Is America bringing freedom to North Carolina & Oregon & Minnesota?

[Ron in Regina]

"Due to the potential for continuing and growing conflict related to today’s federal agent-involved shooting, Sheriff Dawanna Witt has requested assistance from the Minnesota National Guard to support our deputies at the Whipple Federal Building so that we can reallocate deputies to other areas in need of support in the county," the sheriff's office said.

"Their job will be to assist the Sheriff’s Office in protecting life, preserving property, and helping to ensure the safety of all community members."

Walz had previously placed the National Guard on standby following previous federal agent shootings, including that of Good and of a Venezuelan national shot in north Minneapolis on Jan. 14.

Walz activates National Guard after federal agent kills man in Minneapolis — Bring Me the News

It comes after a request was made by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office.

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On Saturday, Gov. Walz said that the government's "Operation Metro Surge," which has seen 3,000 federal agents deployed to the state to conduct immigration enforcement, needs to end.

"This federal occupation of Minnesota long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of our state, and today that campaign claimed another life," he said.

Walz slammed the Trump administration Saturday, declaring state authorities would probe the fatal shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti. “The federal government cannot be trusted to handle this investigation,” Walz said during a news conference.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz activates state National Guard, blasts federal government after shooting — New York Post

Minnesota Gov. activated the state’s National Guard in the wake of the fatal shooting of an armed Minneapolis man who allegedly tried to intervene as federal agents arrested a migrant.

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“They killed a man, created chaos, pushed down protesters, threw gas indiscriminately and then left the scene and then we’re left to clean up,” the governor claimed.

“Minnesota’s justice system will have the last word on this,” he blustered, demanding President Trump withdraw federal agents from the state.

Pentagon readies 1,500 troops for potential Minnesota deployment, US officials say — Reuters

The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers in Alaska to prepare for a possible deployment to Minnesota, the site of large protests against the government's deportation drive, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Sunday.

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“I call on you once again: remove this force from Minnesota,” Walz said.

Ever wonder what was like during the Bolshevik Revolution? Now you know.

(YouTube & Trump’s ICE about to get confronted by MN National Guard)

Oh, & this Chick’s video is out now.

 

[petros]

"Due to the potential for continuing and growing conflict related to today’s federal agent-involved shooting, Sheriff Dawanna Witt has requested assistance from the Minnesota National Guard to support our deputies at the Whipple Federal Building so that we can reallocate deputies to other areas in need of support in the county," the sheriff's office said.

"Their job will be to assist the Sheriff’s Office in protecting life, preserving property, and helping to ensure the safety of all community members."
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Walz had previously placed the National Guard on standby following previous federal agent shootings, including that of Good and of a Venezuelan national shot in north Minneapolis on Jan. 14.

Walz activates National Guard after federal agent kills man in Minneapolis — Bring Me the News

It comes after a request was made by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office.

apple.news

On Saturday, Gov. Walz said that the government's "Operation Metro Surge," which has seen 3,000 federal agents deployed to the state to conduct immigration enforcement, needs to end.

"This federal occupation of Minnesota long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of our state, and today that campaign claimed another life," he said.

Walz slammed the Trump administration Saturday, declaring state authorities would probe the fatal shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti. “The federal government cannot be trusted to handle this investigation,” Walz said during a news conference.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz activates state National Guard, blasts federal government after shooting — New York Post

Minnesota Gov. activated the state’s National Guard in the wake of the fatal shooting of an armed Minneapolis man who allegedly tried to intervene as federal agents arrested a migrant.

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“They killed a man, created chaos, pushed down protesters, threw gas indiscriminately and then left the scene and then we’re left to clean up,” the governor claimed.

“Minnesota’s justice system will have the last word on this,” he blustered, demanding President Trump withdraw federal agents from the state.

Pentagon readies 1,500 troops for potential Minnesota deployment, US officials say — Reuters

The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers in Alaska to prepare for a possible deployment to Minnesota, the site of large protests against the government's deportation drive, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Sunday.

apple.news

“I call on you once again: remove this force from Minnesota,” Walz said.

(YouTube & Trump’s ICE about to get confronted by MN National Guard)

Oh, & this Chick’s video is out now.
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ICE is trained by the IDF and it shows.

Interesting article.

ICE and the IDF: The Transnational Nexus of State Control – Scalawag

Palantir represents but one of the many links comprising the military-industrial surveillance connections between ICE and the IDF.

scalawagmagazine.org

 

[Ron in Regina]

ICE is trained by the IDF and it shows.

Interesting article.

ICE and the IDF: The Transnational Nexus of State Control – Scalawag

Palantir represents but one of the many links comprising the military-industrial surveillance connections between ICE and the IDF.

scalawagmagazine.org

ICE training is 42 days in length. I’m assuming the IDF’s it is a bit longer. Hundreds of demonstrators braved freezing weather to protest against the shooting of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse, during a confrontation on Saturday morning.

Multiple videos from the scene - taken from different angles - show the “scuffle” (?) between six or seven federal immigration officers and Pretti simultaneously.

Federal and state authorities have offered conflicting versions of what happened in the moments leading to the shooting, which took place less than three weeks after an agent killed Renee Good in her car in Minneapolis.

The Trump administration is characterising the moments leading up to Pretti's death as an attack by him, claiming he approached officers with a handgun and, after he violently resisted attempts to disarm him, a border patrol agent fired in self defence…& then there’s multiple video footage out there of what actually happened.

Videos show no evidence to support the claim he used any armed force to threaten agents, instead showing him pepper-sprayed, wrestled to the ground and shot - after an agent appeared to remove a gun from the scuffle.

The Trump administration has described Pretti as a "domestic terrorist". However, the Governor of Minnesota Tim Walz has described its account as "nonsense and lies."

Protests and anger after man shot dead by immigration agents in Minneapolis — BBC News

Federal and state authorities have offered conflicting versions of what happened in the moments leading to the shooting.

apple.news

From this angle and perspective, this is gotta be video from the woman in the pink coat. Videos from the moments before the shooting show Pretti filming agents with his phone in the middle of the street, while he was taking part in protests against the immigration crackdown in the city.

Pretti was seen filming as a federal agent appeared to push away one woman and shove another woman to the ground.

Video appears to show Pretti moving between the agent and a women, raising his left arm to shield himself as the agent then sprays a substance in his eyes.

The videos show several agents then taking hold of Pretti and forcing him onto the ground.

An officer, who appears to approach the scuffle with empty hands, pulls back with what appears to be a gun in his hand.

As he moves away, a split second later another agent standing beside him opens fire. The agents jump back from the man lying on the ground and the firing continues.

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said Pretti "was there to perpetuate violence", saying he approached federal agents with a 9mm semi-automatic handgun…licensed, permitted, in a holster, that he didn’t display or brandish, following his second amendment rights.

She said an agent feared for his life and other officers' lives when he fired (about a dozen, in two sets) "defensive shots". Pretti "committed an act of domestic terrorism," Noem claimed?

Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino told a press conference on Saturday that it looked like Pretti wanted to "massacre" law enforcement (?) with the camera on his cell phone, which was the only thing in his hands the entire time?

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said the man who was killed was a lawful gun owner with no criminal record other than traffic violations.

An individual approached agents with a 9mm semi-automatic handgun, Bovino said, and the agents "attempted to disarm the individual but he violently resisted".

"Fearing for his life... a Border Patrol agent fired defensive shots," Bovino added.

'It's time to start doing something.' Despite risks of violence, Minnesotans step up to take on ICE — Reuters

When Fabiola, a single mother and naturalized U.S. citizen from Latin America, first learned of the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, she said she was heartbroken and terrified.

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But Governor of Minnesota Tim Walz has strongly disputed this account as "lies".

"I've seen the video from several angles and it's sickening," he said.

Opinion | ICE is clearly out of control. This week the Senate can actually do something about it. — MS NOW

Sen. Chuck Schumer and other key Democrats seem to finally understand the urgency of this extraordinary moment.

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"Thank God, thank God, we have video because, according to DHS, these seven heroic guys took an onslaught of a battalion against them or something. It's nonsense, people. It is nonsense, and it's lies," he told a press conference.

2025–2026 domestic military deployments in the United States - Wikipedia

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And now the Michigan National Guard enters the mix. President Donald Trump said local and state officials were "inciting insurrection", suggesting without evidence that they called off local police from protecting federal immigration officers at the shooting scene.

 

[Ron in Regina]

“It’s potentially lethal, but it’s not illegal.”

A masked ICE agent warned a woman in Portland, Maine, that her information would be entered into a “nice little database” that would label her a domestic terrorist. Her infraction? Peacefully filming the immigration agency’s street activity. A person no longer needs to commit a crime in order to be considered a criminal in Donald Trump’s America.

Maybe this is another one of those weird Schrödinger’s cat situations?

“It’s not illegal to record,” the woman can be heard saying in a video posted Friday by self-described activist Nathan Bernard.

“Exactly, that’s what we’re doing,” the agent responds.

“Yeah, why are you taking my information down?” she asked.

“Because we have a nice little database, and now you’re considered a domestic terrorist,” he responded, sending her laughing.

http://x.com/nathanTbernard/status/2014717658323665399

“For videotaping you? Are you crazy?” she snarked.

But that is the current reality under the rule of the Department of Homeland Security. A leaked security threats assessment, obtained and published Wednesday by independent journalist Ken Klippenstein, revealed the department’s intention to shift the definition of domestic terrorism towards a much broader Trumpier one, encompassing a new subset of individuals acting on “class-based or economic grievances.”

As Klippenstein pointed out in his Substack, that could refer to any American.

ICE Agent Makes Chilling Threat to Woman Filming Him in Public — The New Republic

It is not illegal to film a federal agent.

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The term, “Documented Credibility Issues” has now entered the vocabulary.

 

[petros]

ICE training is 42 days in length. I’m assuming the IDF’s it is a bit longer.

On average it takes 17 days to form a habit.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Getting away with murder.

 

[Ron in Regina]

Well, I’m seeing a potential tug-of-war and not sure which way things are going to flip-flop.

On average it takes 17 days to form a habit.

Well, that’s good, I guess. I’m going to assume that the average soldier or law-enforcement officers training is more than 17 days? Just an assumption on my part.

(YouTube & National Guard ACTIVATED in Minnesota after CBP-involved shooting)

The Insurrection Act of 1807, or just the Insurrection Act, is the U.S. federal law that empowers the president of the United Statesto nationally deploy the Armed Forces and to federalize the National Guard units of the individual states in specific circumstances, such as the suppression of civil disorder, of insurrection, and of armed rebellion against the federal government.

The Minnesota National Guard are Minnesotans…so…if Trump counters the Minnesota Governor with the insurrection act…then what happens?

The Insurrection Act provides a statutory exception to the Posse Comitatus Act (1878) that limits the President's deploying the U.S. military to enforce either civil law or criminal law within the United States.

Insurrection Act of 1807 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Getting away with murder.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Well, I’m seeing a potential tug-of-war and not sure which way things are going to flip-flop.

Well, that’s good, I guess. I’m going to assume that the average soldier or law-enforcement officers training is more than 17 days? Just an assumption on my part.

In the U.S., basic training is 8-12 weeks, depending on the service. That's just basic stuff. . . how to march, how to wear and care for uniforms, customs and courtesies, hygiene, and the rudiments of military law.

Job training can be anything from zero (for a few common fields it's just on-the-job training) to two years, depending on the specialty.

 

[petros]

Well, I’m seeing a potential tug-of-war and not sure which way things are going to flip-flop.

Well, that’s good, I guess. I’m going to assume that the average soldier or law-enforcement officers training is more than 17 days? Just an assumption on my part.
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(YouTube & National Guard ACTIVATED in Minnesota after CBP-involved shooting)

The Insurrection Act of 1807, or just the Insurrection Act, is the U.S. federal law that empowers the president of the United Statesto nationally deploy the Armed Forces and to federalize the National Guard units of the individual states in specific circumstances, such as the suppression of civil disorder, of insurrection, and of armed rebellion against the federal government.

The Minnesota National Guard are Minnesotans…so…if Trump counters the Minnesota Governor with the insurrection act…then what happens?

The Insurrection Act provides a statutory exception to the Posse Comitatus Act (1878) that limits the President's deploying the U.S. military to enforce either civil law or criminal law within the United States.

Insurrection Act of 1807 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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40 days and 40 sleepless nights of drilling rewires the minds.

 

[Ron in Regina]

Sorry, I saw 42 days repeatedly yesterday.

40 days and 40 sleepless nights of drilling rewires the minds.

Good times, 47 to 48 days covers it then?

 

[petros]

Sorry, I saw 42 days repeatedly yesterday.
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Good times, 47 to 48 days covers it then?

So about the same as a reservist.

Look into the lowered bar for qualification and background.

Even better times.

 

[Ron in Regina]

So about the same as a reservist.

Look into the lowered bar for qualification and background.

For some reason, this makes me think of the Saturday Night Live skits from days gone by for “Lowered Expectations”…

Even better times.

For a reservist for…basic training? Before any specialization whatsoever?

 

[petros]

For some reason, this makes me think of the Saturday Night Live skits from days gone by for “Lowered Expectations”…

For a reservist for…basic training? Before any specialization whatsoever?

Basic training for Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) reserves, called Basic Military Qualification (BMQ), is typically a condensed version of the Regular Force training, often completed over weekends (around 9-12 weekends) during fall/winter or as a concentrated summer course (around 9 weeks), allowing part-time members to gain the same foundational military skills as full-time personnel. The exact timing varies by branch and unit, but it focuses on core military life, drill, first aid, weapon handling, field skills, and fitness, followed by specialized trade training.

 

[Ron in Regina]

Basic training for Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) reserves, called Basic Military Qualification (BMQ), is typically a condensed version of the Regular Force training, often completed over weekends (around 9-12 weekends) during fall/winter or as a concentrated summer course (around 9 weeks), allowing part-time members to gain the same foundational military skills as full-time personnel. The exact timing varies by branch and unit, but it focuses on core military life, drill, first aid, weapon handling, field skills, and fitness, followed by specialized trade training.

I think in the US for basic for reserves it’s the same as reg force. I could be wrong, but I think I’ve seen that somewhere in the last couple of days.

 

[Ron in Regina]

(YouTube & Details unclear on investigation into fatal shooting of Alex Pretti)

(YouTube & "I'm Not Giving ICE Another Dime" – Schiff Blasts Trump Admin Gaslighting on Minneapolis Shooting)

Federal and state authorities have offered conflicting versions of what happened in the moments leading to the shooting, which took place less than three weeks after an agent killed Renee Good in her car in Minneapolis, but luckily multiple
videos from the scene - taken from different angles - show the “scuffle” between federal immigration officers and Pretti.

The Trump administration is characterising the moments leading up to Pretti's death as an attack by him, claiming he approached officers with a handgun and, after he violently resisted attempts to disarm him, a border patrol agent fired in self defence.

But videos show no evidence to support the claim he used any armed force to threaten agents, instead showing him pepper-sprayed, wrestled to the ground and shot - after an agent appeared to remove a gun from the “scuffle.” Oh well.

Protests and anger after man shot dead by immigration agents in Minneapolis — BBC News

Federal and state authorities have offered conflicting versions of what happened in the moments leading to the shooting.

apple.news

I’m think’n this “might” demonstrate a lack of understanding empathy respect for civilians rights the US Constitution training on the part of the 6-7 officers on top of Pretti but my opinion is from the outside, looking in, via many many different angles of video footage.

 

[petros]

(YouTube & Details unclear on investigation into fatal shooting of Alex Pretti)
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(YouTube & "I'm Not Giving ICE Another Dime" – Schiff Blasts Trump Admin Gaslighting on Minneapolis Shooting)

Federal and state authorities have offered conflicting versions of what happened in the moments leading to the shooting, which took place less than three weeks after an agent killed Renee Good in her car in Minneapolis, but luckily multiple
videos from the scene - taken from different angles - show the “scuffle” between federal immigration officers and Pretti.

The Trump administration is characterising the moments leading up to Pretti's death as an attack by him, claiming he approached officers with a handgun and, after he violently resisted attempts to disarm him, a border patrol agent fired in self defence.

But videos show no evidence to support the claim he used any armed force to threaten agents, instead showing him pepper-sprayed, wrestled to the ground and shot - after an agent appeared to remove a gun from the “scuffle.” Oh well.

Protests and anger after man shot dead by immigration agents in Minneapolis — BBC News

Federal and state authorities have offered conflicting versions of what happened in the moments leading to the shooting.

apple.news

I’m think’n this “might” demonstrate a lack of understanding empathy respect for civilians rights the US Constitution training on the part of the 6-7 officers on top of Pretti but my opinion is from the outside, looking in, via many many different angles of video footage.

They are trained differently by IDF than Reservists of regrular militaries. If we we're to see how AI is used to "target individuals" and the the surveillance behind it all was developed to oppress Palestinians. It's an unrolling of the system in America.

Does ICE go after "Anti-Americans" and Anti-semites" when they run out of aliens?

 

[Ron in Regina]

Does ICE go after "Anti-Americans" and Anti-semites" when they run out of aliens?

No idea, & no idea why a Judge would have to do this either…with respect to a law enforcement agency I mean.

Judge blocks federal government from destroying evidence in Alex Pretti killing — MS NOW

A judge blocked the federal government from destroying evidence to be used in the investigation of the killing of ICU nurse Alex Pretti by federal agents. MS NOW Justice and Intelligence Reporter Ken Dilanian and MS NOW National Security and Intelligence analyst Rob D’Amico join Alex Witt to...

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The outrageous refusal by the feds to allow local authorities to properly secure the crime scene or gather evidence further inflames tensions with state and city police. The lack of accountability for federal officers has undermined the administration’s claims that this is about law and order. The local population clearly wants the roughly 3,000 immigration officers now deployed around the Twin Cities to leave.

But their invidious attempts to blacken the memory of Alex Pretti, falsely describing him as a “domestic terrorist”, may serve as a turning point that sparks mass resistance towards the President and the thuggish regime that he leads.

Good, 37, was shot dead on 7 January by an ICE agent who fired into the mother-of-three’s SUV, which she had stopped sideways in the street at the scene of an immigration raid. Trump supporters have claimed Good tried to “weaponise” her car and drive at officers, also labelling her a “domestic terrorist”.

However, as in the Pretti killing, videos of the shooting contrast starkly with this account. Both Good and Pretti were American citizens. Neither were a target of Trump’s mass deportation goons.

From the President on down, top Trump administration officials have engaged in such brazen, false claims about both killings that they have left themselves with little room to maneuver in the face of rising public fury. Day after day, the country soaks up increasingly violent images of ICE and Border Patrol officers brutalising not only illegal immigrants, but US citizens as well.

In a staggering letter on Saturday night, US Attorney General Pam Bondi accused Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey – both Democrats – of refusing “to enforce the law” and of “putting federal agents in danger”.

Among her sweeping demands, she even asked the state of Minnesota to hand over its electoral register, further fuelling concerns that the White House is seeking to interfere with the conduct of November’s mid-term elections. For his part, Trump has threatened to invoke the 1807 Insurrection Act and flood Minneapolis with even more military force.

Such is the backlash that Pretti’s defenders include the powerful, pro-gun National Rifle Association, which posted on social media that “responsible public voices should be awaiting a full investigation, not making generalizations and demonizing law-abiding citizens”. A poll conducted for Politico before Pretti’s killing showed rising concern within Trump’s Make America Great Again movement about the tactics of his federal agents. “Documented Credibility Issues” indeed.

Trump's dangerous lies about Minneapolis killings are pushing US to the brink — The i Paper

Republicans now must decide how long to stand by the President as his attack dogs continue to kill American citizens on America's streets

apple.news

An ICE officer shot 37-year-old Renee Good in her car on January 7. The Department of Homeland Security said the officer had fired "defensive shots" after Good attempted to run him over, though online videos of the shooting verified by Reuters “cast doubt” on the government's narrative.

ICE agents shot 37-year-old Alex Pretti in a separate incident on January 24. DHS said Pretti approached with a handgun and violently resisted attempts to disarm him, “though bystander videos verified by Reuters show Pretti - whom Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said carried a handgun lawfully - holding a phone as he tries to help protesters whom agents pushed to the ground.”

Can ICE agents be prosecuted for Minneapolis shootings? — Reuters

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shot and killed two U.S. citizens in separate enforcement actions in Minneapolis this month as part of President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration crackdown.

apple.news

 

[Ron in Regina]

Documented Credibility Issues” indeed.

(YouTube & ICE shooting footage telling ‘different story’ to US government from SkyNews Australia)

Four statements made by DHS about Alex Pretti’s shooting — and what these videos show that contradict them — MS NOW

Kristi Noem made public statements about Alex Pretti and details surrounding his fatal shooting. But the videos tell a dramatically different — and tragic — story.

apple.news

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a letter to Minnesota Democratic Governor Tim Walz demanding the state take three specific actions before federal immigration agents would consider reducing their presence in Minneapolis, including handing over voter rolls? What the Shit???

Also the state repeal the "sanctuary policies," and share its records on Medicaid, and Food and Nutrition Service programs….

Pam Bondi offers to pull ICE out of Minneapolis if voter files handed over

Attorney General Pam Bondi said that ICE could be pulled out of Minneapolis if three demands are met, in a letter to Governor Tim Walz.

www.newsweek.com

Deaths mount as Trump immigration push intensifies — Reuters

The fatal shooting of a man in Minneapolis on Saturday added to a mounting death toll in U.S. President Donald Trump’s intensifying immigration push this month, increasing scrutiny on the crackdown as backlash builds.

apple.news

Elections are scheduled to be held in the United States, in large part, on November 3, 2026. In this U.S. midterm election, scheduled to occur during Republicanpresident Donald Trump's non-consecutive second term, all 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate will be contested to determine the 120th United States Congress. 39 state and territorial U.S. gubernatorialelections, and numerous state and local elections, will also be contested.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

I think in the US for basic for reserves it’s the same as reg force. I could be wrong, but I think I’ve seen that somewhere in the last couple of days.

Nope, for reservists basic training and specialty training is exactly the same, and in the same classes as the regulars. It's just that after the training, reservists (unless called up) serve one weekend a month and two weeks in the summer. We have reserve units who all work together, and "Individual Mobilization Augmentees" who serve in a regular unit for their required time.

Unless they're called up cuz there's TERRA-RISTS! to be murdered, of course.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

No idea, & no idea why a Judge would have to do this either…with respect to a law enforcement agency I mean.

Judge blocks federal government from destroying evidence in Alex Pretti killing — MS NOW

A judge blocked the federal government from destroying evidence to be used in the investigation of the killing of ICU nurse Alex Pretti by federal agents. MS NOW Justice and Intelligence Reporter Ken Dilanian and MS NOW National Security and Intelligence analyst Rob D’Amico join Alex Witt to...

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The outrageous refusal by the feds to allow local authorities to properly secure the crime scene or gather evidence further inflames tensions with state and city police. The lack of accountability for federal officers has undermined the administration’s claims that this is about law and order. The local population clearly wants the roughly 3,000 immigration officers now deployed around the Twin Cities to leave.

But their invidious attempts to blacken the memory of Alex Pretti, falsely describing him as a “domestic terrorist”, may serve as a turning point that sparks mass resistance towards the President and the thuggish regime that he leads.

Good, 37, was shot dead on 7 January by an ICE agent who fired into the mother-of-three’s SUV, which she had stopped sideways in the street at the scene of an immigration raid. Trump supporters have claimed Good tried to “weaponise” her car and drive at officers, also labelling her a “domestic terrorist”.

However, as in the Pretti killing, videos of the shooting contrast starkly with this account. Both Good and Pretti were American citizens. Neither were a target of Trump’s mass deportation goons.

From the President on down, top Trump administration officials have engaged in such brazen, false claims about both killings that they have left themselves with little room to maneuver in the face of rising public fury. Day after day, the country soaks up increasingly violent images of ICE and Border Patrol officers brutalising not only illegal immigrants, but US citizens as well.

In a staggering letter on Saturday night, US Attorney General Pam Bondi accused Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey – both Democrats – of refusing “to enforce the law” and of “putting federal agents in danger”.

Among her sweeping demands, she even asked the state of Minnesota to hand over its electoral register, further fuelling concerns that the White House is seeking to interfere with the conduct of November’s mid-term elections. For his part, Trump has threatened to invoke the 1807 Insurrection Act and flood Minneapolis with even more military force.

Such is the backlash that Pretti’s defenders include the powerful, pro-gun National Rifle Association, which posted on social media that “responsible public voices should be awaiting a full investigation, not making generalizations and demonizing law-abiding citizens”. A poll conducted for Politico before Pretti’s killing showed rising concern within Trump’s Make America Great Again movement about the tactics of his federal agents. “Documented Credibility Issues” indeed.

Trump's dangerous lies about Minneapolis killings are pushing US to the brink — The i Paper

Republicans now must decide how long to stand by the President as his attack dogs continue to kill American citizens on America's streets

apple.news

An ICE officer shot 37-year-old Renee Good in her car on January 7. The Department of Homeland Security said the officer had fired "defensive shots" after Good attempted to run him over, though online videos of the shooting verified by Reuters “cast doubt” on the government's narrative.

ICE agents shot 37-year-old Alex Pretti in a separate incident on January 24. DHS said Pretti approached with a handgun and violently resisted attempts to disarm him, “though bystander videos verified by Reuters show Pretti - whom Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara said carried a handgun lawfully - holding a phone as he tries to help protesters whom agents pushed to the ground.”

Can ICE agents be prosecuted for Minneapolis shootings? — Reuters

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shot and killed two U.S. citizens in separate enforcement actions in Minneapolis this month as part of President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration crackdown.

apple.news

ICE apparently has a real hard-on for 37-year-olds!