After the tragic shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis, ICE tactics have come under increased scrutiny. News reports show a 56% majority opinion that the shooting was inappropriate and 26% saying it was justified. Speaker Mike Johnson said ICE is doing what it was designed to do.
Minneapolis appears to be under siege by a paramilitary occupation force which is poorly trained and improperly vetted. Breaking car windows and cutting seat belts and dragging people onto the street is not proper law enforcement. It is excessive force with malice aforethought.
When confronted by protesters, ICE shock troops are quick to use tear gas, pepper spray and other irritants to attack those people. Now, protesters are retaliating against those tactics because they are un-American and not a proper role for the federal government. They are not rounding up criminals, but they are casting a dragnet for people of color.
There are over 3,000 ICE agents in Minneapolis engaged in harassment and violent encounters with U.S. citizens. There are only 1,100 local law enforcement officers in the area who must try to keep the peace in the midst of an illegal federal invasion.
Minnesota is a Democrat-leaning state and the governor, Tim Walz, was on the ticket in 2024 against Trump-Vance on the Republican side. Our thin-skinned president wants to have retribution against all who have opposed him.
This is his vulgar way of “flipping the bird,” because he needs to distract attention from the Epstein files. The world awaits to see what other ills he might conjure up from his Pandora’s Box of megalomanic ideas, besides ruling Venezuela and conquering Greenland.
Don Hiddleson, Millcreek
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