List of Twin Cities protests
This list of Twin Cities protests includes notable events of civil disorder occurring in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Minnesota.
Events
1930s
- Minneapolis general strike of 1934
- Bloody Friday (Minneapolis) incident killing two striking truck drivers on July 20, 1934
1970s
- Women's Strike for Equality in Minneapolis and elsewhere in 1970
- Twin Cities Pride parade that began as a protest march in 1972
2000s
- Experimental College of the Twin Cities that was a continuation of a campus workers strike and protests in 2006
- 2008 Republican National Convention held in St. Paul and related protests
2010s
- Occupy Minnesota protests in 2011-2012
- Shooting of Jamar Clark by a Minneapolis police officer in 2015 and the aftermath
- Shooting of Philando Castile by a St. Anthony police officer in 2016 and the aftermath
- Shooting of Justine Damond by a Minneapolis police officer in 2017 and reaction
- Dakota Access Pipeline protests and actions of solidarity in St. Paul and Minneapolis in 2016-2017
- U.S. national anthem protests (2016–present) where members of the Los Angeles Sparks walked off the court before Game 1 of WNBA finals in Minneapolis in 2017
- 2017 May Day protests in Minneapolis and elsewhere
2020s
- Protests of government COVID-19 mitigation measures in St. Paul and elsewhere in 2020
- George Floyd protests in Minneapolis–Saint Paul that began the day after he was killed by a Minneapolis police officer in 2020
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