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06/02/2026

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Minnesota Supreme Court Rules on Unicorn Riot DAPL SubpoenaUnicorn Riot’s long legal battle in Minnesota to protect newsgathering materials from attorneys working for Energy Transfer reached yet another phase: The Minnesota Supreme Court released ...

06/02/2026

“What happened was that the young martyrs were going to collect water for displaced people from a station near the Shuja’iyya neighborhood, a supposedly safe area. Unfortunately, the Israeli occupation, true to its treachery, opened fire on them and killed them. They were innocent civilians, bringing water to displaced people in the area.”

Two Palestinian brothers were killed by Israeli soldiers on April 17 while driving a water truck for UNICEF to gather water for displaced residents of Gaza. UNICEF expressed outrage in a statement, called for accountability, and suspended its operations at the Mansoura water station. Unicorn Riot covered the funeral procession for the brothers and heard from a friend of the victims, Wissam Nasr. [Video]

Two brothers, residents of Gaza City's Jabalia al-Nazla, were killed by Israeli soldiers on April 17 while driving a water truck for UNICEF.

06/01/2026

Authorities in Minnesota Kill 9 People, Shoot 14 in Last Six Months

Law enforcement officers in Minnesota have shot at least 14 people across the state in the past six months, killing 9 of them. With the exception of three shootings by federal officers in January, two of which were fatal, the other 11 shootings were conducted by police, sheriffs, and deputies.

No less than 1,201 people were killed by police in the U.S. last year, after 2024 set a record high with American police killing at least 1,271 people. Officers were charged with a crime in 8 of the 1,201 killings in 2025, according to Mapping Police Violence.

In the 14 cases since November, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Christian Castro is the only one facing charges out of at least 25 officers who fired their weapons — Castro shot and injured a man when firing his service weapon into a home on Jan. 14 during an ICE operation and then lied about the crime.

Castro was arrested Friday in Texas on a nationwide arrest warrant and has been charged with four felony second-degree assault charges and falsely reporting a crime.

At least seven people have been killed this year already, compared to eight all of last year. Since 2020, no less than 67 people have been killed by law enforcement in Minnesota.

Link to full report in comments.

05/31/2026

Unicorn Riot’s exclusive feature-length documentary, Reporter Reflection on George Floyd Uprising, spotlights the perspectives of the community on the frontlines of the historic popular revolt following the merciless police killing of George Floyd in 2020. Narrated by Unicorn Riot’s Niko Georgiades, the 150-minute documentary takes you through burning Minneapolis streets with a grieving community seeking justice faced off against a violent police force and into the besieged 3rd Precinct.

Reporter Reflection on George Floyd Uprising melds the groundbreaking five episode series into one film providing a view of 13 days from ground zero of the international movement against anti-Black racism and police terror.

Starting at the initial vigil site at what would become George Floyd Square, moving to the ransacking of the 3rd Precinct, to the Governor’s Residence and State Capitol, the film returns back to the Square and Powderhorn Park where city members delivered their empty vow to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department.

Reporter Reflection on George Floyd Uprising spotlights the perspectives of the community on the frontlines of the historic popular revolt following the mercilessly police killing of George Floyd.

05/30/2026

New: Activists with the Sunrise Movement Philly chapter are on a hunger strike to further their demands for allocating some of the city budget surplus to local services. An interview at City Hall. More coverage to come. Interview recorded 5/25/2026

05/30/2026

Edward Jacob “Jake” Lang was arrested again on May 21, setting a pattern that began this year when he vandalized an ice sculpture in front of the Minnesota State Capitol reading “Prosecute ICE” during Operation Metro Surge. Our second report spotlighting Lang's humiliation kink:

Edward Jacob “Jake” Lang was arrested again on May 21, setting a pattern that began this year when he vandalized an ice sculpture in Minnesota that read “Prosecute ICE” during Operation Metro Surge.

05/30/2026

Today six years ago was the 4th day of the historic people’s uprising against police terror and anti-Blackness after the murder of George Floyd. This mini-doc from May 29, 2020, features interviews, police violence and a city on fire while under curfew with the National Guard in the streets of Minneapolis. Link to feature-length documentary in comments.

Episode 4 of Unicorn Riot’s exclusive documentary series Reporter Reflection takes the viewer through the fiery streets of South Minneapolis on May 29, 2020 — the fourth day of the historic popular uprising against police terror and anti-Blackness after the murder of George Floyd. The fourth epi...

05/29/2026

NEW: Law enforcement officers in Minnesota have shot at least 14 people across the state in the past six months, killing 9 of them. With the exception of three shootings by federal officers in January, two of which were fatal, the other 11 shootings were conducted by police, sheriffs, and deputies.

Law enforcement officers in Minnesota have shot at least 14 people across the state in the past six months, killing 9 of them. Three shootings were by federal officers, and the other 11 shootings were conducted by police, sheriffs, and deputies.

05/28/2026

History occurred six years ago tonight when the community overran the Minneapolis Police's 3rd Precinct and set it aflame, marking May 28 as a day of popular revolt against anti-Blackness and police terror.

UR was frontline that night on the third day of the George Floyd Uprising, hearing from outraged community members in Minneapolis before, during and after the precinct fell. See our mini-doc from the night of May 28, 2020, in this video and watch the feature-length documentary on the uprising at our website. [This video features Reporter Reflection on George Floyd Uprising Episode 3 Part 1 and Part 2]

05/28/2026

The SPLC has once again found itself at the center of numerous right wing conspiracies. They are now facing unsubstantiated federal charges of wire fraud and money laundering re payments made to informants to infiltrate white supremacist groups.

The U.S. House Judiciary Committee convened on May 20 to hold a hearing titled “The Southern Poverty Law Center: Manufacturing Hate.”