AJ Awed

Dad. Husband. Immigrant. Progressive. Fighter for racial justice. Former Candidate for Mayor of Minneapolis. #HousingForAll #TogetherWeAreStronger

[AJ Awed @ajawedmpls]

@CNN And your headline doesn’t mention shots fired… why…. He didn’t fall, he was rushed off stage after an apparent shooting at his rally. Report the news not your biases please because his a former president of the United States 🤦🏾‍♂️- respect that if anything

[AJ Awed @ajawedmpls]

Wow…. What a game! Congratulations to the World Cup champions, Argentina 🇦🇷! One for the history books!

[B-VALIDATION @b_validation]

@MayorFrey If it is our city then y did you make the safety workgroup closed to the public. Maybe you should’ve listen to @ajawedmpls & commissioned a citizens assembly-rather than appeasing the far left bringing the @SheilaFTP of the world into your government.Bad judgments=bad leadership

[𝓙𝓲𝓶𝓶𝔂 𝓙 @JimmyJ4thewin]

In a country full of hate and division, I bring you hope.

[AJ Awed @ajawedmpls]

@AmericanArtHist @NortonMpls 1832 😳 but the state was founded in 1858…. You’re a founding colonist. Shocking- thought you all died out 🤦🏾‍♂️ 😂

[AJ Awed @ajawedmpls]

@WSJ wow, you make it sound like @ImranKhanPTI is the one triggering a constitutional crisis? But it looks like the PM is acting in good-faith to ensure foreign influence doesn’t undermine HIS government and Pakistan’s democracy. Poor (i.e. bias) reporting!#misinformation.

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

Prime Minister Imran Khan blocked a no-confidence vote against him in Pakistan’s Parliament and called for fresh elections, turning a battle with the opposition into a constitutional crisis https://t.co/23ucAy8zEF

[AJ Awed @ajawedmpls]

I am beyond proud to announce our new political action committee- please check out the thread below to learn more, and follow us to keep up on the exciting news coming soon! #BeReal #BeReady #BValidation !

[B-VALIDATION @b_validation]

We are proud to launch B-Validation! A new political action committee with a simple mission: to reclaim the Black and Brown community's validation of our issues and our leaders.

Check out https://t.co/kCe8naHT8Y for more into on how to get involved in the movement.

[AJ Awed @ajawedmpls]

The Mayor says he didn’t know these details until today. I’ll take him at his word. The company you keep says a lot about the environment and culture of your office, and it says a lot about who you see as “good leadership” for Somalis here and for Minneapolis in general. (6/6)

[AJ Awed @ajawedmpls]

https://t.co/bDvnH9oAaq

This is the same person who sent individuals to my office last year early in the campaign in an attempt to dissuade me from running. Instead they urged me to tell my friends, family, and supporters to the aid in the Mayor’s re-election. I said no. (1)

[AJ Awed @ajawedmpls]

The connection here isn’t hard to draw: some (perhaps not all) of the same ppl who stole millions of dollars from the children of Mpls are trying to build a monolith of support in the community to advance Jacob’s agenda. Some donated, some serve in government, some campaigned (5)

[Soup for my Family 🥣🧦🤖 @soupformy_fam]

"it shouldn't take a tragedy to bring us to this point"

-@MayorFrey

I agree Jacob. Why did it?

[David Schuman @david_schuman]

NEW: Mayor Frey, on his website falsely claiming he banned no-knock warrants: “Language became more casual, including my own, which did not reflect the necessary precision or nuance, and I own that.” @WCCO

[AJ Awed @ajawedmpls]

February 2022: Amir Locke is ambushed in his sleep, and killed by MPD officers.

Dear City Hall, our lives ALL deserve more than the same broken promises. Bring trusted and competent neighbors from EVERY community to the table to reform the MPD NOW.

[AJ Awed @ajawedmpls]

https://t.co/UF8haMkGwg

An article about no knock warrants in Minnpost from Sept 2021. The timeline of broken promises and their consequences is simple here...

[AJ Awed @ajawedmpls]

Nov. 2020: Frey and Arredondo announce a new policy ending the use of no-knock warrants. Promise made.

Sept. 2021- Under Frey’s leadership and watch, the MPD continues to implement no-knock raids, requesting 90 of them since the performative “policy change”. Promise broken.

[AJ Awed @ajawedmpls]

"Another young black life has been lost because he didn’t make the right decisions in the few seconds he was given when armed and unknown men burst into the place he was sleeping". You can read my full statement here https://t.co/tbQZj0FhsB
#Mpls #AmirLocke #Minneapolis

[AJ Awed @ajawedmpls]

Minneapolis is once again in the national news for ALL the wrong reasons. This is why we have elections, this is why we seek change. But again and again, we put our faith in administrations that continue to carry on and allow our city to be brutalized by the MPD #mpls #AmirLocke

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Chanting the name of Amir Locke, a large crowd of protesters marched in frigid weather in downtown Minneapolis on Saturday to voice exasperation and anger over the conduct of law enforcement officers, nearly two years after the murder of George Floyd. https://t.co/5SZ47Ggn6P