High school launch site. More than 150 cars packed the parking lot, the occupants bundled inside, engines running, windows cranked up, heaters on high. Outside was cold, minus -9 with a minus -13 wind chill. At the appointed time, with wool caps tight and hoods up, they assembled with flags and placards for a one-hour march around upper Lake in solidarity against the military-style Trump occupation of Minneapolis and St. Paul 120 miles away. Their cellphones were tuned to reports from Minneapolis where masked Trump agents shot and killed a man three hours earlier and where thousands of protesters were still gathering. The Lake Winona demonstration, with 500 marchers, was peaceful.
Unfurling the colors. Stars and Stripes and the North Star. Lead poster: “De-ICE Minnesota.” Images: Andy Frank
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