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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsInsecure little guy gets angry while threatening to tase a US citizen. Minneapolis.
Reddit video. Three minutes and five seconds.
Video states that he is arrested for not providing his papers.
They detain and harass a conceal carry US citizen, and apparently mishandle his gun.
Then, they steal his stuff and put it in their own pockets.
I'm very impressed with their law enforcement uniforms, and their complete professionalism.
Go get 'em, little guy. You sure told him.
Unmute with button on video screen, bottom right.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgressiveHQ/comments/1qc19g9/breaking_ice_agents_in_minneapolis_violently/
sop
(17,663 posts)Now ICE goons are roughly arresting legally armed U.S. citizens, with zero probable cause, violating their constitutional rights, and confiscating their guns. Conservative gun-owning Republicans always said that would be tyranny, right?
Beartracks
(14,397 posts)Wuddles440
(1,988 posts)WTF! Their actions reflect an absolute lack of basic law enforcement protocols and, along with the absence of gear/equipment uniformity, it's a fairly safe bet that they are contractors/bounty hunters.
LuckyCharms
(22,049 posts)the people being spirited away for no reason are keeping their tempers in check.
This stuff is just so ludicrous, so insulting and disrespectful.
I'd bet money that smaller guy is a proud boy.
It was probably the highlight of his life. All his dreams came true.
Wuddles440
(1,988 posts)so you there's likely a lot of J6 insurrectionist, Oathkeepers, and other such right wing extremists in their ranks. There's a reason that they're so extremely obsessed about keeping their identifies secret.
Beartracks
(14,397 posts)Niagara
(11,599 posts)Beartracks
(14,397 posts)Niagara
(11,599 posts)That wasn't my intention if I came across that way.
As you know, they're kidnapping kids and adults. They're brutalizing, beating and terrorizing them. They're also killing them in cold blood.
Who knows what else they're doing to our fellow Americans. It's like they're following the Nazi handbook play by play.
Beartracks
(14,397 posts)... was these are a bunch of militia, weekend warrior, cosplay-in-the-woods, January 6 type guys who have been given carte blanche and a paycheck to play the "tough guys" they always wanted to be -- and like those Harvard(?) psych tests showed years ago, people given absolute authority over others tend to devolve to cruelty for the sake of cruelty. So, yeah: Nazi tendencies, And it's getting worse.
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Niagara
(11,599 posts)It certainly looks like someone is milking the system.
Rec!
LearnedHand
(5,257 posts)How do you like your Kavanaugh stops now loser drunk.
dalton99a
(92,479 posts)Niagara
(11,599 posts)What a devastating time to be in America.
LuckyCharms
(22,049 posts)To me, the answer is very simple: Because nothing is stopping them. There is no enforcement mechanism to be applied to them. Without enforcement on a particular act, the law is meaningless. It's just words.
No enforcement? No law.
Trump owns the judiciary. And even if he didn't, he will just ignore court orders. And he will be able to ignore court orders...because there is no enforcement against him.
It's gone too far, and the frog is boiled.
People think I am a doomer because I always say this: it took a world war to stop Hitler.
It's gone too far, and now it's like a runaway train.
10 years ago...I could see this coming.
People in my acquaintance laughed at me. Asked me what I was smoking.
And now here we are.
The best we can do at this point is to help each other out. Gain strength from each other...and maybe we can somehow pull through this.
I can tell you're upset...I'm sorry. I am too. Losing sleep. In a fighting mood, a lot of adreniline...furious. It's awful.
Niagara
(11,599 posts)Tim Walz said he was preparing the Minnesota National Guard and I received a bit of hope. I haven't heard anymore about it.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/ice-related-shooting-occurred-minnesota-governor/story?id=128984401
Then I watched this press conference 2 days ago. It gave me some more hope. And yet this terrible treatment is still happening to people.
It's also upsetting because we never faced anything like this as a country before. You're exactly correct about the no enforcement mechanism to be applied to them.
Jack Valentino
(4,486 posts)Republican politicians!