Matt Axelson ♿️

Disabled dude. Fan of music, soccer, justice, and fun. Co-founder of @AccessiLoons, community owner of @MNAuroraFC. he/they

[Jesus Freakin Congress @TheJFreakinC]

🚨This video is terrifying, and it’s exactly why “just comply” does not protect you from ICE/Border Patrol agents, even as U.S. citizens, and why you always film them.

In North Carolina, ICE/Border Patrol agents illegally stopped two U.S. citizens. They questioned them without legal cause, took their licenses, and admitted on camera that the men were allowed to record.

And they were still attacked.

In the video, one man asks if he can film for his safety. The agent says yes, saying that he’ll “have to put his mask on.” The agents take their licenses, ask where they’re from, where they live, what they’re doing in the area, all without legal authority. The men cooperate anyway.

Then the situation turns dangerous.

Another agent suddenly tells the driver, “Turn off your video. You are being detained, so you are not free to record.”

That is false. Recording law enforcement in public is legal, including during detention.

The driver calmly refuses, keeps one hand on the steering wheel as instructed, and holds his phone in the other.

That’s when the agent lunges for the phone.

The agent throws himself into the car, trying to grab the device. When the driver moves it away, the agent assaults him.

The agent then illegally opens the car door, something the driver correctly points out they are not allowed to do.

The agents keep demanding the filming stop, as multiple agents keep reaching for the phone.

Then they escalate again.

They threaten arrest, grab the driver, and start hitting him and trying to drag him out of the car, even though he keeps saying, “We haven’t done anything wrong.” When they fail to pull him out, they back away, visibly angry.

They turn on the passenger next.

An agent grabs him, threatens handcuffs, and assaults him trying to force him out of the vehicle. When that doesn’t work, they start yelling conflicting commands, claiming the men are “interfering with an investigation.”

An investigation into what?
Their own illegal stop.

At one point, an agent shouts that the men can’t interfere, while another tries… again… to grab the phone, almost certainly to stop or erase the recording.

Only after all of this do the agents finally release them.
Because they are U.S. citizens.
Because the stop was illegal.
And because the camera was still rolling.

This is why you film ICE.
This is why compliance doesn’t save you.
This is why they hate cameras.

If this hadn’t been recorded, this would be another lie in a report, another “resisting” accusation, another abuse buried and denied.

Film them. Always.

[Matt Axelson ♿️ @MWAxelson]

@DHSgov This is complete garbage. They blocked her from leaving and then shot into her vehicle. This was murder by ICE.

[Matt Axelson ♿️ @MWAxelson]

@stlCITYsc @Energizer_Park @DASAsports @touch2see @MNUFC…? 🤔

[Icy JJ❄️ @lonnngshotkid]

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Wolves V Suns

Friday March 28th, 7pm @ TC

Ant vs KD

One lucky 🐺 fan will win 2️⃣ lower level tickets 🎟️ 🎟️ for Wolves/Suns game!

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Winner will be chosen on Thursday March 27th!

LFG Wolves🐺 #PackTheTC #PlayoffPush

[Wonderwall | #wwmn @MNWonderwall]

Tomorrow, we black out Allianz Field to welcome #MNUFC back from a productive trip to Utah.

In case you need some helpful tips for what to wear or what to skip, we've prepared a guide:

[Sports Business Journal @SBJ]

Unrivaled, the new 3-on-3 women’s basketball league started by Napheesa Collier & Breanna Stewart, has named its six teams:

◾Laces Basketball Club
◾Mist Basketball Club
◾Phantom Basketball Club
◾Lunar Owls Basketball Club
◾Rose Basketball Club
◾Vinyl Basketball Club

[Kelly @broadwaybabyto]

A study came out recently that showed a single COVID infection increases your risk of serious cardiovascular events for 3 years post infection.

That’s terrifying - but there’s a bigger discussion being missed.

That finding means a Covid infection makes you a “vulnerable”. 🧵/1

[Matt Axelson ♿️ @MWAxelson]

@Timberwolves Naz Reid.

[Matt Axelson ♿️ @MWAxelson]

@RussoHockey *MN Men’s Sports…

[Ami Dar @AmiDar]

It’s very rare for a celebrity to speak at length about a complicated situation in another country and get it right. Javier Bardem does it here, and I hope you have a few minutes to listen to this. The Spanish is beautiful and the translation is good.

[claire de lune @ClaireMPLS]

this is an absolutely incredible story from @JonKrawczynski about @KarlTowns attending his daughter’s soccer game the day after he got traded. what a top notch dude.

[Matt Axelson ♿️ @MWAxelson]

In 2017, I paid Cards Against Humanity to protect a pristine plot of border land from Trump’s racist wall. But then an even richer, more racist billionaire—Elon Musk—stole my land and dumped his shit all over it. @ElonMusk owes me $100. #ElonOwesMe100Bucks https://t.co/bjVurwKC4u

[Matt Axelson ♿️ @MWAxelson]

.@GovParsonMO, please do not let Missouri execute
@innonence @the_MIP client #MarcellusWilliams, an innocent person — where there is overwhelming evidence that his trial was constitutionally unfair — on 9/24. https://t.co/lEj3HGjQaB

[Matt Axelson ♿️ @MWAxelson]

@MNAuroraFC @mnlottery 😎

[✊🏾🇵🇷Vita Ayala🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @definitelyvita]

When people complain that TV is "too woke" now, but you remember The Twilight Zone exists because Serling was so sickened by what happened to Emmett Till and the acquittal of those involved in the child's murder that he created the show to get around the censors to talk about it.

[Mary Burke 🥥🌴 @slapshoe]

I have an extra ticket for Loons v VAN tonight, section 112 row 7, next to very agreeable people. Yours for the asking, just happy to put a keister in that seat.
#mnufc

[Matt Axelson ♿️ @MWAxelson]

@ClaireMPLS CLAIRE. Let the MN’n in you be excited to see him with Ant!

[Brian Quarstad @IMSoccerNews]

PK's Playground is open!
Minnesota United's new all abilities playground will open today at 4 pm after the grand opening. Located on the east side of Allianz Field, this is a $6 million dollar investment into the community, and one of the larger play areas in the region.

[Minnesota United FC @MNUFC]

PK’s Place, a fully-inclusive playground, officially opened today! Come check it out before Saturday’s match.