You know, it never fails that when there is some sort of perceived “national uprising” going on among leftists, the mainstream media pounce and seize on trying to find that iconic image or video they feel best conveys the message of a valiant struggle in the quest to speak Truth to Power™.
They thought they had it with the Renee Good videos, but the different angles that came out soon after the initial reports made their narrative virtually impossible to sell.
So now we’ve moved on to the next one, courtesy of an incident that happened during a recent Minneapolis anti-ICE “protest” that saw an agitator who had been taken to the ground get sprayed by a federal immigration officer with what some reports describe as pepper spray.
Below are a couple of videos and then the images below that, all of which have gone viral on social media because of course:
The image was featured in a Minneapolis Star Tribune article, and the Usual Suspects immediately did their thing in response. Take note that everything NY Times leftist columnist Nicholas Kristof says about the 2026 incidents he referenced in his X post is a lie:
Take a moment to look at the inhumanity captured in this extraordinary photo running on the front page of tonight’s Minneapolis @StarTribune. It shows federal immigration agents immobilizing a protester on the ground and spraying chemical irritant directly into his face. The scene reminds me of the brutality used against civil rights protesters in the 1960s. We look back at those old photos and wonder how the authorities could have behaved so savagely; many years from now, young Americans will look at these photos from 2026 and wonder how anyone could have justified shooting a woman in the head as she tried to drive away, arresting 5-year-old schoolchildren on the street, or holding a man down and spaying chemicals into his face.
A Times article on the incident included this headline and subheadline:
Pepper-Sprayed While Pinned Down: A Searing Scene Provokes Outrage – Images of a man getting pepper-sprayed at close range while being held down by Border Patrol agents fueled more tension in Minneapolis.
Later, we were reliably informed that images like these are what have been provoking the purportedly innocent and peaceful demonstrators:
But photos of a Border Patrol agent squirting pepper spray in the face of a man who was being pinned down by fellow officers on Wednesday searingly captured why the ongoing immigration operation has been met with furious resistance on the streets of Minneapolis.
Except that the stories being told by the press paint an incomplete picture, as evidenced by the below clips and video commentary that referenced the fact that the agents had initially let the agitator up, only to have him try to escape. That’s when they took him down again, and the pepper-spraying happened:
Former DOJ prosecutor Shipwreckedcrew put things in perspective:
The video shows this protester was resisting arrest at that moment.Pepper spray is to compel compliance with commands by inflicting temporary pain and discomfort, which distracts the individual from what they are resisting.Which is exactly what happened as shown in the video.A person placed under arrest does NOT have the “right” to resist.Resistance is met by force to gain compliance with lawful commands.
Facts matter.
– Stacey Matthews has also written under the pseudonym “Sister Toldjah” and can be reached via X. –
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