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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"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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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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"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. -
"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
#Minneapolis #Trump #ICE #DHS #MaskedThugs
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No One Else Is Coming
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.
(substack.com)
Uvalde spend 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.
Jury clears former Uvalde police officer of child endangerment or abandonment charges | CNN
A jury found a former school district police officer not guilty of 29 counts of child endangerment or abandonment in the case involving the 2022 shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 children and two teachers dead.
CNN (www.cnn.com)
Trial begins for officer accused of failing to protect children during Uvalde shooting
One of the first police officers to respond to the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, goes on trial Monday on charges that he failed to protect children during the attack.
NPR (www.npr.org)
If you have a police force that refuses to do its job, what exactly are you paying for?
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