He Didn’t Start The Fire

[u/tonyper7ect]

[u/_BindersFullOfWomen_]

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[u/LabRat_X]

Here's the video, starts around 6:15 https://youtu.be/LnfiWmX_mTE?si=TsqTvzy8KtB-Bi3h

[u/mojoback_ohbehave → u/LabRat_X]

This guy also took a point blank blast to the face as well. White woman killed. Black man and a white man taking pepper blasts to the face. They are coming for anybody.

[u/What_would_Buffy_do → u/mojoback_ohbehave]

We live in an untrained police state. It only gets worse from here and we've still got at a minimum 3 more years.

[u/TinKnight1 → u/What_would_Buffy_do]

It's alright. Here in Texas, the state supreme court just ruled that law schools don't need ABA-accreditation in order to graduate licensed lawyers. So we'll soon also have an untrained legal system.

Yay for sending us back to the 1800s! When men were men & families had 15 children...so that hopefully one would make it to adulthood.

[u/MinionofMinions → u/TinKnight1]

“You got your law degree from Costco?”

“I wish”

[u/smashcola → u/MinionofMinions]

Welcome to Costco. I love you.

[u/Juck3r → u/smashcola]

We get closer to idiocracy every single day

[u/BobcatElectronic → u/Juck3r]

Mike Judge saw the writing on the wall 30 years ago

[u/DrumRoll__ → u/BobcatElectronic]

Ironically, a Texan

[u/BobcatElectronic → u/DrumRoll__]

I live in Garland, the suburb of Dallas that he based King of the Hill on. He fucking nailed it. I live in King of the Hill.

[u/Utterlybored → u/Juck3r]

President Camacho knew to trust experts, so no. We’re worse and getting more so by the day.

[u/ohyoumad721 → u/Utterlybored]

I say this all the time. Comacho wanted to improve things and listened to those who knew more.

[u/ECEXCURSION → u/TinKnight1]

Oh nice. Was wondering how much more they could fuck up America.

[u/Maximum_Turn_2623 → u/ECEXCURSION]

The reality of that statement is double when you consider the return of measles and polio.

[u/Sour-Scribe → u/Maximum_Turn_2623]

And triple when you add climate change to the mix

[u/HonoratoDoto → u/TinKnight1]

Didn't the mandatory vaccine list in the US get a strong reduction this month too? Making it so health insurance companies don't have to cover them?

There are people starting to ask the government in my country to require US citizens to show proof of vaccination before entering the country. The idea is to avoid re-introduction of diseases that are eradicated here, risking the health of immunocompromised, small kids, older people, etc

[u/IllDoItTomorr0w → u/HonoratoDoto]

I don’t blame any county one bit for not allowing us in at the moment.

[u/Jane_Marie_CA → u/HonoratoDoto]

Making it so health insurance companies don't have to cover them?

Private health insurances will still be covering, at least, most of them. They want to cover them. The main ones (MMR, etc) are low cost and prevent expensive health care bills.

This is the #1 evidence that vaccines work.

Now government sponsored insurances....who knows.

[u/Shirinjima → u/What_would_Buffy_do]

The police should literally be arresting the ICE agent for shooting a dude in the face is a gas gun. That’s assault.

[u/Butt_Fungus_Among_Us → u/What_would_Buffy_do]

Actually, we DON'T have to wait a minimum of 3 more years. Come mid terms, if we swing the house back to Democrats, they can theoretically have the numbers needed to put forth a vote and proposal to impeach and remove trump from power.

Everyone needs to get out and vote like their lives depend on it this year, because if this video doesn't illustrate that literal fact, I don't know what will.

[u/Oskie5272 → u/Butt_Fungus_Among_Us]

This isn't true. You need 2/3 of the Senate to vote to convict to remove him from office after the house votes to impeach. Dems would have to keep every single one of their seats up for grab, win every single Republican seat up for grab, and not have a single rotating villain vote not to remove him. That's just not going to happen.

People definitely need to vote, but that's just the start. What actually needs done is community organizing and mutual aid. We can't just vote our way out of this, we have to do more

[u/Luciolover345 → u/LabRat_X]

7:15 in that video ICE clearly commit an act of domestic terrorism right? Wouldn’t the bystanders be justified to open fire out of fear for their own lives?

[u/PegasusWrangler → u/Luciolover345]

Our "President" posted to X that the agent who shot the lady was run over and in the hospital, when that video clearly shows him walking around just fine immediately after the shooting. 

They will state lies as fact even with video. 

Edit: NO ONE got hit. The guy drove away in his own car after shooting her. 

[u/bl00drunzc0ld → u/PegasusWrangler]

The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.

[u/fariasrv → u/bl00drunzc0ld]

I'm tired of living in 1936. And "1984."

[u/mooninuranus → u/PegasusWrangler]

That it happened is bad.

But the utter arseholery of the responses by those in charge is terrifying.

They don’t wait for any facts, they don’t express any regret, they just come out with whatever bullshit they can think of to justify what’s happened.

Toddlers have better instincts.

[u/lonnie123 → u/mooninuranus]

It’s working isn’t it? The point isn’t to get the data straight, it’s to get ahead of the story and give supporters something to say and hang on to.

[u/elrapido33 → u/PegasusWrangler]

My brother does stand up comedy and one of the things he said in a small conservative town was “if trump tells you that eating shit will make America great again, you will eat shit” no one laughed

[u/Chunderfork → u/elrapido33]

Maga would eat a shit sandwich if there was a chance a liberal might smell their breath.

[u/timplshved → u/elrapido33]

He already told them to drink bleach.

[u/horndog2 → u/LabRat_X]

Ty for the link. The agent at 5:20 sure didn't have anyone grab his gun before shooting someone point blank in the face. About a minute later, looks to be the same guy shooting both times. As for the people saying he "grabbed" the agents gun... BS. It was 1 handed and sure as shit looked more to me like it was a defensive reaction that anyone might have to someone pointing a gun at you point blank. You try to deflect it away on instinct. Especially if you just watched that same guy shoot someone else in the face point blank. He was clearly not trying to take the agents weapon.

2nd edit. It just keeps getting worse. Ice trying to run people over at 7:10, the same thing they said is an executable offense of domestic terrorism. 8:15 another  pepper sprays multiple protesters in the face point blank. I'll have to watch the rest another day, I can't believe 40% of our country supports this shit.

[u/Theepot80 → u/horndog2]

IT doesn’t stop until you do something about it.

[u/Donkletown]

Remember that time when Biden mass deployed militarized federal agents to red states and we got regular pictures of Americans being threatened with death by armed agents of the state?

Me neither. 

[u/xanthus12 → u/Donkletown]

God, I would have loved if Obama, Biden or any other Democrat did half of the stuff the right accused them of.

[u/AdReasonable2094 → u/xanthus12]

Biden did screw up by not rounding up Trump and his conspirators on Inauguration Day.

[u/MrZephy → u/AdReasonable2094]

If he did, that woman would still be alive. Crazy.

[u/fabkosta]

From this distance with the full concentration shot at the man this can actually lead to severe, lasting damage (e.g. blindness, lasting health issues etc.). Tear gas is not a joke.

EDIT: It's pepper blaster, apparently. Still not a joke, as it is shot at the man's head from roughly half a meter distance.

[u/SL1Fun → u/fabkosta]

It’s the blunt force of the canister itself. They are also not supposed to aim above the waist. This is a war crime in any actual civilized country 

[u/SimianRex → u/SL1Fun]

Not so fun fact: war crimes committed against your own citizens are not considered war crimes!

[u/Wind_Yer_Neck_In → u/SimianRex]

It's why they call them less than lethal now instead of non-lethal. Because as my country (northern Ireland) learned during our 35 year civil war, rubber bullets can absolutely kill people.

[u/AltAccBcImAshamed → u/SimianRex]

It used to be a fun piece of trivia that tear gas is a chemical weapon and therefore a war crime on a battlefield. Now, not so much.

[u/dumpsterfire_account → u/SL1Fun]

I’m not for this type of action, but just to clarify this shot is powder only (no canister emitted).

[u/curious_dead → u/SL1Fun]

Yeah, they can't shoot them with guns, so this is the next "best" (read: worse) thing.

[u/llfoso → u/curious_dead]

Apparently they can

[u/DigNitty → u/curious_dead]

Like Batman games

Oh we don’t kill people, we just throw razor blades batwings shoot tear gas canisters into their faces until they’re unconscious.

[u/LabRat_X → u/fabkosta]

Saw the video, he shot him point blank in the face. They did the same to several others

[u/Goodnight_lemro → u/LabRat_X]

Yikes. They always seem to aim for the face/head/upper chest.

[u/Dfnstr8r → u/Goodnight_lemro]

It's what their Call of Duty training has taught them

[u/sabrenation81 → u/Goodnight_lemro]

That's because they want to kill someone. It's their greatest dream, it's why they joined law enforcement in the first place. They're bloodthirsty sociopaths in a state-sanctioned gang, hoping one day they'll get to be the one who guns down a civilian and gets away with it.

If you ever have the misfortune of having to interact with US law enforcement - ESPECIALLY ICE - your best bet is to approach the situation under the assumption that the LEO is a sociopath just begging for even the slightest perceived justification to kill you. Assume hostility and approach it the same way you would an unleashed, snarling pitbull foaming at the mouth. That's basically what they are.

[u/PLTR60 → u/fabkosta]

Yeah but self defense!!! /s

pretty sure camo princess knows all this and it's exactly why he's doing it. If you haven't seen the video, yes, he discharges the weapon and paints the guy yellow.

To the apologists talking about someone else grabbing the weapon; was it before or after it was pointed at this guy's face?

[u/ImAnEagle]

I'd like to point out this guy is a member of BORTAC, Border Patrol's elite tactical unit. The fact that they were even in Minneapolis to begin with supports the theory that Trump told agencies to ramp up aggression in hopes of retaliation.

[u/roger3rd → u/ImAnEagle]

The plan is 1) flood streets with thugs(edit: I mean ICE here) who inevitably cross lines and inflict inappropriate violence on innocents 2) have Fox News show the resulting protesters as terrorists 3) escalate until the point where you can “justify” martial law 4) suspension of elections 5) escape Epstein accountability and never leave power

[u/mattymattymatty96 → u/roger3rd]

His CONSTANT rambling of "the radical left" has me thinking the same thing.

They arent the Radical Left they are people who just want you and your cronies to follow the law

[u/ObiRyaNKenobi → u/mattymattymatty96]

This is why the massive protests should happen in DC, not MN

[u/Careless-Vehicle-286 → u/ObiRyaNKenobi]

It should be happening everywhere. They can't keep everyone under control.

[u/raptosaurus → u/Careless-Vehicle-286]

At this point I think only a general strike that brings down this government will work. Unfortunately I doubt the US has it in them.

[u/iredditoninternet → u/raptosaurus]

I agree. General strike will work. Even 10% of the population would make a difference to start with.

[u/wobble_bot → u/raptosaurus]

The U.S, for all its rhetoric about freedom and rights has always had a population ready and willing to lick the boot if they think it'll serve them as an individual. If this type of thing was happening in any European nation, the place would be burning

[u/GJCLINCH → u/mattymattymatty96]

Radical left is just projection of them being radical right. Everything they say is an admission of deflected guilt.

[u/Walton-E-Haile → u/mattymattymatty96]

Right. Dems are currently centrist to right leaning. Bernie is as far left as it gets. Referring to dems as radical is corporate billionaire/trillionaire slang that equates to their loss of control and power over our government as radical. Its obvious. Corporate media exacerbates this.

[u/Mekroval → u/roger3rd]

I'm increasingly thinking you're right. The Trump administration seems to be full of accelerationists who want to provoke civil conflict to justify fully breaking the established order. Every provocation is worse than the last, because they are trying to push the limits intentionally, to see what the breaking point is (if any) for any non-brainwashed American.

[u/SymmetricDickNipples → u/Mekroval]

This was all in project 2025. There's no maybe about it.

[u/Itchy_Psychology3300 → u/SymmetricDickNipples]

Literally, they announced what they want to do. The tech billionaires openly talk about it too, like Peter thiel, and the bunch.

[u/Aggroninja → u/Itchy_Psychology3300]

"The Revolution will be bloodless if the left allows it."

Too late for that, I guess.

[u/PancakeProfessor → u/Aggroninja]

Every conflict can be bloodless if one side just gives up. It’s the same logic they use to blame Ukraine for their war with Russia.

[u/JohnnyBlazin25 → u/Aggroninja]

How has this quote just gotten loss amidst all of this chaos?

Anyone have resources for independent news reporting which is not affiliated with any billion dollar company?

It’s sickening what people choose to believe and choose to plug their ears and go LALALALA you’re wrong I am right! Left is at fault for this! Not my president!

[u/obsidian_green → u/Aggroninja]

It's their blood they're talking about. They have no qualms about spilling blood—no real way for them to get what they want without violence.

[u/TOW2Bguy → u/Aggroninja]

And Noem is ensuring that "the revolution will be televised" in a very eerie callback to decades ago

[u/xKirstein → u/Aggroninja]

Please link the video whenever you share this quote.

"We are in the process of the Second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless, if the left allows it to be"

[u/Aggroninja → u/xKirstein]

Thanks for the link, I'll store that nugget away for later use.

[u/JMKAB → u/Mekroval]

He is correct it’s directly from their playbook. They also harassed kids at a nearby school. They want retaliation to justify cancelling elections

[u/Beyond_Reason09 → u/JMKAB]

I honestly can't think of a good reason for their costumes outside of provocation. A group of people arresting a busboy for a misdemeanor immigration offense shouldn't be dressed like they're doing urban combat operations in Fallujah.

[u/brodievonorchard → u/Beyond_Reason09]

Costumes is right. Desert camo in Minneapolis during winter?

[u/Racine262 → u/brodievonorchard]

It's the only brown shirt he owns.

[u/jwalker107 → u/Mekroval]

Which is why you have to fight fascism before the dictator is entrenched and consolidates power. Anyone thinking they can wait it out is deluded.

[u/Shawn_NYC → u/jwalker107]

So you'd want to stop him before he has 5 years of rule, a majority of the legislature, and a hand-picked supreme court?

[u/glenn_ganges → u/Shawn_NYC]

If anyone is unclear about things, we currently live in a fascist dictatorship. It is not a threat. It is not "happening", it is here, now.

[u/IIIllIIlllIlII → u/jwalker107]

I remember when, during trumps first term, people said “whew, lucky this guy is incompetent and doesn’t know how to make things happen”

Then we have him a 4 year planning period and he’s come back and destroyed the USA in less than a year.

[u/Pip_Helix → u/IIIllIIlllIlII]

The fact that it took so little time is terrifying.

[u/biggles7268 → u/IIIllIIlllIlII]

It's not even Trump. He's a doddering old fool. It's steven miller and everyone like him behind the scenes. Trump just signs what they put in front of him and says whatever he thinks will make his base happy.

[u/SordidDreams → u/jwalker107]

Too late. Now what?

[u/eatrepeat → u/SordidDreams]

The sedated nation has it's reckoning, some wake up and some put their head in the sand. Either way only the wide eyes of those who face this will come out the other side. And they will write about the struggle so as to warn future generations who will honour them. Until they don't and like we see today those lessons will be forgotten and the evil will repeat itself again. This is humanity.

[u/OurSaviorBenFranklin → u/Mekroval]

Cause a disturbance among the people when it comes to unsanctioned foreign invasions, the anti war folks and unlawful use of force at home against citizens. Covers all the bases to make sure there are enough people in the streets protesting then ramp up their crack down.

[u/Vitalization → u/roger3rd]

This just sounds like the (flashback) plot to V for Vendetta

[u/That-You-1998 → u/roger3rd]

Christ this is terrifying. My husband has been saying for awhile that there won’t be midterms, and I’ve always dismissed that as a crazy talk. Suddenly looking more and more possible. I can see the roadmap.

[u/VerdantField → u/That-You-1998]

The USPS also changed the date stamp process so that mailed items are no longer stamped the day they are mailed. This is an attempt to prevent mail in ballots from counting, because they will be postmarked later.

[u/No-Apple2252 → u/VerdantField]

That should be an indication to everyone that the midterms are still a serious threat to this regime, and while we must not stop every other form of resistance having that to look forward to can bring us the hope that fuels our fight against fascism.

[u/mittenknittin → u/No-Apple2252]

Well the indication that the midterms are a serious threat to the regime is that Trump came right out and said exactly that a couple of days ago

[u/Thefrayedends → u/roger3rd]

It's been so frustrating being repeatedly told 'but no one would ever play the long game! certainly not the wealth class!' but then have all of your friends and neighbors eating it up, and asking for more.

[u/Meeeps → u/ImAnEagle]

Bingo. The daycare fraud was just an excuse to send thousands of border patrol once utilizing the national guard was stopped by the courts.

[u/picklerick8879 → u/Meeeps]

Exactly.. when courts block the obvious play, they reach for a flimsy pretext and flood the streets anyway, daring us to pretend this was ever about fraud instead of force.

[u/SuperDoubleDecker → u/picklerick8879]

It's not even about immigration enforcement. It's all political theatre and an attempt to escalate.

[u/Contemplating_Prison → u/ImAnEagle]

People really aren't realizing what's around the corner so let me tell you. You're witnessing the new National Police force. Border and ICE will soon be a national police force and the chief will be Bovino.

[u/throwitoutwhendone2 → u/Contemplating_Prison]

I just commented it seems like in a bit here military and police will be the same job just different branches the way this shits going

[u/FrostyD7 → u/Contemplating_Prison]

I guess you can call it National but Trump is mostly just deploying them to the liberal cities he's most upset with at the current moment or that the heritage foundation laid out in their plans.

[u/Iimpid → u/ImAnEagle]

Minneapolis is not within Border Patrol's jurisdiction as it is not within 100 miles from a border.

[u/AzraelSavage → u/Iimpid]

Unfortunately, as I understand it, that "100 miles of a border" jurisdiction has also been deemed to included international airports.

Edit: This may not be a true fact. People that are much smarter and more knowledgeable with US legal code than I am dispute my claim here, and I'm glad they have. Based on the responses, it's not clear if this is what the law states, if it's a department policy, if it's an old wives tale, or some combination thereof. So please take this comment with a grain of salt.

[u/FieldEffect-NT → u/AzraelSavage]

So practically, this permits them to deploy in pretty much every major city?

[u/tyderian → u/FieldEffect-NT]

Yes, 2/3 of the population lives within this radius.

[u/DrDDeFalco → u/AzraelSavage]

That's some bullshit.

[u/mfunk55 → u/Iimpid]

"well you can access the Mississippi river from the Gulf of 'merica so AKSHULLY it's easily accessible from the border."

/s

[u/Puresparx420 → u/ImAnEagle]

Why the fuck is there even an elite tactical unit in that department at all. They act like immigrants are walking around with RPG’s and high tech infiltration equipment. You’re dressing up as a super soldier so you can kidnap Home Depot migrant workers

[u/LARRYVOND13 → u/ImAnEagle]

.....elites a strong word.

I know you're just quoting but I couldn't not comment my dude lol

[u/IllustriousRanger934 → u/LARRYVOND13]

Nah BORTAC is actually considered elite they’re a counter terrorism organization

But they don’t have any business in Minneapolis

[u/Dustmopper]

Fully geared out combat troop on American streets or an unarmed citizen in a hoodie

Guess which one the media wants you to believe is the threat 🤔

[u/Leelze → u/Dustmopper]

First thought was "why is this soldier from Desert Storm there?"

[u/CadaDiaCantoMejor → u/Leelze]

... and wearing desert camo in the snow

ETA: I get that it isn't strictly "desert camo". My point is that this is meant to intimidate, and is in no way necessary against an unarmed civilian population in our own country.

[u/W4NN4M33TTH4TD4D → u/CadaDiaCantoMejor]

It's all the army surplus store had in stock

[u/bluevelvet88 → u/W4NN4M33TTH4TD4D]

Spirit Halloween next day clearance sale

[u/hiddenone0326 → u/bluevelvet88]

Damn, I wish I was one of the people that got free awards so I could reward this.

Edit: Thank you for the award, kind Redditor! 🥰

[u/Anubis-Jute → u/CadaDiaCantoMejor]

Closest they could get to a brown shirt 👀

[u/POD80 → u/Anubis-Jute]

I mean, the brown shirts wore brown shirt cause they were inexpensive military surplus from ww1...

[u/Kradget → u/CadaDiaCantoMejor]

Cause it looks badass, broooo /s

Because they want to be a paramilitary enforcement arm for the president soooo bad. Bunch of pick-me's, on top of everything else.

[u/Doc_Blox → u/Kradget]

they want to be are a paramilitary enforcement arm for the president

Let's stay up to date so we can really understand our situation. ICE are now what brownshirts were - or perhaps more like Mussolini's blackshirts. Functionally they are acting as extrajudicial enforcers of the fascist leadership's will.

[u/hhmCameron → u/Doc_Blox]

So.... does anyone know when "night of the long knives" is scheduled?

[u/Nonsenseinabag → u/hhmCameron]

Probably whenever they get bored of waiting to pounce on all of us because we're not taking their bait.

[u/BloodFartz69 → u/Kradget]

Because all these pussies are the guys who "woulda joined the military, but..."

[u/easy506 → u/BloodFartz69]

ICE definitely gives off major "I couldn't pass basic, I would have beat up the drill instructor" vibes.

[u/Vilnius_Nastavnik → u/easy506]

Said through an xbox live headset amidst chewing sounds as their mom yells at them to take out the trash

[u/denimonster → u/Vilnius_Nastavnik]

You should look at a video of a streamer called GreekWario.

He’s the absolute perfect example of a Gravy Seal.

[u/neverthesaneagain → u/easy506]

Failed the psych evaluation to get into law enforcement and the military.

[u/Fiyah_Crotch → u/neverthesaneagain]

There is no psych evaluation to get into the army. Everybody goes to MEPS. You just get a physical, blood work, eyes and ears checked, and take a urine sample… and a doctor sits there and looks up your medical history, that’s literally it.

[u/PsyOpBunnyHop → u/BloodFartz69]

But he was too busy in the basement guzzling red bulls and playing Call of Duty all day until his parents kicked him out and he had to get a job... "because of the damn immigrants!"

[u/picklerick8879 → u/Leelze]

My first thought was how fast we accept a war costume on our own streets, then pretend it is normal while lecturing everyone else about overreaction.

Trump turning American streets into a stage for intimidation while pretending everyone else is the problem is so F'd up it's not even funny.

This country deserves calm leadership and real solutions, not a strongman act that treats citizens like enemies.

[u/EllieVader → u/picklerick8879]

Ever seen what networks air during prime time? Cop dramas overflowing with force and violence. Americans have been groomed for decades to accept armed overseers.

[u/Easy_Needleworker604 → u/picklerick8879]

WE don’t. The traitors in our country do

[u/Dry-Band4132 → u/Leelze]

That fvcker has more gear than I had on in Afghanistan!

[u/Latter_Knee_6716 → u/Dustmopper]

He isn't a troop. He isn't a soldier. He's a cosplaying pussy given power by a hateful regime.

[u/beatenmeat → u/Latter_Knee_6716]

This whole "militarization of law enforcement" really needs to end. Just a bunch of cowards who couldn't do it for real so now they play pretend and make a mockery of the uniform.

[u/Ambiorix33 → u/Dustmopper]

I STILL dont get why they get to run around in camo. Like I get their cosplayers but why are the issued it or allowed to wear it at all? Does ICE really not have a proper civilian uniform? Their not the military

[u/portablezombie → u/Ambiorix33]

Two reasons - First of all, these chucklefucks like to cosplay, and think they would make great SpecOps due to their COD experience. Secondly, it forces Americans to normalize seeing soldiers in our communities for when the inevitable occupations start happening.

[u/WileEPeyote → u/Ambiorix33]

It's fucking ridiculous on all fronts. They are law enforcement, they aren't attempting to hide amongst the natural flora.

[u/Confident_Catch8649 → u/Dustmopper]

I don't understand Why ICE has to wear all this equipment? The Troops hitting the Beaches of Normandy didn't wear half this stuff.

[u/Dustmopper → u/Confident_Catch8649]

Because they are costume accessories to make them feel tough

This is just fantasy cosplay but instead of portraying their favorite comic book character they get to murder people

[u/Daredevil_Forever → u/Dustmopper]

Man, as a superhero cosplayer myself, I hate how "cosplay" is yet another thing co-opted by the far right.

[u/nsucs2 → u/Dustmopper]

Ain't the first time someone was targeted and killed for being black in a hoodie.

[u/iamstephen1128 → u/Dustmopper]

If he didn't want to be perceived as a threat he shouldn't have come outside with that color skin on...

• MAGA (probably)

[u/RipMySoul → u/iamstephen1128]

It's entirely his fault for being scared while a gun was aimed at him /s.

[u/lostredditorlurking → u/Dustmopper]

"He should just comply with the law, not protesting and he won't get hurt", said a Conservative with a "Don't Tread On Me" sticker on his car

[u/THE_CHOPPA → u/lostredditorlurking]

"How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of slaves.”

We have been hypocrites since the beginning.

[u/gratedjuice → u/Dustmopper]

Seriously, what are those fake skill tabs? Is there an ICE ranger school?

[u/logie68 → u/gratedjuice]

I was thinking the same thing

[u/gojiro0 → u/Dustmopper]

With finger on the trigger

[u/FUNKYDISCO → u/gojiro0]

I mean, right after this photo he blasted him in the face. (really)

[u/Autisum]

In America, they send soldiers to shoot you if you disagree with the government 👩🏻🎤

[u/statistician88 → u/Autisum]

Not even soldiers. White supremacist police force rejects pretending to be soldiers.

[u/No-Effective-1245 → u/statistician88]

The guy in uniform is not ICE, he's from an actual counter terrorist unit. Not a reject, any police would take him... which makes it much worse.

[u/BMW_wulfi → u/No-Effective-1245]

That doesn’t seem like a very high bar these days. At any rate he was clearly itching to shoot someone who couldn’t fight back.

[u/Klytus_Im-Bored]

Right wing coverage would be "Polite ice officer assaulted by illegal liberal immigrant while attempting handshake"

[u/dgibbons0 → u/Klytus_Im-Bored]

"Agitator" anyone who they hit was an "agitator". He clearly was agitating the officer by existing.

[u/picklerick8879 → u/dgibbons0]

Agitator just means inconvenient witness now.. if you stand there breathing while they swing power, you become the excuse.

[u/Hell0MyHomies]

Canadian here, is this us military? If not, why are they dressed like they are.

[u/Elegant_Individual46 → u/Hell0MyHomies]

Border patrol tactical team. Like FBI and other agencies they wear military kit partly due to DoD giving them it, partly because they’re trained and equipped for heavily armed organised crime like cartels or hostage situations. No idea why they’re here

[u/Hell0MyHomies → u/Elegant_Individual46]

Why tf would the border patrol tactical team be sent to de escalate protests. Also what tf is a border patrol tactical team 😅

[u/Cacafuego → u/Hell0MyHomies]

One prominent theory is that they are not there to de-escalate, but to provoke anger, protests, and violence. This "justifies" further military intervention by Tump. National Guard, marines, etc. If you have (or manufacture) enough violent incidents that you can blame on protestors, then you declare martial law. Probably for just a limited time. Early November.

[u/PointsatTeenagers → u/Hell0MyHomies]

Also, what borders need patrolling in fucking Minneapolis

[u/ZechsyAndIKnowIt → u/PointsatTeenagers]

Fun fact, every MAGAT is actually surrounded by a border as they each embody SUPER AMERICA. Immigrants and liberals are not allowed to approach the border except to express grief over the tragic loss of Saint Charlie.

It also repels germs, which is why they don't need to mask or vax!

[u/Elegant_Individual46 → u/PointsatTeenagers]

Yeah no it’s completely illogical for their specialisation

[u/FerociousPancake]

Why is this person dressed for literal war?

This person is dressed for WAR. What does that tell you?

[u/BRAVO5DELTA → u/FerociousPancake]

Yes war on the American people, and they will learn to accept it.

[u/TachiH]

Did nobody teach the guy with the 40mm launcher trigger discipline? It's as if he has every intention of hurting people....

[u/Dustmopper → u/TachiH]

You mean the weekend of training these losers who peaked in high school gym class received wasn’t enough?

[u/LARRYVOND13 → u/Dustmopper]

They get a weekend now? Could have fooled me, I assumed they just had a circle jerk over black hawk down and cross of iron.

[u/cannabination → u/TachiH]

I think that's why he signed up, yeah.

[u/iownagibson → u/TachiH]

I believe he shot this man a moment later. I know they unloaded one of these things directly in someone's face. I'm just not sure if it was this person or someone else..

[u/Obliviousobi → u/iownagibson]

It was this guy, and several others.

[u/concept12345]

These troops are equipped better than when I deployed to a combat zone in Iraq.

[u/bsEEmsCE → u/concept12345]

You see, you were an expendable resource where your protection wasn't the highest priority. These guys are mercenaries for the MAGA regime to take power. They'll be well-equipped for the time being, until they become expendable again.

[u/tomnevers99]

Hello to all the former “don’t tread on me” people. The folks that waved the “don’t tread on me” flags in their yards and had the stickers on their vehicles. We are now officially being treaded on.

[u/flufflebuffle → u/tomnevers99]

They’re the ones working for ice now

[u/One-hangs_lower]

He wants to cancel the midterms. And all elections. He said “you’ll never have to vote again”. He wasn’t joking.

[u/Lightningtow123 → u/One-hangs_lower]

He was "joking" the same way he "joked" about Venezuela weeks before actually doing it. He's testing the waters

[u/ShaneCanada]

If you’re an American, there’s something seriously wrong if you’re not shocked, and absolutely disgusted by this photo.

I know the rest of the world is.

[u/Admirable-Apricot137 → u/ShaneCanada]

We are. Of course we are. But the bot army is out in full force to make it seem like this is a contested issue. 

[u/sturdy-guacamole → u/Admirable-Apricot137]

not all bots. gotta remember those bots sway people who are jittery/paranoid already.

associate irl is pro this stuff because hes convinced it wont happen to him since he's rich and doesnt go outside and is happy it happens to others for... no reason other than theyre weird.

[u/bloodfist → u/sturdy-guacamole]

Still bots. They've been programmed and I don't respect them. Same thing.

[u/mrcoy]

What is this?? Russia?

[u/emma279 → u/mrcoy]

That's the plan

[u/UpperApe → u/emma279]

Plan? It's done.

You're not on your way to authoritarianism. You're there. You're living it.

[u/emma279 → u/UpperApe]

Trust me I know.

[u/Sybertron → u/mrcoy]

Fun facts: Russia has free healthcare 

[u/katgyrl → u/mrcoy]

pretty much

[u/DrunkHonesty → u/mrcoy]

He’s trying. Ever see the clip of Trump admitting he wants the adulation that Kim Jung-un “receives” from his “citizens”.

[u/ZombieQueen666]

Link to video? What’s this from?

[u/MutedProfessional406]

This is way to close for that kind of weapon. Proving yet again they have no concept of proper use of force.

[u/9mackenzie → u/MutedProfessional406]

They absolutely know they can maim or kill someone by doing this. It’s why they are doing it.

Don’t let them get away with saying they didn’t know.

[u/Bnicertopeople]

Comment Karens be like : “maybe he shouldn’t have his hood up”

[u/mansmittenwithkitten]

Ive never seen such cowardice as the ICE idiots are showing. Absolutely disgusting.

[u/soundengineerguy]

Why is he in desert camo?

[u/BewaretheBanshee → u/soundengineerguy]

Why are camouflaged agents of a counter terrorism organization roaming the streets of America?

[u/troytroy400 → u/soundengineerguy]

Multicam is considered a universal camo pattern. Many agencies issue it as a “one and done” since it’s meant to work in pretty much all environments except the snow.

[u/bassistheplace246]

Welcome to the Second American Civil War

[u/shlict → u/bassistheplace246]

The first one never ended imo. The confederacy was beat into submission but based on the history books did they (descendants etc) change whatsoever? Seems like not much if at all.

[u/Lost_Law8937]

I have a feeling that more people are going to die by their hands 

[u/stupidsexymonkfish → u/Lost_Law8937]

It's all but guaranteed. There are no consequences for the murderers, and if one of them were to be convicted, they know Trump will pardon them. It's open season on Americans.

[u/LakersAreForever → u/Lost_Law8937]

The Epstein files have been forgotten, the distraction is working