Breaking news from Minneapolis where we’re seeing reports of police arresting Black Lives Matter protesters who blockaded a light rail station near U.S. Bank stadium, site of today’s Super Bowl LII:
Police begin detaining light rail protesters https://t.co/YhTxFrFqoI pic.twitter.com/dxRn1cucEl
— KSDK News (@ksdknews) February 4, 2018
Video from the scene:
Police & firefighters are starting to move in on #BlackLivesMatter light rail blockade on route to #SuperBowl stadium in #Minneapolis. We're live on the scene: https://t.co/OgE1ozvv9s #SBLIIBLACKOUT #SuperBowl52 #SuperBowlSunday #SBLII #SBLIVE #SBLll pic.twitter.com/gKAWbYnw7U
— Unicorn Riot (@UR_Ninja) February 4, 2018
.@MinneapolisFire & @MinneapolisPD have started extracting people from the #BlackLivesMatter #SuperBowl light rail blockade and making arrests. We're still #LIVE: https://t.co/OgE1ozvv9s #SBLIIBLACKOUT #SBLII #SBLIVE #SuperBowlSunday #SuperBowl52 pic.twitter.com/BvHL3wUZFc
— Unicorn Riot (@UR_Ninja) February 4, 2018
Here we can see @MinneapolisFire walking away with lockboxes taken off arrestees, they were overheard being ordered to deliver the items to @MetroTransitMN police. Firefighters seen practicing extractions before moving in. LIVE: https://t.co/OgE1ozvv9s #SuperBowl #SuperBowl52 pic.twitter.com/P8Mv9s3DMa
— Unicorn Riot (@UR_Ninja) February 4, 2018
Light rail going to #Minneapolis #SuperBowl venue, US Bank Stadium, still shut down as police attempt to remove the remaining participants in the #BlackLivesMatter blockade. #LIVE: https://t.co/OgE1ozvv9s #SBLII #SuperBowlSunday #SBLIVE #SuperBowl2018 #SuperBowl52 #SBLIIBLACKOUT pic.twitter.com/v2Rph2WXGO
— Unicorn Riot (@UR_Ninja) February 4, 2018
Kickoff is at 6:30 so hopefully fans aren’t too inconvenienced by this stunt.
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