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A small group of activists blocked the car of Minneapolis Council Member Andrea Jenkins for more than 90 minutes Sunday evening, only allowing her to leave after she agreed to six specific demands.
Footage of the final 20 minutes of the incident, just outside Loring Park where the Taking Back Pride 2021 march had recently concluded, was shared online by community activist D.J. Hooker. In the video, Jenkins, who represents Ward 8, can be seen in the passenger seat of a stopped white Kia, with a few individuals standing directly in front of the car, and more grouped nearby.
Hooker, speaking to the camera, accuses council vice president Jenkins — the first openly transgender Black woman elected to office in the United States — of showing up to the event for a "photo op," and being too supportive of the Minneapolis Police Department.
The council, Hooker says he said, hasn't "passed any more legislation, except the fact that they give more money to the cops."
This resulted in a confrontation prior to the blocking of the vehicle, with Jenkins getting in Hooker's face, yelling at him, then storming off, Hooker alleges. The group then approached the vehicle Jenkins was in and prevented it from leaving. Hooker, at the start of the video, says the group had been out there for about 90 minutes.