Minneapolis Spring

Outlet and clearinghouse from the grassroots movement to defend Minnesota from ICE occupation.
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[Minneapolis Spring @mpls_spring]

A VPN is used to protect against state retaliation. The crimewatchmpls narrative about us being Netherlands-based is as obviously untrue as your "North Sentinel Island" location tag.

[Lawrence Abider @LawFollowingGuy]

@mpls_spring Can you guys address/explain the fact that your account says you’re in the Netherlands? Regular people in Mpls are doing our best to protect each other from these federal thugs and it’s confusing and suspicious when an account based overseas is pushing controversial tactics

[Minneapolis Spring @mpls_spring]

Once you’ve decided on these, the only thing left is to begin!

Spread the word in your neighborhood assemblies, Rapid Response networks, and social circles – and get outside!

[Minneapolis Spring @mpls_spring]

[SUBMITTED TO US]

On Saturday morning (2/7), resisters will be setting up filter blockades across the Twin Cities to defend our communities from ICE abductions. Reach out to your neighbors and friends to plan a filter blockade near you!

[Minneapolis Spring @mpls_spring]

Will it be on your block to directly defend your neighborhood, or along the nearest major street to monitor ICE travel?
Will ICE be refused passage, or simply monitored and reported?
What is the period of time we plan to hold this blockade?

[Minneapolis Spring @mpls_spring]

WCCO stops by the filter blockade.

[Minneapolis Spring @mpls_spring]

What is the period of time we plan to hold this blockade?

Once you’ve decided on these, the only thing left is to begin!

Spread the word in your neighborhood assemblies, Rapid Response networks, and social circles – and get outside!

[Minneapolis Spring @mpls_spring]

It can be as simple as a circle of cones and a lawn chair on an existing roundabout, and as elaborate as a pile of furniture or even a built structure. A guide to setting up a filter blockade is available on @mplsspring (Instagram).

[Minneapolis Spring @mpls_spring]

Attached here is a video filmed by a crew of ring wing journalists showing ICE agents fleeing the scene after a confrontation at the blockade.

[Jacob Mauren @jacob_mauren]

@mpls_spring Is there any evidence that this barricade encountered any ICE activity?

[Minneapolis Spring @mpls_spring]

A filter blockade doesn't take much! Over the last few days we have seen neighborhoods throughout Minneapolis adapting, learning, and building to protect their communities from ICE.

Here are some tips submitted by folks on the ground on setting up your own filter blockade!

[Minneapolis Spring @mpls_spring]

@jacob_mauren Yes. There are photos online of ICE agents present at the scene. They were not taken by media collectors associated with this account, so the are not being posted here. However, it has been widely documented.

[Minneapolis Spring @mpls_spring]

NEWS FROM THE BARRICADES:

Today, hundreds of community members were able to safely pass through the filter blockade. When ICE Agents tried, they were repelled.

For a free Minneapolis, For one another.

[Minneapolis Spring @mpls_spring]

They want us to be demoralized but keep in mind: blockades are cheap to set up + not meant to function around the clock. It takes almost no effort for people to set up another filter blockade. But this strategy will only work if we keep building momentum w more blockades. (3/3)

[Minneapolis Spring @mpls_spring]

RIGHT NOW: Police colludes with ICE by clearing the filter blockade set up by community defenders at 32nd and Cedar (1/3)

[Minneapolis Spring @mpls_spring]

Defenders report: Everyone's safe, but they rolled up pretty heavy, stole the barricading materials and most of the supplies

[Minneapolis Spring @mpls_spring]

The only time you see someone grateful to have their plates run:

when it's neighborhood defense making sure they aren't ICE.

[Minneapolis Spring @mpls_spring]

WATCH: Community defenders stop an out of state vehicle at the filter blockade, run the plate through a database, and confirm whether the vehicle is affiliated with abductors before letting it through.

[daviss 📸 @daviss]

Some in South Minneapolis have created what they call “filter blockades” on Cedar Ave. A handout says the roundabout like blockade is meant to bring neighbors together to strategize against ICE while also identifying traffic coming into the area.

Minneapolis February 1, 2026

[Ill Will @illwilleditions]

New piece from folks in the Twin Cities reflecting on the lessons of the strikes of January 23 and 30, and how liberal appeasement and authoritarian vanguardism have functioned as obstacles to the growth of the movement.
https://t.co/bq6QWiV6PG