With the shootings of Rep. Melissa Hortman, husband, Mark, Sen. John Hoffman and wife, Yvette earlier in the day, the leaders of the “No Kings” rally at Central and Lowry chose to move their June 14 event to a different day.
The postponement didn’t stick.
“This is what they’re trying to do. They are trying to frighten us into submission,” Cathy Weller said. “We are not going to lay down. We can’t.”
Weller, along with many people around the country, trained to be a marshal for the “No Kings” protest. The training, held by the national nonprofit organization Indivisible, was meant to help protesters keep the peace and remain nonviolent…