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Ocelot II

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12. I think you're right. I might even go so far as to suggest that he'd agreed in advance

Reply to Bok_Tukalo (Reply #7)

Sun Jan 11, 2026, 12:53 PM

11 hrs ago

to provide Alpha News with video of an encounter with a protester in which he could be seen as the tough federal agent righteously showing some hippie loser who's boss, even going so far as to pull his gun on her (switching the phone to his left hand). I don't think he intended to actually shoot anybody when he started recording, but I can't think of any conceivable reason for recording the encounter on his private cellphone, other than to create content for social media.

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A conspiracy theory: Why did the FBI kick out local law enforcement? [View all] mikelewis 11 hrs ago OP

Great post. Unless there's some policy stating that blocking traffic underpants 11 hrs ago #1

They want to control the narrative and make it all go away. Klarkashton 11 hrs ago #2

"She was labelled a "Domestic Terrorist" prior to the event??? Seriously? niyad 11 hrs ago #3

The whole narrative falls apart with the smallest amount of scrutiny sboatcar 11 hrs ago #5

I think the what the OP meant to say was that she was labeled a domestic terrorist Ocelot II 11 hrs ago #6

No, the OP specifically said "prior". Rather hard to mix up "prior" and niyad 11 hrs ago #10

My understanding is that the agent gave the video directly to Alpha News, Ocelot II 11 hrs ago #4

"My question is, why was Ross recording the incident in the first place?" ICE has told its agents to record so as to WhiskeyGrinder 11 hrs ago #9

In this case, though, he might have been specifically tasked to record for Alpha News. Ocelot II 11 hrs ago #13

He was hoping the situation would escalate sboatcar 11 hrs ago #11

The video was released to a fascist propaganda site Bok_Tukalo 11 hrs ago #7

I think you're right. I might even go so far as to suggest that he'd agreed in advance Ocelot II 11 hrs ago #12

It ain't that deep. The Trump administration is trying to hamper Minnesota on every front. WhiskeyGrinder 11 hrs ago #8

Right on. We are occupied by hostile forces. Ocelot II 11 hrs ago #15

Yep. And Minnesota has always loomed larger in the right wing's sights for decades, and the opportunity to punish us is WhiskeyGrinder 11 hrs ago #16

trump's regime is lawless period, they do not adhere vapor2 11 hrs ago #14

Agreed. Also, many problems implicated here: snot 10 hrs ago #17

I think it's much simpler than all of the above - Jury poisoning dickthegrouch 9 hrs ago #18

This will never get as far as a jury. The regime will see to it that he's never prosecuted. Ocelot II 9 hrs ago #19