ICE Acting Without Warrants, SPPD Accountability, and How To Help Your Neighbors
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Episode Description
The President of Augsburg University is condemning ICE after agents took a student from campus without a warrant over the weekend. Meanwhile, advocates in St. Paul are calling on the city council to take action regarding SPPD's violent conduct during a Nov. 25 ICE raid. Host Sean McPherson is joined by MPR Newsroom Coordinator and Contributor Denzel Belin and Executive Producer Anna Weggel to fill you in on everything you need to know about these two stories. Later, the team is joined by local musician Emmy Woods joins the conversation to talk about a winter clothing drive she's hosting at her show this weekend. The team also opens up the mailbag and shares our weekly artist spotlight: Liz Draper.
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Learn more about the topics discussed in today's episode:
- Augsburg president decries ICE detention of a student on private campus (Star Tribune)
- Community group: St. Paul police use of force against protesters violated policy (Pioneer Press)
- Community group wants St. Paul City Council to address police actions (MPR)
- Law enforcement, protesters clash as federal agents make arrests in St. Paul (MPR)
- Emmy Woods' Winter Clothing Drive for Southside Harm Reduction
- Immigrant Defense Network
- Comunidades Organizando el Poder y la Acción Latina (COPAL)
- Monarca
- Minnesota Immigrants Rights Action Committee (MIRAC)
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