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highplainsdem

(60,491 posts)
Sat Jan 24, 2026, 04:42 PM 5 hrs ago

Lawmaker Urges Prosecution Of ICE Director, Officers After Minneapolis Shooting: 'Absolute Cowards'

Source: HuffPost

Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) called for acting ICE Director Todd Lyons and agency officers to be prosecuted following the fatal shooting of Minneapolis resident Alex Pretti by federal agents Saturday morning.

“What we just saw this morning on the streets of Minneapolis is another outright murder by federal officials. And let me just be clear, those federal ICE officers are absolute cowards,” Moulton said in a video posted to X.

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“I’m a Marine veteran standing here telling you to your face, they are unprofessional, pathetic cowards. Because if a Marine, an 18-year-old Marine, did that in Iraq in the middle of a war zone, he would be court martialed, because it is murder,” Moulton said.

“And you pathetic little cowards who have to wear face masks ’cause you’re so damn scared couldn’t even effectively wrestle a guy to the ground, so you needed to shoot him. This is why ICE needs to be prosecuted,” Moulton continued.

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Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/seth-moulton-ice-todd-lyons-minneapolis-shooting-prosecution_n_697521a7e4b0dcc40307ac72



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Lawmaker Urges Prosecution Of ICE Director, Officers After Minneapolis Shooting: 'Absolute Cowards' (Original Post) highplainsdem 5 hrs ago OP
Kicked and highly recommended democrank 5 hrs ago #1
Good for him SSJVegeta 5 hrs ago #2
Thank you, Rep. Seth Moulton. True, fierce words.TY, highplainsdem electric_blue68 5 hrs ago #3
Kick SheltieLover 5 hrs ago #4
Much more of this, please! AZJonnie 4 hrs ago #5
"The Fire Within" -- illustrated quote attributed to Sophie Scholl, student: Aimee in OKC 4 hrs ago #6
One person. It's so noteworthy angrychair 4 hrs ago #7
Yep. No one will care or say anything. Justice matters. 3 hrs ago #9
K&R 2naSalit 4 hrs ago #8
Damn straight! 👏🏼✊🏼 benfranklin1776 2 hrs ago #10
Get on all the shows KT2000 2 hrs ago #11
More need to join him. BlueKota 2 hrs ago #12
This Marine, (Ret.) wholeheartedly agrees. MarineCombatEngineer 1 hr ago #13

Aimee in OKC

(172 posts)
6. "The Fire Within" -- illustrated quote attributed to Sophie Scholl, student:
Sat Jan 24, 2026, 05:19 PM
4 hrs ago

She was a 21-year-old member of the German resistance group The White Rose, executed by the Nazi regime in 1943.

http://www.zenpencils.com/comic/108-sophie-scholl-the-fire-within/

angrychair

(11,805 posts)
7. One person. It's so noteworthy
Sat Jan 24, 2026, 05:20 PM
4 hrs ago

That one politician speaks out that they write an entire news article about it.

I'm sure the DOJ or IRS or both will announce an investigation on him tomorrow.

No one will care or say anything.

What a joke.

Justice matters.

(9,504 posts)
9. Yep. No one will care or say anything.
Sat Jan 24, 2026, 06:03 PM
3 hrs ago

Because the Guardians Of Pedophiles killed the rule of law in the Constitution of the United States.

benfranklin1776

(6,992 posts)
10. Damn straight! 👏🏼✊🏼
Sat Jan 24, 2026, 07:42 PM
2 hrs ago

Thank you for speaking the plain unvarnished truth Congressman Moulton! 🫡 It needs repeated a million times over until these criminal thugs are brought to justice for their grievous crimes against humanity. 😡🤬

BlueKota

(5,087 posts)
12. More need to join him.
Sat Jan 24, 2026, 07:53 PM
2 hrs ago

Maybe some think speaking out isn't going to make a difference, but at least there's a possibility it could. Keeping silent guarantees that absolutely nothing will change.

MarineCombatEngineer

(17,816 posts)
13. This Marine, (Ret.) wholeheartedly agrees.
Sat Jan 24, 2026, 08:02 PM
1 hr ago

Each and every ICEhole up to and including Klaus Noem need to be charged, tried and, hopefully convicted, and sentenced to life w/o the possibility of parole in a maximum security prison.

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