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NickB79

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15. If he was brandishing a gun, they would have shot him from a distance

Reply to Du916 (Reply #12)

Sat Jan 24, 2026, 01:32 PM

18 hrs ago

They wouldn't have rushed him, tackled him, and THEN shot him on the ground.

That's such a lazy lie.

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They tried to cover it up immediately and the Minneapolis police chief refused. Witnesses have been taken to police head riversedge 19 hrs ago #1

Good for Chief O'Hara! Wicked Blue 18 hrs ago #3

Have the police decided to change sides? Miguelito Loveless 18 hrs ago #21

Sure he had a firearm liberalgunwilltravel 19 hrs ago #2

is that what they are saying? angrychair 18 hrs ago #5

I won't post here because it's propaganda, Du916 18 hrs ago #12

A gun is not illegal angrychair 18 hrs ago #14

The gun was legal. O'Hara said the man had a permit to carry the gun. SunSeeker 18 hrs ago #19

Video clearly shows victims camera in one hand, other hand was empty and open. Hope22 14 hrs ago #29

Woman in pink's video shows all this. This was straight up murder. SunSeeker 14 hrs ago #30

Thank you! Hope22 14 hrs ago #31

If he was brandishing a gun, they would have shot him from a distance NickB79 18 hrs ago #15

Amazing how quickly a pic of a gun moniss 18 hrs ago #17

And DHS ran away with Traildogbob 17 hrs ago #26

They have open and concealed carry so it's legal. Looks like he may have been disarmed before being killed. chowder66 18 hrs ago #7

Their LIES are "EVOLVING" orangecrush 18 hrs ago #4

".... shows federal officers on Nicollet Ave. on top of a man on the ground, before one CBP officer pulls his gun and re riversedge 18 hrs ago #6

I'm hearing he was a citizen observer James48 18 hrs ago #8

AP has changed it to a 37 year old man which the Police Chief said they confirmed. chowder66 18 hrs ago #9

And a US Citizen. nt SunSeeker 18 hrs ago #20

Yes. chowder66 17 hrs ago #22

All he was doing was videotaping. Fuck. They murdered him. nt SunSeeker 17 hrs ago #23

Gov. Tim Walz: said he had spoken to the White House about what he called another "sickening" shooting. "The P riversedge 18 hrs ago #10

The woman in the pink jacket in the video got really good cell footage. Hope she is not in the Whipple Building. SunSeeker 18 hrs ago #11

Mpls Police Chief: "..37 yo, while male, resident of ..we believe he is a lawfully gun owner with a permit to carry" riversedge 18 hrs ago #13

Police chief defies ICE as agents try to block local cops from latest Minneapolis shooting LetMyPeopleVote 18 hrs ago #16

I really want to know Skittles 14 hrs ago #32

"So the "everyone should be armed" second amendment crowd is using the fact the a man was armed (maybe) as justification riversedge 18 hrs ago #18

Resistance is not futile Marthe48 17 hrs ago #24

AP JUST IN: Officer who fatally shot Minneapolis man during protest is an 8-year Border Patrol veteran, federal official BumRushDaShow 17 hrs ago #25

He was an ICU nurse at the VA. SunSeeker 16 hrs ago #27

The image being shown by DHS isn't even the weapon the guy had on him. They literally pulled an image from google searc riversedge 15 hrs ago #28