Push to defund University of Minnesota police started with chemical irritant at Somali Night

[Deeq A.]

Under a blazing afternoon sun, dozens of University of Minnesota students poured through the gate in a white picket fence and onto the lawn of the university president’s mansion overlooking the Mississippi River. They brought bottles of water, disposable masks, hand sanitizer, granola bars, a speaker to blast their curated playlist — and signs demanding the defunding of the university police department.

Source: Hiiraan Online