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Exclusive: #ICE officers in #Minnesota directed not to interact with 'agitators' as they carry out #Trump #immigration crackdown, according to new orders reviewed by Reuters.
The new guidance, offering the most detailed look so far at how operations would change after 2 fatal #shootings of #US citizens protesting in #Minneapolis, also orders ICE officers only to target immigrants who have criminal charges or convictions.
#law #CivilRights #UseOfForce #DueProcess
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March 31, 1870, the morning after the 15th Amendment became law, Thomas Mundy Peterson (1824-1904) entered a polling place in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and cast a ballot, the first Black American to vote under its authority, while the nation barely noticed. In this unremarkable setting an ordinary act of governance, a single vote in a small city, federal citizenship met local power and the meaning of political inclusion was tested in practice rather than proclaimed in theory.
What makes this moment distinctive is not the violence, but the audience encountering it. When white Americans describe this behavior as “what dictatorships do,” they are not wrong but they are late in recognition. America has long depended on techniques commonly associated with authoritarian regimes, while insulating much of white America from their routine application. That insulation is now thinning. The shock is real. The surprise is telling. But neither is unprecedented.
Report: FBI supervisor resigns after being stopped from investigating ICE agent Jonathan Ross for fatally shooting Renee Good.
Tracee Mergen "resigned after being pressured by the FBI’s Washington bureau to discontinue her probe into Ross."
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said, “There is currently no basis for a criminal civil rights investigation” into Good’s killing.
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#USPol #Europol #ICE #ReneeGood #FBI #StateMurder #Press .
FBI Agent Resigns After Unsuccessfully Trying to Probe ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good
Tracee Mergen, an FBI supervisor in the Minneapolis field office, has resigned after unsuccessfully trying to investigate ICE agent Jonathan Ross, who fatally shot Renee Good.Democracy Now!
‘Abolish ICE’ Submitted 9,200 Times For Chicago Snowplow Naming Contest, Records Show
#Chicago #Politics #ICE
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‘Abolish ICE’ Submitted 9,200 Times For Chicago Snowplow Naming Contest, Records Show
Anti-ICE sentiments made up nearly 80 percent of submissions. Voting for the top six names opens Sunday and runs through Feb. 14.Leen Yassine (Block Club Chicago)
Congressional Democrats: what would you do if Hitler had seized control of the US government?
DO THAT. BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT’S HAPPENING.
#AbolishICE #trumpmustgo #ICE #ProsecuteJonathanRoss #DHS #Minneapolis #KristiNoem #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USpol
Year 1 of Trump’s immigration crackdown:
- U.S. citizens were held against their will.
- ICE placed at least 600 immigrant kids in federal shelters.
- Student activists became a target.
That’s not all. Our year in review: propublica.org/article/trump-m…
#News #Immigration #Trump #Deportation #ICE #Immigrants #DonaldTrump
A Year in Trump’s Mass Deportation Campaign
Skyrocketing detentions, violent arrests, troops in cities. President Donald Trump promised an immigration crackdown that would make history. One year in, we look at how it’s changed the lives of immigrants and citizens across the U.S.Diego Sorbara (ProPublica)
Dear press, it's long past time to stop calling this an immigration crackdown. It's a Federal Government directed terror campaign.
#USPol #Minneapolis #Fascism #DHS #ICE #CBP #AlexPretti #ReneeNicoleGood #FederalTerrorism
From Diana Brickell on Bsky:
"Holy shit, there's an open carry #2A protest of ICE happening in Douglas County Colorado -- a very wealthy and very red suburb county of Denver. (I lived there for 16 years.) The Trump Administration pissing off committed gun owners sufficiently for them to join the protests against ICE is wild."
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#ICE #FuckICE #DHS #CBP #protests #50501movement
Tens of thousands gather in downtown Minneapolis for ‘ICE Out’ day
“Tens of thousands of Minnesotans marched in downtown Minneapolis Friday in a negative 30 degree windchill to protest the federal government’s continuing surge of immigration enforcement — demanding civil rights and a withdrawal of the 3,000 officers sent here by the administration of President Donald #Trump.”
minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/… #MinnesotaReformer #Minnesota #ice #iceout #iceoutofMinnesota #reneegood
10 shots.
Another murder in Minneapolis.
Video Shows Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis
#giftlink #Minneapolis #ice #murder
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ICE executes an ICU Nurse on the street
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Trump‘s police state
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“This morning, on a street in #Minneapolis, at least seven federal agents tackled and then shot and killed Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse for the local VA hospital.
Video from the scene shows #Pretti directing traffic on a street out of an area with agents around, then trying to help another person get up after she had been pushed to the ground by the agents.”
Check out the slow motion video in the comment section.
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January 24, 2026
This morning, on a street in Minneapolis, at least seven federal agents tackled and then shot and killed Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse for the local VA hospital.Heather Cox Richardson (Letters from an American)
This isn't the first time our government has killed it's citizens in broad daylight.
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young's "Ohio" set to a devastating series of photos from the Kent State shootings, and other 1960-70's protests.
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#reneegood #Pretti #kentstate #Minneapolis #ice #trump #noem
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young "Ohio"
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young's "Ohio" set to a devastating series of photos from the Kent State shootings, and other 1960-70's protests, compiled by Hard ...YouTube
They have moved slowly, encumbered by a belief that a reversion to the old ways of #federal - #state cooperation might still be possible. The killings of #ReneeGood & #AlexPretti — & the federal response to those killings — ought to put this lingering nostalgia to rest. A return to the days of state-federal cooperation will not happen unless the #states reassert themselves to protect their citizens & punish federal #lawlessness.
#law #Trump #CivilRights #UseOfForce #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung
To be clear, a public-nuisance suit would face daunting odds. It might seem implausible on its face to say #ICE is a “nuisance,” especially before one accounts for the #ReneeGood & #AlexPretti killings. But #states need to reach for every possible tool to meet the moment. And the legal theory behind a public-nuisance ICE injunction stands on firmer ground than the #TenthAmendment suits filed in recent weeks by #Minnesota & #Illinois.
#law
A public-nuisance injunction could focus on specific people or tactics, or sweep more broadly. Such an injunction, moreover, would single out #ICE officers’ #unlawful, #violent acts, as distinct from the lawful performance of official duties. Though certain immunities for federal officials are recognized, it is hard to see why they would apply to a public-nuisance injunction focused on #lawless acts.
#law
In practical effect, this would be a device to transform ICE’s #obstruction into not just a violation of #state #law, but also of a #federal-court order.
#Criminal #liability by its nature comes too late to stop harms from happening. #States such as #Minnesota should also look to #CivilLaw as a basis for stopping baleful & unlawful #ICE tactics. This also requires some creative thinking—taking a legal tool designed for other purposes & fitting it to our new reality.
#Minnesota, & other #BlueStates, should also enact new laws that make #federal #obstruction harder. The #AlexPretti case shows that #ICE officials were willing to ignore a #state-court #warrant. Perhaps anticipating that, Minnesota officials went to federal court on Saturday, potentially after the scene of Pretti’s #shooting had been compromised, & obtained a temporary restraining order about #evidence preservation. The legal basis for such orders, however, may be fragile.
#law
When a #shooting victim then dies, penalties in #Minnesota for failing to aid the injured person can involve up to 2 yrs imprisonment.
In l #AlexPretti’s case, the #obstruction of key #evidence-gathering steps gives #state #prosecutors another potent opening, especially because #ICE agents acted in overt defiance of a #judicial #warrant. Minnesota has a #criminal #ObstructionOfJustice statute that applies to situations in which someone prevents officers from carrying out official duties.
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Drilling down on these facts reveals specific paths forward for #state #prosecutors even when a direct investigation is blocked.
Evidence of these 2 kinds of #crimes has already emerged in the 2 recent #ICE killings. After #ReneeGood was shot, ICE agents blocked a physician from aiding her. #Minnesota #law not only imposes misdemeanor liability for failures to aid in general, but in #shooting cases obligates the person who fired the wounding shot to “render immediate reasonable assistance.”
It tells them that even if they effectively execute a #US #citizen who presents no threat on camera on a public street, they will face no consequences—a recipe for future tragedies. The state’s interest in finding a way to at least create some deterrence to deadly federal lawlessness is not just a matter of #justice: It is also a way of keeping its people safe moving forward.
#law #Trump #immigration #Constitution #CivilRights #UseOfForce #ExtraJudicialKillings #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung
As a result, key forensic #evidence was almost certainly lost. This comes after state officials were excluded from the investigation into #ReneeGood’s death.
#Federal #obstruction of #Minnesota’s #criminal investigation merits more creative pushback from the #state: Leaving investigations in the hands of #DHS alone sends a powerful message to #ICE officers.
#law
First Comes #ICE, Then Come Lawsuits
When a direct path to #justice is blocked, #states must look for a legal work-around.
By Aziz Huq
#law #Trump #immigration #Constitution #CivilRights #FirstAmendment #DueProcess #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #ExtraJudicialKillings #murder #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #MafiaState #StateSponsoredTerrorism #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #fascism #tyranny
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First Comes ICE, Then Come Lawsuits
When a direct path to justice is blocked, states must look for a legal work-around.Aziz Huq (The Atlantic)
This morning in #Minneapolis and the surrounding #Minnesota suburbs there's been a sharp increase in #ICE abductions - breaking down doors to kidnap people from their homes, raids on restaurants, and violence against observers in south Minneapolis including breaking an observer's car window and deploying of chemical sprays.
This is 2 days after the beginning of the deployment of an additional 2,000 federal agents to the area - an intensification of the Trump admin's attacks on the Somali community here and upping of the stakes after thousands of locals have made our own deployments in the form of observers, noise demos, know-your-rights crews, and much more.
If you're in the #TwinCities area and aren't already pitching in to protect your neighbors, you need to do so: this is an escalation unlike any ICE activity seen in other cities so far. The number of homeland security agents in the Twin Cities now exceeds the number assigned to the entire state of Arizona.
If you're not local, MN needs your help. Intensify your action against la migra wherever you live; hold demonstrations against the companies that are supporting ICE (hotels, tech spy firms, defense contractors...) wherever you are. Throw wrenches in the gears. Spread them thin so they will regret their attempted occupation of this city.
As is standard everywhere in the US, Robbinsdale police allowed this violent abduction. They went a step further though and four days after the abduction released a statement, contradicted by witnesses and video, that "the individual being detained punched an agent in the face."
The person who wrote this statement for Robbinsdale PD, setting up #ICE's retaliatory charges, is almost certainly John Elder, former #Minneapolis PD spokesperson who lied about Derek Chauvin's murder of #GeorgeFloyd
#DHS keeps trying and failing to unmask anonymous #ICE critics online
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DHS keeps trying and failing to unmask anonymous ICE critics online
Community watch groups have a playbook to keep ICE away from subscriber information.Ashley Belanger (Ars Technica)
Amid #ICE raids, some #HomeDepot investors want to know how #LawEnforcement uses its #surveillance data
#ICE Asks Companies About ‘#AdTech and Big Data’ Tools It Could Use in Investigations
Here’s the tech powering #ICE’s deportation crackdown
techcrunch.com/2026/01/26/here…
#immigration #politics #privacy #surveillance
Here's the tech powering ICE's deportation crackdown | TechCrunch
From phone spyware and facial recognition to phone unlocking technology and databases and more, this tech powers Trump's deportation machine.Zack Whittaker (TechCrunch)
#EFF Statement on #ICE and #CBP Violence
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#politics #privacy #surveillance
EFF Statement on ICE and CBP Violence
In the past year, ICE and CBP have descended into utter lawlessness, repeatedly refusing to exercise or submit to the democratic accountability required by the Constitution and our system of laws. These violations must stop now.Electronic Frontier Foundation
Art by Ravi Zupa.
Inspired by the poem “Do not go gentle into that good night” by Dylan Thomas. The general consensus of the poem is that it is about being on the threshold of and not conceding to death.
How timely.
Original art:
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Full poem:
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#Art #Poem #Poetry #Death #Mortality #Resist #Antifascism #Fascism #ICE
Rage Print
I love the poems of Dylan Thomas! Like most people it is this poem that lights me up the most and I’ve decided to share why I love it so much.Ravi Zupa Arts
"And they know, as more and more of even once reticent Americans are now coming to understand, that there can be no quiet moving on from the Trump era, no calm, forward-looking determination to absolve the Trump regime and its agents of their actions."
#AlexPretti #ReneeGood #murder #execution #CBP #ICE #MaskedThugs #shame
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