Because much commentary is now being posted about the killing of a man in Minneapolis today by armed and masked federal agents, and because my previous thread about this today has grown long, I'm starting a separate thread about this now.
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@xs4me2 @MostlyTato @wdlindsy Hope so but the road ahead is looking distinctly bumpy. The law no longer seems to count for much. While tyranny does tend to fail, it can last many years. The US was built by people escaping oppression. Will it accept being oppressed?
@alex_p_roe @MostlyTato @wdlindsy
Given that and the amount of guns in the US, and the resistance we see now, they would not take it. California, Illinois, Washington, Minnesota and their governors have been very vocal. They will not be oppressed, neither others. Apart from the die-hard indoctrinated followers this will not fly…
The agitation of democratic states is obvious here.
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"An analysis by The New York Times found that several agents wrestled a man onto the sidewalk, one officer struck him with an object, and then ten shots were fired within five seconds."
@wdlindsy
If even the far-right propagandists on the NY Times admit it, you know this is incontrovertible. -
@alex_p_roe @MostlyTato @wdlindsy
Given that and the amount of guns in the US, and the resistance we see now, they would not take it. California, Illinois, Washington, Minnesota and their governors have been very vocal. They will not be oppressed, neither others. Apart from the die-hard indoctrinated followers this will not fly…
The agitation of democratic states is obvious here.
@xs4me2 @MostlyTato @wdlindsy Am fairly certain Trump’s troops would focus on Democratic states if conflict were to break out. Have no idea which way it would go but it would be brutal. Trump’s people are driven by hate - we saw what such people were capable of during WW2.
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@wdlindsy they've managed to find two white people called Good and Pretti. Who's next? Angelic? Perfect?
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@alex_p_roe @MostlyTato @wdlindsy
Given that and the amount of guns in the US, and the resistance we see now, they would not take it. California, Illinois, Washington, Minnesota and their governors have been very vocal. They will not be oppressed, neither others. Apart from the die-hard indoctrinated followers this will not fly…
The agitation of democratic states is obvious here.
@xs4me2 @MostlyTato @wdlindsy It’s utterly crazy even discussing this but then Trump et al are utterly crazy and hateful.
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@xs4me2 @MostlyTato @wdlindsy Am fairly certain Trump’s troops would focus on Democratic states if conflict were to break out. Have no idea which way it would go but it would be brutal. Trump’s people are driven by hate - we saw what such people were capable of during WW2.
@alex_p_roe @MostlyTato @wdlindsy
The hate is stirred up by piep pipers like Trump but also others playing on the gut and addressing resentment, jealousy while pointing at scapegoats… the fascist formula.
Fully polarized media do the rest.Some 9 months to go till Midterms… soon we will see in which way the wind blows…
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@xs4me2 @MostlyTato @wdlindsy It’s utterly crazy even discussing this but then Trump et al are utterly crazy and hateful.
@alex_p_roe @MostlyTato @wdlindsy
Distopia…
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"RIP, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, an intensive-care nurse by trade. Intensive-care nurses, not typically being he most war-like people. And who the goon squad is already slandering as a 'domestic terrorist.' Yeah, I’m for stopping domestic terrorism, too. Which is why someone should arrest Stephen Miller, who takes demented pleasure in waging war on his own people. While prompting his corrupt boss to do the same."
#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs #AlexPretti #murder
/38@wdlindsy If Stephen Miller represents me, I'd rather be dead.
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@xs4me2 @alex_p_roe @wdlindsy
They have all the power, they want a war. They lack numbers, but they have all the strength and arguably still the support of around a third of the population. They think they can win.Putin has wanted an American civil war. He may not even care who wins.
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"My best current understanding is that the dead man, Alex Pretti, 37, was legally carrying a licensed firearm and was at the scene in some sort of observer status or perhaps there to place himself between ICE agents and those they were trying to assault or arrest. Video evidence seems to show clearly Pretti never brandished his firearm and actually used clear non-confrontation signals in his engagement with ICE agents."
#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs #AlexPretti #murder
/33@wdlindsy @martinvermeer The fact that he was licensed for concealed carry does not confirm that he was carrying today. His parents say he rarely carried and needed to “be careful” in the demonstrations. It’s not clear to me that the firearm DHS is claiming to have taken from him was actually taken. It is more likely that it is a lie created by DHS. The photo of the firearm is reported to have been taken off the Internet. The chain of custody cannot be demonstrated. The story is all lies by DHS.
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"If local and state law enforcement aren’t going to step up and do the job they swear an oath to do—protect our communities, the very people they’re supposed to serve—then someone else has to. Because while they stall, federal goon squads are roaming around in broad daylight, abducting and killing innocent people, and pretending it’s normal."
~ Oliver Kornetzke
Uvalde spends 40% of their municipal budget in policing. They also spent a lot of money on training them.
Uvalde police officer Adrian Gonzales was acquitted on all charges for his dereliction of duty & cowardice.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/uvalde-trial-verdict-reached-case-former-school-police
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/21/us/uvalde-school-police-officer-trial
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/05/g-s1-104497/trial-officer-accused-failing-to-protect-uvalde
If you have a police force that refuses to do its job, what exactly are you paying for?
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"A crowd of protesters has formed; ICE has unleashed tear gas at the scene."
~ Status Coup
#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs
/9https://www.statuscoupsubstack.com/p/breaking-ice-shoots-another-in-minneapolis
Keep up the presence of crowds.
Assad, dictator & mass murderer of Syria, was eventually forced to flee to Russia.
Hopefully, the same can happen to Trump’s regime. The Qatari royals even gave him a plane to do a runner.
We need the names of these mass murdering ICE goons.
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"A New York Times video analysis shows [Alex Pretti] was holding a phone, not a gun, [when federal agents killed him]."
#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs #AlexPretti #murder
/39A times headline that's ok?
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"Another day, another dead Minnesotan. Shot in the street while getting pinned down by masked federal thugs. And Donald Trump and Kristi Noem and Greg Bovino wasted no time putting out narratives that don’t at all square with the videos we’re seeing. But who you gonna believe? Them, or your lyin’ eyes?"
Matt Labash
#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs #AlexPretti #murder
/37"The Party [tells] you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears".
Do we really want do insinuate the Big Golden Brother (and his rabid side-kicks) are wrong?
An now please our daily hate-minute: Think about Somalians.
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A times headline that's ok?
The NYT will change the lede & headline later to make it appear that Mr. Pretti deserved to be assassinated.
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A times headline that's ok?
I think I agree with the skeptics that they won’t mess it up eventually
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"Open carry is legal in Minnesota. The videos I have seen do not support the idea that he was trying to shoot ICE agents.
We also know that ICE tried to prevent local law enforcement from securing the scene and collecting evidence. ...
The simple truth is that none of this would have happened if Trump had not sent thousands of out-of-control, masked agents to terrorize people in an American city."
~ Dan Pfeiffer
#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs #murder
/28https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/why-democrats-must-block-ice-funding
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"In graphic video now circulating on social media, six federal agents appear to wrestle the man to the ground in front of the New American Development Center. One of the agents hits the man three times with what appears to be a firearm."
~ Madison McVan & Michelle Griffith
@wdlindsy
so they tortured him before murdering him. Monsters, every fucking one. -
@wdlindsy A city which exemplifies social justice, community and values is being targeted by Trump deliberately. He wants to destroy humane behaviour and replace it with “do as I say or else you may well die” brutality.
@alex_p_roe @wdlindsy Prof Snyder says that Minneapolis was targeted because they have the largest immigrant population in the country and Minnesota has a well functioning welfare state. They truly take care of each other.
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"My best current understanding is that the dead man, Alex Pretti, 37, was legally carrying a licensed firearm and was at the scene in some sort of observer status or perhaps there to place himself between ICE agents and those they were trying to assault or arrest. Video evidence seems to show clearly Pretti never brandished his firearm and actually used clear non-confrontation signals in his engagement with ICE agents."
#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs #AlexPretti #murder
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