Norman Ornstein: A chilling story leading the Minneapolis Star Tribune this morning. 3/26.

[Passages]

ICE agents followed Minnesota Democratic lawmakers who had been critical of ICE in the state, stopping multiple times to take pictures of their houses. This is what a police state does

Link to tweet

Added: *According to reporting from the Minnesota Star Tribune, DFL Rep. Brad Tabke had his license plate run by federal agents before an SUV later pulled up outside his Shakopee home in January. He says agents visibly photographed his house. The same sequence allegedly happened again in February, followed by repeated sightings of agents near his home.
https://thenerdstash.com/minnesota-outrage-boils-over-its-shocking-what-weve-become-after-lawmakers-say-ice-followed-them-home/




Consistent abuse of power.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Storm Troopers

Brown Shirts

[Passages]

3. Yes. No question about it, we are there.

[popsdenver]

26. AND, all while

THE NATION SLEPT

Only worried about the cost of gas and the price of eggs...........

They were all swatting at mosquitoes on the jungle path, and were oblivious to the Herd of Charging Elephants...pun intended

[Easterncedar]

2. And this is why we need to stand together and resist this fascist takeover

Link arms and protect each other, figuratively AND literally as needed.

Minnesotans have shown us the way.

[Passages]

4. Heroic people, no exaggeration.

[Easterncedar]

9. The No Kings concert there is going to be historic!

What a place to be tomorrow. Love and strength to all there.

[Passages]

10. I agree and wish I could be there.

[Wednesdays]

20. Tomorrow

No Kings Day.
https://www.nokings.org/

[DFW]

5. Norm is originally from Minnesota

Being Jewish and from Minnesota, he does not view recent events casually.

[Passages]

6. Smart and fair..yep.

[dalton99a]

7. Kick

[OldBaldy1701E]

8. But, but... I keep reading how Minneapolis is 'safe' now and that ICE was 'no longer there'...

(They did not go anywhere. They will not go anywhere. Until we make them leave. And, well... )

[mysteryowl]

11. iceout.org

This is an ICE activity reporting website (by the people).

It has a "filter" function with a drop-down and you can click on any date/month to view activity.

Granted, not every incident is reported, nor does everyone know about the site.
It does give us an idea of current activity and when the draw down happened.

Some of the higher number's of reporting was in the 700's and now it is in the 100's.
They are still out there! They are still picking people up!

[Passages]

12. Thank you very much, I was not aware of it.

[mysteryowl]

13. YW. Yep, many are not aware, so the reporting is low.

This website is run by a woman that wanted to do something. It is awesome!

[NJCher]

14. I hope they went outside

And visibly photographed them photographing.

Eff them.

[ProfessorGAC]

15. Those Agents Are Mere Grunts

The decision to do this came from higher places.
Technically, the agents that did this were not doing what they get paid to do.
The had to be taking direction from above.
Then, they have the cover of "I was just following orders". (A sign of weakness if there ever was one.)

[chowder66]

16. After what happened to Melissa Hortman, her husband and their dog along with John Hoffman and his wife,

this is beyond disgusting behavior.

There should be unending outrage over these tactics.

[Sweet Rosie Red]

17. ......Paranoia strikes deep

Into your life it will creep Starts When you’re always afraid Step out of line, The man comes and takes you away Time we Stop…..

http://insidethevietnamwar.weebly.com/for-what-its-worth---buffalo-springfield.html

They want everyone paranoid, passive, and preoccupied with keeping themselves and loved ones safe. They did this during Coin Tel Pro and it worked. In the Bay area, no one knew who to trust and the rule of thumb became “The one who says he can get the dynamite is the narc!” In Nashville, where Mr Sweet was during that time, violence was more targeted. They sent bikers in to break gathering spots and the people in them. Mr Sweet was targeted and left town for 25 years in fear of his life.

We’ve been here before. The tools are more pervasive, but the communication is better and the people are waking up. I’d like to remind everyone of my favorite rally chant:

“The people united can never be defeated!” Good luck and stay safe out there!

[MustLoveBeagles]

23. Agreed 👍

[Martin68]

18. We've got to get a handle on ICE before it's too late.

[wolfie001]

19. Racist, white-slob voters in Florida have been rewarding this nazi shit for 10 years

Re-electing racist scum. This incident happened because someone wanted to publicize the effects of COVID on all Floridians. DeShitStain sent in his nazi-goon squad. rePUKES have been nazi pigs for quite a while.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/07/florida-police-raid-data-scientist-coronavirus

[Botany]

21. Norm is good man and a long time friend

... to my late fathe. I never really knew time
when I didn't know of him. He is a good man and if he says something you can believe it.

[Passages]

22. Yep, true blue.

A great man.

[Botany]

24. The last words my dad heard before he ..

.... passed was a note sent to me for my
Dad. He said how much we needed people
like my Dad during the time of Trump in 2018 and how much he valued his friendship and humor.

[Passages]

25. I can't say I'm surprised, Norman is a big hearted man..that was a beautiful gesture.

I'm sure you know he lost his beloved son.

[Botany]

30. Norm wasn't my dad's son but his compatriot.

Norm slept on the sofa of my family’s home when I was 10 it so.

[Passages]

31. I believe we had a misunderstanding. This is what I was referring to:

Norm Ornstein: “Turning Grief to Purpose: Working to Reform our Broken Mental Health System”

Following the death of my 34-year old son Matthew in 2015, after his ten year struggle with serious mental illness, my family and I created a foundation in his memory, and began to work on issues of serious mental illness to find ways to keep other families from suffering as we had, and other people with SMI from suffering as Matthew had.

https://ethical.nyc/sunday-12-6-norm-ornstein-turning-grief-to-purpose-working-to-reform-our-broken-mental-health-system/

[Botany]

32. Thank you!

I didn’t know that story.

[Passages]

33. No problem, that was a dark time for Norman and his family.

Yet he is resilient and continues to try to help others.

[DFW]

34. We knew Matt as well

He and our elder daughter would occasionally meet during the couple of years they were both in L.A.

He was absolutely brilliant, but also very troubled. Norm suffered greatly from his loss. Setting up the Foundation was part of the family’s healing attempt. But even after the passage of ten years, things are not quite back to « normal, » and might not ever be.

[Passages]

35. Thank you for sharing.

Some losses in life are too much, too hard.

[DFW]

36. I don't think parents ever recover completely

And everyone left, including (or maybe especially) surviving siblings, bears the scars. One of my best friends in Dallas lost a son who was 27. This was years ago, but the rest of the family is still suffering the effects.

[leftstreet]

27. DURec

[IcyPeas]

28. And they say that we dox them and thats why they are masked

[Festivito]

29. Every accusation is a confession. For ICE too.