Stonewall was an uprising against police brutality. Since the lynching and murder of George Floyd, Minneapolis has become ground zero in the fight against police murder, including an uprising that shook every major city in this country. Queer and trans community members continue to be targets of ongoing police violence, so the fight against police terror is our fight. This march is explicitly anti-cop and anti-corporate. We are Black-led, trans-led and Left-led.
In that spirit, the front of march and the post-march stage will be reserved for our most-impacted community members and organizations that support the demands of the movement. This also applies to the rest of the protest at every level.
The march We prioritized space at the front of the march and on the stage as follows:
* Black trans/queer/NB folks - especially our Elders and youth who are frontliners, those living with disabilities or functional barriers, and youth - along with any loved ones or comrades
* Families of those impacted by police crimes and wrongfully incarcerated
* Black-led movement organizations will also lead (we request that BIPOC trans/queer folks of those groups lead their contingents)
* Organizations that endorse the march demands and organizing principles, with LGBTQ-led organizations to the front (see below)
Other community members, and organizations that supported the march but not every demand joined in behind the leading contingents.
Our Demands
* Convict all four officers involved in George Floyd’s murder
* Justice for all victims of police murder including Daunte Wright and Winston Smith
* Defend Black Trans Folks- no bathroom bills or medical gatekeeping
* Community Control of the Police - until there are no more police, we have a right to say who polices our communities and how
* Stop Line 3 and all attacks on indigenous rights
* Free all political prisoners and the wrongfully incarcerated
* Free Palestine! - US police and Israeli forces share and exchange tactics used in their occupation of oppressed communities. Furthermore, apartheid Israel enforces anti-LGBT laws that oppress Palestinians.
Here's the Fight Back! News article.
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