Minneapolis Public Schools has canceled classes and activities following the fatal shooting of a woman by an immigration officer and ensuing protests.

The school district, which has an enrolment of about 29,000 students, said in a statement on Wednesday that there will be no school, sports and activities on Thursday and Friday “due to safety concerns related to today’s incidents around the city.”

The 37-year-old woman, identified as Renee Nicole Good, was fatally shot in a residential neighbourhood south of downtown Minneapolis during the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown in a major city.

Her killing after 9:30 a.m. was recorded on video by witnesses.

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[–] 86 points 10 months ago (5 children)

I wanted a better source to verify it. Here's it directly from the source.

https://www.mpschools.org/

I am terribly sad that they had to do this, but I'm also glad that they did. I can guarantee you there are children who did/would learn about what happened yesterday and are probably beyond terrified of not coming home to a parent. And there are probably parents terrified of letting their children walk to school.

The best time to resist the regime was about a year ago. The second best time to resist the regime is now.

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  • [–] 46 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

    Beyond being terrified, it's probably just the right thing to do from a strategic standpoint here. ICE has tried barging into schools and holding kids hostage as a way of getting at their parents before, so they probably should just transition to remote learning like it's 2020 again until ICE fucks off.

    e; and I say that knowing full well how much remote learning sucks for a lot of students and knowing what 2020 did to all the education statistics, but I don't see a better way to keep people safe

    e2; https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/minneapolis-schools-offer-remote-learning-amid-federal-immigration-129062190 (arc)

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