A loose confederation of neighbors from the north side of Minneapolis used the longest night of the year for a candlelight vigil to protest the treatment of immigrants in the Twin Cities.
Not long after the winter solstice rolled into the upper Midwest on Sunday morning, members of the group stationed themselves near the sidewalk outside the federal courthouse in downtown Minneapolis.
There were never more than ten protesters on site at the same time, but someone was there every hour of the longest night of the year…