BREAKING: Second Fatal ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
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Summary
Takeaways
- ❖A 37-year-old white male, a lawful gun owner with no criminal record beyond traffic tickets, was shot and killed by federal agents in South Minneapolis.
- ❖Video evidence suggests the victim was shot multiple times, including while on the ground and subdued, with at least one agent continuing to fire.
- ❖Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Fry and Police Chief Brian O'Hara confirmed federal agents did not cooperate with local law enforcement, refused to share details, and attempted to exclude them from the scene.
- ❖DHS released a statement claiming the victim 'approached US Border Patrol officers with a 9mm semi-automatic handgun' and 'violently resisted,' a narrative questioned by local officials and video evidence.
- ❖Protests immediately gathered at the scene, with federal agents deploying tear gas and flashbangs against peaceful demonstrators.
- ❖Minnesota Governor Walls issued a statement calling the incident 'sickening' and demanding the president end the operation and remove 'untrained officers' from the state.
- ❖The incident is the second fatal shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis, following the killing of Renee Good.
Insights
1Federal Agents Kill Lawful Citizen, Not Undocumented Immigrant
The victim of the shooting was identified as a 37-year-old white male, a Minneapolis resident and American citizen, with a lawful permit to carry a firearm. His only known interactions with law enforcement were traffic tickets. This contradicts any implied narrative that federal agents were targeting 'the worst of the worst illegal immigrants,' as the hosts note this is the second American citizen killed by ICE in Minneapolis.
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2Excessive Force and Continued Firing on Subdued Victim
Video evidence shows multiple federal agents in a scrum with the victim, with one agent seen pistol-whipping him. Crucially, after the victim was on the ground and subdued, at least one agent continued to fire multiple shots into him. Initial counts suggest 11 gunshots were fired. This action is described as an 'execution style killing' and demonstrating 'incandescent rage' rather than professional law enforcement.
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3Federal Non-Cooperation and Disinformation
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Fry and Police Chief Brian O'Hara reported that federal agencies provided no specific details about the incident and attempted to prevent local police from securing the scene. DHS released a statement claiming the victim 'approached' officers with a handgun and 'violently resisted,' a narrative challenged by video evidence showing the victim filming with his phone and not brandishing a weapon initially. The hosts highlight a pattern of federal government lying and open propaganda.
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4Local Officials Demand Federal Withdrawal and Condemn Actions
Mayor Fry explicitly called on President Trump to 'end this operation now' and 'remove these federal agents,' stating that the federal presence is 'not creating safety' and is 'tearing American families apart.' Police Chief O'Hara confirmed local police were ordered to maintain the scene despite federal attempts to push them away, and the city's emergency management director, Rachel Ser, compared the situation to conflict zones she worked in internationally.
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5Protests Met with Tear Gas, Escalating Tensions
Following the shooting, protests quickly gathered at the scene, which federal agents attempted to disperse using tear gas and flashbangs. This is described as an 'escalation on top of an escalation,' further inflaming public anger and demonstrating a federal willingness to suppress First Amendment rights.
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Bottom Line
The federal government's actions in Minneapolis, including the use of masked agents and non-cooperation with local authorities, are seen as a deliberate attempt to provoke an armed conflict with states, serving a political agenda rather than legitimate law enforcement.
This suggests a calculated strategy by elements within the federal government to escalate tensions and potentially undermine state sovereignty, creating a 'low-grade civil conflict' that could have long-term implications for federalism and civil liberties.
Local and state governments, along with civil rights organizations, could leverage this perceived provocation to build a stronger, unified front against federal overreach, potentially leading to legal challenges or legislative action to redefine federal agency powers and accountability.
The NRA and conservative 'Second Amendment hardliners' have remained silent or even implicitly supported the federal agents' actions, despite the victim being a lawful gun owner killed by government agents—a scenario historically invoked by gun rights advocates.
This exposes a profound hypocrisy within the gun rights movement, indicating that their defense of the Second Amendment is selectively applied, often along racial or political lines, rather than being a consistent principle against government tyranny.
Critics of the gun lobby could highlight this inconsistency to challenge the credibility and political influence of groups like the NRA, potentially shifting public opinion on gun control and the role of armed citizens in resisting government actions.
Key Concepts
Accelerationism (Critiqued)
Jonathan Last discusses 'accelerationism' as a potential response to the 'slow slide' into authoritarianism, suggesting that a more extreme, immediate crisis (like January 6th going 'really sideways') might force a reckoning. However, he acknowledges the significant risks of such a path, including civil conflict.
Authoritarian Propaganda
The hosts argue that the federal presence and actions in Minneapolis are not to solve real problems but serve as 'authoritarian propaganda' for the Trump administration. They believe the federal agents are there 'for show' and to incite incidents that can be used for political narratives, rather than for legitimate law enforcement purposes.
Lessons
- Senate Democrats should utilize legislative leverage, including filibustering the DHS budget, to demand the removal of federal agents from Minneapolis and impose restrictions on their conduct and deployment.
- Local and state officials in Minnesota should explore all legal and constitutional options, including the possibility of arresting federal agents involved in misconduct, to assert state sovereignty and protect citizens.
- Citizens in Minneapolis and across the country should continue peaceful protests and documentation of federal agent actions to maintain public pressure and gather evidence of rights violations.
Notable Moments
Video shows an agent pistol-whipping the victim, followed by continued gunfire after the victim was on the ground.
This graphic detail underscores the extreme violence and alleged excessive force used by federal agents, contradicting official narratives of self-defense and fueling public outrage.
A 70-year-old man is seen in a video, visibly angry and affected by tear gas, protesting the federal presence in Minneapolis.
This illustrates the widespread and deeply personal impact of the federal actions on ordinary citizens, highlighting the emotional toll and the broad-based community resistance, even among those not typically involved in protests.
Rachel Ser, Director of Emergency Management for Minneapolis, compares the situation to conflict zones like Yemen, Haiti, and Syria.
This stark comparison from an expert in international humanitarian response emphasizes the severity and abnormal nature of the federal actions within an American city, framing it as a deliberate terrorizing of the population.
Quotes
"It's unimaginably grotesque this shooting. It's going to be a little bit of a tough watch. Just the execution style killing might be triggering."
"This looks like a cartel street execution. That's what this looks like. It looks like what you would expect from a disorganized group of thugs beating somebody on the street and then executing them. Not like actual law enforcement professionals doing a job."
"This is why the Second Amendment exists, right? It exists for exactly situations like this, which is something that every conservative in America would have told you until 10 years ago."
"This is sure as hell real fascism in Minneapolis. Like real deal, actual might as well be East Germany following the Cold War fascism and it's happening and it's it's real and it's spectacular and it's going on right now."
"I just saw a video of more than six masked agents pummeling one of our constituents and shooting him to death. How many more residents, how many more Americans need to die or get badly hurt for this operation to end?"
"What I've seen here is what I have seen there. A powerful entity violently and intentionally terrorizing people, making them afraid to go outside so they can't earn a living, so that kids are forced out of school."
"The federal government has killed two American citizens in Minneapolis for no reason. Like, there is not a purpose... It's for show. It's for their whole kayfabe. It's like they want to do authoritarianism propaganda."
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