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A federal immigration agent shot dead a citizen of the United States in March 2025, months before the Trump administration began its ⁠deportation surge in Minnesota that led to the shooting deaths of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti.

According to records released this week, Ruben Ray Martinez, 23, was killed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents, lawyers for his ⁠family said in a statement.

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 36 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Clearly, these motherfuckers are being trained to position themselves in front of cars as a means of providing justification for killing people.

[–] microphone900@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 week ago

There's a fun term for that: Officer-Created Jeopardy. They've been doing it for so long and so often that it has a name.

[–] decapitae@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

There is a legitimate way of handling illegitimate institutions - check the constitution out.

[–] systemglitch@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Your constitution is in the toilet and being flushed.

[–] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Civil disobedience but historically there has also been a violent anti-state faction to contrast with the non-violent faction, allowing the latter to appear as the reasonable folks that should be heard out and negotiated with.

[–] 6stringringer@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Arrest quota, or death quota?"
"Yes."

[–] 6stringringer@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

Sadly and unfortunately, yes.

[–] IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Our government toys with people and kills people regardless of if it's ice or some other group.

I wonder if someone can make an AI bot to find all instances live and then maybe the country will constantly smolder.

[–] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Unsurprising, including the fact that it took a couple white folk becoming victims for the issue to get national recognition. One can only wonder how many others ICE/DHS has killed along the way.

[–] aeration1217@lemmy.org 1 points 1 week ago

Texas? Makes sense for FIRST and a valiant effort to bury this