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First they came for the Palestinians in Gaza and I did not speak up because I don't live there
Then they came for minorities here and I did not speak up because I'm not a minority
Then they came for white activist lesbian and I did not speak up because I'm not an activist nor a lesbian
Now they came for a guy with concealed carry permit and there's no one left to speak out for me
These are the pigs that liberals want to give more cameras and overtime to
American brainworms are wild. Man in a Vietnam hat (proud of terrorizing peasants in another continent) gives an interview about how he will die to ensure everyone VOTES, and then he screams at other protesters for getting too confrontational with the pigs. What a fascinating example of the vibe-soup of American political thought
War criminal upset that the war crimes aren’t staying outside the border
If this happened in any other country, we'd be talking about sanctions and "human rights concerns." After this administration, it's absurdly hard to even take any accusation by the US government seriously, and, I don't mean this in a "whataboutism," but because it's hard to not dismiss their accusations as political when they can't even take care of their own home.
Let's be real, our government supports and contributes to this kind of shit in other countries too. It's only ever a "problem" to them if there's a possibility of the left and/or non-white folks rising up.
Oh no, a bunch of the protestors are now getting on the ground with their hands up. Guys your faces will be right in the tear gas. And they will sweep in and arrest you. Stay on your feet and learn how to de-arrest, don't pre-arrest your whole protest.
Edit: they did gas the people on the ground before they left
Looking less threatening and intimidating will not turn the feds away. You gotta project power and make them afraid of the crowd.
Yep, power in numbers. The crowds that don't get messed with are large, consolidated and armed
A Bluesky post
ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
https://bsky.app/profile/mattmfm.bsky.social/post/3md6of6cxls2k
In the last 5 years
US citizens murdered by illegal immigrants: 9
US citizens murdered by ICE: 35
Absolutely crazy. There's no good reason to keep ICE around, they need to be abolished.
The Republicans suddenly becoming anti 2A is not unexpected but also hilarious. They've spend literal decades running their entire messaging on being against gun control, and now they're just saying if you have a gun you're a terrorist. Something even more extreme than what any liberal position on gun control has ever been.
The Republicans suddenly becoming anti 2A is not unexpected but also hilarious.
I think they are in a transformative process. Rightwing media is surely already testing out euphemistic phrases to describe "non-republicans" with guns. Sometime soon (By Monday?) - they'll choose their pet term.
I think they'll smoothly segue into saying something like... The 2A is a fundamental American right. But agitators shouldn't have any gun rights at all. They aren't American and hate America.
the victim was just standing there filming
https://www.reddit.com/r/Minneapolis/comments/1qlyj9h/i_did_my_best_to_stabilize_the_video_you_can/ stabilized footage, best footage. you can clearly see everything
any commentary worth giving on this subject would be considered fedposting
The feds gassed everyone and then ran away, and now it's state troopers who are confronting the protesters, while Waltz gives press conferences about how ICE is bad and has to leave.
Plus city police with big-ass clubs just glaring people down
They’ve got a half dozen 
and they can’t hold down one scrawny individual? “Getting winded” is now a reason to use deadly force?
Classic cop move to pull a gun and mag dump into a corpse so it looks like a firefight rather than an execution.
Reminder that troops in Iraq and Afghanistan did this very same thing with civilians and drop guns.
fr insane, the guy is fucking dead face down the pavement and he continues to fire another 4-5 shots.
this one was even closer to my friend that lives in Minneapolis
Yeah I'm only a few blocks away, but we're out here protesting and documenting even if it is cold af. ICE are deploying gas, and there's tons of folks out here already.
I really need to move to Minneapolis and see what a unionised parks department is like+civil war.
SWAT is here and 4 buses, probably gonna mass arrest y'all
Live: https://www.youtube.com/live/ASr1zVuQlX4 (sorry it is youtube)
Hoping for your safety comrade 
Every day I fail to see a headline about one of these fuckers being ventilated is a day too long
A photo of the murdered man.
This is Alex Pretti.
This morning he was murdered by ICE. Six ICE agents held him down and shot him at point blank range. Alex was a nurse and researcher at the VA. Our thoughts are with his loved ones and we stand united in action calling for the abolishment of ICE.
https://bsky.app/profile/standupforscience.bsky.social/post/3md6z3kfwns2g
Tim Walz has said police officers are outnumbered, but he could order Minnesota police to deputize citizens who want justice. Keith Ellison could argue it's the 2A right for citizens to do so and not charge anyone.
Only two hours after Walz gave his press conference, the local pigs are gassing everyone in the streets while they're escorted by the state troopers. Lol, but sure it's numbers that stop the cops from being on the side of justice
I got banned from Reddit today for suggesting that maybe folks should start using force against these very obvious nazis
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
john brown this is your time
Minneapolis has a right to defend itself.
Not to say this in a fed way, but I'm surprised they haven't been shot yet. Aren't there tons of guns in the Midwest?
There isn't a hole deep enough for these pigs. Please stay safe, US hexbears
seems like time's up
The murdered man's name is Jeffrey Pretti.
Federal agents fatally shot a man this morning in south Minneapolis, setting off confrontations between protesters and agents at the scene. It was the second fatal shooting involving federal agents who have swarmed Minnesota as part of a massive immigration enforcement operation. The Department of Homeland Security said the man was armed with a gun and two magazines of ammunition and circulated a photo of the weapon. DHS said the agent fired in self-defense.
Two people familiar with the incident told the Minnesota Star Tribune that the man was Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37. The two people spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to disclose details of the incident. Video shows several agents wrestling the man to the ground and shooting him multiple times.
Live updates - https://www.startribune.com/ice-raids-minnesota/601546426
A Bluesky comment
Alex Pretti was a nurse and an an alum of UMN.
I'm really looking forward to seeing chuds declare resisting arrest equivalent to terrorism and punishable by summary execution. They've probably already started.
Renee Good's father, a trump supporter, did not blame trump for this shit. This is the level of mass delusion at work here.
That was her father-in-law (her dead husband's father, who doesn't acknowledge Renee Good's wife, and plans to take her son, his grandson, because he considers the child to "be alone"). Her own father hasn't said much of anything as far as I'm aware, and her parents have hired lawyers to investigate the shooting (the same lawyers who represented George Floyd's family)
There was that guy who went viral last week when directly asked by his son
what if I'm at the mall or something and ICE or Delta force or something comes and kills everyone including me?
Dad says to his face:
Well Trump had a reason for them to be there, guess it's just wrong place wrong time, you probably shouldn't live in California or things like that could happen
It looks like Porkfucker #1 who opened fire first (it's hard to tell) was also trying to smash him with what looked like his gun (maybe a taser, it looks blocky) before shifting his grip and shooting. Then a SECOND cop aims and opens up immediately after
Why the hell are they even shooting at a writhing mass of multiple people? It is incredible if no one else caught a stray
Because this is the guy they're hiring 
(pictured: average ICE recruit thinking about gun safety)
What is to be done???
