UNICORN RIOT

JUNE 30. 2025

New Conviction Integrity Unit Agrees to Review Mahdi Ali’s Case

Hennepin County's Conviction Integrity Unit agreed to look into Mahdi Ali's life sentence case, which he maintains his innocence in.

JUNE 20. 2025

Protest ‘Peacekeepers’ Shot Two People at a March in Salt Lake City. One Died, the Other Went to Jail.

Salt Lake City, UT — When friends of Arturo Gamboa heard that he had been shot at a protest last Saturday, they were shocked. A fixture in the punk and activist scenes of Salt Lake, Gamboa is a known leftist and musician who regularly carries firearms at protests in the city.

JUNE 17. 2025

Philadelphia Police Crack Down on Anti-ICE Marches Twice in One Week

Philadelphia, PA — The increasing tempo of pro-immigrant, anti-ICE protests hit Philadelphia last week, and the Philadelphia Police Department has decided to crack down.

JUNE 13. 2025

Pressure Builds to Protect Manoomin

Activists have been showing up to meetings since the start of the 2025 MN legislative session in attempts to create legal protections for wild rice.

JUNE 12. 2025

The City of Salem Told Them They Deserved a Roof Instead of a Tent. Some Ended Up With Neither.

State and local officials have long held Massachusetts, just as much of the rest of the country, is in an affordable housing crisis.

Plainclothes Feds Arrest Poet After Interview With Press, Unseal Conflated Complaint

Poet arrested by federal agents after interview with press, complaint conflates assault charges from community defense with meth bust.

JUNE 9. 2025

SEIU Protests Arrest, Injury of Union Leader David Huerta in LA ICE Raid

The Service Employees International Union is holding rallies across the U. S. demanding the release of California SEIU President David Huerta from the federal Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles.

Palestine Protests Target Philly-Based “Genocide Profiteer” Day & Zimmermann

Philadelphia, PA — “Before long the entire city will know what this company does! ” These were some of the last words spoken Tuesday morning by a protester with a megaphone and a kaffiyeh scarf after a few dozen people had gathered for two hours outside a well-appointed office building in Center City Philadelphia.

JUNE 5. 2025

ICE-Led ‘Homeland Security Task Force’ Raid Draws Large Mobilization in Minneapolis

Minneapolis, MN — Dozens of federal agents in a newly minted federal task force raided a business on East Lake Street in South Minneapolis on Tuesday morning and were quickly met with a raucous crowd amid toxic smoke conditions from Canadian wildfires.

MAY 31. 2025

Car Marshals Protecting Pro-Palestine Protest Acquitted in Minnesota Court

A judge acquitted three car marshals ticketed for positioning their vehicles to protect a pro-Palestine protest in Minneapolis in 2024.

Reporter Reflection on George Floyd Uprising – 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 mercilessly police killing of George Floyd.

MAY 30. 2025

Reporter Reflection on George Floyd Uprising – Episode 5

The final episode of Unicorn Riot’s Reporter Reflection series on the George Floyd Uprising features the final nine days of the historic uprising from Minneapolis and St. Paul.

MAY 29. 2025

Reporter Reflection on George Floyd Uprising – Episode 4

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.

New Federal Task Forces Under 287 Could Form ‘ICE Army’ From National Guard, State, Local & College Police

The Trump Administration has dramatically ramped up arrests and sweeps of people residing in the U. S. , with new highly visible incidents and court cases unfolding every week and reaching new heights by mid-May.