ST. PAUL, MINN. – Police say people were cited after climbing over the fence at the Minnesota governor’s residence during a protest Wednesday evening.
Around 100 people showed up at the University of Minnesota’s Eastcliff Mansion to protest investments in programs that help the Israeli government amid the war with Hamas.
The Minnesota State Patrol says 14 people, 12 women and two men, were issued citations for trespassing onto private property during the rally.
The protest comes ahead of the State Board of Investment’s next meeting (today). The board manages public retirement accounts.
The group that organized the event, the Anti-War Committee, claims that in 2023, the board invested more than $3 billion in Israeli weapons manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, and other industries “that benefit from or are used in the violent occupation of Palestine.”
They hope Gov. Tim Walz, who chairs the State Board of Investment along with Attorney General Keith Ellison, will use their power to divest in those holdings.
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