Members of Riot Kitchen 206, "a no charge kitchen serving protestors, activists, movements and those in need in Seattle WA" have been arrested by authorities in Kenosha, Wisconsin after police suspected that they were "…preparing for criminal activity related to the civil unrest."
Kenosha police released a statement following the arrests that acting on a tip, they had surveilled the vehicles with out of state plates fuelling gas cans. The vehicles contained gas masks, helmets, protective vests, illegal fireworks and suspected controlled substances.
A video of the arrest taken by onlookers quickly went viral. In the video law enforcement officers emerge from unmarked vehicles and appear to have been from multiple agencies including the US Marshall's Service. Kenosha Police later confirmed that they led the operation.
Riot Kitchen HQ just learned that our bus crew was arrested in broad daylight in #Kenosha today - kidnapped by feds in unmarked vans.
— riotkitchen206 (@riotkitchen206) August 27, 2020
We are currently trying to find our friends who were just there to feed people.
Please share and donate for bail via Venmo riotkitchen206 pic.twitter.com/o2TDbohvFl
read more here: https://thepostmillennial.com/portlands-riot-kitchen-arrested-in-kenosha-wisc-while-filling-large-gas-canisters
UPDATE:
48 hours after the arrest of our crew feeding people in Kenosha, all Riot Kitchen members have been freed!
— riotkitchen206 (@riotkitchen206) August 28, 2020
Thank you to our community for your help, support and concerns! We continue to work to feed people for free, bring food equality and de-escalate with warm meals! pic.twitter.com/DvDBCKdj0U
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