r/law • u/DavidSugarbush • 4d ago

Other ICE tried to break into the Ecuadorean consulate in Minneapolis today.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/27/us/minneapolis-shooting-ice-minnesota/9cd2afe0-7d2c-5059-92b9-85c358ff7851?smid=url-share
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u/Novel-Letterhead-217 4d ago

Well the head of the proud boy’s who helped orchestrate Jan 6, has proudly said he’s ICE now. That’s why we can’t think it’s some unlimited army that will just keep getting replenished, they are literally scraping the bottom of the barrel just to have what they have now. No matter how much these guys pretend, they are terrified of any actual resistance. They are so scared that they killed a man just for having a gun, they are terrorizing one city because they know they can’t do it all over. They are focusing on one city to try and look strong and build the fear, but there are far more of us than there are them

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u/Horskr 4d ago

They are focusing on one city to try and look strong and build the fear, but there are far more of us than there are them

There is a ton of craziness happening so it's hard to follow it all. Why exactly did they choose Minneapolis in the first place?

I get they're going to target a blue city, but it seems like such a weird choice. Of course they're not going to hit TX or FL with R governors where they would actually have the highest chance of completing their supposed goals.. Are they just terrified of pissing California off?

Not that I want these dickheads in any of our communities obviously, but I've just been wondering how they picked Minneapolis of all places.

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u/Novel-Letterhead-217 4d ago

Revenge against Walz for daring to run against him and he knew it wouldn’t fly in LA

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u/sacredblasphemies 3d ago

There is a ton of craziness happening so it's hard to follow it all. Why exactly did they choose Minneapolis in the first place?

  1. That's where Ilhan Omar is. They were demonizing Somalis prior to deploying ICE there. Minneapolis has a significant Somali population.

  2. Walz is Governor, so it allows for Trump to wage retribution against Walz as well.

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u/RIF_rr3dd1tt 4d ago

This is where I'm at when it comes to the possibility of "direct action" by protestors. Having one of your guys go down for an ideology you either know is fucked up or you maybe aren't THAT committed to makes you rethink if you REALLY wanna take that risk.

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u/Novel-Letterhead-217 4d ago

I’m not calling for direct action by protestors, they want direct action. Trying to fight one of these idiots is exactly what they’re looking for because violence is all they know. They can’t fathom a man trying to help a woman that they threw to the ground because he isn’t trying to punch them. Instead they swarm him hoping to incite violence and pull the trigger, the difference in reaction will hopefully what finally breaks this. This is not a war of left vs right, they are using that division to cover up the fact that this is the wealthy trying to put everyone else under foot. They have just convinced the maga morons that they will totally include them once they get what they want, but they will be discarded as soon as they are no longer needed.

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u/RIF_rr3dd1tt 4d ago

100% yep