MddowBlog-Team Trump expresses new concerns about citizens filming DHS officers

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The louder the administration opposes civilians with cameras, the more that should inspire others to film.

Team Trump expresses new concerns about citizens filming DHS officers

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— Mike Walker (@newnarrative.bsky.social) 2026-01-26T20:14:17.444Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/team-trump-expresses-new-concerns-about-citizens-filming-dhs-officers

In Maine last week, a woman in Portland was filming an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent when the masked official decided to stop what he was doing. In fact, in a video that quickly went viral, he approached the civilian and delivered a chilling message.

When the woman reminded the ICE agent that her presence there was legal, he responded, “Exactly, that’s what we’re doing,” as he tried to record her and collect her information. Asked why, the federal agent replied, “Because we have a nice little database, and now you’re considered a domestic terrorist.”,,,,,

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, for example, recently told the public, “If you see these ICE agents in your neighborhood, take out that phone and hit record. Help us create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans, not just to establish a record for posterity, but to bank evidence for future prosecution.”

FBI Director Kash Patel told Fox News that the Democratic governor’s public appeal not only could lead to “violence against law enforcement,” it also makes him think Walz’s comment should be “examined thoroughly.”

Kash Patel claims Walz telling Minnesotans a couple weeks ago to film DHS "to create a database of the atrocities" is rhetoric that "is leading to violence against law enforcement" and should be investigated

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-01-25T15:33:47.460Z

....Taken together, the emerging picture isn’t exactly subtle: Many of the administration’s civilian critics have done exceptional work in documenting federal agents’ tactics, and that is why the administration would apparently like this work to end — which seems like the sort of thing that should inspire more filming, not less.

[Kid Berwyn]

1. The smarter criminals don't like a photographic record of their criminality.

Photographs, video and other records of their criminality could prove a problem, should they one day have to face justice.



Above we see former US Attorney General John "Ashcan" Ashcroft, enjoying a fun weekend away from his desk in Washington DC. At the time, he had stopped flying commercial and chose to fly small US Government jets. When asked why by CBS, he replied, "A threat assessment had been made." At the time, July 2001, Osama bin Laden had threatened to hijack US planes, but for some still unexplained reason, the government failed to tell, let alone warn, the American people.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ashcroft-flying-high/

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2. In trump's world, cameras, the truth and facts are dangerous weapons