Running toward chaos: Street medics provide frontline care
A complex network of medic organizations has expanded to provide aid to activists and community members in the Twin Cities over the last year. By J.D. Duggan, Freelance Journalist After watching George Floyd’s murder, MJ hit a breaking point. She went to a protest in the summer where she expected some chanting and people holding signs. What she saw, she said, was Minneapolis police escalating violence near the Third Precinct building. “I pretty much didn’t leave the cities here for like four days,” MJ said. “There was just a ton of people that were becoming injured, were getting ...
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