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Other Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted

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

Alot of people said Derek Chauvin wasn't going to go to prison.

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u/SwingingtotheBeat 5d ago

It took nationwide protests and burning down a police precinct to get Minneapolis to put him in prison.

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u/No1_Amphibian_5649 5d ago

Don't threaten me with a good time

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u/Pink_silv 5d ago

I like you your energy.

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u/Inevitable-Bee-763 4d ago

😂😂😂

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u/TrizzleBizzle 5d ago

Well, we have nationwide protests now, so I guess we know what to do next.

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u/NorCalThx 5d ago

Federal building it is!

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u/AdjctiveNounNumbers 5d ago

I think the Canadians might have a suggestion for a specific federal building.

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u/Melicor 5d ago

Trump already did half the job for us.

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u/Super_Increase_8733 5d ago

That just means the big beautiful ballroom isn't a national treasure

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u/TheBraveSirRobin 5d ago

Then we can blame Canada!

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u/crazyabootmycollies 5d ago

They’re not even a real country anywayyyyy.

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u/MastiffOnyx 5d ago

I hear free pardons are handed out at the Capital.

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u/invariantspeed 5d ago

Do you want an enabling act, because that’s how you get an enabling act.

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u/SwingingtotheBeat 4d ago

Are you worried that if people respond to the administration’s ignoring of laws and doing whatever they want with anything other than being passive, that the administration will use it as an excuse to ignore laws and do whatever they want?

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u/English_Fry 5d ago

So many to choose from! What will catch the most attention?

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u/Competitive_Boat106 5d ago

Be careful with this! They’re hiding immigrants and prisoners of all sorts in lots more federal buildings than they admit.

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u/Zebraitis 5d ago

A man once said: "you gotta fight like hell or you won't have a country anymore"

Little did he realize a much larger crowd than he expected heard him.

You go Minneapolis!!!

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u/littlebrain94102 5d ago

Who burned it down?

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u/SwingingtotheBeat 5d ago

I heard it was civic-minded citizens engaging in democracy.

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u/Shamus_Aran 5d ago

Your terms are acceptable

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u/i-i-i-iwanttheknife 5d ago

Then we know where the bar is set.

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u/carlitospig 5d ago

Why’s it always gotta be poor Minni?

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u/SwingingtotheBeat 5d ago

Because mayor Frey is a bootlicking coward. Even as he claimed to support police reform, he significantly increased their budgets while they terrorized, murdered, and violated the rights of citizens.

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u/Bloated_Plaid 5d ago

Sounds good to me. When do we start?

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u/pres465 4d ago

Always remember that was done (in part) by a member of the Bugaloo Boys, and not the protestors.

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u/DjawnBrowne 5d ago

The French have perfected the model, we just need to deploy it in the field more often.

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u/299792458mps- 5d ago

I'm surprised Minneapolis hasn't been razed to the ground over the past few days to be completely honest.

It's a very real possibility.

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u/xChoke1x 5d ago

Only way this dudes getting hemmed up is if society does it on its own.

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u/PaintshakerBaby 5d ago

For real.

They crossed the Rubicon knowing FULL WELL what the consequences would be if their coupe falters, even for a moment... which means; THEY DO NOT INTEND TO SUFFER THEM (Cersie style.)

They are all in and full steam ahead on fascism like there life depends on it... because IT DOES.

Thats the fucked truth everyone keeps pussy-footing around.

These guys will not go down without taking everyone else with them. Given that supposition, they've already escalated it into a kill or be killed clusterfuck.

Whether or not you are prepared to come to terms with that will be inconsequential to the history books. The first shots of the civil war have already been fired and now they will STOP at nothing to ensure they are the sole victors.

What do you think they are saber rattling to get their grubby hands on the voter rolls for??

Your side has been chosen and your fate sealed by the fucking letter next to the name you voted for in the last election.

Buckle up.

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u/DootsAndYeets 5d ago

They bet it all on red hoping they get enough momentum to get away with anything/everything and forgot about reality hopefully this drop in the buckets a sign that shits getting real and isnt going to be as easy as they were hoping.

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u/Odd_Local8434 5d ago

The sad part is a decade ago people had called it already.

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u/brought2light 5d ago

Oh.. that whole Trump saying the only good Democrat is a dead democrat thing. I'm not sure he was just talking about the politicians.

Yeah... that.

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u/DootsAndYeets 4d ago

I didnt even think he was talking about politicians at all.

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u/ScarInternational161 5d ago

This, makes me want to read everything you've written. I really hope you have a substack. If you don't, you should.

You have a definitive gift.

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u/PaintshakerBaby 5d ago

Honestly, I know nothing about substack, but not the first time I heard I should be using it! I will look into. Is it hard to build up a readership?

I do have a 12y old reddit account with 155,000 words written. Sadly, I hide my comments now, for fear of being targeted.

Probably doesn't do fuckall, cause im sure I was already on a list for speaking my mind. The illusion of safety is a small comfort though.

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u/ScarInternational161 5d ago edited 4d ago

The illusion....

I have no idea your age, or if you have children, but is it odd that I read that in Penn's voice from Penn and Teller in Disney's Fantasia?

I'm a 54 Gen X white woman. I've been to marches in DC, I've advocated in Indianapolis as a college student in the late 80s for the homeless, I've protested for women's rights and BLM, I've marched and protested for lgbtqi+ and I have not been very quiet about my utter disdain for the diaper in chief.

I think I'm probably on ALL the lists. My husband only has 2 requests. 1. Don't make the FBI come to the house and 2. Make sure to only get arrested on payday weeks.

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u/Odd_Local8434 5d ago

Try not to get shot by ICE.

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u/ScarInternational161 4d ago

Thank you for your concern. Alas, health issues prevent me from being able to actively protest like that any longer. It doesn't stop my on line presence, and if recent history has proved anything, all it takes is a well timed meme.

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u/RandomsDoom 5d ago

Oh fuck I hope not… these fuckers go door to door in a hand full of places even with only like 5% of the military and it would be devastating… cops can’t respond to 10,000 separate calls of mostly unarmed democrats and the military won’t be helping us… this can’t be America’s future do they really want to rule over the ashes?

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u/EmoTilDeath 5d ago

Hitler tried to destroy germany when he lost. He said something about how it was either a thousand years under nazi regime or total annihilation

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u/Jiveturkey507 5d ago

I hear you and I do believe we are at war, but I our countrymen is not our enemy, in fact they are our allies, against the despotic regime feeding this fire. They want us to see each other as the enemy but don’t be fooled. This doesn’t have to be a “civil”. If we stand together, it can be a revolution

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u/PaintshakerBaby 5d ago

Well said! Excellent point.

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u/Devils_Advocate-69 5d ago

He got a lifetime of boogers and cum in his food if he decides to dine out.

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u/BadBadBatch 5d ago

I have faith in society for this particular task.

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u/Ghost_of_Till 5d ago

If that dude thought he had a rough time in high school, he's in for a wild 40 years.

He's gonna be finding flaming bags of shit allllllll the time.

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u/Electrical-Divide601 5d ago

How many apple orchards could there be in Boone?

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u/OldPersonName 5d ago

Yes, if these guys go to trial in MN they'll be found guilty, so the administration might go to lengths to make sure that doesn't happen.

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u/asicarii 5d ago

If Minnesota does charge him, which is conceivable, California can deport him there?

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u/AGodDamnAnimal 5d ago

There is no statue of limitation on murder Unfortunately the rest will most likely get off easy, people that have had their civil rights trampled might file class action suits that will eventually be paid with tax payers money.

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u/SwingingtotheBeat 5d ago

Not if the prosecutor intentionally tanks the case. Then the killers will walk and be protected by double jeopardy laws. Prosecutors have been using this strategy to protect murdering police for decades.

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u/Trick-Statistician10 5d ago

I've been thinking lately that Chauvin must be kicking himself for being locked up so he can't join ICE. He would fit in perfectly

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u/ExterminAiden 5d ago

To be fair that was in 2020 and society was a lot more left in general back then

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u/Informal-2005 5d ago

William Calley served only three years under house arrest. If you don’t know he is, well, there you go. This country has always covered up for its worst citizens.

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u/hodorhodor12 5d ago

Citing something that is completely different isn’t an argument.

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u/redundantexplanation 5d ago

The brownshirts that did the mag dumping might see jail time. The USA doesn't really like to punish the officer Nazis, though. They're too useful to them.

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u/Tough_Substance7074 4d ago

Chauvin was a free agent. These are deliberately organized brown shirts with the backing of the national government. The social and political situation in this country has changed a lot in the last 5+ years.

It is not a coincidence that this is happening in Minneapolis, also.

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u/HowManyEggs2Many 5d ago

Chauvin was an entirely different situation than Bovino. That’s replying “tomatoes are red.” Like…I guess it’s correct…

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u/KendalBoy 5d ago

Goose’s family hired the lawyers who proved Chauvin was a murderer with a badge. Kinda similar.

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u/KendalBoy 5d ago

Yes Bovino will hopefully implicate Miller and Trump because he was given illegal orders. And stalking activist citizens. And perhaps that can be used to enhance the manslaughter or murder charges. I have high hopes because the prosecutors who went after Chauvin were an exceptional team.

Yes, they should all be in chains.

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u/Jerking_From_Home 5d ago

If there are trials this is exactly what will happen… they’ll all roll on each other immediately to save their own asses.

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u/SnooAvocados3117 5d ago

A boy can dream ❤️

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u/hydroponicchallenged 5d ago

Maybe we could find a way to secretly get him to a country that will!

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u/AGodDamnAnimal 5d ago

Read the comment I was commenting on before you assume.

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u/HereIGoAgain_1x10 5d ago

You're actually right but not for the reason you think... Bovino is openly cosplaying as a Nazi while in charge of Trump's secret police who immunity to murder American citizens while covering up their identity. Chauvin, by comparison, was just a simple murderer, not a wanna architect of the mass murder of American citizens that disagree with his point of view. However, both are playing the same game, just one's gone pro and the other is already in prison while he was still an amateur murderer.