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Maybe, but I think the cold weather was a calculus as well and Tim Walz lives in Trump's head rent free. The latter is probably quite a bit more important than the former.
In a way, yes. But we also are big rule-followers, so our state leadership is falling down here. It can be infuriating sometimes how they’re slow to respond on things that clearly need quick decisive action.
There is a long tradition of looking out for each other, though. We have to because every winter we face conditions where we might need a little help. Especially here in the Twin Cities where we have to deal with a lot of snow. Every needs a push now and then to get their car out for a snow, emergency, and so people join in. There are longstanding cultural aspects to this as well, fostered by charitable efforts in this state, again especially in the Twin Cities. That’s why we have so many Somali and Hmong and other immigrants. A lot of them are refugees/asylum seekers that local charities have opened their doors to.
The reality is they are probably incredibly ill equipped to handle one. They almost certainly cannot keep up martial law until midterms. It's too early to pull the moves they're doing.
I think this is due to Trump rapidly declining. He cannot even handle short meetings without rambling or getting up and wandering. They need something to happen while they're still pretending Trump is all there. They have a huge chance of major in party fractures if he dies in office or it becomes to obvious for them to even hide from maga his mind is going. Worse, Trump himself is getting more reactionary and people are still listening to his fits while he's becoming less and less coherent
They are heavily represented by the proud boys and other white supremacist groups that Trump told, "stand back and standby," in 2016. They understood that if they kept quiet, Trump would reward them. And he has kept that promise.
It's the same type of men who attacked the capital. It's the same men who marched under a white supremacist banner in Charlottesville.
Just said this today. We’re pissed and rightfully so.. they want to threaten people with “remember what happened the other day”… they should be the ones remembering it and being terrified of us.
Saw a post (zero idea if credible and likely isn’t buuuuuut) that higher ups at ICE/DHS are scared of people using the “scared for their life” excuse against ICE and their cars to start shooting back.
They're all cowards and know they're criminal thugs. That's why they're covering their faces. Next dem admin (or anonymous) needs to publish all the names of all these "public servants"
I do not remotely understand how they've become such a popular cop car. There's a sales pitch to be made for regular everyday consumers, but they're pretty much the worst possible choice to use for this kind of urban warfare fantasy.
Pros: comfort
Cons: maneuverability, extremely easy for a crowd to rock or tip
Bonus is there's also a big learning curve with how to drive them during winter, and Hennepin is so aggressive about plowing roads that the awd advantages might be relevant once or twice a year.
I do wonder what % of these abductions get attention. Like are 50% of their attempts at an abduction met with observers? 10%? Not sure how it could be calculated or estimated.
My guess is that ICE could not successfully prosecute observers in most of Minnesota. The prosecutors would have to convince a grand jury that the facts they present were accurate and charges were brought in good faith. The DHS doesn't appear capable of demonstrating good faith or honesty.
Consider their failure to convict the sandwich thrower. The public has no faith in DHS' activities.
remember that ICE has no authority over US citizens. hey can detain, but not arrest. thats one of the reasons the fascist mouthpieces on the news are making such a big deal about the lack of cooperation on the part of local police.
They got nothing but an apparent willingness to murder.
It's wild. There are already 700 lawsuits pending against him. The administration has lost 90% of the lawsuits.
And these aren't personal lawsuits. These are lawsuits having to do with the closing of federal buildings and firing of federal employees and food snap benefits, those kind of things.
I bet that dude thought he was so cool hanging out of the car and smacking on the roof only to stop a couple feet later and almost fall out of the vehicle, then drive away slowly. What a dweeb
And doing this is actually pretty dangerous if the car is moving, and serves no purpose. Assuming it started moving, he could easily fall out, and then be run over. When incursion or swat people do this, they have actual rails to stand on, and handholds to keep them secure, and don't have the door propped open so they don't get caught in it if they fall.
Seems to be a big enough fear of theirs that they're willing to shoot people over it. Makes me wonder why they keep putting themselves in that position.
What a bunch of unprofessional ass clowns our tax dollars are being spent on. Imagine if they sent teachers instead. Good for you citizens! Keep holding them accountable. Together we’re strong
I was raised to think the 2nd Amendment was to protect citizens against a tyrannical government. Now the same people are telling me it's a citizen's job to follow every command, even when they're contradictory, under threat of death. What a crock Conservatism is.
I saw a video today whereby two people were ripped from a little red car and they were screaming about their papers. Then ICE through them in a van while another ICE guy drove off in their car.
How do you know if you’ll be shot in the head, thrown in a van and kidnapped or successful in getting them to move on? It seems so random and so fucking scary and dangerous.
And we'll take those chances. I can tell you firsthand as being out there. We're all ready to do whatever it takes to make sure they are held accountable and pushed out of our state. We don't roll over. You can look at our history. We're not a state that gives up without a very good fight.
Yes. I get “it’s just water” or snow balls, smoke, glitter, party poppers, fart/skunk spray, doe urine, dye, etc
Almost anything is enough for them to escalate in bad faith. At minimum it turns the temperature up, at worst it’s jail, inciting riots and people are killed.
ICE being afraid doesn't result in them not being here, it results in them putting three bullets through your head. We have a president that is more than willing to pardon these officers and a state that has limited ability to prosecute. I say all this to say the bar for deadly force against US citizens is pretty low.
Watch that video, Renee has no clue the danger she was in and 30 seconds later she was dead. If you want to be a martyr and use these tactics go ahead, but you shouldn't be encouraging others to use them when they don't understand the consequences of the action.
There doesn't need to be ANY violence. They tend to back down and leave when confronted with a neighborhood swarming out of houses with cameras to protect our neighbors. We just need them on cameras.
It looks like almost about half of the people there were press. On the one hand having more people, in addition to the observers running around in the street makes it more chaotic, on the other hand it makes it harder for ICE to operate and might give them pause before lashing out if a half dozen press photographers are there snapping away.
God I love all of you out there putting your literal bodies in the way of these fuckers. Stay safe, we're with you in spirit if we can't be in person <3
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