Minneapolis shooting latest: Victim Alex Pretti’s family condemn Trump administration
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Federal agents have been involved in yet another fatal shooting in Minneapolis, city officials have said

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      26·
      2 days ago

      I mean, yeah…

      The brown beanie that goes up to him is the same one that pistol whipped him in the head and fired the first shot.

      This guy said something to hurt Ice’s feelings, so he had his buddies hold him down so he could beat and murder him.

      These are death squads. We’ll be lucky if a single one is held accountable but for any other group of people every one of them would already be in jail on murder charges

      • MBech@feddit.dk
        7·
        2 days ago

        My bet is there will be an official statement tomorrow claiming they shot in self defense, and the victim was charging at them with a weapon.

          • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
            1·
            1 day ago

            It does seem, from what I’ve heard, that he did have a gun. However, this is supposed to be legal. If the state can murder you just for possessing a firearm, you don’t have a right to a firearm. Best case for them, this is still a violation of their second amendment rights. You don’t get to just claim you’re scared because they own a gun and kill them. That doesn’t negate their right to possess it.

  • criss_cross@lemmy.world
    12·
    2 days ago

    Looks like there’s emergency protests cropping up. Here’s one for Chicago but I’m sure there are others. Now’s the time to go.

    • the_q@lemmy.zip
      810·
      2 days ago

      Folks really, really hate when you say stuff like this. I think it strikes some core belief nerve with them. Deep down they really think letting Nazis kill you is only remedied by a sign.

      • danekrae@lemmy.world
        41·
        2 days ago

        Deep down they really think letting Nazis kill you is only remedied by a sign.

        Watching Saving Private Ryan and wondering where the protest signs were. “Well of course they’re going to get shot, when they’re being violent!”

      • TwiddleTwaddle@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        2·
        2 days ago

        No, it takes militant direct action. Liberal protests are toothless sign waving performances, but radical protest movements have over 100 years of history showing exactly what methods will force regimes to recognize the power of The People.

      • TwiddleTwaddle@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        132·
        2 days ago

        This is the most harmful rhetoric to a resistance movement that I can imagine. You’re literally saying that people organizing themselves to force radical change have no power or ability to succeed.

        Resistance does not look like a witty sign. It looks like community self defence, direct action, union organizing, general strike, and the miriad other methods that have been historically successful against authoritarian and oppressive regimes. These are the methods being used by organizers in Minneapolis today.

        And you’re here arguing that The People dont have power.

        • Auli@lemmy.caEnglish
          1·
          2 days ago

          Problem is times change. They have enough money they don’t need us.

        • the_q@lemmy.zip
          31·
          2 days ago

          What power? This country has been beginning more and more authoritarian regardless of the peaceful protests. You’re delusional and that’s the task harmful part of all this.

          • TwiddleTwaddle@lemmy.blahaj.zone
            1·
            2 days ago

            “Peaceful protest” has very little to do with what I’m talking about. I’m talking about militant resistance, such was what anarchist/communist movements have put into practice for 150+ years, including in the US. It isnt delusional, it’s history.

              • TwiddleTwaddle@lemmy.blahaj.zone
                1·
                2 days ago

                Ask the union leaders in Minneapolis if “no one is doing that.”

                Minneapolis is where the George Floyd Uprising started. Go ask those organizers (who are absolutely active today) why “no one is doing that.”

                Just because you dont see it, doesn’t mean it doesnt happen. Its not the job of the resistance movement to look like what an outside observer thinks it should look like. Read radical theory and you might recognize the signs of radical resistance.

                • the_q@lemmy.zip
                  11·
                  2 days ago

                  ICE just murdered another citizen in Minneapolis. They had a single day of economic disruption. None of it has made a single dent in the occupation of Minneapolis. I genuinely cannot understand this delusional world people like you live in. It has to be some kind of coping mechanism, but it certainly isn’t actually helpful. Until large groups of armed citizens start actively engaging ICE or an unending economic stopper is put in place nothing will change.

    • cynar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      1 day ago

      Where do you think those willing to go further often meet and connect? How do they know that a large group will have their backs?

      Look at the Irish troubles for inspiration. The IRA would have not gotten anywhere alone. The protests, marches, and civil disobedience show support to both them and the British government. The political arm could then use that support to push for real changes.

    • TwiddleTwaddle@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      23·
      2 days ago

      Okay but unironically getting organized with your local community and sustained general strike actions will literally bring the nation to it’s knees.

      • stylusmobilus@aussie.zone
        7·
        2 days ago

        This is the only option they have.

        As they’ve repeatedly been reminded, the sooner they do it the easier it will be.

        Churchill was right.

  • LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world
    4·
    1 day ago

    ICE sure is great at making martyrs of good people. I hope that the senseless death and violence and cruelty can at least bring about some kind of change for the better. I hope the populace can finally say enough is enough and influence the powers that be in some way. Rest in power all victims of ICE. Rest in piss every ICE ‘officer’ and every person who supports ICE.

    • Batmorous@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 day ago

      It enrages me hearing and watching the people that passed.

      This is getting more people active though working together in and out of state. We need big group buddy systems in place put too with everyone having firearms to deter threats.

      By the end of all this we all will be working together way more than before being isolated from each other. So lot of good things will come from that

      • LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 day ago

        I’m working with like-minded family and friends to get them armed and trained on how to use their firearms. I’m thankful that I was taught all this years ago and can provide assistance to people I care about who want to be able to defend themselves.

        We are all also being very loud about the atrocities being committed and are doing what we can to support and help one another, whether that be financially, by sharing different resources such as medical and mental health stuff, helping with groceries, or just lending and ear and shoulder to cry on. All we have is each other. Our leaders have abandoned the people and actively try to tear down any resistance.

        I’m disabled and unable to go protest, so I do what I can to make a difference and fight the good fight. It isn’t much, but I’m doing my best. If it comes down to it, if I need to hide people in my home because they’re being hunted by the government, I’ll be more than happy to provide refuge.

        I love where I live, despite its flaws. It’s a beautiful place and is my home. I don’t want to leave it. I want to fight for it to become better.

  • MBech@feddit.dk
    56·
    2 days ago

    From the video that was straight up an execution. Get him on the ground, beat and kick the shit out of him, and then shoot him.

    There is nothing else to it. ICE didn’t like him for whatever reason, so they murdered him in the streets. This will keep happening, wether or not people fight back. The best you can do is defend yourself by shooting first.

  • cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de
    17·
    2 days ago

    From the Wikipedia page about elections in 1933 Germany:

    The resources of big business and the state were thrown behind the Nazis’ campaign to achieve saturation coverage all over Germany. Brownshirts and SS patrolled and marched menacingly through the streets of cities and towns. A “combination of terror, repression and propaganda was mobilized in every… community, large and small, across the land”.[1]: 339  Irene von Goetz wrote, “In a decree issued on 17 February 1933, Göring ordered the Prussian police force to make unrestrained use of firearms in operations against political opponents (the so-called Schießerlass, or shooting decree)”.[4]

    To ensure a Nazi majority in the vote, Nazi organisations also “monitored” the vote process. In Prussia, 50,000 members of the SS, SA and Der Stahlhelm were ordered to monitor the votes as so-called deputy sheriffs or auxiliary police (Hilfspolizei) in another decree by acting Interior Minister Hermann Göring.[4]

    Full page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_1933_German_federal_election