Trump's promised ICE raids have begun

And I just wish to christ that he'd left that gun at home. He's a victim of Trumpff's hoodlums, of course,
but he's also a victim of Minnesota's brain-dead carry law. The IceStapo wouldn't have
shot him if they hadn't found his ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ pistol.

But it's hard for me to sympathize with anybody who carries needlessly.
Pretti had just come out of a restaurant he had been dining at. He was there by pure chance, gallantly helping up a woman who had been thrown to ground by the Proud Boy 'Agent'.
 
Jones: I’m a second amendment absolutist. It is a right. Those rights come with restrictions.
Then he's not an absolutist.

One of those restrictions is you have to have your ID and permit on you. Reports are he didn’t have either one. At that point, he’s not carrying legally
Utterly irrelevant to the notion that officers may have felt they were enough in danger because of the gun to kill him.
 
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Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino and some his agents will leave Minneapolis following the shooting death of Alex Pretti on Saturday, according to the BBC's US partner CBS News
 
Ro Khanna full steam
 
Cain: Pretti inserts himself into the situation with law enforcement.
Pretti was lawfully observing and recording law enforcement operations. The ICE agents were pushing protesters toward him, the final act being throwing down the woman with the orange backpack. Pretti ignored ICE agents and tried to help her to her feet. ICE engaged him on their own initiative by spraying him with pepper spray repeatedly from behind as he was trying to assist.

That decision, that action, is not covered by the second amendment
The 2nd Amendment is not implicated because Pretti did not draw his gun. ICE did not know he was armed until after they had tackled him and begun to beat him.

Further, the 2nd Amendment enthusiasts (with a degree of historical support) argue that the prospect of having to defend oneself against a government that has become oppressive and tyrannical is a core interpretation of the right to bear arms. Not only does the 2nd Amendment cover it, it is one of the amendment's primary raisons d'être.
 
How do these people expect anyone to believe them, beyond the cultists?
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.”​
—Joseph Goebbels​
 
sounds like they’re backing off in light of the shooting. maybe this was the domino
Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey reports on his social media that Pres. Trump has agreed to withdraw "some" troops from Minnesota and is committed to further negotiations to remove the rest of the surge. I think they're starting to realize this is backfiring, that they cannot credibly portray ordinary moms and dedicated, compassionate public servants as "domestic terrorists."
 
Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey reports on his social media that Pres. Trump has agreed to withdraw "some" troops from Minnesota and is committed to further negotiations to remove the rest of the surge. I think they're starting to realize this is backfiring, that they cannot credibly portray ordinary moms and dedicated, compassionate public servants as "domestic terrorists."

i agree and i also think all these jan 6 mouth breather militia guys they brought in with no screening and training simply can’t conduct themselves in any other way. if they keep them there they’ll keep doing what they’re doing
 
How do these people expect anyone to believe them, beyond the cultists?
As Mojo says, they don't, not really- they only want to maintain a base, not persuade anyone outside it. The lies are strictly for the benefit of the people who are as invested in believing them as they are in telling them.
 
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