Tense scene in south Minneapolis as federal law enforcement arrests people at Lake and Bloomington.
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Andrew Hazzard
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Andrew Hazzard
@ATHazzard
Minnesota
Joined June 2010
- Got a fare check on my ride to downtown St. Paul today. About 5 community service officers and metro transit police got on. Cop offered anyone who hadn’t paid to hop off before they gave out tickets. About 7 people shuffled out.
- BREAKING: Judge grants East Phillips Neighborhood Institute an injunction blocking demolition of the Roof Depot building pending appeal.
- Replying to @ATHazzard and @SahanJournalScuffle between FBI and crowd on lake street. More tear gas out. @SahanJournal
00:00 - Happy to be starting a new job today as a climate reporter for @SahanJournal. Really excited to get going. Have any tips or story ideas about how climate change is impacting new Americans in Minnesota? Send them along to [email protected]
- I am back in Minnesota, and thrilled to be restarting work @SahanJournal today. I am returning to the climate/environmental justice beat and look forward to reporting those stories again.
- Replying to @ATHazzardI saw HSI, FBI, ATF officers. Tear gas used in crowd near 28th and Bloomington. @SahanJournal
- A personal update: my time with @SahanJournal has ended. I joined Sahan on a year long grant with a goal of creating a beat on climate and environmental justice. I hope we did that and I am proud of the issues we covered. It was an amazing opportunity and I am grateful for it.
- Dozens gathering in front on Smith Foundry in East Phillips calling on officials to shut down the metal plant after an EPA surprise inspection found several Clean Air Act violations.
- A man who worked at nightingale died crossing Lyndale to access that “safe and convenient parking” about five years ago.Nightingale restaurant going on the attack against the "(national) anti-car lobby." Predicts they will certainly close if parking is removed when Lyndale is reconstructed in a few years. Posted by a reddit user: reddit.com/r/Minneapolis/…
- Replying to @ATHazzard and @SahanJournalOur story from today’s events in south Minneapolis.
- The EPA found a host of Clean Air Act violations at a surprise inspection at Smith Foundry in Minneapolis' East Phillips neighborhood.
- Replying to @ATHazzardNo demolition will occur next week, EPNI will be given two weeks to raise a bond. Judge asks EPNI lawyers to request expedited review from the appeals court.
- Happening now at City Council, CM Jason Chavez introduces motion to terminate contract to demolish the Roof Depot building. Protestors from Little Earth marched to the council chambers this morning.
