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Man shot and killed by federal agents in south Minneapolis this morning

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Re: Man shot and killed by federal agents in south Minneapolis this morning

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Blue states fund red states, they are the economic engines of the country. California has the forth largest economy in the world. The federal government has more to lose. Red states are poor. Blue states can simply withhold federal support, keep federal tax revenue in state and let the federal government try to sue for it. I encourage the federal government to try to support itself off of red states. https://usafacts…

I understand that, but you're assuming they also stop paying federal tax altogether? Your initial point was to just not allow federal employees to transact, but now we're quickly entering secession territory. The red states mostly grow the food, anyway. Is Manhattan prepared to starve? Feds may block imports to such a rogue state. If your point is that states should essentially secede to prevent federal agents from d…

“secession territory”

Honest question: what territory do you think we are in now that is better than “secession territory?”

Honest to god question. Federal agents are executing citizens in the streets!

Re: Man shot and killed by federal agents in south Minneapolis this morning

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Doesn’t matter if he was or wasn’t resisting arrest. Totally irrelevant. This is supposed to be a country of laws. There is no law that allows for execution for resisting arrest.

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If someone has a firearm and resists arrest... you arrest him.

Is there proof of lethal self-defence being required? Then show the proof of that, nothing has come out in support of that.

Your hypothetical is big, if true... but it's not.

Re: Man shot and killed by federal agents in south Minneapolis this morning

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No, its prosecution for supporting terrorists.

Some guy comes into your restaurant and eats a meal. Pays cash. Leaves. He was ICE. You're now subject to charges from the state of Minnesota? That sounds like maybe not entirely the best idea.

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Re: Man shot and killed by federal agents in south Minneapolis this morning

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Hmm... well maybe I need to explain my fear better. Because Pam Bondi/DoJ refuses to prosecute these cases, this will _keep happening_ for the foreseeable future. There's no reason for ICE to stop this behavior. Its not today's crime that scares me most. Its the easily predicted future where this gets worse by next month. The converse is the rise of the far-left. We're already seeing Black Panther patrol with long-gu…

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Would you tell that to Rittenhouse?

Don't bother replying, youre going to make some argument about how that was a non peaceful protest because of the politics, but this was a peaceful protest despite the government violence.

Re: Man shot and killed by federal agents in south Minneapolis this morning

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At the rate things are going, I wonder if America can hold together until the midterm. The Trump regime is acting like it wants a civil war. If anyone told me in 2024 that America may see its own Tiananmen, I'd have laughed, but I'm not so sure now. I can totally see something similar at a smaller scale, and millions of Americans defending it with "it was necessary to keep law and order."

They're acting like they'll never be out of power or face consequences.

Presidential pardon power is unlimited. One blanket pardon erases all accountability.

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You're welcome. Happy to see evidence and call it like it is. I trust my eyes over billionare-funded Fox News and authority figures, which is your perspective I could get anywhere.

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Re: Man shot and killed by federal agents in south Minneapolis this morning

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Sounds like ICE's official word right now is that the guy had a gun. But the video clearly indicates that they all tackled him to the ground and were wrestling him maybe 4 vs 1, before they all shot him together. I'm not quite sure how a gun can have come out of this. Maybe the guy while struggling on the ground happened to reach in the direction of someone's gun while getting curbstomped, I dunno. What I'm most worr…

If the Right does end up defending this, I don't see how they are compatible with the USA that I was taught to believe in my whole life.

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They would need some kind of training to be an officer. Like almost all police in America they're state sanctioned armed thugs, though ice have even less training and are more racist.

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