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From; Decorah Community for Immigrant Rights

I’m frankly sick of how quiet everything in the USA is with all the bs going on, and I’m planning on attempting to get more people out and acting in my town. I’m planning on guerilla postering and creating educational zines, in an attempt to spread information to as many people as possible, and hopefully invite them to act. They could be left in areas like libraries, grocery stores, campuses, cafes, ect., and so it could reach a lot of people. (I’ve also been spreading information verbally, and I’m working on organizing protests). One of the main goals, besides educating people, would be for people to to take the zines and spread them, hopefully across the country (which Ik is insanely hopeful).

One of the problems is there’s only so much you can fit into the 8 pages of a zine, and so idk if I would be able to properly address everything that’s happening. Some of the things I was thinking of including were the hangings in the south, ICE, Flock/surveillance, Trump’s general impeding on rights, American lives in Arizona (?) being seen as “a price to pay” by Trump (about Iran threatening to strike Arizona), ect. Another worry is that people will not take them, and they therefore won’t spread (aka that hoping for them to spread across the country is simply hopeless).

I previously posted here about the death of a 16-year-old girl who was struck and killed by a St. Francois County sheriff’s deputy in Missouri on October 3.

Her family was initially led to believe she had been killed in a hit-and-run involving an unknown driver. It wasn’t until October 5 that they were officially informed a deputy had struck her.

Since then, newly released dispatch audio has raised additional questions about the Sheriff’s Office’s account, including redacted communications and inconsistencies between the dispatch records and the sheriff’s statements.
The family has now announced a peaceful protest calling for answers and accountability.

PROTEST DETAILS

Sunday, October 18, 2026

2:00–4:00 p.m.

Farmington Courthouse, Farmington, Missouri

The announcement was shared publicly by the victim’s aunt, Kimberly Berger.

The deputy, identified by the family as Blake Cook, is reportedly STILL ON DUTY and has not even been placed on administrative leave pending the investigation. Local accounts indicate he has continued responding to calls.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol is investigating the crash, but significant questions remain about the Sheriff’s Office’s handling of the incident and why the family was initially given a different account.
I’m sharing this update because I want people who followed the original story to know about the protest and the family’s continuing efforts to get answers.

New dispatch audio investigation:

https://www.firstalert4.com/2026/10/16/dispatch-audio-reveals-new-details-teens-death-after-patrol-car-struck-her/

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