"THEY WANT A SHOW AND WE CANNOT GIVE IT TO THEM. WE CANNOT. IF YOU PROTEST AND EXPRESS YOUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS, DO SO PEACEFULLY. WE CANNOT GIVE THEM WHAT THEY WANT."
"I FULLY EXPECT THAT THE COMMUNITY WILL WANT TO PEACEFULLY DEMONSTRATE, THEIR ANGER OR FRUSTRATION. RESIDENTS AND VISITORS HAVE THE RIGHT TO PEACEFULLY DEMONSTRATE. WE RECOGNIZE THAT DEMONSTRATIONS ARE DRIVEN BY STRONG EMOTIONS, BELIEFS AND CERTAINLY A DESIRE TO BE HEARD. OUR ROLE IS TO HELP ENSURE THAT EVERYONE CAN EXPRESS THEMSELVES WITHOUT ANYONE GETTING HURT. THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY'S ROLE IS TO ENSURE SAFETY, PROTECT CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, KEEP THE ROADS ACCESSIBLE AND TO PREVENT HARM. OUR TOP PRIORITY IS PUBLIC SAFETY. OUR FOCUS IS KEEPING DEMONSTRATORS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, DRIVERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT SAFE, ESPECIALLY DURING MOMENTS OF HEIGHTENED TENSION, OR UNCERTAINTY. DEMONSTRATIONS MUST MEANT REMAIN SAFE AND LAWFUL...PARTICULARLY AROUND ROADWAYS. WE WILL JOIN WITH OUR PARTNERS TO PROTECT SAFETY WHILE RESPECTING THE RIGHT TO PROTEST. WITH THAT IN MIND, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A FEW SAFE AND LAWFUL WAYS TO DEMONSTRATE. MINNESOTANS CAN SAFELY AND LEGALLY EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS IN MANY WAYS INCLUDING GETTING TOGETHER PEACEFULLY WITH OTHERS IN PUBLIC SPACES. MARCHING OR WALKING, NOT ON ROADWAYS. MAKING YOUR VOICE HEARD THROUGH CHANTS, SPEECHES AND SIGNS. BEING PRESENT N PUBLIC AREAS WHERE PEDESTRIANS ARE ALLOWED. GATHERING IN DESIGNATED OR PERMITTED AREAS, AND THESE ACTIONS WILL ALLOW PEOPLE TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES WHILE PROTECTING THE SAFETY OF EVERYONE INVOLVED. UNSAFE OR ILLEGAL ACTIONS COULD RESULT IN ARRESTS. CERTAIN BEHAVIORS CREATE VARIOUS HAZARDS THAT THREATEN PUBLIC SAFETY, DISRUPT EMERGENCY SERVICES OR PUT PEOPLE AT RISK. THESE ACTIONS COULD RESULT IN FINES, OR ARRESTS. DEMONSTRATING ON OR ENTERING A FREEWAY...WALKING ON HIGHWAYS, THROWING OBJECTS, STARTING OR SETTING FIRES. DAMAGING PROPERTY OR GRAFFITI, USING ILLEGAL FIREWORKS, AND ILLEGAL WEAPONS, RECKLESS OR DANGEROUS DRIVING NEAR PEDESTRIANS AND CERTAINLY ASSAULT OF AGGRESSIVE OR RIOTOUS BEHAVIOR TOWARDS ANYONE."
"THE DESIRE TO GET OUT OF PROTEST AND TO SPEAK UP TO THIS ADMINISTRATION OF HOW WRONG IT IS, THAT IS A PATRIOTIC DUTY AT THIS POINT IN TIME. IT NEEDS TO BE DONE SAFELY IN THE COMMISSIONER LAID OUT SOME OF THE PARAMETERS. THIS IS THE PEACEFUL RESISTANCE THAT WE NEED."
