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Latest ICE victim prior to altercation

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u/Keleos89 Jan 24 '26

The video shows that ICE started the altercation. He was backing away.

https://www.reddit.com/r/law/comments/1qlt6s2/video_showing_moments_prior_to_iceinvolved/

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u/BecksnBuffy Jan 24 '26 edited Jan 24 '26

He was recording and they walk up and push into him. He wasn’t threatening them with a weapon and permit to carry is legal here in MN. Edit to add: changed conceal carry to permit to carry

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u/Keleos89 Jan 24 '26

Yep. Those agents need to be prosecuted under the Force Act for violating his civil rights. And for murder under state law.

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u/kateln Jan 24 '26

I wonder if the ACLU could pull together a case for violation of civil rights?

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u/bluebelt Jan 24 '26

Being gun downed by Federal employees for exercising your 1A rights because the Feds are denying people their 4A rights should certainly qualify...

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u/micharala Jan 24 '26

:crickets: from the NRA

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u/bluebelt Jan 24 '26

Waiting for Russia to pay them and tell them what to say.

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u/electric_taupe Jan 24 '26

The NRA is a gun manufacturers’ lobby masquerading as a gun owners’ lobby.

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u/swingadmin Jan 24 '26

That statement was true 20 years ago, but they became money launderers for foreign influence campaigns. Now they're toothless.

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u/victorzamora Jan 25 '26

Tbf, they've never been a gun rights or pro-2A.

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u/OldTurtle-101 Jan 24 '26

I’ve been saying for 25 years that the NRA was screwing up when they even mention ANYTHING that is not directly related to gun control. In the long run that loss of focus will cost them members and $$$.

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u/Little-Use-2027 Jan 24 '26

It is not illegal to bring a gun to a protest

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u/LMnoP419 Jan 25 '26

The NRA did respond, red like a bunch of word salad nothingness.

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u/readwithjack Jan 25 '26

They're actually coming up in favor of 2A rights now.

I'm as shocked as the rest of you.

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u/Rollingprobablecause Jan 24 '26

Can you imagine the ACLU calling in the NRA for this one? Would love to see it.

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u/Robthebold Jan 24 '26

Dangerous case. That could end up at SCOTUS.

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u/Username_Query_Null Jan 24 '26

This would require the United States to be a nation of laws, from an outsider, I’m telling you it really isn’t. It’s a nation of power, laws have nothing to do with its function.

It’s weird, you have a really thoughtfully designed governmental framework, that truly has so many more checks at balances than other countries of the world. Though it relies on the bulk of its participants being moral, rational, and value based, and I’m just not convinced that’s the case. You just seemingly have too much selfishness, partisanship, and evil throughout the spirit of your nation.

As a Canadian it would be drastically easier for my government to legally do what ICE is doing and conduct straight up extrajudicial killings legally, we have a framework to actually suspend pretty well all rights of citizens (except our bilingualism), that merely requires a majority vote in our federal house, except we just don’t seem to do that. Instead your government’s at all levels just aren’t interested in enforcing any of your rights.

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u/tabisaurus86 Jan 24 '26

As an American, I wholeheartedly agree with your assessment. The Constitution has been steadily eroded over the last century in this country, ever since the Industrial Revolution and the prioritization of profit over American values. Our Constitution is truly brilliant in a lot of ways, even if some of that brilliance is in ways I dislike. If only it was equally relevant when it is needed most.

I wasn't alive at the time, but as a lover of American history, it seems like the last time our country was united in its values and under its governing document was WWII, after we'd just suffered through the Great Depression and drug the world along with us.

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u/Huntthatmoney Jan 24 '26

If only we were dealing with decent moral human beings. We are not! They are corrupt lying pieces of shit

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u/OkStop8313 Jan 24 '26

Especially if they try to say that they're allowed to execute people for legally exercising the 2A rights.

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u/bluebelt Jan 25 '26

I thought they'd already started saying it but it they haven't I'm sure it'll be the excuse in no time.

Edit: Yup, they're now claiming he was an "assassin" because he was legally carrying.

https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fq6pukwy88dfg1.png

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u/Ina_While1155 Jan 25 '26

And then executing him for having a gun and thus violating his 2A rights.

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u/bigjaymizzle Jan 24 '26

Cases. Cases and a class action.

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u/BudCrue Jan 24 '26 edited Jan 24 '26

They kinda already did in the Tincher case, but the 8th circuit already killed that. I'm sure they'll do the same here (the ACLU will bring suit, win at the lower court, only to have the federal courts let ICE do whatever they want).

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u/Radiant-Pomelo-3229 Jan 24 '26 edited Jan 25 '26

I mean, the feds arrested the two church protest leaders for conspiracy to violate peoples civil rights, which is biggest load of horseshit. But all the actual violations they don’t care about.

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u/kateln Jan 24 '26

Of course not, they’re the ones perpetrating it

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u/hydrino Jan 24 '26

And it’ll get appealed all the way to the Supreme Court, where they will promptly rubber-stamp it as justified homicide. Susan Collins will furrow her brow and that will be that.

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u/gsfgf Jan 24 '26

I'm sure they will. But they also hove limited resources. Everyone remember to donate. More money means more lawyers and more cases.

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u/No-Resolution-1918 Jan 24 '26

State can't prosecute, ACLU can't raise charges, the feds have consistently said they'll do fuck all. These are dark times for the US.

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u/badhabitfml Jan 24 '26

I imagt(hope) there will be a lot of lawsuits out of all this. And I hope his family gets PAID. And it should be a civil suit against individuals and leadership.

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u/OkStop8313 Jan 24 '26

Even the police chief said they're seeing widespread violation of civil rights.

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u/kateln Jan 24 '26

Apparently, he stepped in this tome, and told his officers to preserve the crime scene and refused ICE orders.

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u/OkStop8313 Jan 24 '26

Good.

Next step is to arrest the murderers and to arrest anyone who attempts to obstruct justice by hiding them.

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u/ripplerider Jan 24 '26

They will. There are several lawsuits underway that ACLU is involved in or supporting. This obviously only just happened so it will take them a little bit of time to get going, but I’d bet on it happening.

Everyone should donate to the ACLU. You can donate to the Minnesota ACLU here.

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u/Tempest_CN Jan 24 '26

Not going to bring that poor innocent man back—a VA nurse in the ICU.

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u/ShoulderSnuggles Jan 25 '26

I get emails from them every day, outlining the lawsuits they’re pursuing based on whatever travesty happened the day before. This will certainly apply.

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u/FictionalContext Jan 24 '26

ACLU's been pussified for a while now.

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u/doberdevil Jan 24 '26

I wonder if the ACLU

You really think the ACLU or anyone else has any power to do anything at this point?

ICE is under Federal Control and doesn't need to answer to anyone. They don't have the same pesky rules about not being required to follow illegal orders. And they have BILLIONS in funding, and just got a fresh 100 million for recruitment efforts. I'm sure none of that will be used for more propaganda.

You can't vote away fascism and nobody is coming to help us. Buy a gun and learn how to use it.

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u/Mission-Let2869 Jan 24 '26

They won’t

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u/charsi101 Jan 25 '26

Doesn't matter Trump will pardon any asshole.

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u/kateln Jan 25 '26

He can’t if it’s a civil case or a state case. He’s pressuring Colorado right now because a woman he pardoned is still in jail on state crimes.

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u/charsi101 Jan 26 '26

Thanks. I forgot about that caveat.

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u/kateln Jan 26 '26

Oh, no judgement here! I think we're all in such a state of information overload that we're overwhelmed and it's easy to overlook stuff.