ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
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Quite frankly, it wasn't the fact that he was black that made this case not get attention. It was that he was firing an assault style rifle in a residential neighborhood. That's a felony. That's not passive resistance or peaceful protesting. It can actually kill people. His death was therefore less likely to gain much sympathy. Also - there was no video of his interaction with the ICE agent. That makes the whole thing less shareable, for better or for worse. People share news that is shocking and that has video. |
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BREAKING: Minnesota AG Keith Ellison announces lawsuit against DHS, ICE and Border Patrol.
"We allege that the obvious targeting of Minnesota for our diversity, for our democracy and our differences of opinion with the federal government is a violation of the Constitution and of federal law." |
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“Typically, when we conduct traffic stops, it's in a supportive role. So if a local marked unit or a federal partner is executing a traffic stop, we typically find ourselves near the rear of the vehicle,” Medellin testified. “If we are to have agents near the front of the vehicle or near the driver's side door, passenger side door, we train to place ourselves in a position where we minimize the chance that we will be hit by the vehicle or run over by the vehicle or potentially taken away by the vehicle if it decides to—to leave or flee.” While agents placing themselves near the front of a vehicle seems to run counter to FBI training, a 2013 independent review of Customs and Border Protection’s use of force policies, as well as more than a dozen cases in which shots were fired at vehicles, reportedly found an apparent pattern of Border Patrol agents intentionally staking out ground in front of vehicles to justify the use of deadly force. Of the cases reviewed, the independent agency found most cases “involved non-violent suspects who posed no threat other than a moving vehicle,” and concluded that “there is little doubt that the safest course for an agent faced with an oncoming vehicle is to get out of the way of the vehicle.” Ross testified that he was a member of Border Patrol from 2007 to 2015. According to his own sworn testimony in December, Ross has also acted as a firearms instructor for ICE, as well as a member of a Special Response Team—ICE’s version of a SWAT team—and a leader of teams drawn from multiple federal agencies including the FBI. According to Medellin’s December testimony, the plan, which was originated by Ross as team lead, was to just interview Muñoz-Guatemala; but because Ross exited his vehicle and soon drew his gun, Medellin told the court that he, too, unholstered his weapon to “provide coverage with lethal force.” The incident escalated as soon as Ross approached the vehicle, Medellin testified, because he believed Ross “had seen something that made him very uncomfortable and I wanted to be in a good position to support him.” Ross ultimately approached to break the window and got his arm stuck between the car’s B pillar and the headrest. |
Anonymous
Nah, it was transgender people in bathrooms IIRC. And the price of eggs, right? |
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DP. If you’ve looked at any polls lately, you’ll see that while voters are pleased with what Trump did at the border, overall they are not pleased with the tactics ICE uses and with the targeting of non-criminal migrants. Attitudes on immigration are more nuanced than you seem to think. |
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Trump won the election because of an old-fashioned word he learned..."groceries". Can you imagine? Nobody's ever heard of it before. Groceries. |
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I wonder if there are more children who will be watching and wanting to grow up to be lawyers and judges. I think that's where the best hope it now. |
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They arrested Robby Roadsteamer today in Minneapolis. They send out a half dozen goons in army dress up with another half dozen in tactical dress up to grab and arrest a guy in a giraffe costume.
This is how you defeat fascists over time…you expose them for being weak and ridiculous. |
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I fear that there will be more that will want to wear para-military uniforms and engage in urban warfare with citizens. |
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It's not by dressing up as a giraffe? Who knew? |
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