U.S. Border Patrol agent knees man in face in Minneapolis as other agents hold him down
https://minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/12/u-s-border-patrol-knees-man-in-face-in-minneapolis-as-other-agents-hold-him-down/
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Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 71 pts · 240d
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 60 pts · 241d
They want us to riot in the big cities, so they can declare martial law and cancel the mid-term elections.
kozy138@slrpnk.net · 27 pts · 240d
People should be rioting though... How else do we stop our own government from kidnapping and killing our neighbors?
The only other effective solution I can think of is citizen sabotage, but that's like rioting in the shadows.
Pat_Riot@lemmy.today · 12 pts · 240d
No, no, the pacifists want us to just let them continue battering and killing people. Pacifism is as bad a disease as hemophilia.
luciferofastora@feddit.org · 13 pts · 240d
Naive pacifism is. I'm a pacifist too, but it doesn't take much reading to understand the reasoning behind "If you want peace, prepare for war" and acknowledge that, regrettably, violence sometimes is the only option not amounting to reckless neglect.
Better to compromise and achieve something than to smugly die an idealist and achieve nothing.
Pat_Riot@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 240d
Right, because compromise has worked so well this far.
luciferofastora@feddit.org · 5 pts · 240d
You got me wrong: Better to compromise on pacifism than steadfastly refuse to defend ourselves
Pat_Riot@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 240d
Ah, I did misunderstand you. I thought you meant compromise with the bastards.
Fuck, I don't want to see firefights in the streets, but as ICE ratchets up the violence against regular folks I just can't see us not having to fight them.
luciferofastora@feddit.org · 2 pts · 240d
Lemmy (and the internet in general) has a tendency for replies to be diametrically opposed, so I don't blame you for mistaking my comment as contrarian. It's an unfortunate extension of the hostile discussion culture.
If anything, I'd disagree on details, but not on the general sentiment: Being scared to make a move is human. Refusing to make a move because you value principle over intention is hypocrisy. Convincing others not to make a move is sabotage.
And saboteurs are at least as bad as open enemies, if not worse for their insidious pretense. In short: They're bastards.
I question the sanity of anyone who does. Fighting is a destructive activity. The best war is one that is never fought.
But as the saying goes: If you fight, you might lose...
...but if you don't fight (back), you've already lost. And this is a fight we really don't want to lose.
Tiger666@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 240d
How old do you think the human race is? WE have gone thru a lot and WE will make it thru this.
Pat_Riot@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 240d
I'm not worried about humans disappearing from the earth, I'm worried about my mixed race son being targeted by fucking gestapo. I'm worried about my queer friends being targeted by gestapo. I'm worried about having to subsistence hunt to feed my family after the fascists are done wrecking our economy because either the stores are empty or our money is worthless to buy it. Hell, I'm a little concerned with all the aggression this regime is showing towards the rest of the world. If EU grew a backbone they might just gang up and do to us what we've done to the middle east. You sound like you're prepared to deep throat the boot to stay comfortable. You probably grew up privileged and think they'd never come for you. I think your type are in for some ugly realizations. You aren't safe even if you support them now.
Witchfire@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 240d
Surely if we listen to the pacifists and stop resisting, ICE will simply go away /s
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 21 pts · 240d
I started saying this as soon as he got into office, and they got right to abusing people, and everybody laughed at me. All these months later, and it is the accepted timeline by everybody.
He has no intention of ever leaving office, and they will do literally ANYTHING to preserve their power. Get ready.
garretble@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 240d
Failing that, they want ICE goons at every polling place in major cities to make sure people don't show up.
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 241d
Elections are controlled by the states. They can’t cancel them, they can only ask the states to do so.
ObtuseDoorFrame@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 240d
They've already destroyed mail-in voting, so on election day they will put soldiers in front of polling places to physically prevent people from voting. It'll be significantly easier with martial law in place.
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 240d
That would likely mean civil war. For instance, I can’t see the Lighthorses (Tribal Police, technically somewhat federal in jurisdiction) where I am from allowing that, and I imagine there would be similar resistance elsewhere.
Whostosay@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 240d
They'd be spread far too thin for that.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 240d
They haven't done anything to mail in voting. I get my ballot. The states control elections, not the federal government.
naughtyalt@lemmynsfw.com · 8 pts · 240d
They fucked the way shit is postmarked, making it so they can throw away lots of votes
Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net · 7 pts · 240d
https://campaignlegal.org/update/heres-what-new-usps-rule-means-voting-mail
They are absolutely looking to disenfranchise voters
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 240d
They are trying to do that, yes. We get our ballots about a month before the due date. As long as you don't wait till the last minute it's not an issue, and even if you do, then just take it to the post office and have them postmark it then and there.
I agree they are trying to fuck with mail in, but they really can't do much, which is why Drumph keeps bitching about it.
Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 240d
Then it isn't accurate to say they didn't do anything to mail in voting.
FishFace@piefed.social · 2 pts · 240d
"looking to" is not the same as "have destroyed" just to be clear
Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 240d
Agreed. They haven't destroyed it yet. But they're slowly whittling it away.
zbyte64@awful.systems · 2 pts · 240d
The electorates still need to travel to Washington DC to certify the election.
grimpy@lemmy.myserv.one · 55 pts · 241d
masked brutes & murderers
Asafum@lemmy.world · 48 pts · 241d
MAGA:
"He deserved it! His face was accelerating towards the officers knee! The officer feared for his life! The man was breathing oxygen and the officer feared there wouldn't be enough for himself!"
SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 31 pts · 241d
My oh my is she thirsty.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 240d
Jefferson's ghost: "You're still using that Constitution? Oh, you're way overdue for a revolution!"
sees a young black woman "Well, hellooo..."
Fedizen@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 240d
I gotta say if somebody shot these ICE thugs I don't think a jury would convict them.
SoloCritical@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 240d
You underestimate the amount of “impartial” bootlickers in the country. Spoiler: it’s a lot.
Fleur_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 239d
I'm always surprised how Americans think they'll get a trial from doing this instead of being shot back at.
Fedizen@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 239d
I mean in the past white spree shooters have been taken into custody alive frequently. It really just depends. My guess is most ICE agents would flee a shooter faster than the Uvalde cops.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 240d
Fucking savages.
MehBlah@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 240d
I figure you could isolate any one of them and they would be catatonic in the fetal position sucking their thumb at the slightest sign of violence.
MuskyMelon@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 240d
Minnesota borders Canada. I doubt there's a moose load of illegal Canadians coming across the border so what's Border Patrol doing there other than to harass people?
bitjunkie@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 239d
Librul mayor said mean things about the orange chomo
Hadriscus@jlai.lu · 2 pts · 240d
87Six@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 240d
His knee feared for its life
AlecSadler@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 0 pts · 240d
US citizens: peaceful protest! wait until midterms!