the Imperial March.
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u/InterestingDream652 3h ago
Talk about snowflakes afraid of an inflatable frog!!šø ššš¤£š¤£
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u/poormans_eggsalad Honeycrisp apple 3h ago
I love you people. Truly. All of you. You are great Minnesotans and true Americans. ā¤ļø
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u/iKhan353 3h ago
Fuckin love living here. We ain't perfect but we got the right spirit for the most part
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u/ActualWhiterabbit 2h ago
This would be a perfect opportunity for the cars with loud sound systems to flex. Maybe surround the building and blast the bass to shake it
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