The Minnesota Freedom Fighters Are Armed and Patrolling Their Own Neighborhoods

The group stepped up to keep their communities safe

A group of about two dozen armed Black men—made up of a retired firefighter, a security guard, a veteran, a health care worker, and others—have started to keep watch over local businesses and offer security to protesters in north Minneapolis.

They’re calling themselves the Minnesota Freedom Fighters, and they stepped up after the local NAACP chapter asked for help protecting local…