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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"Again we have an ICE killing in which the Department of Homeland Security gets a story out first which, on its face, appears to describe an armed civilian in the process of committing a massacre of federal law enforcement officers. …
As now happens 100% of the time, these early DHS narratives are willfully absurd and don’t survive contact with abundant video evidence emerging from the scene."
~ Josh Marshall
#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs #AlexPretti #murder
/32"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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"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"What’s more, video evidence appears to show that ICE agents had already confiscated Pretti’s firearm in a scuffle before shooting him multiple times. …
The goal is submission and the strategy to achieve that goal is escalation. Miller, Homan and the leaders of ICE and CBP believe that they’ll come out on top at every step up the ICE/CPB escalation ladder."
#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs #AlexPretti #murder
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"What’s more, video evidence appears to show that ICE agents had already confiscated Pretti’s firearm in a scuffle before shooting him multiple times. …
The goal is submission and the strategy to achieve that goal is escalation. Miller, Homan and the leaders of ICE and CBP believe that they’ll come out on top at every step up the ICE/CPB escalation ladder."
#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs #AlexPretti #murder
/34"They’re communicating this to the protestors and activists and the communities in which they’re operating: the more you resist us, the worse it will be for you and eventually you’ll have to back down. …
They believe public resisters will eventually have to knuckle under. So they’re happy to keep escalating. Because they have more and bigger guns and eventually those who oppose them will have to give in."
#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs #AlexPretti #murder
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"They’re communicating this to the protestors and activists and the communities in which they’re operating: the more you resist us, the worse it will be for you and eventually you’ll have to back down. …
They believe public resisters will eventually have to knuckle under. So they’re happy to keep escalating. Because they have more and bigger guns and eventually those who oppose them will have to give in."
#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs #AlexPretti #murder
/35@wdlindsy Yes. The door dash lady -- they kept yelling at her that "It will only get worse!"
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"They’re communicating this to the protestors and activists and the communities in which they’re operating: the more you resist us, the worse it will be for you and eventually you’ll have to back down. …
They believe public resisters will eventually have to knuckle under. So they’re happy to keep escalating. Because they have more and bigger guns and eventually those who oppose them will have to give in."
#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs #AlexPretti #murder
/35"Remember dont bring a gun to a protest, unless its an illegal fire arm and you cross state lines and your name is Kyle. Then totally bring a gun, so we can call you a hero.
"#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs #AlexPretti #murder #KyleRittenhouse
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"Remember dont bring a gun to a protest, unless its an illegal fire arm and you cross state lines and your name is Kyle. Then totally bring a gun, so we can call you a hero.
"#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs #AlexPretti #murder #KyleRittenhouse
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Akeem Woods (@akeemwoods) on Threads
Remember dont bring a gun to a protest, unless its an illegal fire arm and you cross state lines and your name is Kyle. Then totally bring a gun, so we...
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"What’s more, video evidence appears to show that ICE agents had already confiscated Pretti’s firearm in a scuffle before shooting him multiple times. …
The goal is submission and the strategy to achieve that goal is escalation. Miller, Homan and the leaders of ICE and CBP believe that they’ll come out on top at every step up the ICE/CPB escalation ladder."
#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs #AlexPretti #murder
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"Remember dont bring a gun to a protest, unless its an illegal fire arm and you cross state lines and your name is Kyle. Then totally bring a gun, so we can call you a hero.
"#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs #AlexPretti #murder #KyleRittenhouse
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Akeem Woods (@akeemwoods) on Threads
Remember dont bring a gun to a protest, unless its an illegal fire arm and you cross state lines and your name is Kyle. Then totally bring a gun, so we...
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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
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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"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
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@MostlyTato @xs4me2 @wdlindsy What’s not clear is where the military stand. Seems Trump has put is own people in top positions but will that be enough? Will the US military fire on US citizens? I guess we’re getting close to finding out.
@alex_p_roe @MostlyTato @wdlindsy
If they would take the constitution that they swore an oath on anyhow serious, they would turn against this fascist regime. Getting close indeed…
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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"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
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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.
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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
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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.
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