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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

February 14 is Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives (MMIR) Remembrance Day. Community members gathered in Minneapolis to honor these relatives and bring attention to the ongoing crisis of violence and unresolved cases affecting Indigenous communities. 2.15.2026 📍 Minneapolis

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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

At Powderhorn Park, Native American community members gathered to honor the life of Renee Good — through ceremony, art, music, and shared remembrance. 2/2 2.7.2026 📍 Minneapolis

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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

At Powderhorn Park, Native American community members gathered to honor the life of Renee Good — through ceremony, art, music, and shared remembrance. 1/2 2.7.2026 📍 Minneapolis

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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Minnesotans, of all ages and backgrounds, protest outside of the Governor’s Mansion in St. Paul demanding justice for Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Letting Walz know “MN won’t sell out for ICE”. 2/2 2.6.2026 📍St. Paul

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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Drum protest in downtown Minneapolis organized by the Twin Cities Drum Collective. Another form of resistance as people continue to protest ICE and federal enforcement in the city. 2/2 2.2.2026 📍Minneapolis

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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Scenes outside of the Whipple Federal building in Minneapolis. Originally designed for short-term holding, detainee and U.S. representative reports indicate that cells have become heavily overcrowded, “horrifying”, and “inhumane”. 1.30.2026 📍Minneapolis

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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

January 31 in the streets of Minneapolis. One week since Alex Pretti was k*lled by federal agents and thousands gathered across the city. March at Bryant Square. Peaceful sit-in at Target downtown demanding accountability. Growing memorial at the site of the shooting. 1.31.2026 📍 Minneapolis

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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Tens of thousands of people marched through Minneapolis in the second general strike. Protesters braved sub-zero cold and extended walkouts to demand ICE be held accountable and removed from Minnesota. Demonstrations and shutdowns took place in multiple cities nationwide. 1.30.2026 📍Minneapolis

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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

After the anti-ICE rally at the Minnesota State Capitol organized by CAIR, organizers gathered to pray and share a meal at a local Somali restaurant. When the crowds leave, the work continues. Minnesotans are still here, still organizing, still pushing forward to get ICE out. 1.27.2026 📍St. Paul

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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

More frames from clashes near 26th & Nicollet following the k*lling of Minneapolis resident and VA intensive care Nurse Alex Jeffrey Pretti involving federal agents. 2/2 1.24.2026 📍South Minneapolis

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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

More frames from clashes near 26th & Nicollet following the k*lling of Minneapolis resident and VA intensive care Nurse Alex Jeffrey Pretti involving federal agents. 1/2 1.24.2026 📍South Minneapolis

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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Near 26th & Nicollet, clashes erupted following the k*lling of Alex Jeffrey Pretti involving federal agents. Tear gas and other non-lethal munitions were deployed. People were detained as smoke filled the streets. 2/2 1.24.2026 📍South Minneapolis

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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

UPDATE: The exact composition of the smoke has not been publicly confirmed. Some observers identify it as signaling smoke; others raise concerns of it being HC smoke.

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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

MPR news, Startribune, NY Times etc. is actively sharing this information.

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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Federal agents deployed military-grade hexachloroethane smoke on civilians near 26th and Nicollet in south Minneapolis today. HC is a military smoke agent, distinct designed for war. This occurred just hours after Alex Pretti was m*rdered by ICE agents nearby. 1.24.2026 📍 South Minneapolis

Federal agents in tactical gear advance through green chemical smoke as a protester lies on the ground between parked cars on a residential street in South Minneapolis.

Civilians walk through lingering smoke along a snowy alleyway as the chemical haze fills the air in South Minneapolis.

A line of federal agents moves forward while thick green & white gas disperses across the pavement, partially obscuring protesters and nearby vehicles. A civilian lies on the ground in front of them.

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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Which is what drew me to take the photo. And very quickly yelled at by security.

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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

This is inside the Warren E. Burger Federal Building, St. Paul. The courthouse was put on lockdown. Everyone was ordered out. We were told more information might be coming, but no one was allowed to stay to hear it. Supporters have been told the defendants do not have access to their lawyers.

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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Nekima Levy Armstrong, Chauntyll Allen, Monique Doty, and Will Kelly were arrested by federal authorities today for the Cities Church protest. The Pastor, David Easterwood is also serving as an ICE field office director. No one has been released. 1.22.26 📍St. Paul

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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

2/2 January 15, outside the Whipple Federal building. The photos leading up to when I was detained. 1.15.2026 📍Minneapolis

A clash of anti-ICE protestors and border patrol police

A clash of anti-ICE protestors and border patrol police. Protestors are pushed by the agents into the snow.

A female protestor dressed as a clown holds a sign “Assholes go home”.

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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

1/2 January 15 outside the Whipple Federal Building. The photos leading up to when I was detained. Non-lethal munitions were fired and tear-gas deployed. People were shoved, tackled, and pepper sprayed. Right-wing agitators were also present, largely left untouched. 1.15.2026 📍Minneapolis

Right-wing agitators raise the American flag and use a megaphone to provoke protestors

U.S Customs and Border patrol police stand their grown as they face off protestors

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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

The American flag was present throughout. Moving through different hands and different meanings as the situation shifted. Present in the escalation, the resistance, and the enforcement. There was no single version of this moment. 1.15.2026 📍Minneapolis

Man known as @dawokefarmer raises the American flag upside down.

Right-wing agitator raises the American flag as ICE agents and border patrol police stand behind him outside of the Whipple Federal Building entrance.

Agents and protestors clash as the American flag divides the crowd.

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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

The symbol stays the same. The context does not. These are the photos leading up to when I was detained on January 15th. Protests continued as ICE activity brought people outside of Whipple Federal Building. Demonstrators gathered while agents forced their way in the crowd as tensions escalated.

Man known as @dawokefarmer raises the American flag upside down while standing infront of a line of border patrol police.

Two right-wing agitators both hold the American flag, attempting to rile the crowd.

The American flag flies above signs reading “Inflict Chaos Everywhere” and “Trump is a Traitor”.

Protestors and agents stand off as the American flag remains upside down.

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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Isaiah Blackwell, the man unaffiliated with Lang, who led him out of the crowd later posted to Facebook: “I DID WHAT GOD INSTRUCTED ME TO DO IF A ACT OF LOVE & GRACE OFFENDED ANY HUMAN RACE JUST PRAY...GO LOOK IN THE MIRROR 🤲🏾👽”.

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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

2/2 Jake Lang’s march ended before it began. SWAT threatened dispersal and use of non-lethal munitions, then left. Jake Lang later fled through a nearby hotel. Minneapolis · 1.17.2026

Crowd presses against a stone building as Minnesotans push forward; Jake Lang stands in a window. Multiple photographers raise cameras during a chaotic confrontation. A Somali man not affiliated with Lang stands beside him, trying to calm the chaos.

Minneapolis Police officers in tactical gear stand beside an open police transport vehicle, with officers entering and exiting the van.

Tightly packed crowd scene with protesters and photographers pressed together as a confrontation unfolds at street level. Once again, Jake is guided by men not associated with him.

A person wearing a Donald Trump mask walks across a downtown Minneapolis street as protesters move behind them holding signs opposing ICE.

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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

1/2 An attempted anti-Islam march led by far-right figure Jake Lang was shut down by community opposition at City Hall. Minneapolis SWAT threatened dispersal, then left without action. Minneapolis · 1.17.2026

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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

I’m going to the Whipple Federal building in Minneapolis. CNN will be doing a live interview. Maybe in a half hour to an hour

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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

My last two shots before my world went dark.

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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Be nice. Boy ain’t it nice. Be nice. Take my advice. If you’re in control and have priorities, come with me and hunt down authorities. Be nice. (With your camera). Taken from Jessy Wells, but changed to meet my needs.

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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.

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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

I’m the dude in the photo. And yes, I threw leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. I’m back out today photographing an anti-Islam protest from a far right extremist in a couple hours. IG john_abernathy_ more information on Facebook

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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

That photo is of me. I am on Instagram and Facebook. Search John Abernathy.

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John Abernathy @john-abernathy.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

That’s me in the photo. You can see more on Instagram. @john_abernathy_ and even more on Facebook search my name

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