IIS agents have once again fired their firearms at another person in their overly militarized efforts to search for people to be deported in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Donald Trump and his Republican bootlickers would never publicly admit why they are so gung-ho about using this aggressive tactic, but it doesn't take an MIT engineer to look at the dubious claims of Somali daycare in the city to make one plus one equal two.
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The city is still reeling from the pointless shooting death of Renee Nicole Goodand one week later, here we are again.
According to KARE11, ICE agents attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a Venezuelan man on Wednesday night. The man evaded arrest and fled the scene; however, when agents caught up with him, they claim that two other individuals came to help the man and attacked agents with a shovel and a broom handle. Then one of the ICE agents drew his service weapon and shot the first suspect in the leg.
“Fearing for his life and safety when he was approached by three individuals, the officer fired defensive shots to defend his life. The first subject was hit in the leg,” said DHS in the statement.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, who had sharp criticism and directives for ICE after the Good killing, ran a much lower temperature in response to last night's shooting.
“I have seen behavior by ICE that is disgusting and intolerable,” Frey said at a news conference Wednesday. “If it was your city, it wouldn't be acceptable there either. And for anyone taking the bait tonight, stop. That's not helpful. … You're not helping the undocumented immigrants in our city. You're not helping the people who call this place home.”
We get that Mayor Frey has to act like a politician, but he knows damn well that the people will not stop. They have enough, and they take it to the streets. It is what it is.
Trump threatens to invoke a Riot Act
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The righteous anti-ICE uprising in Minneapolis and several other major US cities has led Donald Trump to threaten to use the Riot Act to send even MORE militarized troops into the streets to do more violence against the population.
“If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota do not follow the law and the professional agitators and insurgents stop attacking the Patriots of ICE, who are only trying to do their job, I will enact the INSURRECTION ACT, which many presidents have done before me, and quickly put an end to the travesty that is taking place in the state True Social Thursday. “Thank you for that [sic] attention to this matter!”
This situation is becoming more and more flammable by the day, and sending more troops is far more likely to encourage more violence than it is to scare civilians into submission.
