A woman, unable to safely climb stairs on her own, has her leg irons inspected before boarding today's ICE Air flight in Minneapolis. A WRAP full body restraining harness, on the ground to her right, is put away.
If you may have had a loved one on the flight, the full loading sequence can be seen here: youtu.be/s5CD6KkykZ4
24 shackled detainees were flown to indefinite detention on yesterday's ICE Air flight at MSP.
If you may have had a loved one on this flight out of Minneapolis, full footage of loading process can be seen here: youtu.be/yKSlYM3HaPI?si
A group of progressives (I’m one of them) are trying to flip our conservative City Council today.
Each voter can pick two candidates on their ballot - please consider Nick Benson (me), Cati Gómez, Chris John, and Tunisia Irby - thank you!
Six seconds in, staff on the left are unfolding a WRAP full-body restraint; on the right, the shackles are untangled. If you may have had a loved one on this flight, the full loading can be viewed here: youtu.be/st3guNEQm2M
In rain that got heavier as the loading process went on, MN50501 volunteers observed construction workers, elderly, and women.
If you may have loved ones on the flight, full footage be seen here: youtu.be/gJr9Q79MQxc
Signature Aviation, MSP's private jet terminal, was busy yesterday, with aircraft from the Pohlads, Cargill, Target, Marvin Windows, Sanford Health, and ICE.
The ICE Air flight was loaded with 29 shackled detainees, who were flown away from Minnesota to Alexandria, LA and El Paso, TX.
Two sets of people in green hi-vis yesterday at MSP airport in Minneapolis.
One group, contractors for the federal government, sending brown people to indefinite detention without trial.
The others, our neighbors, in shackles, getting flown away from their families to Louisiana or Texas.
ICE hasn't stopped in Minnesota - in fact the number of detainees they're flying out has been creeping up - last week there were 70 people on ICE Air, the highest we've seen since the end of Metro Surge.
Stats: ottergoose.net/ice-flights-msp/data
Faith, labor, and community labors have been asking Delta Air Lines, who flew Liam, and dozens of other Minnesota children to ICE camps, to take steps to be a good corporate citizen - signing the Business for Democracy Pledge; lobbying for us, not ICE; and getting exonerated neighbors home.
Minnesota 50501 has begun an informational campaign at the airport, utilizing their freedom of expression booths in near the baggage claim - we'll be there again on the evenings of July 12, 16, 20 and 26.
MSP's airport authority, the MAC, has been disappointing - instead of delivering a small ultimatum to a $50 billion airline (we wanted a pause in funding for a preliminary study for a Delta lounge in exchange for a meeting with Delta), they chastised us for speaking for children with no voice.
Airplane geeks were excited to see an E-4B Nightwatch, one of the so-called "doomsday planes," dropping by MSP today. From what I could see, it appeared Sec. Hegseth arrived and departed on the aircraft, after picking up some kids and golf clubs here in Minnesota.
He spent several minutes throwing footballs around with the kiddos while the aircraft was refueling.
Happy Juneteenth from Minneapolis, where 34 shackled ICE detainees were loaded onto a 737, which took them to concentration camps in Louisiana and Texas.
Similar scenes played out today in Boston, Akron, Dallas, Denver, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, Omaha, Reno, Springfield, and KCMO.
Fuck ICE.
24 detainees were loaded onto today's ICE Air flight at MSP, which we're recording and sharing as usual, despite the DOJ's attempt at intimidating fellow Minnesotans with frivolous charges.
We're still here. We're still watching. Fuck ICE.
37 shackled detainees were loaded onto yesterday's ICE Air flight at MSP, and flown to detention centers in Louisiana and Texas.
My son has been collecting Daron and Realtoy airplanes for quite a while, and has amassed quite a collection. He's also writes about them on his website, toyjet.net (not a store, not an ad, not spam, just an enthusiast's effort to document and write about toys he likes) - I believe it's one of the most comprehensive efforts to document this line of toys on the internet.
Yesterday was the sixth visit of an A380 to MSP since the type first dropped in for a sales tour for Northwest Airlines in 2007. A passenger on the Dubai - Los Angeles flight experienced a medical emergency.
ICE hasn't stopped in Minnesota, neither have MN50501's volunteer observers at MSP.
We're on track to have our 100th ICE flight of the year by the end of the month.