Today we are joined by South Minneapolis activist Marjaan Sirdar to discuss his explosive series of reports in Unicorn Riot exposing the Target Corporation's leading role in building mass incarceration in Minneapolis and beyond. Entitled 21st Century Jim Crow in the North Star City the report tracks the development of Target's Safe City" and "Downtown 100" initiatives that criminalizes and surveils Black youth in Minneapolis as well as Targets extensive collaboration with the FBI, ATF and prosecutors across the country.
Also check out Marjaan's People Power podcast
This is the absolutely damning Washington Post article we discuss in the interview
Here is the Police Executive Research Forum report on Targets Safe City program
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