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Gonna have to stick a marker on this one too...

This can't be overstated enough. The standards to get on with a typical state police or highway patrol branch are very very high. Less rigorous at the county or municipal level, but there still are standards. Reporting on ICE and CBP, especially since Trump took over and since they have surged resources to them, suggests few standards at all. Despite all the taxpayer money being thrown at recruits to join. Put another way, the vast majority of these guys couldn't get on with state or local agencies because they don't make the grade, yet the feds will throw out taxpayer dollars at them because they need any warm body they can get

This is an important clip... something like this was inevitable Law enforcement, for all the issues they have all over the country, have different jobs than federal agents who can come in and Leeroy Jenkins their way through and leave. Local and state law enforcement, OTOH, live and work in these communities and *cannot* do their job without some baseline level of trust with the public. We saw this in Illinois during the Chicago operation... The feds constantly putting local law enforcement agencies, as well as Illinois State Police, in a position where they are trying to keep the peace while managing the chaos that these feds were inflicting on the population. Not trying to be an apologist for cops, I have plenty of issues with how we do law enforcement in our country. But their mission and ability to do their jobs is in direct contradiction with what the Trump Administration is doing at this moment. And it's something to keep an eye on going forward, to see whether a real wedge starts to develop

Bash is getting some push back for how she handled that interview (she's generally one of the worst Sunday show interviewers, which is saying something) OTOH there's something to be said in a situation like this where there's a literal video that contradicts every word he's saying, to just let the person being interviewed just hang themselves.

Far too little and late, to be sure.... but it's also a signal about where things are going.

Wow, people hate it when the federal government comes in and disrupts their neighborhood and have sincerely held morals and beliefs about right and wrong... Who knew?

If their goal is to make people stay quietly at home, I'm not sure they could have done anything less effective than what they did today

The R need 8 Dems, and Cortez Masto, Rosen, Kaine and Durbin, who all voted to end the last one, have come out against today (likely as a reaction to the events in Mpls). And that's just *so far*... So yeah, there's a pretty good chance it can be stopped in its current form at least.

As Rome burns... It's a big club... And we ain't in it.

I cannot imagine the horror of having your kid murdered, and then watching the government come out and slander him and drag his name through the mud because his existence in this very moment is inconvenient to them. Just an unimaginable horror

From Alex's parents... Are Botox Barbie and Greg Bovino gonna slander them too now?

LOL, these guys *love* social media videos in many other contexts. But not in this one, nosiree, gotta toe that federal gubmint line

It's worth remembering that he'd gladly slander *anyone* if it's in pursuit of his (and this administration's) aims. Just downright immoral people all the way down

A 37 year old white male with a legal right to conceal carry in Minnesota killed by an out of control federal government. Where's the NRA at?

There you go....

It may come out that he was armed, but even given how unjustified the video made it looked regardless, this government lies like they breathe. DHS especially, they've been caught so many times in lies. Nothing personal, but if you aren't waiting for independent verification of anything they say, you're a dupe at this point.

A whole ****ing truckload of salt

Feds are currently detaining some of the witnesses per the Star Tribune so.... we'll see if we see any additional footage

ICE appears to have shot and killed another innocent person again... would recommend disabling "auto play", it's bad

Here's some more morally and legally indefensible actions from ICE

Would appreciate it if a certain someone would explain to us how it is moral or in keeping with the teachings of Jesus. Suspect we'll be waiting a while.

This is why it's not hard to rag on the Times/Post and other outlets. They simply pull their punches, particularly in headlines (which is what most people actually read) It was pretty clear what he was implying with his comments (at least for anyone who has ever seen Goodfellas anyway), but there's this pathological need to pretend that this is all "business as usual".

Grampa apparently can't remember what country he's obsessing over lol