Minneapolis’s ‘ICE Watch’ Network is Getting People Killed
“these tactics often place untrained civilians in direct, high-stakes confrontation with armed federal agents”
Both of the people shot by ICE agents over the last month have connections to this organization.
City Journal has done a deep dive into this:
Inside Minneapolis’s ICE Watch Network
In less than a month, two “ICE watchers” have been shot and killed by immigration enforcement agents in Minneapolis. On January 24, a federal agent shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti, a Veterans Affairs ICU nurse. His death follows that of Renée Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, who was killed on January 7.
Both Pretti and Good participated in “ICE watching,” an anti-immigration-enforcement tactic that can involve tracking ICE agents, filming arrests, and alerting other activists of enforcement actions. While participants frame ICE watching as a “community safety” measure, these tactics often place untrained civilians in direct, high-stakes confrontation with armed federal agents.
In Minneapolis, one key organizer of these activities is “Defend the 612.” The group, the membership of which apparently included Renee Good, oversees a massive network of Signal chats dedicated to monitoring and protesting ICE activity. It has become the beating heart of the city’s resistance to federal immigration enforcement. (The group’s name refers to the Minneapolis area code.)
City Journal reviewed Defend the 612’s trainings, entered its Signal network, and traced its organizational support. Our reporting reveals that members and related officials have encouraged protesters to impede law enforcement; pushed civilians toward legally and physically risky confrontations; and helped mobilize a counterprotest that turned violent.
The group’s growth threatens to stoke the city’s already-raging fire.
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Nothing to see here. Just a bunch of culties eager to make blood sacrifices to Darwin, their god by default.
The problem is participation by officials and of course the funding, especially if any of the funding over direction comes from outside the country.
or government taxed funds
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
ICE-Watch Network Getting People Killed
Isn’t that the general idea?
Apparently during a rally for Sacco and Vanzetti, a participant asked one of the organizers “do you think we’ll be able to save them?” “I hope not. They are of no use to us alive.”
Interesting observation. Also interesting is that the US population is different now from how it was then. The country is almost exactly twice as old today as it was when Sacco and Vanzetti did their thing. We’re a lot less ready to fight today; as a group, we’re a lot readier to be pushed around.
It’s too bad. We’re at the easy times make soft men/soft men make for hard times stage.
When all the other tactics for dealing with the insane left have failed and enough citizens have become fed-up-to-here with their antics, the answer will become clear. There are limits and the polling appears to show they’re being reached. If it takes a Trump to deal with the problem, so be it.
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