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Anonymous wrote:Idiot activists.

EXCLUSIVE: Tech workers say they were mistaken for ICE agents, accosted by anti-ICE mob

What began as a casual lunch between five Twin Cities software engineers quickly escalated into a frightening encounter after the men were misidentified as undercover federal agents and protesters were alerted to the Minneapolis restaurant where they were dining.

Alpha News obtained video and spoke with one of the men, Lee, a software engineer from Plymouth, who described how the situation unfolded.

Lee said the group was eating lunch at Clancy’s Deli, near 38th Street and Grand Avenue South, when one of the men — who belongs to an anti-ICE Signal chat — received a message from a group labeled “SW Minneapolis Rapid Response” claiming that plainclothes ICE agents were dining at the restaurant.

“My friend was shocked,” Lee said. “He’s on the [anti-ICE] side politically. He lives nearby. He’s eaten there before. And suddenly he’s seeing messages saying we’re ICE.”

The software engineers — all white males dressed casually in sweatshirts and jackets — were soon confronted by protesters who surrounded the restaurant, shouting insults and blowing whistles in their ears as they attempted to leave, according to Lee.

Lee emphasized to Alpha News that the group’s political views were mixed, but said the encounter left some of them reconsidering their positions.

“One of us is pro-ICE, one anti-ICE, others on the fence,” he said. “After this, I think some of them are rethinking everything.”

Alpha News was founded in 2015, and has ties to conservative and Republican donors. Filings with the Minnesota Secretary of State’s office show Alex Kharam, executive director of the conservative-leaning Minnesota Freedom Club, incorporated Alpha News. https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/alpha-news

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Anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis made a man take off his American flag hoodie that said “Freedom”:

“Take it off and you won’t get hurt!”

Anonymous wrote:Here we go.

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a) if they committed felony theft, then I hope they are prosecuted to the full extent of the law and do their time
b) we know longer believe ANYTHING that DHS, Tricia McLaughlin, the White House, or Karoline Leavitt say. Utterly untrustworthy. I have zero confidence in this story.

Minnesotan here - this is Liz Collin who is a right wing dingbat married to Bob Kroll, President of the Minneapolis Police Union and known racist jerk. He supports Derek Chauvin. She is a fallen news anchor who now is trying to get her local Alpha News going mainstream.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll be curious to see what role the MN National Guard will play in all of this over the next few days.

Do you think it’s going to get that bad again?

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) said that he has issued a “warning order” to prepare the Minnesota National Guard after a woman was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in Minneapolis on Wednesday morning.

“To Minnesotans, on the National Guard, they’re there to protect you and protect your constitutional rights,” Walz said. “These are our neighbors. They don’t wear masks. They don’t bust in from somewhere else. They’re not here to cause hassles to you or what we saw today, the tragedy.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5677541-walz-minnesota-national-guard-ice-shooting/

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Anonymous wrote:

a) if they committed felony theft, then I hope they are prosecuted to the full extent of the law and do their time
b) we know longer believe ANYTHING that DHS, Tricia McLaughlin, the White House, or Karoline Leavitt say. Utterly untrustworthy. I have zero confidence in this story.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Idiot activists.

EXCLUSIVE: Tech workers say they were mistaken for ICE agents, accosted by anti-ICE mob

What began as a casual lunch between five Twin Cities software engineers quickly escalated into a frightening encounter after the men were misidentified as undercover federal agents and protesters were alerted to the Minneapolis restaurant where they were dining.

Alpha News obtained video and spoke with one of the men, Lee, a software engineer from Plymouth, who described how the situation unfolded.

Lee said the group was eating lunch at Clancy’s Deli, near 38th Street and Grand Avenue South, when one of the men — who belongs to an anti-ICE Signal chat — received a message from a group labeled “SW Minneapolis Rapid Response” claiming that plainclothes ICE agents were dining at the restaurant.

“My friend was shocked,” Lee said. “He’s on the [anti-ICE] side politically. He lives nearby. He’s eaten there before. And suddenly he’s seeing messages saying we’re ICE.”

The software engineers — all white males dressed casually in sweatshirts and jackets — were soon confronted by protesters who surrounded the restaurant, shouting insults and blowing whistles in their ears as they attempted to leave, according to Lee.

Lee emphasized to Alpha News that the group’s political views were mixed, but said the encounter left some of them reconsidering their positions.

“One of us is pro-ICE, one anti-ICE, others on the fence,” he said. “After this, I think some of them are rethinking everything.”

seems more like a planted story to gain sympathy for ICE

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Idiot activists.

EXCLUSIVE: Tech workers say they were mistaken for ICE agents, accosted by anti-ICE mob

What began as a casual lunch between five Twin Cities software engineers quickly escalated into a frightening encounter after the men were misidentified as undercover federal agents and protesters were alerted to the Minneapolis restaurant where they were dining.

Alpha News obtained video and spoke with one of the men, Lee, a software engineer from Plymouth, who described how the situation unfolded.

Lee said the group was eating lunch at Clancy’s Deli, near 38th Street and Grand Avenue South, when one of the men — who belongs to an anti-ICE Signal chat — received a message from a group labeled “SW Minneapolis Rapid Response” claiming that plainclothes ICE agents were dining at the restaurant.

“My friend was shocked,” Lee said. “He’s on the [anti-ICE] side politically. He lives nearby. He’s eaten there before. And suddenly he’s seeing messages saying we’re ICE.”

The software engineers — all white males dressed casually in sweatshirts and jackets — were soon confronted by protesters who surrounded the restaurant, shouting insults and blowing whistles in their ears as they attempted to leave, according to Lee.

Lee emphasized to Alpha News that the group’s political views were mixed, but said the encounter left some of them reconsidering their positions.

“One of us is pro-ICE, one anti-ICE, others on the fence,” he said. “After this, I think some of them are rethinking everything.”

seems more like a planted story to gain sympathy for ICE

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

a) if they committed felony theft, then I hope they are prosecuted to the full extent of the law and do their time
b) we know longer believe ANYTHING that DHS, Tricia McLaughlin, the White House, or Karoline Leavitt say. Utterly untrustworthy. I have zero confidence in this story.