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The cowardly "officials" cancelled the protests, and 80,000 people proved that they don't listen to spineless Democrats any more than treasonous MAGAs, and showed up anyway.
Craven Democrat politicians need to match the courage of their constituents, or find another job. It's time for Democratic Warriors to step up.
What officials?
Capitol event organizers, who originally expected a turnout of 10,000 people, released this statement early Saturday afternoon:
"Out of an abundance of caution and in adherence to guidance from Governor Walz and the Minnesota State Patrol, all remaining No Kings events in Minnesota are being canceled immediately. This decision comes in light of the ongoing shelter-in-place order and the tragic shooting that targeted two elected officials and their spouses. We are doing this in accordance with local and state guidance given the suspect is still at large impersonating a police officer.
Our hearts are with the victims, their families, and the communities shaken by this violence. We are in close contact with our hosts, attendees, and state and local officials and remain committed to ensuring all other events around the country proceed peacefully and safely"
Fair enough. Thank you.
I’m very out of the loop with this, I’m not from the USA. Which protests do we like, and which don’t we?
Officials cancelled anti-Trump protests after a Democrat representative was killed. (Trump is Republican.)
Which types you like probably hinges on how you feel about flak vested white supremacist militias, I guess.
Surprisingly, I’m not really in favour of them, the handful of pics vids I’ve seen didn’t have enough context…like there are Brits that are anti Farage cause he’s not authoritarian enough.
Oh yeah, tell me about it. You still get far-right protests against Israel where I'm from because while they like the genocide, they still hate Jews. Weird people are weird.
This protest is pro-democracy though.
Musk's falling out with Farage was reportedly because he wasn't rabidly far-right enough in the correct ways.
The "No Kings" protest was anti-Trump. Do with that what you will.
I’m assuming the handmaids are the good guys too? I’ve only really seen a handful of vids and not enough to get context.
People dressing up as handmaids from The Handmaid's Tale are typically dressed that way as a form of protest against the conditions that would lead to Handmaid's Tale becoming a reality. Which is typically anti-Christian nationalism but can also include anti-MAGA/Trump which ...the lines there are blurry at best.
Thank you for your explanations, just wanted to be sure.
Around 80,000 people still showed up to protest at the MN capital today, so I don't think what "officials" say matters.
Good.
The social contract is unraveling.
The officials can get fucked. What an absolutely absurd and cowardly response.
Democrats being democrats
I'm so conflicted on this take. On one hand, it sounds a little accelerationist/tankie. On the other hand, you're not wrong. But they are trying to protect lives by recognizing there is a literal serial murderer on the loose with not only the names and addresses of public officials, but also "no kings" rally flyers.
So it's a fairly simple trolley problem question in the "what if" scenarios going through an actual concerned public official's mind. It's cool people showed up cause they all realized this dude was a coward and will only shoot people who are at an extreme disadvantage, and wouldn't dare to go public with his violence cause there's a chance he might get punched in the face a few dozen times before his homies in blue pull him out.
But you really can't blame this public statement on "Democrats are cowards", even though it is objectively true.
We can blame the officials. Don't let the heckler's veto work. It's murder of course, but it's also bullying. And capitulation only makes it worse next time. They'll always have lunatics with guns.
Yeah, people misunderstand how citizen protests work when they talk about protest organizers like they're in charge. Maybe they filed some papers with city hall and did some promotion, but there's no such thing as "protest leadership".
If a protest requires permission it isn’t a protest.
In the US, generally, you aren’t so much asking permission as giving notice that your expecting a generate a crowd, despite the phrasing. Freedoms of speech, assembly and association are still a thing.
The purpose behind it is to give emergency services a heads up to minimize obstruction of normal or emergency traffic and to provide some level of crowd control to minimize the chance of flash stampedes. Like if some idiot sets off a firework, everyone thinks it’s a gunshot and started running.
Approval is generally automatic, but failure to go through the approval process could result in your peaceful protest turning into a riot, or being declared a riot.
Protests turn into riots when the police wanted to, exactly then, and very rarely before that point.
Officials cancel all "No Kings" events
I don't think it works like that, like it is in the fucking name.
That's why 80,000 people showed up anyway
A good start.
11,000,000+ Nation Wide.
Neat so like 3% of people nation wide? Maybe a bit lower.
This will show the fascists that they have a means to shut down all protest.
They didn't, people showed up all over the state. https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/06/14/warnings-state-officials-following-shootings-no-kings-rallies-minnesota https://www.startribune.com/trump-protests-gear-up-around-minnesota-us/601371723
As a Minnesotan I'd be upset if officials didn't make this announcement. They had an individual who killed 2 people and seriously injured 2 more, whose vehicle was found with No Kings protest flyers, and who had a manifesto that seemed to indicate they had plans for greater violence.
This is the kind of thing people should be warned about. It's not like it stopped any/many from going but they'd be derelict in their responsibilities if they didn't let people know.
Letting people know and trying to cancel a protest are two very different things.
You cannot surrender to terrorists.
Bullshit!
Exactly my thoughts. Like, this should make the protest larger, not stop it. This is exactly what they are protesting against, is it not?
If I am understanding it correctly, a stay at home order was issued because the shooter was still "at large" having shot at authorities and then fleeing. The time the protests was supposed to be was covered under the stay at home order.
I think the protests should happen if at all possible, but I understand not wanting people on the streets when there is a known gunman about.