#BlackLivesMatter protesters shutting down light rail traffic to #SuperBowl2018 right now pic.twitter.com/rFysRySpWV
— bengarvin (@bengarvin) February 4, 2018
Cops taking action this time.
Via KARE:
A small group of protesters are blocking east and westbound light rail trains on the Green Line at the West Bank Station near the Super Bowl.
Demonstrators wearing shirts that said “You Can’t Play With Black Lives” gathered on the tracks on Sunday afternoon at about 3 p.m.
Metro Transit spokesperson Howie Padilla says about 40 people were on the train that was blocked. He said they are sending in buses to make sure ticketholders get to the game on time, and that everyone else gets to their destination.
On Twitter, Black Visions Collective, an account of Black Lives Matter Minneapolis, said, “YOU TRY TO SHUT US OUT, WE SHUT YOU DOWN.”
Protesters read demands including de-militarization of police and ending the cash bail system.
Earlier in the week Black Lives Matter Minneapolis sent a release about Super Bowl counter actions that read, “The NFL and the City of Minneapolis have failed to provide critical resources to vulnerable communities and have increased potential harm to residents through intensified surveillance of people of color and immigrants, a ban on access public transportation without a Superbowl ticket, and increased violence on Black trans women and sex workers.”
HT: Sniffy Pop