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Showing Original Post only (View all)To me it has the feel of being pre planned [View all]
I believe a group of Proud Boys were given permission to make an example, especially to those photographing events.
Their actions escalated the violence at every turn - deliberately.
They had no reason to shoot once they had removed the gun.
The promise of qualified immunity pulled the trigger.
Alex was dead as soon as he first walked out on the street and the agents spotted him filming.
Agents fled the scene and no one knows who they are. How exceptionally convenient.
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It'd be handy if ICE & BP would each pick different gang colors so we could tell them apart easier.
Attilatheblond
Jan 2026
#42
Interesting considering that Minneapolis is 250 miles from the nearest international border
Bettie
Jan 2026
#45
Only in the sense that the purpose of ICE is to terrorize and it always has been. When an institution's purpose is to
WhiskeyGrinder
Jan 2026
#3
Donald Trump justifies the murders of Pretti and Good by calling these Americans 'domestic terrorists.'
B.See
Jan 2026
#26
Individual incidents need no specific planning when the whole machine is directed
RockRaven
Jan 2026
#6
They're testing the theory that a 2025 audience won't react to Kent State 2.0 if they run it in slow motion.
meadowlander
Jan 2026
#11
I'm not sure the shooting was pre-planned in the sense that they knew they were going to
EarlG
Jan 2026
#13
Looking at the soles of some of their shoes as they slide on their asses over ice shows they didn't plan footwear either
Attilatheblond
Jan 2026
#36
When ya think on it a bit, the idiots in masks hurling gas canisters are actually victims themselves
Attilatheblond
Jan 2026
#37
They're trying to provoke responses that will allow them to deploy the military. n/t
SpankMe
Jan 2026
#31
If Jan 6 was planned, if DOGE was planned, if Obama not being able to appoint judges, if Tea Party was planned,
LiberalArkie
Jan 2026
#33
Good point, there haven't been any details, and they'll never name the killer
FakeNoose
Jan 2026
#43