Response to Shooting on 34th and Portland

Dear Community,

This morning a neighbor was shot and killed by agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (also known as ICE) in the area of 34th Street East and Portland Avenue South in the central neighborhood.

We are outraged, disgusted and horrified by these actions. 


As your neighborhood organization, we affirm the following:

  1. No human being is illegal.

  2. Immigrants and refugees are welcome here.

  3. Everyone has the right to feel safe.

  4. Observing our government in public is a legal right.

  5. We are stronger together.



We understand that this administration has declared war on our community, our neighborhood, our city and our state. We will not be intimidated. 




As your neighborhood organization, we commit to the following:

  1. We will be a vehicle to resource the community, and we feel prepared to do so with integrity.

  2. We will use our resources and voice to defend the humanity of all of our neighbors.

  3. We will move with transparency and communicate with love.

  4. We will be accountable for the times we fail to do any of the above. 





We are requesting the city of Minneapolis to hold a press conference and support resource distribution to ensure neighbors can stay safe - with prompt psychological first aid response to neighbors who witnessed the murder.





All of us, or none of us,





Mickella Rolfes & Lane Brown

Co-Executive Directors

Central Area Neighborhood Development Organization (CANDO)




Resources:

  1. What do you do if your loved one is detained by ICE?

    1. Contact the Rapid Response line: 612-441-2881

    2. Contact the Paralegal line: 651-372-8642

  2. What do you do if you are detained by ICE?

    1. You have constitutional rights (Espanol)

      1. NO ABRA LA PUERTA si un agente de inmigración está tocando la puerta.

      2. NO CONTESTE NINGUNA PREGUNTA de un agente de inmigración si trata de hablar con usted. Usted tiene el derecho a guardar silencio.

      3. NO FIRME NADA sin antes hablar con un abogado. Usted tiene el derecho de hablar con un abogado.

      4. SI USTED ESTA AFUERA DE SU CASA, pregúntele al agente si tiene la libertad de irse y si le dice que sí, váyase con tranquilidad.

      5. ENTRÉGUELE ESTA TARJETA EL AGENTE. Si usted está dentro de su casa, muestre la tarjeta por la ventana o pásela debajo de la puerta. (Las tarjetas están disponibles en monarcamn.org y en la oficina de CANDO, en el tercer piso del Centro Comunitario Sabathani).

      6. ICE ESTA PRESENTE? Llama al 612.441.2881 para hablar con alguien en nuestra línea de respuesta rápida.

      7. TIENES DUDAS O PREGUNTAS? Llama al 651.372.8642 y conéctate con nuestra línea de conoce tus derechos.

    2. You have constitutional rights (English)

      1. DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR if an immigration agent is knocking on the door.

      2. DO NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS from an immigration agent if they try to talk to you. You have the right to remain silent.

      3. DO NOT SIGN ANYTHING without first speaking to a lawyer. You have the right to speak with a lawyer.

      4. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE OF YOUR HOME, ask the agent if you are free to leave and if they say yes, leave calmly.

      5. GIVE THIS CARD TO THE AGENT. If you are inside of your home, show the card through the window or slide it under the door. (Cards available from monarcamn.org and the CANDO office on the 3rd floor of the Sabathani Community Center.)

      6. SEE ICE? Call 612.441.2881 to talk to someone on our Rapid Response line.

      7. GOT QUESTIONS OR UNSURE? Call 651.372.8642 to connect with our Know Your Rights line.

    3. What to say to federal agents (English)

      1. “I do not wish to speak with you, answer your questions, or sign or hand you any documents based on my 5th Amendment rights under the United States Constitution.”

      2. “I do not give you permission to enter my home based on my 4th Amendment rights under the United States Constitution unless you have a warrant to enter, signed by a judge or magistrate with my name on it that you slide under the door.” (example here) (el ejemplo)

      3. “I do not give you permission to search any of my belongings based on my 4th Amendment rights.”

      4. “I choose to exercise my constitutional rights.”

  3. More resources available at Monarca (monarcamn.org)

  4. What do you do if you see ICE? 

    1. Call the rapid response line: 612-441-2881

    2. Paralegal line: 651-372-8642

    3. DO:

      1. Blow short blasts with a whistle if you see ICE. Whistles are available from the CANDO office on the 3rd floor of the Sabathani Community Center.

      2. Blow long blasts with a whistle if you see ICE or other federal agents kidnapping a targeted person. Whistles are available from the CANDO office on the 3rd floor of the Sabathani Community Center.

      3. Honk your horn if you see ICE vehicles on the road.

      4. Try to get the targeted person’s name, DOB, country of origin. This helps Monarca intervene and find them before they are moved out of state. Try to get contact info of others left behind - also helpful to Monarca. Report this information to the rapid response line.

      5. Back up if instructed.

    4. DO NOT:

      1. Take any video of the targeted person.

  5. Take a legal observer training

    1. Monarca

    2. MIRAC

Example of a Judicial Warrant: