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tblue37

(68,333 posts)
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 05:23 PM Saturday

3 goons pointing guns at her for recording!

This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.

(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-01-31T18:13:07.663Z


"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
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3 goons pointing guns at her for recording! (Original Post) tblue37 Saturday OP
This is why we don't want guns C_U_L8R Saturday #1
Respect for this brave woman awesomerwb1 Saturday #2
Ok, so new boss doesn't mean a thing. bluestarone Saturday #3
Just rearranging the deck chairs. littlemissmartypants Saturday #7
Yes and their words as well!! bluestarone Saturday #8
Me too, bluestarone. Kabuki Theater never dies with those fools. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Saturday #9
How the hell is someone obstructing law enforcement when both parties are driving down a highway? sinkingfeeling Saturday #4
They are not! mysteryowl Saturday #16
They came out of their vehicle locked and loaded. sheshe2 Saturday #5
Terrifying situation! mysteryowl Saturday #17
Big brave men all dressed up... sheshe2 Saturday #21
Reminds me of bandits from the wild west. They are definitely NOT the "good guys" and their time's coming. littlemissmartypants Saturday #6
Former Confederate cavalry Cirsium Saturday #11
They're all over the road Bayard Saturday #10
NPR had a 1 hour program of 911 calls from ICE terror incidents. mysteryowl Saturday #18
Definitely out of control Bayard Saturday #20
Geez dudes- Jump out 'n' run over flappin' yer dicks in yer hands, why dontcha? NBachers Saturday #12
Wait ... aren't ICE and CBP agents required to wear body cams now? FakeNoose Saturday #13
Call 911 and report an assault in progress. Intimidation is assault. Bluetus Saturday #14
Yes, the problem is they completely lawless! mysteryowl Saturday #19
We have not even tried. Bluetus Saturday #23
I'm on your side. We won't quit fighting! mysteryowl Saturday #24
The way that douche canoe on the right is holding his weapon, he thinks he's in Boyz N the Hood. progressoid Saturday #15
A kick for justice and heroism. yellow dahlia Saturday #22

C_U_L8R

(49,090 posts)
1. This is why we don't want guns
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 05:26 PM
Saturday

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)
2. Respect for this brave woman
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 05:41 PM
Saturday

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

(21,582 posts)
3. Ok, so new boss doesn't mean a thing.
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 05:47 PM
Saturday

Fucking lies, that's all we get from these BASTARDS!!

bluestarone

(21,582 posts)
8. Yes and their words as well!!
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 07:08 PM
Saturday

Times like this makes me so happy to be here wit the TRUE AMERICANS!!!

sinkingfeeling

(57,473 posts)
4. How the hell is someone obstructing law enforcement when both parties are driving down a highway?
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 05:47 PM
Saturday

sheshe2

(96,476 posts)
5. They came out of their vehicle locked and loaded.
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 06:07 PM
Saturday

Honestly, I am surprised she survived this encounter.

Brave woman, so very brave.

sheshe2

(96,476 posts)
21. Big brave men all dressed up...
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 08:11 PM
Saturday

in tactical gear, heavily armed and masked as they are too afraid of showing their faces.

littlemissmartypants

(32,583 posts)
6. Reminds me of bandits from the wild west. They are definitely NOT the "good guys" and their time's coming.
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 06:58 PM
Saturday

30 Famous Outlaws That Terrorized The West
https://thehistoryjunkie.com/30-famous-outlaws-that-terrorized-the-west/





Look at those psychopathic stares.

Cirsium

(3,573 posts)
11. Former Confederate cavalry
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 07:20 PM
Saturday

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

(28,947 posts)
10. They're all over the road
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 07:15 PM
Saturday

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

(8,589 posts)
18. NPR had a 1 hour program of 911 calls from ICE terror incidents.
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 07:54 PM
Saturday

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.

FakeNoose

(40,604 posts)
13. Wait ... aren't ICE and CBP agents required to wear body cams now?
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 07:27 PM
Saturday

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

(2,462 posts)
14. Call 911 and report an assault in progress. Intimidation is assault.
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 07:27 PM
Saturday
Minnesota law 609.224 ASSAULT IN THE FIFTH DEGREE.
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:
609.4751 IMPERSONATING A PEACE OFFICER.
...
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

(8,589 posts)
19. Yes, the problem is they completely lawless!
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 07:55 PM
Saturday

Sorry, but it doesn't work that way.
NOTHING STOPS THEM!!!

Bluetus

(2,462 posts)
23. We have not even tried.
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 10:41 PM
Saturday

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

(8,589 posts)
24. I'm on your side. We won't quit fighting!
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 11:08 PM
Saturday

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.

progressoid

(52,755 posts)
15. The way that douche canoe on the right is holding his weapon, he thinks he's in Boyz N the Hood.
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 07:27 PM
Saturday
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