Minnesota Grieves

06/02/20 • 25 min

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It's been a week since George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis. For this episode of Latino Rebels Radio, host Julio Ricardo Varela talks to Rodrigo Sánchez-Chavarría, one of the original members of Latino Rebels and a resident of St. Paul who has been organizing in the community for years.

Featured image: Terrence Floyd, George Floyd's brother visits the location where his brother was killed, now a memorial, at Chicago Ave. and E. 38th St. in Minneapolis, Minnesota (Photo by Lorie Shaull/CREDIT_)

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Featured image: Justice for George Floyd, 30 May 2020. Members of the UCSB community marching from Storke Tower towards Isla Vista, taken from the Pardall tunnel overpass. (Photo by Glenn Beltz/CC BY 2.0)

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Featured image: At the March for Peace in Chelsea, June 7, 2020 (Photo via Damali Vidot)

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