Today I saw ICE gas little white kids in the streets of Portland with chemical weapons. Imagine what they're doing to brown and black kids in the detention camps

Photo of Justin Vernon. Quote: "I think there’s a reason that music exists and it’s to heal and to bring people together. But the real work are those observers on the, on the ground in Minneapolis. We just want to shout them out.”

Celebrities on the Grammy Awards red carpet are wearing pins protesting the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement presence in cities.

Justin Vernon of Bon Iver said he wore a whistle to honor the legal observers who are documenting federal agents’ actions on the streets. bit.ly/4kelqau

Read this thread if you need reasons to believe in humanity again. I know I sure did. 🥹

One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest!

I am trying not to post on these events in this state of mind but: I hope people understand what the observers are doing is brave and dangerous.