Aug. 18 · Soft Secession
Who you are contacting
Your governor’s office
What you are asking for
Find another way to make the demand. Ask someone else on the contact list and/or ask the same person but in a different way.
The call to action as published on Aug. 18
Today’s call to action compounds on yesterday’s. Find another way to make the demand. Ask someone else on the contact list and/or ask the same person but in a different way. Maybe you contacted your governor last time, so you can try your mayor. Maybe your mayor sent back a form letter response to your email so this time call, mail a letter, or comment on their most recent social media post to ask why they won’t send a response on this subject.
Here is the action. Email or call your governor’s office and tell them, in your own words, to direct state police to enforce state criminal law against anyone who assaults, abducts, or unlawfully detains a resident, federal badge or not, and to sign an executive order requiring every armed agent in the state to show a face, a name, and legal authority. An agent acting outside the Constitution is not acting in pursuance of it. If you have feelings on those horrific shock gloves, tell them the same. If they aren’t willing to plainly state that nobody is above the law, then are they really who you want as a representative? Do as many of the following as you can handle:
Your governor, the office that can sign the order this week.
Your state attorney general, to commit publicly to prosecuting assault, kidnapping, and unlawful detention committed under color of a badge, as Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty already has.
Your state legislators, to write both into statute so the next governor can’t undo them.
Post the ask publicly and tag the governor, the attorney general, and your state party, so the ask and any non-answer are both public.
Your own words are what works; identical messages get counted once and filed. A form letter back is a lack of courage, and you can say so in a response to them.
It’s inspiring for others to see a screenshot, photo, or copied text of your activism. Showing others that you are persistently advocating for change is an effective method for building the public activation necessary for a successful social movement.