A Minnesota Black Lives Matter leader has sparked outrage after using the controversy over a dog park closure to launch an explicit call for desecration of White Christian cemeteries, underscoring once again how identity politics on the left routinely veers into open racial hostility.
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board voted 81 to shut down the Minnehaha Off-Leash Dog Park by years end, citing concerns that the 6.6?acre riverfront site overlaps with the Mni Owe Sni (Coldwater Spring) Traditional Cultural Place, as reported by Gateway Pundit. According to Fox News, the park, which includes hiking trails where permitted dogs may roam freely, sits on land that local officials and activists say is sacred to Dakota tribes and may contain unmarked graves dating back to the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862.
Alpha News noted that tribal advocates have long argued the area should be treated as hallowed ground rather than a recreational space for pets. There was a concentration camp there at Fort Snelling, at the Bdte area, and due to that, history there, there were a lot of relatives, ancestors who died over that winter, Maggie Lorenz, executive director of Wakan Tipi Awanyankapi, told CBS Minnesota.
Because of that, there were a lot of unmarked graves and burials around that area, she added. While many Minnesotans might reasonably debate how to balance historic preservation with public use, the reaction from one prominent Black Lives Matter figure went far beyond any good-faith discussion.
Chauntyll Allen, a St. Paul school board member and co-founder of Black Lives Matter Twin Cities, responded to the closure by targeting white Christians rather than proposing a constructive solution. I dont get why we dont just make dog parks at White Christian cemeteries if White Christians are ok with it? she wrote on Facebook.
Doubling down, Allen added, This is a simple fix. Leave the indigenous land sacred and p*ss on the White corpses. For a public official responsible for childrens education to advocate desecrating graves on the basis of race and religion is a stark illustration of how far left-wing activism has drifted from any notion of equal dignity under the law.
Such rhetoric is consistent with Allens broader record of radical activism. As Fox News notes, she is facing federal felony charges tied to the January 18 storming of Cities Church in St. Paul, where she joined an antiImmigration and Customs Enforcement protest that invaded a house of worship.
That disruptive action was led by disgraced former CNN host Don Lemon, who was arrested by federal agents and later released. Lemon has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of conspiracy to deprive religious freedom rights and a violation of the FACE Act, but the case highlights a growing pattern: progressive activists and media figures increasingly treat religious institutions, particularly Christian ones, as fair game for harassment while demanding absolute deference for their own preferred causes.
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