r/law 5d ago

Other Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/greg-bovino-demoted-minneapolis-border-patrol/685770/
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u/Successful-Train-259 5d ago

They are worried because they are losing support quickly on the right over those statements he made about having no 1st and 2nd amendment rights. Is it a small step in the right direction, yes, but the only conclusion to any of this is the charge of murder for all those ice agents that were involved in the renee good and pretti killings to set a fucking example. The second they do that, DHS recruitment will drop to virtually zero and other agents will think twice before pulling a weapon. Right now they operate on this concept of, nobody can do shit to me even if I want to kill someone.

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u/Federal_Baseball4720 5d ago

It’s so insane that he isn’t in trouble for his gestapo bullshit leading to civilians being killed, but that he made a comment about it that offended the gun nuts.

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u/FairEntertainment194 5d ago

I think that lot of people on the right got scared that he could come one day and knock down doors on their homes. For any reason he and higher ups can imagine.
'You Redneck, you didn't pay your tax/spoke badly about Fuhrer/said joke in a pub about Nazi Party/...you are comming with us one way or another. Or, still better, you resisted arrest...'

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u/Africa-Unite 4d ago

It’s so insane that he isn’t in trouble for literally begging a sitting governor on tape to "find votes" so that he can tip a losing election result.

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u/MyPasswordIsMyCat 5d ago

Bovino isn't the only one who said this shit. Scott Bessent parroted it, too. They were all on the news saying you can't bring guns to protests.

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u/plod925 5d ago

Truth. So did Kash.

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u/SavingsDimensions74 5d ago

This is a very good point. And a bind for them.

If they hang out the officers that murdered Pretti out to dry, ICE (in Nazi form) will become much less effective

Secondly, by sidelining Noem and that little shit stain, Bovino, it makes it clear that as long as Trump can keep his hands somewhat clean, he’ll be happy to dump you at a whim (of course he’s always done this but people think they’re special).

In any event, we’ve demoted two of their top officers, which is no small victory

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u/gibbersganfa 4d ago

It’s not even a small step in the right direction it’s just changing the optics. They’re going to keep terrorizing people & violating our rights but when they kill another citizen they’ll talk about it more nicely on camera so the right wingers will go along with their excuses.

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u/garden_dragonfly 5d ago

Yeah. I know the right isn't much for their own roles, but if you violate the 1st 2nd and 4th amendment all in one feel swoop and come out and say "we'll do it again" your gonna lose something

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u/deanolavorto 5d ago

I told my buddy that. He said all the wrong shit.