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I still don't understand how it can be considered acceptable to have officers not wearing uniform
this post was submitted on 25 Jan 2026
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Because chaos, escalation, martial law, and a civil war is the goal.
It's not.
So out of the loop. Is the US starting a civil war in Minis City?
The Trump administration is sending increasing numbers of ICE agents - many of whom are untrained new recruits while the DHS makes recruitment ads targeting white supremacists - into Minneapolis and having them raid schools, churches, workplaces, and homes without warrants to arrest people based on things like the color of their skin, accents, and perceived political leanings (in addition to snatching people directly off the street or their vehicles). The community in Minneapolis has responded by organizing neighborhood watches that coordinate to track the location of ICE agents and warn people of their approach (often by blowing whistles), while also showing up to film them. Many are sheltering immigrant families in their homes to protect them from ICE. Local officials have been urging Minnesotans to stay peaceful while ICE and DHS have been using increasingly aggressive tactics, and several people have already been shot and killed by ICE agents, which the Trump administration has been lying about despite there being video with multiple angles of the incidents.
People - including state and local officials - have speculated that Trump is attempting to provoke a violent backlash to use as justification for invoking the insurrection act, which would allow Trump to send in the military (of which he has already put troops on standby) and put the state under direct federal control. As a result they are continuing to urge people to remain peaceful even as ICE agents are becoming increasingly violent. There is also a leaked letter that Pam Bondi (US Attorney General) sent to Tim Walz (Governor of Minnesota) offering to consider pulling ICE out of the state in exchange for repealing sanctuary policies as well as turning over the state's voter rolls and social welfare records.
Short answer: The administration is trying to start a civil war, the state is trying not to give them what they want, and the people are becoming increasingly organized. This is the closest we have been to civil war since, well, the lead-up to the first one, but if it were to break out today it would look very different (probably more like a larger scale version of Ireland's 'troubles').
The feds are trying. Minneapolis isn't taking the bait.
Basically yes.
Fuck ICE. Free Minnesota.
And in that confusion, you can't tell who's a federal officer and who's just a dude ... oh what a perfect way for an officer to get shot.
I honestly believe the administration is doing everything to get an officer killed so they pull use it to declare some kind of emergency and finally abolish democracy for good.
Oh no not an officer
More than just one, maybe. Fingers crossed. Praying for the people of Minnesota and the world.
protests raise awareness, but when it gets violent like this, you're basically just crashing the protestor trolley into the government low tier goons trolley, while the guy at the government goon lever cranks the amount of government goon trolleys up after each crash.
you gotta get ahold of their lever.
there's no way to get a hold of that lever without violence. this will escalate. we need to show those in power that we're not scared to fight back. unfortunately, aggression is the only language fascists listen to.
if you want to show those in power, why do you attack the goon meatwaves they specifically created to wear you out?
"if you want to fight the nazis, why would you attack the gestapo?"
good one
yes, because you can kill a hundred thousand gestapo officers and all it does is get your strongest fighters killed, but start at the nazi leadership and you're done in a week.
Of all the places I would have guessed Trump would start this level of shit, Minneapolis was not on that list for me.
Never invade Minnesota in the winder, it's the first rule in Sun Tsu's art of war.
The fourth classic blunder!
Walz is refusing to hand over Minnesota voter lists, among other things.
The head of DHS is Kristi Noem.
She was the governor of South Dakota.
She's also famous for shooting her puppy.
... South Dakota is a joke of a state compared to Minnesota, and they're neighboring states.
Inferiority complex + racism + psychopathy + fascism, but I repeat myself.
The state is still run by one of his opponents from the election. My theory will be that ICE and other federal officers will back off once Walz is out of office.
He doesn't back down until there is something that he's afraid of, like losing money or power. To make Trump stop Walz needs to release the Epstein Files unredacted but no one has those.
He tried with LA, Chicago, hell even DC.
He’s taking revenge on Harris’ VP candidate.
Honestly, I hope this esculates. Best thing to happen in the last year for Canada's sovereignty. The more white Americans hurt the higher chance you overthrow this criminal regime.
Be careful of what you wish for… what if the good guys get steamrolled and, bolstered by the result, they accelerate their program towards the north? He’s triggered quite easily…
That's extraordinarily insulting to Canada: our neighbor to the north does not rely on the US in any way for its sovereignty. If anything, it's the other way around (looking at you, 1812).
Molotov time