The woman shot in Minneapolis was named Renee Nicole Good. She was a wife and mother, and was acting as a legal observer of ICE activities in her city. She was murdered by one of 2000 ICE thugs who had been intentionally deployed to Minneapolis to harass and kidnap people who didn’t look white enough, as part of a campaign by our president to punish the state for voting against him, under the pretext that some people committed fraud in 2020. That fraud case has been in the courts for years, and is being dealt with legally, with many convictions. Having masked, armed men roaming the city does not contribute in any way to the processing of the court case.
Since early December, agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection and Homeland Security Investigations – many of them masked and brandishing rifles – have grabbed people at hardware stores and gyms, or outside homes and schools around the cities. They have violently tackled undocumented immigrants as well as US citizens, including advocates and protestors.
By the time Good was shot on Wednesday – in broad daylight, as dozens of bystanders screamed in shock – local leaders and human rights advocates had been bracing for a catastrophe.
But there they are, shooting people.
Meanwhile, Kristi Noem, who was not there, is lying about the events of last night. She calls Renee Nicole Good a domestic terrorist
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An ICE vehicle had become stuck in the snow, Noem said, and officers were attempting to push it out “when a mob of agitators that were harassing them all day began blocking them in shouting at them and impeding law enforcement operations.”
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ICE officers approached a woman in her vehicle, who Noem said “was blocking the officers in with her car.” She said the woman had been “stalking and impeding their work all throughout the day.”ICE agents ordered her out of the car, telling her to stop obstructing law enforcement, Noem said. “But she refused to obey her commands.”
“She then proceeded to weaponize her vehicle, and she attempted to run a law enforcement officer over,” Noem said. “This appears as an attempt to kill or to cause bodily harm to agents, an act of domestic terrorism.”
All lies. You’ve seen the video.
It’s going to get worse. ICE is exercising no restraint.
In Minneapolis, residents and organizers were bracing for more violence. Hours after Good’s death, about 3 miles (5km) from where she was shot on Wednesday, armed immigration officers descended on Minneapolis’s Roosevelt high school, tackled people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders, school officials told MPR.
Noem must be impeached, ICE must be disbanded, and Donald Trump…I don’t want to say what should be done with Trump, because what he deserves is not pretty.
Minneapolis is getting ready. This crisis is not over.
This was probably illegal.
They need probable cause and a warrant signed by a judge to enter a school, IIRC.
The violence was also almost certainly illegal. ICE has been in trouble with the courts for a year over using excessive force.
Noem is lying.
All the MAGAs lie a lot.
We all know who the domestic terrorists are.
The right wing thugs that Trump recruited to terrorize the American population.
The DofJustice which has been subverted from Justice to terrorizing opponents of the regime.
It’s working but it isn’t.
I’m afraid of the GOP, Trump, and his goon squads.
I’m also getting totally fed up and angry about everything to do with the GOP and their attemps to destroy the USA.
Not enough protests.
What is the name of the murderer?
@ ^ chigau (違う) : I;’ve seen fb posts naming him but haven’t verified them as fact yet so will wait until we know for sure.
Tonight’s Colbert show “A Cold-Blooded Murder” – Chris Hayes Reacts To Video Of The Deadly ICE Shooting In Minneapolis – 8 mins long,
I went to the protest/ vigil last night.
There were hundreds of people there. People would come, and then leave, and more people would come. There were speakers, but I couldn’t hear them at all- note to organizers you need sound systems and at least a soap box. But otherwise I was pretty impressed with how quickly it went together and how many people came. There were volunteers controlling traffic for blocks around. We had a weird scare when it looked like a driver was going to drive through the protest, but he instead got help turning around on the one-way road that was blocked instead. Seems like confusion (understandable) and not malice.
Also, these protests always smell of smoke. Can you guys just not smoke when there are so many of us packed together? It’s really gross. I know it’s outside, but my winter gear still smells like it.
Sadly, for years now the big powers – USA, Russia, China – have been deliberately proving that there’s no such thing as international law. And now USA join the other two in proving that there’s no such thing as law, full stop. When there’s no way of bringing criminals to account, law becomes merely a constraint which can be applied arbitrarily to those you don’t like, or don’t care about if someone else is applying it. In point of fact, that’s historically the norm.
Via facebook an excellent piece here in my view by Rachel Hurley (Rachelandthecity) who makes some good points very powerfully :
Source : https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=3797130323756476&set=a.251351805001030
@ chigau (違う) : Oh and I’ve just seen another different name fro the killer on fb so at least one person (quote possibly two or more) is being wrongly named as the killer here. Until we know I’m not ging to say either one.
Owen Jones on this here –
ICE Agent MURDERS Woman In Minnesota – FASCISM Is Conquering America – 17 mins.
You know what most people are afraid of? Spiders!
You know who is raising legions of spiders deep in his secret volcano lair? Yeah, that guy, disguised as a mild-mannered pipe-smoking professor in a tweed jacket. Don’t be fooled! Domestic Terrorists are EVERYWHERE!
I’ve got to write down a somewhat more severe criticism this time.
PLEASE DO NOT EVER LINK TO A PAGE THAT’S BY FOX.
That’s because of the way search engines work. If many websites link to a certain specific website, this latter website will be considered more relevant by the search engine and placed earlier in any result lists.
My memory fails me…I’m old…but this incident reminds me of something…oh yeah: Kent State, Ohio, 1970.
May Trump dance the Spandau ballet with such grace that his feet never touch the ground.
Whatever happened to Republican efforts to get the federal government out of everyone’s lives? Is there just a little selective memory — just a little hypocrisy — involved in having a massive recruiting campaign for ICE agents at the same time those who handle disaster release are being let go in “reduction-in-force” efforts?
Never mind. I think we know the answers…
@14:
My understanding of dementia is that there’s a point where the afflicted can have moments when their actions are very clearly dementia, as well as moments where they’re aware of how far they’ve fallen and how out of control their life now is. If his health doesn’t fail him first, Trump will reach that point where it’s all slipping away, and where he’ll realize that he no longer has the power to change his fate. And his suck-ups will realize that his ship is sinking, no longer fearing the idea of fleeing it.
I fully agree with the Minneapolis mayor and his language is completely appropriate for this murderous insanity
PZ said ‘our president’
I reply: No matter what anyone claims, the only appropriate titles for him are Convicted Felon, Liar, Murderer, Pedophile, Fascist pile of Impeached Excrement!
shermanj — You omitted rapist.
@19 robro commented: shermanj — You omitted rapist.
I reply: you are exactly correct. However, there are many more evils about him that I haven’t taken the time to remember right now.
It has already gotten worse. The FBI is preventing local authorities from investigating the murder. No justice no peace.
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“Can you guys just not smoke when there are so many of us packed together?”
No. Smokers are addicts.
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What, you don’t wish this site to be considered more relevant by the search engine and placed earlier in any result lists?
John @22:
Yes. We are addicts, but most of us can get by for a few hours using nicotine gum or other products.
The name of the murderer has been revealed: it’s Jonathan Ross.
Nazi Punks, Fuck Off
Question at hand is: will there be consequences.
(Not just to the murderer who pulled the trigger, but to the ones who set it up)
Jaws@15–
Because the “get the Feds out of our lives” was always a lie. What it meant was “get the Feds out of MY life (no matter how antisocial or illegal my activities), and sic ’em onto gays, people of color, Muslims, trans people, non-violent political opponents, etc. (no matter how prosocial and legal their activities) instead.”
As I expected, the right-wing is smearing the victim:
From Fox News:
“The woman who lost her life was a self-proclaimed poet from Colorado, with pronouns in her bio. A 37-year-old white woman named Renee Good. The Daily Mail says she leaves behind a lesbian partner and a child from a previous marriage. She was a disruptor, though she considered herself a legal observer.”
Not only was she all of those bad things, she wasn’t shot and murdered, she just “lost her life.”
She was also the mother of 3 children, one of them a 6 year old.
Of course, the GOP, who once called themselves incorrectly, the family values party could care less about that.
raven, for people like me, “could care less” lexically and semantically and unambigiously means you actually could care less. I know it’s basically exclusively an USAnian figure of speech, but it is so irritating!
(Bit of a shibboleth, and how do you actually convey the sentiment that you could actually not care less than you do is left unspoken)
She was returning home after taking her 6 year old to school. Her neighbors can be heard shouting “What did you do?! What the fuck did you just DO?!”
Filming law enforcement officers is one of the methods used by residents of both Twin Cities to hold them to account.
She has two older children by her first husband, and her second husband died a few years ago. I am unsurprised that trolls are getting emotional because she referred to herself as her. I wonder how many of the horrible comments are coming from troll bots and troll farms.
Fuck John, do you really think some grammar policing with a side dig of insulting Americans is appropriate?
I’m sure Raven couldn’t care less about your personal opinion. Kibbutz off.
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“Fuck John, do you really think some grammar policing with a side dig of insulting Americans is appropriate?”
To what alleged policing do you intend to refer, Tethys?
Were I to write “Fuck
JohnTethys, do you really think some tone policing with a side dig of insulting non-Americans is appropriate?”, how do you think you’d take that?I am most sure your personal opinion is not gonna change my very nature.
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Do you really not see how your complaint about me is kinda meta, and no different in nature to my complaint about that idiomatic use?
I am irriated, which irritated you, whence upon you kibbutzed in.
(The irony probably does elude you)
John Morales #31
That battle is long lost.
like “flammable” “inflammable” and others
Tethys #33
WTF is wrong with you?
[thanks, chigau @35]
Sombre circumstances, I get the sentiment at hand.
I reckon we both do.
One might have imagined that my #27 would convey my feelings about the topic itself, but no.
antigone10 #6
If you do not ever go outside any more, you will be safe.
maybe
If anyone is feeling like the last week has been an eternity of misery, Heather Cox Richardson has posted a video about the notable change in pushback that has occurred today in politics. Cats sleeping with dogs, Republicans joining all the Democrats to override veto’s, extend healthcare credits for two years, and rein in orangeadolph’s attempted takeover over anywhere including Venezuela.
Here in MN, local government is asserting its jurisdiction and pushing back at the attempted FBI takeover of the ICE murder case. 12 minutes.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Mon0BMJgHB8
@ Chigau
An Ice thug shot a Mom in the face in my city, and John’s grammar cop routine is beyond annoying.
My patience with his sniping is worn clean through.
What’s wrong with you?
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An Ice thug shot a Mom in the face in my city, and John’s grammar cop routine is beyond annoying.
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An Ice thug shot a Mom in the face in my city, and Tethys’ tome cop routine is beyond annoying.
Perfect parallel form. Evident hypocrisy.
(Does not register, does it, Tethys?)
Tethys
An ICE thug shot a Mom in the face in your city and patience with John Morales sniping is worn clean through.
Bless your heart.