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Trump threatens to use Insurrection Act in Minnesota in response to ICE protests (www.theguardian.com)

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And so it begins ...

Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota in response to protests in Minneapolis against federal immigration enforcement operations, as Minnesota’s governor, Tim Walz, overnight urged demonstrators in Minneapolis to be peaceful amid escalating tensions.

In a post on Truth Social on Thursday morning, Trump said he would institute the Insurrection Act and “quickly put an end to the travesty that is taking place” in Minnesota if the “corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of ICE”.

Trump’s remarks came as overnight, Walz, a Democrat, urged people in Minneapolis to protest peacefully after it was reported on Wednesday evening that a federal officer had shot a man in the leg during an immigration enforcement operation in north Minneapolis.

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[–] AnarchoSnowPlow@midwest.social 12 points 1 month ago

5 people were killed by British soldiers in the Boston Massacre.

How many people have been killed by DHS/ICE, just this year already?

Boston sparked an uprising against an authoritarian state, oppressing the regular working people who were just trying to live their lives.

What's the number for oppressive regimes today?