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Jane Edelman's avatar

I am disgusted and outraged and overwhelmed, but ready to do what’s necessary. Protesting every weekend in Aliso Viejo is not enough. Why aren’t more people out in the streets, supporting Minneapolis? Why are we so complacent? Our country is going down the drain and we just……think about what’s for dinner?

The AI Architect's avatar

The eyewitness account raises serious questions about escalation protocols. If Pretti was directing traffic when shots were fired, there's a huge gap between what DHS claims and what witnesses observed. I've seen this pattern before where official narratives don't match ground-level documentation. The fact that he was a VA nurse adds another layer - someone trained in de-escalaton killed during what should've been routine enforcement.

LeslieHB's avatar

People might say they “don’t have time” to protest, that it’s “not affecting me…” It’s affecting all of us. This country would be nothing without its immigrants; now we are turning on them & those that help them. Tragic. People need to wake up.

Danny's avatar

Jesus. What the fuck are we going to do? What an embarrassment our government has become.

Justine White's avatar

I have family in Minneapolis, and they tell me there is overwhelming fear and sadness throughout h the city. My heart hurts for all the people. Overwhelming.

I Have Friends Everywhere's avatar

Jesus.

The DHS agents opened fire on Alex Pretti after the agent in the grey jacket removed Pretti’s concealed handgun… and accidentally discharged it into the pavement.

Pretti never drew his weapon. DHS did.

A friend in law enforcement confirmed this interpretation.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/14bFEhF7rP3/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Arthur Camoia's avatar

I’ve looked at several video's and while I’m not an attorney, it shows what appears to be a deliberate, intentional killing, not a mistake or split-second reaction; to me, this looks like first-degree murder with clear intent to kill. As they say, Lock ICE up.

Alex Khalifa's avatar

The shootings and violence are the most egregious effects of illegal ICE activities, but I'm also thinking about those who can't seek medical care or go to school because doing so is just too dangerous.

In here's avatar

Dave Min went to MN and said, as I recall, SoCal needs to get ready for a massive invasion of ICE thugs, here.

J6 normalized this. Normalizing, paying for and providing the weapons for a live streamed genocide of the people of Gaza, women and children, has in large part led to this new level of brutality that Americans have shown they will accept.

Most Americans, both political parties, many Christians too, seem to just look away. They think nothing will happen to them. They dehumanize the victims.

Look at what the Palestinians are going through. We are all Palestinians now.