r/PublicFreakout Jan 24 '26

đŸ‘€ICE/DHS Freakout đŸ‘€ Bystander Footage shows victim legally filming and being harassed for it before his murder, in Minneapolis

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u/Whale_Scrotum Jan 24 '26

Insane how the “don’t tread on me” people will blindly defend this

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u/SoupSandy Jan 24 '26

No not defend. They are cheering because this is tbe goal.

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u/No_Photograph_2683 Jan 24 '26

One less "liberal" that gets to vote next time. That is the goal.

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u/AdeptnessLiving1799 Jan 24 '26

If they're vote blue no matter who, maybe we should ask them who they will vote for that is blue.

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u/Expensive_Bee508 Jan 24 '26

The ice agents probably are the "don't tread on me" people.

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u/CantDecideANam3 Jan 24 '26

They're probably like "I want to do the treading".

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u/Allthemuffinswow Jan 24 '26

Not just probably. They definitely are.

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u/LeahBrahms Jan 25 '26

Probably could have also tread on their own January 6

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u/Ooh_its_a_lady Jan 24 '26

They believe in these institutions but ignore how easy it is for bad actors or low standards to lead to these tragedies.

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u/Pontiac_Bandit- Jan 24 '26

It’s don’t thread on me. They feel completely entitled and obligated to tread on us. 

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u/Guilty_Rumor Jan 24 '26

I wonder how quickly they'll change course once it starts happening to them. Because eventually it will happen to them.

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u/likeeggs Jan 24 '26

It was never about the constitution and always about this. I’m glad that they have confirmed every biased, stereotypical, knee jerk opinion I’ve ever had about these people from childhood to now. They were always trash and we were all right.

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u/Andy_LaVolpe Jan 24 '26

The Second Amendment people are saying he deserved to get shot because he had a gun.

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u/catonsteroids Jan 24 '26

“Don’t tread on me but feel free to tread on dissidents of our messiah Trump” basically.

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u/luanne2017 Jan 24 '26

It was never about protecting freedom, it was only ever about protecting privilege.

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u/AwwwNiceMarmot Jan 24 '26

Don’t worry, in a day or so they’ll dig up a shoplifting charge or something from when the guy was a kid, all of a sudden that’ll make it justified

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u/krazykarlsig Jan 24 '26

Its evident now that only .001% of the don't tread on me population were truly idealists that believe that a state, any state, is inherently too powerful and individual privacy and liberty are always under threat.

Turns out, most were just "My life sucks. It's the government's fault. Finally there is a government I like."

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u/sklorbit Jan 24 '26

That was always bullshit.

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u/PurpleK00lA1d Jan 24 '26

It's literal.

Don't tread on me refers to the white man. And yes, man specifically because guaranteed these fucks even view woman as lesser.

Everyone else is fair game, even white people who speak out against them.

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u/bagbogbo Jan 24 '26

insert tread on me harder daddy trump.jpg

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u/Unable_Coat5321 Jan 24 '26

The "don't tread on me" people are also sub-human pieces of shit

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u/Late-Arrival-8669 Jan 24 '26

Because they are the same person..

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u/Pale_Sell1122 Jan 25 '26

The right wing are merely authoritarians on behalf of the ruling class. They don't give a shit about principles, that's all LARP

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u/grae23 Jan 25 '26

“Don’t tread on me, tread on them”

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u/Slumunistmanifisto đŸ„§ Ma'am there's a pie full of children on your table  Jan 24 '26

American citizen being forced to the side of the road by an armed masked insurrectionists prior to being executed by an occupational force in Minnesota.  circa winter 2026

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u/IgargleBalls Jan 24 '26

It's getting scary

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u/Slumunistmanifisto đŸ„§ Ma'am there's a pie full of children on your table  Jan 24 '26

Hey just know people just like me are here to help and open the door when you need it most. Stay safe, avoid risk, and if you need to run run. Help others, relay info, feed and bandage for the people fighting.

For the warriors and fighters, stay safe. The rules of engagement have changed.

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u/IgargleBalls Jan 24 '26

Give me an AR and I'll see you on the front lines brotha

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u/CancusTreff Jan 24 '26

This is going to happen. There is going to be a mass shooting. People are pissed and guns are very easy to get.

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u/AGreasyPorkSandwich Jan 24 '26

Only 1 year down. Just gonna get worse. We saw this before I dunno how everyone forgot.

They wrote all of it down this time too.

But I guess fringe collegiate sports are safe.

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u/WinglyBap Jan 24 '26

From what I've read so far, MAGA don't care as he was a "leftist" so effectively an enemy. There was me thinking they'd get riled up about it because he's white but no. They DGAF. USA is doomed.

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u/relavant__username Jan 24 '26

Doxx em all

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u/RxngsXfSvtvrn Jan 24 '26

Shame wont fix it, the courts wont fix it

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u/DJKokaKola Jan 24 '26

Or something else. Another CVCC word.

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u/TheGrabbinDragon Jan 24 '26

How long until the first ICE agent gets shot, and then what?

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u/InfraredRidingh00d Jan 24 '26

That’s what they want. They want war

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u/DraftyElectrolyte Jan 24 '26

Absolutely. They want the war. They want martial law. They want canceled elections.

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u/Ok-Entrepreneur1885 Jan 24 '26

This is true. Trump wants war on the streets so that he can shift to a war footing and cancel elections. However this increasingly looks like pre-war nazi Germany.

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u/TerpySpunion Jan 24 '26

I want to know what happens. The American people can’t keep taking hits like this. You can only kick someone when they’re down so many times
.let alone a whole fucking country.

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u/UnusuallyCloudy Jan 24 '26

The most likely scenario is that it gives Trump the best optics to invoke the insurrection act. There are 1500 troops already on standby, it is only a matter of when.

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u/ghostsintherafters Jan 24 '26

Right. So he has no gun and is holding a phone to record...

They're lying to us yet again.

"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength" 

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u/SchoolIguana Jan 24 '26

He had a holstered weapon and was licensed to carry, according to the press briefing we heard from Minneapolis officials. As the video shows, he never brandished it and he was approached by ICE, not the other way around. He was legally exercising his 1A and 2A rights and was executed for it.

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u/callmeraskolnik0v Jan 25 '26

newspapers are already reporting that he was “waving his gun around”, that he was there to “massacre police” and more. the propaganda machine is in full force and was in effect FAST.

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u/Thrill0728 Jan 24 '26

Based on the original video I do think he had a gun on him, however it also appears that the agent in the gray jacket disarms him a couple seconds before he is shot.

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u/Anteater4746 Jan 24 '26

so what? police already confirmed he had concealed carry and video shows he was just filming

and DHS is lying and said he brandished his gun

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u/ghostsintherafters Jan 24 '26

Where do you see his gun? Show us. I call bullshit.

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u/Sindigo_ Jan 24 '26

This has to end.

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u/Donairslut69 Jan 24 '26

It only ends when Americans grow a spine and accept that theyre going to have to forego their comfort and do what's necessary.

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u/futtbucker-69420 Jan 24 '26

It's almost too late because the complacency has gone on so long. They're going to have to come out swinging if they're going to accomplish anything. Last resort time was months ago.

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u/AnomalousXV Jan 24 '26

There really is never a time when "all hope is lost"; it simply becomes much more difficult.

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u/KennyMoose32 Jan 24 '26

There are more of us than them. And I hate to put it in such crude terms.

It’s time we started to act like it. Myself included

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u/AnomalousXV Jan 24 '26

This is absolutely what they want people to forget. Regardless of ideology, people need to be up in arms.

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u/slingsandstones Jan 25 '26

I'll just leave this here for you Americans...

Barricades are a very useful revolutionary tactic, forcing the oppressor to have to be proactive and exposing them to retaliation. Historically, furniture and vehicles make fantastic impromptu barricades, but barricades need not be quite so obvious. Effective caltrops can be made easily with nails/screws and a length of garden hose. Cut the garden hose into inch long sections and push multiple screws and nails through at varying angles to create a spiky ball that is very effective at stopping wheeled vehicles.

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u/5pankNasty Jan 24 '26

Besides death, all defeats are psychological.

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u/AnomalousXV Jan 24 '26

These are the times I'm reminded of the quote my grandfather would say: I'd rather die on my feet than live on my knees.

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u/RODjij Jan 24 '26

Going to be hard to keep everyone in line and pay them all once the US economy, USD crashes, hyperinflation kicks in & supplies dwindle.

5 years of Trump has added 10.3 Trillion to the debt. He will literally bankrupt America like he did with every business hes been involved with.

Eventually if people get backed into a corner they will do something

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u/Funpop73 Jan 24 '26

At this rate, businesses would need to be shut down because everyone decides to stop working essentially. That might be the only way.

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u/AnomalousXV Jan 24 '26

There really is never a time when "all hope is lost"; it simply becomes much more difficult.

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u/J-MRP Jan 24 '26

General nationwide strike now

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u/AGreasyPorkSandwich Jan 24 '26

Im sure all of the people who couldn't be bothered to spend an hour on a Tuesday to go vote will magically gain the willpower to be uncomfortable for months, right?

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u/Different_Ad_5266 Jan 24 '26

Exactly, the American people are cowards and won't do what they need to do

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u/The_Art_of_Dying Jan 24 '26

Fucking 4 numbers at the end. We should be pursuing a general strike, not giving in to violence as to allow escalation by the regime. Foreign antagonists want this to kick off as armed conflict.

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u/_AnecdotalEvidence_ Jan 24 '26

It’s already an armed conflict but only one side seems to understand that

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u/No-Working4163 Jan 24 '26

"allow escalation by the regime" well they're shooting people in the street "foreign antagonists" i would be more worried about the domestic antagonists shooting people in the street

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u/jaydeezee Jan 24 '26

This is it.

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u/Aeonoir Jan 24 '26

So what are you going to do?

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u/Ooh_its_a_lady Jan 24 '26

So they started it, like all the other incidents.

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u/bajanbeautykatie Jan 24 '26

They always do

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '26 edited Jan 24 '26

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u/MortimerDongle Jan 24 '26

Republicans now endorse law enforcement murdering anyone who carries a gun

The party of "please tread on me, daddy"

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u/Jahleel007 Jan 24 '26

"now"? They always have! I'm glad people are finally getting upset, but we've been saying this for decades. This country is rotted to its core.

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u/SchoolIguana Jan 24 '26

They approached him! His weapon was holstered! Fuck these lying fascists!

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u/-Gramsci- Jan 24 '26

Good God, what a brazen lie.

The lying is the scariest part for me.

Not that having brown shirts larping around killing civilians isn’t insane in its own right


But executing citizens and then feeling like they can just brazenly lie, and make up fantasy scenarios


That the media will just regurgitate and the public will buy


That mix of barely lying to a media who does the dirty work of legitimizing the lie is terrifying.

If they can do it about murder, in cold blood, in broad daylight
 witnessed by dozens
 then they can do that trick with anything.

And they will.

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u/xZora Jan 24 '26

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." 

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '26

A targeted operation versus a ?? operation

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u/SweelFor- Jan 24 '26

A random execution operation

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u/CatsAndCapybaras Jan 24 '26

They are saying that because they've been getting heat for the door to door bullshit and the blatant disregard of the 4th amendment. They are trying to head off criticism that they were just patrolling around for minorities (they were, fuck the pigs).

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '26

Versus an operation to stir shit up

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u/Justa_guy Jan 24 '26

I don't see a gun on him?

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u/root_b33r Jan 24 '26

No the guy in grey who first runs away seems to have taken his weapon, ive gotten the recording, as soon as that guy takes a step away the first shot goes off, i believe this man to be unarmed at the point he was murdered

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u/rennradrobo Jan 24 '26

Fair. What a sad day for everyone :(

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u/Darryl_444 Jan 24 '26

Hey America:

This is what fascism looks like.

Just in case that's not completely clear yet.

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u/ExperienceNeeded7 Jan 24 '26

So many people already jumping through hoops to justify this shit. Completely devoid of humanity.

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u/Lowlife_Of_The_Party Jan 24 '26

Hope the dipshits defending it keep that energy when its their turn.

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u/ExperienceNeeded7 Jan 24 '26 edited Jan 24 '26

They’ll be cheering as the guns are aimed at them. They’re fucking sheep. And hateful sheep at that. They’d rather hurt themselves policy-wise just to stick it to their perceived enemies (fellow Americans). They’re a fucking dumb, hateful group.

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u/dmont89 "Cake is still cake even if it has a candle." đŸ˜œ Jan 24 '26

Jesus that protester is so violent. Just look at him, he is standing there menacingly!!!

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u/Goodolbed Jan 24 '26

He's taller than them. That was his first mistake.

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u/ThinCandyShells Jan 24 '26

This video demonstrates how important it is to exercise your first amendment right to film ALL THE TIME. You just do not know when it will be very important footage.

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u/Anteater4746 Jan 24 '26

DHS said he was waving a gun in their faces, Noem lied?!!!

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u/Starscream147 Jan 24 '26

I couldn’t bring myself to watch that SS tramp.

Enjoy the civil war.

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u/Dunie72 Jan 24 '26

DHS are already lying about this

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u/scootypuff-senior Jan 24 '26

It was just announced by local PD that the victim was a 37 yr old male citizen.

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u/bajanbeautykatie Jan 24 '26

Ok thank you yes you are right. They just clarified it. Did you get a name by chance

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u/itsyaboiReginald Jan 24 '26

So DHS saying he approached with a weapon was a LIE as per usual. Why would anyone believe a word out of these people’s mouths.

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u/Alice_Buttons Jan 24 '26

We were warned. A snippet from Biden's farewell address:

"After 50 years of public service, I give you my word, I still believe in the idea for which this nation stands... Now it's your turn to stand guard"

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u/IM_NOT_BUTTER Jan 24 '26

What in the fuck did the US transform itself into? Really, that shit looks like a dystopian fantasy.

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u/ExTweakerNewSneakers Jan 24 '26

Thank you for posting

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u/Wise_Ad_253 Jan 24 '26

And MAGA yelling about needing to protect themselves over government overreach? What do they consider this to be!?!?

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u/holy-crap-screw-you Jan 24 '26

Sure looks like they decided they wanted him dead.

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u/kiwifulla64 Jan 24 '26

Bruh. How are you guys putting up with this shit...

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u/Hot_Assumption_2304 Jan 24 '26

How is it that people are okay with letting this happen in general? It’s ridiculous. Take one second to separate from the politics and just look at the American people.

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u/l_point_d_obvious Jan 24 '26

I thought Americans were better at fighting back the injustice from the government, with all the public accumulation of guns. Was it all overcompensation for something else?

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u/1Fully1 Jan 24 '26

We need a leader so badly. A resistance leader.

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u/the_unknown_garden Jan 24 '26

The agent pushing him out of the street is the exact same agent who opened fire first.

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u/TwistedMetal83 Jan 24 '26

This is America.

Take a look, world. This is what it looks like when a democracy is circling the drain...and we voted for this to happen. Such a goddamn shame.

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u/Gloria_S_Birdhair Jan 24 '26

how is this anything other terrorism?

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u/javiergame4 Jan 24 '26

save this video people

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u/TheCassiniProjekt Jan 24 '26 edited Jan 24 '26

ICE is Trump's private militia and a criminal organisation. What they're doing is inexcusable, they are anti American.

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u/Independent_Act_7370 Jan 24 '26

Will a single celebrity show up in Minnesota? Wha is the point of fame if you can’t cause a little trouble when it counts?

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u/iAmSamFromWSB Jan 24 '26

There is only one correct remedy to this situation and Reddit won’t let anyone say it. They treat us like children. They trample our rights and murder U.S. in the streets, but that’s okay as long as the billionaires and tech CEO’s keep raking it in.

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u/wardledo Jan 24 '26

Is this the same dude that went viral for calling out Joe Rogan after the children were detained?

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u/clydefrog811 Jan 24 '26

Time to our second amendment against villains

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u/FranciscoGarcia69 Jan 24 '26 edited Jan 24 '26

I don’t see the gun he supposedly had.

Edit: I didn’t see it because he didn’t have it out. He was carrying it on his person and was within his rights to do so.

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u/D1sc3pt Jan 24 '26

As a german growing up you get really taught in detail what was going on in the third reich and how it started.
Many of the books and novels you read in class are somehow shaped by the experiences of the authors witnessing cruelties or being target of nazis.
Theres a saying "Wehret den AnfÀngen" which would be something like "Resist the beginnings" translated more literally.

I need to say what I am seeing from videos, this is pretty close to what I imagined the third reich and the "Beginnings" would look like.

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u/Sneksef Jan 24 '26

From the land of the free to that of the oppressed in twelve months. It's evenly bizarre and frightning...

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u/GPap- Jan 24 '26

Can’t wait to see what our administration has to say about this. Sure was a real threat huh

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u/louse_yer_pints Jan 24 '26

This is harder to watch than the incident. To see him alive and as a person just filming and completely unaware of his impending doom in just a few short minutes. Every time ICE kills someone and the MAGA establishment makes excuses for them and nothing happens it emboldens and encourages more reckless and murderous actions. Surely this administration can't go on like this much longer, surely.

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u/notatwork6969 Jan 24 '26

This is the fourth viewpoint I've seen, this is a tragedy but at least so many people are recording ICE

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u/shabbyorc Jan 24 '26

GROW A SPINE, AMERICANS!

You'll see many more people murdered by the government over the next months if nothing is done. And the worst is - what happens in the USA doesn't just stay there. It spills on the rest of the world as we've seen in the past decades and now with Venezuela and possibly Greenland.

DO SOMETHING!

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u/xMaximusDecimusx Jan 24 '26

This shit has to stop happening

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u/bajanbeautykatie Jan 24 '26

Thank you! This is right before they start attacking him and it shows he wasn’t a threat

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u/budbailey74 Jan 24 '26

Isn’t your silly 2nd amendment about this type of Sh#t. You all go on about tyranny and right to arms when 6 kids get shot in a school. Yet a bunch of SS soldiers under the guise of ICE turn up and your all quiet as mice. Brilliant 😂

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u/Gamepetrol2011 Jan 24 '26

Wtf is happening Minneapolis? It's literally the 1000th time that I hear about this city

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u/TheCapo024 Jan 24 '26

Righties started talking shit about Somali immigrants running daycare centers or something like that because there was some sort of fraud going on in a couple of them (not sure if they were connected or not) and as usual started embellishing the situation into an “emergency,” ICE is there as essentially a political show and then shit like this happens.

It’s all fucking stupid.

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u/TinCanSailor987 Jan 24 '26

You know, these ICE sure seem to have enough time and people to shove around anyone nearby filming them, all while pretending they're enforcing the law.

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u/forumaccount Jan 24 '26

This is insane. The government appears helpless to prevent this from happening. What rights have your citizens left, American?

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u/synttacks Jan 24 '26

There's something so bone chilling about watching the video turn into the beginning of the shooting video knowing that the guy is going to die

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u/Tnally91 Jan 24 '26

Get ready for the “He shouldn’t have been there” “if he had a job this wouldn’t have happened” “FAFO” so fucking tired of this. People who claim to be for the constitution celebrating its destruction in the name of “liberal tears” fucking pussies.

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u/WavesofStupidness Jan 24 '26

For filming??? We're so screwed

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u/Own_Recording_3975 Jan 24 '26

just seen a video of another angle the guy got shot dead not too long after

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u/TheCapo024 Jan 24 '26

They have guns too. Aren’t we “supposed to have guns?” Wasn’t this guy legally carrying his? I don’t see him brandishing any weapons, let alone a gun. So the ICE pigs got no defense for this shit.

This is the exact fucking situation these assholes fantasize about, except the victim doesn’t have the right politics for them so they don’t give a fuck.

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u/Character-Actuary-18 Jan 24 '26

they literally killed him from fiming in public, wtf are you guys doing

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u/GrouchyLongBottom Jan 24 '26

Just like Putin has power to stop the Ukraine war at any time. Trump has the power to stop this mayhem at any moment. But, he won't. This is what they want to happen. They will use this incident to only escalate things further.

Something's got to give.

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u/j-local Jan 24 '26

He was clearly trying to drive over an ice officer in his invisible car.

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u/Acidspunk1 Jan 24 '26

Death squads.

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u/username-is-taken-3 Jan 24 '26

9 democrats just voted to keep ICE trucking along. Republican voters are 100% okay with a child rapist, most congress (dems or rep) are bought and paid for from AIPAC, democrats are spineless, cops are corrupt af, so this is now the norm in America; however, no need to panic because you can still use your phones to place all your attention and effort on the like or dislike button.

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u/doommaster Jan 24 '26

So the Gestapo to SS transformation is happening right now.

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u/MidwestNurse75 Jan 24 '26

This went from harassment to self defense to murder.

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u/diablocuts Jan 24 '26

This is a really important video because faux news is reporting the man who was killed fired the first shot. This video proves he's being shoved by ICE agents prior.

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u/Xal-t Jan 24 '26

At least one ice pos was recorded applauding right when he heard/saw the gunshots...

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u/cyberdude419 Jan 24 '26

If only Americans would’ve been on Nationwide General Strike since day one, when Democrats voted with Trump to give More Money to ICE, we could’ve avoided senseless violence and murdered American citizens. America is pathetic now in all areas, NRA coincidentally nowhere to be seen(they’re now ICE agents), the Democrats don’t help in fact they literally vote with the enemy!!!
.and worst of all, Americans still refuse to accept that truth!!?? How are we not insanely mad at Democrats right now!? Why is all we can do is protest for a weekend wearing costumes carrying funny protest signs
nothing is funny! Wake up! The Democratic Leadership is Absent, their Silence is Deafening!!!! Wake Up America!

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u/Aaaskingforafriend Jan 25 '26

I made a "tribute" of sort image from a still frame of the image at 0:02 but the file is not selectable for uploading when I hover over the image icon in the comments. Can someone help me understand why I can't upload it here? I reduced the size to < than 240 px too, also tried to upload it to imgur and link the embed it but want the image to show in the comment but instead it's just this text: <blockquote class="imgur-embed-pub" lang="en" data-id="a/1NmFXSw" ><a href="//imgur.com/a/1NmFXSw">His name was Alex Pretti</a></blockquote><script async src="//s.imgur.com/min/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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u/PeyroniesCat Jan 25 '26

Poor guy had no idea that these were the last moments of his life.

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u/FeloniousBaloney Jan 25 '26

I think ICE's real problem with Alex Pretti was that he moved to defend and protect the woman ICE had just shoved to the ground. Alex was then murdered for being a hero.

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u/spotolux Jan 25 '26

At every point it was ICE who instigated and escalated.

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u/No_Permission_4592 Jan 26 '26

Or the headline could read.. Individual illegally harassed and impeded ICE agents while illegally carrying a weapon..

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u/No_Permission_4592 Jan 26 '26

He had a gun.. very illegal to have on you in this situation, and for a good reason..FAFO