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This is just insane. Itâs only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-01-31T18:13:07.663Z
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
— Jon Collins (@jcollins.bsky.social) 2026-01-31T14:48:37.658Z
This link is to an article about the arrest. Very much worth the read:
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/30/st-peter-police-chief-intervenes-prevents-federal-agents-from-arresting-resident
C_U_L8R
(49,084 posts)or at least hope for some degree of sane regulation. Having our streets filled with armed Trump thugs like this is the antithesis of everything this country was supposed to about.
awesomerwb1
(5,027 posts)All these abuse of power "encounters' need to be archived and shown all over social media in multiple websites for the entire country to see.
bluestarone
(21,554 posts)Fucking lies, that's all we get from these BASTARDS!!
littlemissmartypants
(32,505 posts)bluestarone
(21,554 posts)Times like this makes me so happy to be here wit the TRUE AMERICANS!!!
littlemissmartypants
(32,505 posts)sinkingfeeling
(57,463 posts)mysteryowl
(8,566 posts)It is just more lies!!!
sheshe2
(96,458 posts)Honestly, I am surprised she survived this encounter.
Brave woman, so very brave.
mysteryowl
(8,566 posts)They are intentionally terrorizing!
sheshe2
(96,458 posts)in tactical gear, heavily armed and masked as they are too afraid of showing their faces.
littlemissmartypants
(32,505 posts)30 Famous Outlaws That Terrorized The West
https://thehistoryjunkie.com/30-famous-outlaws-that-terrorized-the-west/



Look at those psychopathic stares.
Cirsium
(3,551 posts)Confederate cavalry was irregular, brutal and out of control. Many were terrorists in Bloody Kansas before the war and became wild west outlaws after the war. It is no coincidence that the most important Confederate cavalry commander was a slave trader before the war and the founder of the KKK after the war.
That is the legacy the MAGA thugs are carrying forward.
The South did indeed "rise again." And again and again and again.
Bayard
(28,929 posts)If there were other vehicles they would have caused an accident with this nonsense. And notice the third guy getting out of their car. He doesn't even take the typical two-handed gun stance. He just kind of waves his gun around in one hand.
mysteryowl
(8,566 posts)They would ram the car and in their arrest report say the person hit them and became violent!
This is the MO of the chief criminal.
Bayard
(28,929 posts)NBachers
(19,261 posts)FakeNoose
(40,562 posts)There was a large purchase of bodycam equipment for several $ million just a few months ago. They're all supposed to be recording everything in the line of duty.
So why are they pointing guns at American citizens for recording them, when THEY'RE DOING THE EXACT SAME THING?
This is insane ....
Bluetus
(2,449 posts)Subdivision 1.Misdemeanor.
Whoever does any of the following commits an assault and is guilty of a misdemeanor:
(1) commits an act with intent to cause fear in another of immediate bodily harm or death; ...
What ICE is doing is a crime. Call 911 and report that you are being assaulted and you demand to press charges. Make the police come deal with it.
I guarantee that if you have 911 on the phone and say "I am being assaulted by a man in a mask with a gun and am in fear of my life. Please send an officer quickly.", the ICE agents will get the hell out of there before the real police show up.
And if they are wearing a costume that says "Police", they are committing another crime:
...
Subd. 2.Gross misdemeanor.
Whoever violates subdivision 1 while committing any of the following acts is guilty of a gross misdemeanor:
...
(2) without legal authority, directing or ordering another person to act or refrain from acting;
...
Penalty: up to 364 days in jail and a maximum fine of $3,000.
mysteryowl
(8,566 posts)Sorry, but it doesn't work that way.
NOTHING STOPS THEM!!!
Bluetus
(2,449 posts)There still are not any indictments for the two executions in Minneapolis.
In Philadelphia, the DA has publicly announced he intends to prosecute ICE for anything they do that is illegal, and that includes the new ordinance that they cannot be masked. In order for that DA's threat to have an effect, victims need to call 911 in the moment. If this is effective in Philadelphia, then it will spread to many other cities.
These crimes (the intimidation) may be misdemeanors, but in every state I have checked, the misdemeanor assault charges can be upgraded to felonies if the perps have other convictions, and I bet many do. So they could be looking at a year or more in prison if these things are prosecuted aggressively.
mysteryowl
(8,566 posts)Never give up on our democracy!
I'm just saying, so far, they are completely lawless violating people's rights and the constitution.
The lawsuit Minnesota had just failed. The federal judge won't remove ICE from MN.
So many ruling have passed to modify their horrific actions and they just ignore the rulings!
I believe we will win, but it will take a long time.