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Not AI imo. But definitely airbrushed. The photo in the ICE post was doctored to remove “Chinga La Migra” graffitied on the sidewalk. Which begs the question whether the message on the cardboard sign is real or also shopped.
#US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
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Interesting background on why man had “No Name Give “ on drivers license in recent story. It was by law for a mononym https://www.threads.com/@theheatherashley/post/DPpevXmjFHv?xmt=AQF0K7oHQLyyMFOuGZNCqjdl3B4qJiXtpQNvZtZahMbXjQ&slof=1
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https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/10/wgn-staffer-detained-by-border-patrol-ag...
You can delete everything after and including the ?. It's just tracking information
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this 7500 S South Shore raid has some very sketchy details. more than usual
At one point, [the non-immigrant resident] went outside to check on things. He said ICE shouted at him to “shut my door, get the f--k inside, and don’t open my door again.”
… a group of Venezuelan immigrants [had] moved in over the past year, some with state rental assistance for asylum seekers and others without a lease, …
During the Sept. 30 raid, residents, migrants, including the woman’s husband, and squatters alike were zip-tied in the middle of the night. Other residents — like the man who helped his neighbors hide — were left undisturbed by ICE agents, prompting questions about what federal authorities knew about the building’s occupants ahead of time and how they obtained that information.
Remnants of the raid and interviews with residents who lived through it reveal some hints, including a mysterious map of the building found in the complex and makeshift door stickers that took inventory of occupants in some units.
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Days before the raid, the man … saw someone he believed to be a worker from the building taking pictures of the units “where the Venezuelans lived.”
… reporters also found a map crumpled … in the entryway of an apartment. It labeled each unit inside the five-floor building as “vacant,” “tenant” or as “firearms.” Some units appeared to be marked as both “tenant” and “firearm.”
The units marked “vacant” on the map had clearly been raided, … Most units marked as “tenant” appeared intact, though not all.
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A building employee said they had never seen the map identifying the “firearms” units but said, “I’d like to have that myself.”
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The building’s management company … did not answer questions about the map or apparent sticker system.
(my emphases)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/10/neighbor-shielded-7-year-old-during-south-shore-federal-raid-i-didnt-want-them-to-take-her
(archived https://archive.ph/N57Gp)
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On October 14, 2025
https://www.kkinstagram.com/reel/DPzrxR6DFaO/
migrantsider - CHICAGO EAST SIDE – ICE agents assault and tear gas residents today at 105th and Avenue N.
On the same day at October 14, 2025
https://www.kkinstagram.com/p/DPzuIg3DCv2/
migrantinsider - CHICAGO EAST SIDE — Border Patrol agents raid @Walgreens tackling a Black man to the groung, arresting him for "running."
"He's a U.S. citizen! He's American!" a woman yells. "He's my brother-in-law!"
Store location was forced to close "because of everything with ICE"—manager told the rest of the customers.
"This is crazy, he said they're closed for some ICE stuff going on," another woman explains. "I'm just trying to get some dishwasher liquid."
The atrocity occurred at the Walgreens location on E 106th in Chicago, Illinois.
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https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3m35xn4eqvx2q
“…The most threatening thing I’ve seen yet is the naked bicyclists in Portland who were protesting ice, it’s getting really ugly…” 🙃
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https://www.threads.com/@thetnholler/post/DP6gjVYDRxY
this seems like a “why is your face running into my fist” situation
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I shared the Oxnard one to LA, Oxnard is in Ventura County next door to LA, and people from the raids up here get sent down to LA for processing
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https://www.threads.com/@thetnholler/post/DP6gjVYDRxY
this seems like a “why is...
Video of crash plays in Bluesky- it shows one truck intentionally ramming the driver side door area of another stopped truck. I was surprised by the violence and intention of it, please be cautious. https://bsky.app/profile/pplscitycouncil.bsky.social/post/3m3dpibi27k2y
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https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-dhs-american-citizens-arrested-de...
Thread that goes along with this https://bsky.app/profile/nicolefoy.bsky.social/post/3m3hxrh6i5k2y
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Ken Klippenstein, "No Kings" Protest (and Arrests) Begin
describes a number of arrests made at ICE protests #usa-canada message
https://theintercept.com/2025/10/16/unions-sue-ai-surveillance-trump-deportation/
(archived https://archive.ph/HMGDh)
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ex-ice-director-says-trump-immigration-crackdown-putting-agents-in-terrible-position/
(archived https://archive.ph/9E0Ab)
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https://www.kkinstagram.com/reel/DQAVqYUkadd/
Border Patrol agents had been primarily focused on the U.S.-Mexico border in recent years, scouring communities along the Rio Grande and other regions for migrants in the country illegally. Now the Trump administration has tapped the agency to be a key part of its broader immigration crackdown, deploying its members to major cities across the U.S. In Chicago — hundreds of miles away from the nearest foreign border — our reporters observed how the agency’s mission has changed.
At the link in our bio, learn more about the Border Patrol and the powers that officers have. Video by Hamed Aleaziz, Jeremy Raff, Laura Bult, Thomas Vollkommer, Nick Hughes and Stephanie Swart/The New York Times
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60 minutes interview with DOJ lawyer fired for refusing to lie about Abrego Garcia https://www.threads.com/@60minutes/post/DQAt3TIEmec
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Hospital chaplain held 73 days by ICE speaks after release https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQAK65uDpvc/
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Law Dork on socials
Ninth Circuit panel, on a 2-1 vote, allows Trump to deploy National Guard troops in Portland during litigation
#usa-canada message
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No word on the veracity of the governments claims, but I think it's still newsworthy to report on what the admin is saying
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https://abcnews.go.com/US/cartels-issuing-bounties-50000-hits-ice-cbp-agents/sto...
Not long ago, I would have taken this at face value because it came from a government agency. Now, I have to wonder is this accurate or is it a way to justify violence against those who are posting on social media about ICE/CBP in their communities to alert those who might be racially profiled by ICE/CBP by calling them 'cartel scouts' The worst part is both could be true
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As national guard are deployed into cities, is this the best thread to look for and submit info on the topic?
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As national guard are deployed into cities, is this the best thread to look for ...
Here or trump containment zone
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As national guard are deployed into cities, is this the best thread to look for ...
Here is good IMO. National Guard is deployed in support of ICE operations. Well. Sometimes. Hmm.
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Here is good IMO. National Guard is deployed in support of ICE operations. Well....
Let me see what the other mods think.
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Here’s to hoping the NG events don’t progress to needing their own channel
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The violence in these images for people just existing is breathtaking.
https://www.threads.com/@jenna_leia.skywalker/post/DQGP6J7Dkls
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https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/sf-immigration-operation-21114328.php
archived: https://archive.ph/3rWBR
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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/new-ice-recruits-showed-training-fu...
what could go wrong?! 
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https://abc7news.com/live-updates/protest-planned-border-patrol-agents-begin-immigration-operation-san-francisco-president-trumps-direction-live-updates/18059194/entry/18062158/
Mayor says it's called off, but some conflicting information suggests they might be deployed anyway
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https://bsky.app/profile/douglasfarmer.bsky.social/post/3m3urydxkdk25 does anyone have ideas on verifying this?
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https://bsky.app/profile/douglasfarmer.bsky.social/post/3m3urydxkdk25 does anyon...
Only thing I can think of is to reach out to a local political reporter on the ICE beat in Minneapolis to see if they received this & are planning to go
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BREAKING: Video shows Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino personally throwing two canisters of tear gas at protesters in Little Village in Chicago earlier this morning. Video via Yani Sotelo on Facebook. (Warning: Strong language)
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BREAKING: Video shows Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino personally throwing two...
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-10-23/ice-detention-centers-bring-money-anger-to-alaska-native-community
archived: https://archive.ph/D1ETU
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https://www.threads.com/@ash.renee411/post/DQK14CKgBrE?xmt=AQF02kkdYaiO5VBmS3Jmy...
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https://bsky.app/profile/joshkovensky.bsky.social/post/3m3x6x4kdis2t
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/greg-bovino-immediately-flouts-chicago-court-order-lawyers-say
Earlier on Thursday, Judge Ellis gave attorneys three extra hours to depose Bovino in the case. That happened after Bovino reappeared at immigration raids on Wednesday.
The video on Thursday appears to show Bovino personally launching a canister into a crowd. Judge Ellis, who issued the restraining order, has already expressed frustration with Trump administration law enforcement potentially flouting her orders in the case.
“I live in Chicago, if folks haven’t noticed, and I’m not blind, right?” Ellis reportedly said at a hearing earlier this month. “So, I don’t live in a cave. I have a phone. I have a TV. I have a computer and I tend to get news.”
She reportedly added: “At least from what I’m seeing, I’m having serious concerns that my order’s being followed.”
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This is my teammate from the running team I’ve been running with since 2017. He is 67 yo. Training for the NYC marathon. Coming home from the team long run when he found the road his home is on was blocked by ICE. He pulled up and asked to be let through so he could go home. They told him to move his car. Before he could comply, they dragged him out and did this. 6 broken ribs. Internal bleeding. No marathon.
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The pictures of Bovino looking like a German field marshall are from this recent CNN story. https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/08/politics/gregory-bovino-border-patrol-chicago-immigration
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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/trump-plans-install-border-patrol-o...
Related post about this purge for more hardliners
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Speaking of Bovino, he's agreed to daily check ins with the judge overseeing the CBP case in Chicago:
https://chicago.suntimes.com/live/10/28/2025/gregory-bovino-court-hearing-chicago-border-patrol-boss
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Piece focusing on the role of the landlord in the ICE op on 7500 South Shore Drive
https://inthesetimes.com/article/eviction-by-ice-on-chicago-tenants-landlord-renters-immigrants
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Can you tell us what this us about?
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Basically a reporter from POLITICO going over how ICE agents no longer need to provide access to immigration detentions to Congress members due to government shutdown and also because of the recent passage of the American “Big Beautiful Bill” that pretty much says ICE are not legally required to grant Congress members access to the ICE facilities
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https://www.threads.com/@lataco/post/DQcVjadEg5k
More details on shooting incident this AM https://www.threads.com/@lataco/post/DQc19nqElYo
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https://www.wired.com/story/ice-is-building-a-24-7-shadow-transportation-network-across-texas/
archived: https://archive.ph/5WSWE
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More details on shooting incident this AM https://www.threads.com/@lataco/post/D...
I think this is the same story from a news article with updates https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-10-30/dhs-officers-ontario-shooting
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She helped get her violent husband deported. Then ICE deported her — straight into his arms.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-11-03/immigrant-crime-victims
During a regular immigration check-in in June, Carmen was detained. Two months later, she was put on a plane with her 8-year-old son, who just completed second grade. She was headed to her home country, terrified her husband would find her.
Lawyers for Carmen along with several immigrant victims of human trafficking, domestic violence and other crimes last month sued the Trump administration in the Central District of California for detaining and deporting survivors with pending visa applications, some of whom have been granted status to stay and sometimes work.
They argue that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement implemented a policy in the early days of the administration that upended decades-long standards aimed at protecting victims with pending applications for a class of visas known as survivor-based protections.
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Cross-post with #usa-canada https://mlk50.com/2025/11/03/they-were-sleeping-driving-walking-in-memphis-then-trumps-police-task-force-came/
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https://bsky.app/profile/royalpratt.bsky.social/post/3m4vc6fxzbk2a
Bit more info on the daycare itself:
https://www.rayitoschools.com/locations/rayito-daycare-in-roscoe-village-chicago/
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https://bsky.app/profile/royalpratt.bsky.social/post/3m4vc6fxzbk2a
More from lawyer for parent https://www.threads.com/@thetnholler/post/DQsXOh3D6qU
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https://www.wired.com/story/fbi-warns-of-criminals-posing-as-ice-urges-agents-to-id-themselves/
archived: https://archive.ph/5tiO3
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https://www.wired.com/story/fbi-warns-of-criminals-posing-as-ice-urges-agents-to...
On August 7, according to the FBI, three men in black vests entered a New York restaurant claiming to be ICE agents. Inside, they tied a worker’s hands and pulled a garbage bag over the person’s head. Another, believing the burglars’ story, surrendered themselves, only to be kicked to the ground and tied up as the intruders robbed an ATM.
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In Bay County, Florida, the advisory says, a woman “unzipped [her] jacket and revealed a shirt that said ICE” and told her ex-boyfriend’s wife she was there to “pick her up,” before driving her to an apartment complex. The woman later escaped. In Brooklyn, it alleges, a man told a woman he was an immigration officer and “directed [her] to a nearby stairwell,” where he punched her, tried to rape her, and stole her phone before police caught him. In Raleigh, North Carolina, it claims, a man “entered [a] motel room and threatened to deport the woman if she did not have sex with him,” telling her he was a sworn officer. He showed her a business card with a badge, police said.
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A senior ICE official tells WIRED: “Anyone caught impersonating themselves as a federal immigration agent will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Impersonating a federal immigration officer endangers public safety and erodes trust in law enforcement.”
Federal rules require immigration officers to identify themselves and state the reason for an arrest “as soon as it is practical and safe to do so.” The standard has not changed since it was codified in the 1990s, yet advocates say it is increasingly ignored. “The recent increased presence of armed, masked federal officers completely disrupts and erodes public trust in law enforcement,” says Alycia Castillo of the Texas Civil Rights Project. … “When masked federal agents conceal their identity and authority as a practice, anyone can don a mask and a gun and not be expected or required to verify their authority,”
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Is there a list anywhere of everyone who left the ICE Detention facility in the Florida Evergaldes (some people call it Alligator Auschwitz).
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https://wgntv.com/news/operation-midway-blitz/shots-fired-at-border-patrol-agents-in-little-village-dhs/
Shots fired at border patrol agents, suspect not in custody
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https://xsky.app/profile/bgrueskin.bsky.social/post/3m57yak22q22e
https://aphyr.com/posts/397-i-want-you-to-understand-chicago
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/former-federal-agent-ice-use-of-force-against-prote...
"If someone strays into a pepper ball, then that's on them," Bovino said in an interview with CBS News. "Don't protest and don't trespass."
This has some “your face hit my fist” energy
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Cross-post with #middle_east-north_africa
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/world/middleeast/iran-trump-deportation-flight.html
archived: https://archive.ph/sHBsk
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https://theatln.tc/acMM0axK
Archive: https://archive.ph/Y6xGt
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https://www.404media.co/ice-plans-to-spend-180-million-on-bounty-hunters-to-stalk-immigrants/
An ICE spokesperson told 404 Media in an email “The Request for Information is solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a Request for Proposal nor does it restrict the Government to any acquisition approach. As part of its market research, ICE is issuing this RFI to determine the estimated number of interested vendors capable of meeting this requirement. The government may use the responses to this RFI for information and planning purposes.”
Update: this piece has been updated with a statement from ICE.
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https://www.404media.co/ice-plans-to-spend-180-million-on-bounty-hunters-to-stal...
from article
document 1: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26223164-statementofwork-skiptracingservices/?ref=404media.co
document 2: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26223165-skiptracingsolicitationsectionsb-m/?ref=404media.co
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Info on new Charlotte area ICE map https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRDUy0fAMfC/
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NC governor statement on CBP
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Charlotte government responds to CBP coming to town
Details on size and demos of Charlotte undocumented population in this thread: https://www.threads.com/@momsfornc/post/DRFJbRmjYFh
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https://www.threads.com/@charlotteobserver/post/DRFkhhkFQJt
in Spanish with English subtitles
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More racial profiling in Charlotte https://www.threads.com/@charlotteobserver/post/DRFxJeLCj7m
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First confirmation of Bovino in Charlotte. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRF4f6xgAtH/?igsh=cHVodjY1NmZheTQ0
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First confirmation of Bovino in Charlotte. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRF4f6...
He appears in this video
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https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article312932422.html
Church members flee as federal agents arrive at east Charlotte place of worship
From a local reporter at North Carolina
https://www.kkinstagram.com/p/DRGHP3DjQrZ/
Protesters marched through uptown Charlotte on Saturday hours after Border Patrol agents began making arrests across the city, including in Charlotte’s main immigrant corridors.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said the protest remained peaceful and there were no arrests. Some protesters were asked to remove face masks under a new North Carolina law prohibiting people from wearing masks to conceal their identity on public roads and sidewalks.
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Relevant to what's happening in North Carolina
https://bsky.app/profile/boltsmag.org/post/3m5pdnompar2d
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https://www.kkinstagram.com/p/DRKmNgPjC0X/
A Charlotte landscaper said he is “spooked” by Border Patrol activity in Charlotte over the weekend. He said businesses, including his, are being impacted.
“They're just working people,” he said. People are hiding, and you see what's going on.”
The man said a member of the church he goes to on Milton was taken by Border Patrol yesterday.
Homeland Security says Border Patrol arrested over 130 over the past two days in Charlotte.
🔗 This is developing. Keep up with our Border Patrol coverage at the link in bio.
#borderpatrol #charlotte #nc
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https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article312968318.html
[Webpage also includes a video of eyewitnesses offering testimonies of the arrest]
Border Patrol Agents arrested a Charlottean at Eastway Crossing Shopping Center.
By Jeff Siner November 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Witnesses describe Border Patrol Agents arresting a Charlottean at Eastway Crossing Shopping Center in Charlotte on Tuesday, November 18, 2025. “We don’t want you here,” says Miriam Guzzardi. “You’re endangering our families.”
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I didn't read anything graphic/there weren't much details, but happy to put up a cw if necessary.
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Source is local Charlotte news reporter https://www.threads.com/@joebruno/post/DRQVI0Iju6P
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CWs: Immigration, detainee death.
|| "An autopsy report seen by Newsweek showed Ge was found tied with a bedsheet, with linens around his wrists and ankles in what the report described as a "hog-tied" position. The medical examiner noted that there had been other reported incidents of people who had hung themselves having done something similar, and that there were no obvious defense wounds. " - Folks on socials, including bluesky are of the opinion that "one cannot hogtie onesself". E.g. thread under https://bsky.app/profile/broadwaybabyto.bsky.social/post/3m5zrhz6hus2n ||
https://www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee-death-family-questions-hands-feet-tied-11066992
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ICE official struggles to answer questions about Abrego Garcia's potential deportation
The government is preparing to remove him to the West African nation of Liberia.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia looks on as his supporters address the press as he arrives at a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office in Baltimore, Maryland, on August 25, 2025.A top ICE official struggled to answer questions about Kilmar Abrego Garcia's potential deportation during an evidentiary hearing on Thursday, and admitted that someone else helped draft his sworn declaration submitted in the case.
John Cantu was called to testify about why the government is not planning to deport Abrego Garcia to Costa Rica and is instead preparing to remove him to the West African nation of Liberia.
When pressed by Abrego Garcia's attorneys about the contents of the sealed declaration regarding the government's communication with Costa Rica, their client's preferred country of removal, Cantu said he did not understand parts of his declaration.
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https://unraveledpress.com/identified-federal-agents-who-pointed-gun-punched-detainee-in-evanston/ (article does contain links and videos of ICE violence)
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https://www.404media.co/ice-says-critical-evidence-in-broadview-abuse-case-was-l...
That is wild, slight of a fire or a completely rouge platter, I’m not aware of any “system crash” that would irrecoverably erase all data
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They also had a massive budget increase recently. I think it's a pretty safe assumption that this is just an excuse to get rid of potentially incriminating evidence.
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Cross-post with #infosec
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/21/fbi-signal-group-chat-immigration
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That is wild, slight of a fire or a completely rouge platter, I’m not aware of a...
I know ICE has cloud storage contracts, I believe with both AWS (Amazon) and Microsoft, even if much of this was used for facial recognition/AI, they should still have the ability to back up important files, like evidence, to the cloud, so the 'we'd need endless hard drives' excuse seems shallow
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https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/providence/ri-judge-intervenes-after-ice-mi...
RI judge intervenes after ICE wrongfully detains Superior Court intern
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Multiple sources told Target 12 that Rhode Island sheriffs earlier noticed someone taking photos of the intern inside the courthouse and in Superior Court Judge McBurney’s courtroom. When approached, the individual identified himself as an ICE agent and was told to abide by standard courthouse rules, and to stop taking pictures.The intern was reportedly shaken, so McBurney offered to drive him home. ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply.
Dana Smith, Head of Security Operations for R.I. Superior Court, confronted the agents and told both the judge and the intern to stay inside the car. After an argument, ICE confirmed they had misidentified the teen and left. The intern was released once his ID was checked.
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Good questions from NC Governor to Noem
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Short Documentary (20:31)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2025-11-20/the-rise-of-america-s-ice-towns-video?srnd=phx-short-documentaries
The Rise of America’s ICE Towns
Small towns are at the center of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign, spearheaded by ICE. In one rural New Mexico county, officials are grappling with what it means to be an ICE town.
(Source: Bloomberg)
November 20th, 2025, 3:00 PM EST
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Kinda genius https://www.threads.com/@swagrman/post/DRYWYJxiWFo
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This is a public record of hundreds of reported instances of possible misconduct by ICE and other Homeland Security agents.
It records incidents after they happen to assist in our Constitutional oversight responsibilities.
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Updates on contempt case over El Salvador deportations https://www.threads.com/@ash.renee411/post/DRgPvP9ACLA
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https://azmirror.com/briefs/ice-agents-involved-in-another-vehicle-collision-this-time-in-mesa/
Car crashes involving ICE have become a common occurrence amid President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Many of these instances have been captured on video and show federal police using a tactic that has been banned in many states known as a PIT maneuver. PIT is an acronym for Precision Intervention Technique and it has been linked to 30 deaths between 2016 and 2020.
The witness in Mesa said that they had heard tires squealing and the sounds of a car accident which prompted them to investigate.
ICE has been using increasingly aggressive tactics under the Trump administration, many of which have included vehicles and the PIT maneuver. One video in California shows ICE agents appearing to intentionally crash into a suspect they were attempting to apprehend.
ICE agents often do not wear body-worn cameras and agents in the footage reviewed by the Mirror do not appear to be wearing them.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/diplomatic-cable-trump-rubio-immigration-9.6994458
Immigration minister denies knowledge of U.S. diplomatic directive to get Canada, allies to lower immigration
New York Times reports Secretary of State Marco Rubio sent cable to Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/diplomatic-cable-trump-rubio-immigration-9.6994...
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Hell Gate coverage of New Yorkers thwarting another attempted raid by federal agents on Canal Street. Thread with videos and a published news story at the end.
https://bsky.app/profile/hellgatenyc.com/post/3m6s5evwtzs23
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Hell Gate coverage of New Yorkers thwarting another attempted raid by federal ag...
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More local reporting from The City on the NYPD involvement in clearing and detaining protesters. https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/29/nypd-ice-homeland-security-canal/
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BREAKING NYT:
The Trump admin just fired eight immigration judges in New York City.
All the judges were dismissed from the immigration offices at 26 Federal Plaza — a building that houses the NYC headquarters of ICE and has become the epicenter of migrant arrests in the city.
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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/uscis-reexamine-green-card-holders-...
https://bskye.app/profile/reichlinmelnick.bsky.social/post/3m72a6o2srk2o
the USCIS Hold and Review of all Pending Asylum Applications and all USCIS Benefit Applications Filed by Aliens from High-Risk Countries memo: https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/policy-alerts/PM-602-0192-PendingApplicationsHighRiskCountries-20251202.pdf
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https://www.wired.com/story/story/the-louisiana-department-of-wildlife-and-fisheries-is-detaining-people-for-ice/
(archived https://archive.ph/ky0iY)
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https://veritenews.org/2025/12/04/act-399-murrill-ice-state-immigration/
Murrill: State won’t use law against obstructing immigration raids to target speech
On the first day of ‘Catahoula Crunch,’ an immigrant rights group sued the state over a recently passed anti-obstruction law, worried that it could be used against groups providing know-your-rights guidance. But the Louisiana Attorney General says that won’t happen.
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https://www.wdsu.com/article/new-orleans-immigration-crackdown-kenner-arrest-video/69636375
KENNER, La. —
New video obtained by WDSU shows the moment a man was taken into custody by federal agents in Kenner on Thursday morning.
The video was given to WDSU by the family of the man taken into custody.
WARNING: Some may find the video upsetting. Viewer discretion is advised.
Link to the online portal: https://council.nola.gov/know-your-rights/
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Video version:
https://www.kkinstagram.com/reel/DR5qnohADhG/
Multiple coordinated immigration raids were conducted in Tucson on Friday morning, leading to an outpouring of support from local activists, leaders and politicians, including recently sworn-in U.S. Rep. Adelita Grijalva, D-AZ, who says she was pepper-sprayed by federal agents.
📹: @somostucson & @yamilethcabreras
Read more from @susanitalareportera at the link in our bio or at calonews.com/arizona.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/12/07/trump-immigration-karoline-leavitt-brother-bruna/
archived: https://archive.is/20251207155219/https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/12/07/trump-immigration-karoline-leavitt-brother-bruna/
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And the figures do not include arrests made by Border Patrol, which has launched aggressive immigration operations in several cities, including Chicago, Los Angeles and Charlotte, North Carolina. Border Patrol sweeps are currently underway in New Orleans.
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https://apnews.com/article/immigration-new-orleans-online-monitoring-b2c300245ea...
The records also shed new light on cooperation among state and federal authorities in an operation welcomed by Louisiana’s Republican Gov. Jeff Landry. Both the FBI and Customs and Border Protection have stationed agents at the Louisiana State Analytical and Fusion Exchange, an intelligence and data sharing center that is closely following discussions on the online forum Reddit that local residents have used to exchange information about the immigration raids.
One briefing noted that some “have gone so far as to accuse agents of racially profiling Hispanic areas specifically.” Another flagged social media posts suggesting agents “are not keeping with the mission of targeting criminal immigrants only.” And a third pointed out that critics of the raids “bring up past hurricanes and the work done by immigrants” in their aftermath.
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The fusion center also has tracked the tools used by protesters to foil federal immigration enforcement, highlighting social media links to whistle handouts, trainings on filming federal agents and the emergence of a hotline for reporting arrests. The surveillance extended to activist discussions about immigration authorities’ presence near an elementary school and recapped demonstrations inside the New Orleans City Council chambers and elsewhere.
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Elgin IL neighborhood tear-gassed in protest https://www.instagram.com/reel/DR8Zgajjt69/
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https://www.404media.co/border-patrol-agent-recorded-raid-with-metas-ray-ban-smart-glasses/
Previously when 404 Media covered Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) officials’ use of Meta’s Ray-Bans, it wasn’t clear if the officials were using them to record raids because the recording lights were not on in any of the photos seen by 404 Media. In the new material from Charlotte, North Carolina, during the recent wave of immigration enforcement, the recording light is visibly illuminated.
That is significant because CBP says it does not allow employees to use personal recording devices. CBP told 404 Media it does not have an arrangement with Meta, indicating this official was wearing personally-sourced glasses.
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In a statement to 404 Media, a CBP spokesperson reaffirmed that the agency does not have any contract with Meta, and said that agents cannot use personal recording devices, but can bring “personally purchased sunglasses.” The statement did not say anything about what happens if the sunglasses happen to have a camera and microphone inside of them.“CBP does not have an arrangement with Meta. The use of personal recording devices is not authorized; however, Border Patrol agents may wear personally purchased sunglasses,” the CBP spokesperson told 404 Media. “CBP utilize Go Pros mounted to helmets or body armor at times, as well as traditional DSLR handheld cameras.”
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Aaron Parnas interviews 2 US citizens detained by ICE https://www.threads.com/@aaronparnas/post/DSDP6KXEdws
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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/10/ice-tracking-pregnant-women
Though it resembles a typical consumer smart watch, the VeriWatch is not less restrictive than the ankle monitor. Like the ankle monitor, the wrist watch can’t be removed by the person wearing it. ICE had the option of using a removable version of the watch, according to a 2023 request for information DHS published. The agency chose a different direction; it currently only uses a watch that cannot be removed except by an ICE or authorized BI agent, according to two former DHS officials and two former BI employees.
Immigrants in the program are not told what to do with their ankle or wrist monitors in case of medical emergencies, and BI staff were not authorized to approve the removal of the monitors without first speaking to ICE, the two former BI Inc. staff recalled.
There’s not always time in emergency cases to wait for approval from ICE to cut off the monitors, the Colorado hospital workers said. One of the Colorado staff said they’re deeply concerned about how this unremovable watch will continue to impact vulnerable pregnant women.
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Healthcare workers are not the only ones sounding the alarm over surveillance’s interference with medical care. Two former Department of Homeland Security officials told the Guardian that the lack of protocols for immigrants surveilled under ATD with exigent medical issues is a symptom of a larger issue with the way BI Inc and ICE run the program. As the Guardian previously reported, immigrants surveilled under ATD and BI Inc employees alike have long complained that the program is highly discretionary. They said that many of the decisions about how, why or how long a given person was mandated to wear an ankle monitor or a smart watch were left to individual case workers.
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Thread from Director of The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
https://tbsky.app/profile/rondeibert.bsky.social/post/3m7nzbquouc2d
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/12/10/dhs-deport-boeing-contract/
archived: https://archive.is/L1TCH
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The above is video from the detention of a Somali-American citizen that spoke to the press today. He only wanted to be identified by his first name, Mubashir:
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minneapolis-leaders-say-us-citizen-was-wrongfully-arrested-by-ice-agents/
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https://bsky.app/profile/longtimehistory.bsky.social/post/3m7nsm34rds2o
Canada did this with indigenous people before, basically trying to kill them via exposure
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Kilmar ordered released! https://www.threads.com/@ash.renee411/post/DSIPVSXEbsN
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Canada did this with indigenous people before, basically trying to kill them via...
The most well-known incidents took place in Saskatoon, SK and were known as "starlight tours."
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Kilmar ordered released! https://www.threads.com/@ash.renee411/post/DSIPVSXEbsN
A judge ruled for the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, mistakenly deported despite legal U.S. residency. DHS vows appeal.
https://www.wusa9.com/mobile/article/news/dmv-immigration/homeland-security-vows-to-appeal-abrego-garcia-release-order/65-d249e03b-529c-4fe1-9199-3ff9f41ebe73
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A Maryland man whose mistaken deportation was a flashpoint in the clash over the Trump administration's immigration policy has been released.
https://www.wusa9.com/mobile/article/news/politics/immigration-news/federal-judge-orders-kilmar-abrego-garcia-released-today/65-a321a4ca-93cd-4fb6-9b09-95ace70c75be
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https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2025/12/11/ice-jails-update/
Despite overwhelming displays of power and intimidating rhetoric, the federal government nonetheless relies heavily on state and local collaboration to enact its mass deportation agenda. The Trump administration is therefore vulnerable to state and local policy action that goes beyond merely limiting sheriffs and police from deputizing officers to work as immigration agents. This weakness is evident in the data, which show significantly smaller jumps in arrest rates in states where advocates have most aggressively worked to reject collaboration, and much higher rates in states that have embraced it.
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“I stand before you a free man and I want you to remember me this way, with my head held up high,” Kilmar Abrego Garcia said Friday through a translator.
https://www.wusa9.com/mobile/article/news/dmv-immigration/kilmar-abrego-garcia-immigration-latest/65-0d0c8a57-09cc-45af-8f57-e2fe6dde85bb
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https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/12/11/trump-administration-adds-militarized-zone-california-along-southern-us-border.html
(archived https://archive.ph/ntEm2)
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The order issued in the article I posted prevents detention by ICE until the hearing for his requested TRO can be held
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however, https://bskye.app/profile/kyledcheney.bsky.social/post/3m7s4zbzfl22x
Xinis has already blocked the re-detention effort:
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5645972-court-blocks-immigration-officials-from-re-detaining-abrego-garcia/
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Xinis has already blocked the re-detention effort:
https://thehill.com/regulatio...
This is the order referenced in the WUSA9 article that I posted but it's not the same as the TRO he's requested. Part of the condition of his release was that he check in with ICE once he was back in MD. This order by Judge Xinis was to prevent them from detaining him at that required check in before the hearing and decision on his emergency request for a TRO could take place. At least that's my understanding based on the full range of news reports I've heard here in DC
Abrego Garcia's original detention came when he reported for a required check-in at that very same Maryland office
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Yep, it looks like WUSA had the story much earlier than the media I've been seeing.
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It's been a very complex and complicated story from the beginning but it's also a very local story for the DC community so they work hard to make sure we can follow what's going on
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https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/ever-larger-share-ices-arrested-immigr...
Immigration arrests under the Trump administration continued to increase through mid-October, reaching rates of more than 30,000 a month. But, rather than the convicted criminals the administration has said it’s focused on, an ever-larger share of those arrests were for solely immigration violations.
In 45 states, immigration arrests more than doubled compared with the same period last year, during the Biden administration. The largest increases: There were 1,190 arrests in the District of Columbia compared with just seven last year under the Biden administration. Arrests were also more than five times higher in New Mexico, Idaho, Oregon and Virginia.
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Xinis has already blocked the re-detention effort:
https://thehill.com/regulatio...
ty, that's the next post in the bsky thread too
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According to the FBI affidavit, the HSI agents walked up to the Jeep, displayed their badges, identified themselves as law enforcement officers and told Bamigboye that they wanted to talk about his immigration status.
Bamigboye then allegedly jumped into the Jeep’s back seat and yelled at Frazier to drive away.
One of the HSI agents got into the front seat of the Jeep in an effort to stop Frazier while Bamigboye tried to push him out and a second agent tried to pull Bamigboye out of the back seat.
Frazier allegedly put the vehicle in gear and drove off. The HSI agent “was now being involuntarily carried in the Jeep as it drove,” according to the FBI.
The HSI agent tried to put the Jeep in park, but Frazier continually pushed his hand away, allegedly threatened to crash the car and said that they were taking him to a police station.
The agent, who’s assigned to another HSI office and is in Minnesota on “temporary detail for an operation,” is unfamiliar with the Twin Cities, did not know where they were going, and “was in fear that he was being abducted.”
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/12/11/man-woman-drive-to-police-station-homeland-security-agent-trapped
(archved https://archive.ph/OGGMY)
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/us/politics/immigration-tsa-passenger-data.html
archived: https://archive.ph/MYCZT
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/us/politics/immigration-tsa-passenger-data.ht...
Documents obtained by The New York Times show Ms. López’s arrest involved an ICE office in California that plays a key role in the airport program. The office, called the Pacific Enforcement Response Center, sends tips to immigration officers across the country and requests to local jails to hold immigrants. Documents show the office flagged Ms. López’s flight information to ICE officers in Boston.
The document details how this is part of a collaboration “with Transportation Security Administration to send actionable leads to the field regarding aliens with a final order of removal that appear to have an impending flight scheduled.”
A former senior ICE official with knowledge of the airport program said the California office often sent several tips a day on potential arrestees at airports in the region the official worked in. The former official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal law enforcement matters, said ICE officers received the passenger’s flight number and departure time, as well as a photo of the target — sometimes just hours before the plane took off.The program is particularly effective because it allows ICE to quickly deport those who are arrested, the former official said.
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CW: Recent ACLU's letter includes graphic details of physical and sexual abuse happening in immigration detention center at Fort Bliss.
|| One of the highlights of the letter includes a testimony from a detained teenager who mentioned an officer “grabbed my testicles and firmly crushed them,” while another “forced his fingers deep into my ears.” ||
Press Release: https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/human-rights-groups-urge-ice-to-end-immigration-detention-at-fort-bliss-military-base-halt-abusive-third-country-deportations
Letter: https://www.aclu.org/documents/ice-letter-re-fort-bliss
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Minnesotan grandparents recounting ICE harassment, from Mercado Media
https://www.tiktok.com/@celeste06_/video/7581602934517943582
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Here’s how the Bovinos managed to get around the new quotas that limited how many Italians and others deemed to be “undesirables” could end up in the United States.
After Michele was naturalized in 1927, he was reunited with his wife and four children in a Pennsylvania coal-company town after their arrival on the steamship the S.S. Giuseppe Verdi, records show.
Then, the kids, including Vincenzo, 12 — Gregory Bovino’s future grandfather — automatically benefited from a “derivative citizenship” law for minors. Luigia would become a naturalized citizen.
Nearly a century later, it’s astonishing to see “a person whose grandfather was an immigrant engaging in such abhorrent and violent treatment of contemporary migrants,” Joseph Sciorra — the director of academic programs at the Calandra Italian American Institute at the City University of New York — said of Bovino.
Trump’s top aides have held up the 1924 immigration law as justification for restricting the flow of new migrants.
“You can’t help but think,” Sciorra said, “what’s going on in a person’s conscience with that kind of background and that kind of behavior.”
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https://bsky.app/profile/gbrockell.bsky.social/post/3m7qeqmr2oc2a
Can someone confirm if this is at SeaTac Airport? I want to write commissioner Sam Cho about it if so.
Edit: nevermind, managed to figure it out with some input from another person. Definitely Boeing Field, not SeaTac.
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USA TODAY, Exclusive: A father and his three kids work for ICE. Why they do it. (puff piece normalizing ICE conduct) #disinfo-and-propaganda message
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https://gothamist.com/news/ice-enters-nyc-shelters-armed-and-without-judicial-warrants-reports-show
(archived https://archive.ph/0u3mb)
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https://www.inquirer.com/news/disabled-immigrants-mandatory-ice-detention-trump-policy-20251216.html
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https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2025-12-16/ice-raids-take-toll-on-child-care-workers-in-california-nationwide
archived: https://archive.ph/wLeMk
Trump immigration raids take toll on child-care workers in California and nationwide
Trump’s immigration crackdown has prompted about 39,000 child-care workers to leave, worsening staffing crises
Many immigrant child-care workers, legally authorized to work, face crippling anxiety, which can affect their young students.
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relevant to immigration, Trump proclamation Restricting and Limiting the Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the Security of the United States #usa-canada message
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cross-post with #usa-canada
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/12/memphis-safe-task-force-trump-ice-crime-immigration-mass-deportations-287g/
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https://bsky.app/profile/iceflightmonitor.bsky.social/post/3m7ye76aa2s2u
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https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/12/15/ice-agents-call-for-backup-during-minneapolis-traffic-stop
The agents used pepper spray, pepper balls and tasers on bystanders, according to the videos. One agent is seen wildly swinging a baton to keep protesters at bay before apparently getting hit by a colleague’s pepper spray. Witnesses say at least three people at the chaotic scene were arrested.
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https://www.wired.com/story/border-patrol-bets-on-small-drones-to-expand-us-surveillance-reach/
archive: https://archive.is/wQXgX
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https://www.404media.co/ice-contracts-company-making-bounty-hunter-ai-agents/
archived: https://archive.ph/ouG5k
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https://www.wired.com/story/ice-seeks-cyber-upgrade-to-better-surveil-and-investigate-its-employees/
archived: https://archive.ph/5ydN5
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https://www.threads.com/@jreakle/post/DSbOAehkjI1 System dysfunction by design
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https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/12/the-horns-and-whistles-work/
In each city, activists have an uphill battle learning what to do as they try to follow the federal agents around. But after months in Chicago, the journalists have a proficiency that comes with accepting you’ll spend 12 hours a day in the car and, if you’re lucky, get five minutes of footage.
That is how I found myself standing in front of a gas station, watching an SUV with out-of-state plates hide in a carwash, ready to tell a half dozen other members of the press the second the vehicle was on the move. Earlier, a photographer and I had driven by two vehicles full of federal agents and quickly U-turned to follow them. In an attempt to shake us, they blew past “do not enter” signs, drove double the speed limit, and split up. When we found them one neighborhood over, we held up our press badges, hoping they wouldn’t try to lose us again. Once they parked, we did too. We were definitely in the right spot: The neighborhood was crawling with feds.
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from few days ago in Pittsburgh
https://www.wtae.com/article/pittsburgh-police-altercation-ice-agents-man-mount-washington/69801201
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from few days ago in Pittsburgh
https://www.wtae.com/article/pittsburgh-police-...
seems like there's a video on Reddit after the altercation
https://www.vxreddit.com/r/pittsburgh/comments/1pozzrl/ice_abducted_my_neighbor_in_mt_washington/
I woke up at 8 a.m. to someone screaming.
I looked outside and saw a man who lives on my street being thrown into the back of an unmarked Dodge SUV. He’d been pepper sprayed. Neighbors tried to give him water. The agents wouldn’t allow it.
There were three unmarked cars. They had badges on their chests, but we weren’t allowed close enough to see them. When people asked them to identify themselves, they said nothing.
They rammed the back of his Tacoma with the SUV and shattered the Toyota’s window.
They didn’t identify themselves to anyone in the neighborhood. They didn’t identify themselves to the police either. I watched a cop ask, “Are you ICE?” The guy said, “Yep.” That was it.
There were at least seven cops standing around while ICE left this man pepper sprayed in the back of the car, no water, waiting for a medic. I couldn’t get a single cop to show up within an hour when my car was stolen, yet seven of them were here just standing around.
Why are our police cooperating with ICE?
I asked the cops if ICE had identified themselves. The cops said, “It’s their operation.”
This happened on my street. I’m against my tax dollars being used like this.
I tried calling one of the hotlines people have been sharing. It went straight to voicemail. I was scrambling, trying to figure out how to help in real time.
They left his wife standing in the street, shaking, no jacket. I asked if I could help. She was too frantic to answer.
That’s it. That’s how it ended.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/nyregion/judge-ice-detention-long-island.html
archived: https://archive.ph/8CygH
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This account isn't super reliable and highly partisan (right wing), but couldn't find regular coverage
https://fxtwitter.com/rawsalerts/status/2002115682201448598
context:
Who is Jack Quillin? LAScanner operator exposed after doxxing ICE agents; apologises and vows to cooperate | Times of India
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/who-is-jack-quillin-lascanner-operator-exposed-after-doxxing-ice-agents-apologises-and-vows-to-cooperate/ar-AA1GpEvU
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/nyregion/child-father-deported-china-nyc.html
archived: https://archive.ph/S0EdN
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/us/politics/immigration-tsa-passenger-data.ht...
Video companion to NYT article on ICE and TSA partnership
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000010579727/how-the-tsa-is-helping-ice.html?
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followed by this
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/podcasts-multimedia/videos-webinars/deportation-inc
“Deportation, Inc.: The Rise of the Immigration Enforcement Economy," produced by Lawfare and SITU, is a series of short investigative videos examining how United States immigration enforcement has evolved into a rapidly growing multi-billion-dollar industry shaped by private profit and political power — a system in which profitability increasingly dictates policy and enforcement priorities.
Below you can watch the series trailer, an introduction video situating the project’s historical and political context and the first chapter focused specifically on detention.
NYT examining and taking a new look at the Huntington Park house in Los Angeles back in June 2025
#1381169631263199232 #1381169631263199232 message
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https://www.sltrib.com/news/2025/12/19/ice-arrests-utah-detentions/
archived: https://archive.ph/9dTPY
YouTube link in article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL2soGNazpY&t=10s
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Cross-post with #gender-based-violence-misogyny
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/18/amid-ice-agent-abuse-arrests-in-ohio-advocate-says-it-fails-to-police-its-own-ranks/
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https://bsky.app/profile/reichlinmelnick.bsky.social/post/3mabxdbmdds2c
related to one of the four individuals
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/21/chicago-man-from-bulgaria-dies-in-ice-custody-after-immigration-arrest-during-operation-midway-blitz/
Officials including U.S. Rep. Delia Ramirez have called for an investigation into Gantchev’s death, “including an investigation into reports from other detainees that he asked for medical assistance and did not receive it in time to save his life,” Ramirez’s office said.
“While ICE claims he died of natural causes, the circumstances surrounding his death are not yet clear, and we know there have been numerous complaints from family members and advocates about inhumane conditions and inadequate medical care at” the Michigan detention center.
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https://bsky.app/profile/reichlinmelnick.bsky.social/post/3mabxdbmdds2c
one of the four individuals who died in the detention center this month
https://mississippitoday.org/2025/12/22/nicaraguan-dead-after-detention-in-mississippi-ice-facility/
Delvin Francisco Rodriguez, a 39-year old Nicaraguan man being detained by immigration
authorities, has died in a Natchez, Mississippi, hospital.
In the months leading up to his death on Dec, 14 , Rodriguez had been held in the Adams County Correctional Center, which is run by Core Civic Inc.
Rodriguez is one of four immigrants who have died in ICE custody within a four-day period from Dec. 12 to Dec. 15. A spokesperson for ICE did not respond to a request for comment in time for publication of this story, and the warden’s office in the Adams County Correctional Center did not respond to a voicemail.
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cross-post with #disinfo-and-propaganda
You may have to enter your email to read the gift article
https://bsky.app/profile/drewharwell.com/post/3manncmdovk2i
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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/us-citizen-arrested-by-ice_n_693c9355e4b018dc36f2...
https://www.newsweek.com/ice-detains-maryland-woman-us-citizen-claims-dhs-denies-11257159
Her family has now been told she has been deported, despite U.S. District Judge Brendan Hurson ruling Thursday that she could not be deported pending a hearing. Perez and colleague Victoria Slatten said they had not been able to confirm Diaz Morales' whereabouts.
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Diaz Morales’ attorneys said Monday that they have verified her identity, confirming with the hospital she was born in Laurel, Maryland, and the local government in Prince George’s County that she had been issued a birth certificate and had been a patient in the early 2000s.The attorneys shared redacted copies of the birth certificate and immunization records with Newsweek, but full documents could not be released due to pending litigation.
Newsweek asked DHS what evidence it had that Diaz Morales was not a U.S. citizen, and how her citizenship had been checked and verified. The department did not answer these questions directly, only providing the statement above.
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Not sure if this has been previously shared https://www.aclu-mn.org/press-releases/1a/ (legal docs here https://www.aclu-mn.org/cases/tincher-v-noem/?document=Tincher-v-Noem-et-al-) one of the plaintiffs may have been someone detained during the incident in south Minneapolis where an allegedly pregnant woman was tased and dragged by the arm in the street https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/ice-agents-south-minneapolis-clash-protests/ (https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/ice-operation-minneapolis-former-agent-reviews-video/)
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this might be interesting to come back to from time and time again for deeper insight into ICE/Border Patrol raids
THE RAID podcast is a deep dive into the frontlines of the ICE and Border Patrol immigration raids being implemented by the Trump administration. With an expert team of journalists and community members, the ever changing landscape and stories of the “mass deportation” will be documented and broadcast. Americans will know firsthand what the raids feel like, whether they are lawful and what is happening to the people swept up by the unprecedented and ever increasing show of force.
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Rather than shuttling detainees around the country to wherever detention space is available, as happens now, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement aims to speed up deportations by establishing a deliberate feeder system, the document says. Newly arrested detainees would be booked into processing sites for a few weeks before being funneled into one of seven large-scale warehouses holding 5,000 to 10,000 people each, where they would be staged for deportation.
The large warehouses would be located close to major logistics hubs in Virginia, Texas, Louisiana, Arizona, Georgia and Missouri. Sixteen smaller warehouses would hold up to 1,500 people each.
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The warehouse plan would be the next step in President Donald Trump’s campaign to detain and deport millions of immigrants, which began with a scramble to expand the nation’s immigrant detention system, the largest in the world.
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The biggest newly proposed warehouse would hold up to 10,000 detainees in Stafford, an industrial area 40 miles south of Washington. A facility with capacity for up to 9,500 people is planned for Hutchins, near Dallas; and another with space for 9,000 in Hammond, east of Baton Rouge. Currently, ICE’s biggest facility is a makeshift tent encampment built this summer at the Fort Bliss U.S. Army base in Texas. It now holds around 3,000 people but was expected to have a capacity of 5,000 by year’s end.
https://theintercept.com/2025/12/23/ice-bounty-hunters-track-immigrant-surveillance/
Taken together, records show the 10 companies have been made over $1 million to date — and stand to make over $1 billion by the contract’s end in 2027. Some of the companies’ roles in the bounty hunting program have been previously reported, including by The Intercept, but others — such as Bluehawk, EnProVera, and Gravitas — are being revealed here for the first time. (None of the 10 companies commented for this story.)
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Not many details are available at this time. Here's what we know.
https://www.wusa9.com/mobile/article/news/dmv-immigration/ice-involved-shooting-glen-burnie/65-d21e6200-05e5-4652-b59f-975d34e6dcaa
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https://www.npr.org/2025/12/24/nx-s1-5650773/ice-immigration-agent-leave-oversight
The incident at an immigration court in New York rapidly circulated online and prompted the Homeland Security Department to place Mojica on administrative leave – a rare instance of such leave being publicly announced.
By the following Monday, Mojica was back on the job, without any further explanation from the agency.
A federal agent restrains the wife of a detained man from Ecuador on Sept. 25 in New York City. The agent was later placed on leave.NPR has now learned that he returned to work before the Homeland Security Department's internal watchdog had concluded a review into his behavior. The DHS Office of Inspector General ultimately decided — nearly two months later — that the incident did not merit a criminal probe.
The disclosure of the probe raises questions about the adequacy of DHS oversight mechanisms to investigate employee misconduct. It comes as the department has gutted some internal oversight agencies and faces consistent pressure from Trump officials to ramp up deportations.
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https://lataco.com/ice-license-plate-tracker
sort of related but this is a wiki list on ICE
https://www.crustnews.com/p/we-built-a-public-record-of-ice-because
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https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2025/dec/26/ice-posting-suggests-lower-standar...
Abhorrent, especially rolling back the operating standards by almost 1/2
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recent ruling regarding the November ICE raid in CATO, New York
https://cnycentral.com/news/local/federal-judge-rules-ice-violated-fourth-amendment-in-cato-immigration-raid-immigration-customs-enforcement-judge-brenda-k-sannes-homeland-secrutiy
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https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/chicago-immigration-operation-midway-blitz-2/
What happened here for more than two months is unlike anything in recent American history: the federal government sending agents dressed for war into neighborhoods of the country’s third-largest city to arrest mostly people who look Latino and to ask questions later. To target people largely on the basis of their skin color, on the presumption that they may be in the country without documentation, or that they may have a criminal record, or an association with a gang.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, a former history teacher, said she had never seen anything like the autumn raids in her lifetime and she believes the operation will be judged harshly.
“Historians are not going to be kind to us in this moment,” she said. “We should all be ashamed of what our country is doing in our name.”
When the Border Patrol gathered at Millennium Park, it was two days after one of the agents executed a drive-by pepper-spraying of a young couple and their 1-year-old daughter in Little Village. Five days after they stormed a Spanish-immersion preschool in North Center and arrested a beloved teacher.
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https://documentedny.com/2025/12/26/afghan-detentions-ice-checkins-nyc/
Ahmad was very worried about his brother being deported back to Afghanistan, where he could be targeted by the Taliban for their Tajik heritage and their background in civil service.
“The crime that [the] individual has committed [in D.C.] is something that the entirety of Afghans in the United States are now paying for,” he said in Persian during an interview translated by his counsel.
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https://www.wired.com/story/expired-tired-wired-constitutional-sheriffs/
archived: https://archive.ph/p9dJO
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https://www.kkinstagram.com/p/DS06pQoibej/
Community alert! At approximately 9am this morning, immigration agents carried out multiple abductions at 90th and Bergenline, on the border of North Bergen and Fairview near the White Castle. This is the third day in a row that this area has been terrorized between 8 and 9 am.
Alert your neighbors, family, and friends. Remember your rights!
Immigration agents cannot enter private spaces. If you see immigration agents near you, enter the nearest business as soon as you can.
You have a legal right to record.
If agents approach you in public, ask if you are free to go.
You do not have to say anything or sign anything.
If you are able, please help our neighbors keep watch tomorrow throughout North Bergen and Fairview.
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An interesting situation involving an Afrikaner seeking asylum in the US after arriving on a tourist visa rather than going through Trump's Refugee program (I read the story in today's New York Times but I'm posting this link because it's not behind a paywall)
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The debate comes as immigration detentions in Maryland, as in the rest of the country, have surged in the past year under President Donald Trump. Data from the Prison Policy Initiative showed the more than 3,000 people in Maryland were arrested this year by Immigration and Customs Enforcement: 1,193 from Jan. 20, when Trump was inaugurated, through May 20, and another 1,940 from May 21 to Oct. 15.
The 287(g) program was first established in 1996, but it has gained more attention, and more scrutiny, since Trump returned to office. Versions of the program include allowing local officials to execute administrative immigration warrants in their jails, identifying and beginning removal proceedings against individuals arrested by local law enforcement, and serving on task forces that officers “enforce limited immigration authority.”
Five sheriff’s departments in Maryland – Allegany, Carroll, Garrett, St. Mary’s and Washington counties – signed 287(g) this year. Frederick, Cecil and Harford counties already had agreements in place. All the Maryland agreements are limited to the counties’ jails: If a local department determines that someone they arrested is undocumented, it will hold that inmate for an additional 48 hours for ICE to come get them
Still, advocates said the program incentives racial profiling, especially of Latinos.
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There are just a lot of wild details here that shed some insights on immigration agents
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/30/chicago-immigration-citizen-arrests-charges/
Moriarty, an attorney, said the agents “had no idea what they were doing” and failed to pat down the trio, read their rights, take fingerprints or render medical aid. “It was complete incompetence,” she said, a charge echoed by people arrested in other contexts across Chicago, amid broader criticism by policing experts that agents’ poor tactics needlessly risked everyone’s safety.
One U.S. citizen who was detained told the Tribune that agents expressed conspiracy theories and right-wing propaganda, telling her that they believed drug cartels were sending people across the border and that someone was paying protesters to oppose the government. The agents drove her from Broadview toward an FBI facility in Lombard — before they received a phone call instructing them to turn around and take her back to Broadview.
Others told the Tribune agents asked questions about where they were born, if they were in a gang, or if they were paid to protest. Many told the Tribune that after they were released from the Broadview facility, agents dropped them off at a gas station.
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Agents eventually detained Sakiyama near his daughter’s elementary school, prompting administrators to put the building in a more secured status. Sakiyama said he was with the agents for about an hour, most of the time sitting in the parked van outside the Broadview processing facility, before they dropped him back off at his car with a ticket for allegedly impeding their efforts. While he was with them, Sakiyama said, he saw the agents receiving texts in a group chat labeled “Chiraq Team 2.”
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A very detailed timeline and also includes body cam footage from various immigration agents during the Chicago's Operation Midway Blitz
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/30/chicago-under-siege-how-operation-midway-blitz-changed-our-city/
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https://www.startribune.com/inside-the-organized-resistance-to-ice-in-minnesota/601551413
archived: https://archive.ph/qXRET
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https://bsky.app/profile/drewharwell.com/post/3mbbtgusqp22u
To further attract recruits, the strategy called for spending at least $8 million on deals with online influencers whose followers are largely Gen Z and millennials and who were in the “military families,” “fitness” and “tactical/lifestyle enthusiast communities.”
The document did not name specific influencers but said it would focus on “former agents, veterans and pro-ICE creators” who would be expected to host live streams, attend events and post short- and long-form videos and other content to Facebook, Instagram, Rumble, X and YouTube. Blogs, Substack newsletters and Threads accounts would also be targeted for more “niche communities,” the document said.
The objective, it said, is to build trust through “authentic peer-to-peer messaging” and to “normalize and humanize careers at ICE through storytelling and lived experiences.” The document said it expected more than 5,000 applicants would come through the influencer program, costing ICE about $1,500 per application.
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https://theintercept.com/2025/12/31/trump-ice-protests-tow-truck-los-angeles/
(archived https://archive.ph/7m3YE)
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In a scathing 52-page order, Northern District of California Judge Trina Thompson found that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem did not go through the proper federal procedures to end the designations for Temporary Protected Status for those three nations [Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua].
“‘The President is not above the law,’” Thompson, nominated by former President Joe Biden, wrote in her order. “Neither are his cabinet officials. The Administrative Procedures Act ensures government accountability by making agencies transparent, require public participation, setting fair rulemaking standards, and allowing courts to review actions for legality and rationality.”
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https://theintercept.com/2026/01/02/ice-license-plates-database/
Rather than hosting the database on a centralized website, which they fear would be vulnerable to subpoenas and takedown orders, the group put their findings out through the InterPlanetary File System, or IPFS, a decentralized, peer-to-peer method of file distribution.
The database is built around community submissions of photos of ICE vehicles in action. Once the images come in, volunteers vet each picture to confirm that the plate and vehicle in question are being used by agents. The activist who spoke with The Intercept declined to go into detail about how the volunteers vet the information but said that every plate listed publicly in the database has appeared in at least two sightings.
“The reason we’re confident in what we released is that we have probably twice as many plates as what was published, but we made a decision to only publish those plates that had at least two observations,” the activist said. “And while we’re confident in the rest of the database, this was an extra measure to reduce confusion and inaccuracies. We want people to feel like they can trust what we’re publishing, and we don’t want to accidentally cause harm by releasing inaccurate information.”
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https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/01/03/trump-admin-must-return-utah/
archived: https://archive.ph/bla0G
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US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is proposing a new rule that would authorize collection of any form of biometric information or samples from anyone, including US citizens, “encountered” by USCIS or “associated with” any applicant for admission to the US, US residency, or US citizenship.
The proposed rule would give USCIS blanket authority, at its discretion, to order any such individual to report to any location worldwide specified by USCIS, and to submit to collection of facial images (“digital image, specifically for facial recognition”), fingerprints, palm prints, iris scans, retinal scans, voice prints, and/or DNA samples.
Underlying the proposal is an implicit but impermissible assumption that merely to “associate” with foreigners is sufficiently suspicious to create probable cause for a search.
https://papersplease.org/wp/2026/01/02/collection-of-biometrics-from-anyone-associated-with-a-foreigner/
(archived https://archive.ph/Mf5BS)
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From December 19, 2025
https://documentedny.com/2025/12/19/abandoned-asylum-cases-increase/
The impact of these trends has not been felt evenly across the city. Deportations are concentrated in outer-borough neighborhoods which have large immigrant populations, lower household incomes, and limited access to legal services, according to the report. For residents in the Queens neighborhoods of Corona, Richmond Hill, and Jamaica, advocates have reported intensified ICE activity in 2025, including home arrests, courthouse pickups, and targeted operations in immigrant-dense areas.
In ZIP codes with the highest number of deportations, particularly Corona and South Richmond Hill, the majority of people deported from January to November 2025 were Ecuadorian or Indian nationals, according to Mobile Pathways.
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https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/minneapolis-federal-agents-crackdown/
Officials said U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commander Gregory Bovino, who has overseen controversial immigration roundups in Los Angeles, Chicago, Charlotte and New Orleans, is expected to arrive in Minnesota to help lead immigration enforcement efforts, along with an unknown number of U.S. Border Patrol personnel.
The deployment, which began Sunday, represents one of the largest concentrations of DHS personnel in an American city in recent years. The move greatly expands the federal law enforcement footprint in Minnesota at a time of heightened political and community tension there.
According to senior law enforcement officials, the surge includes several hundred additional agents from Homeland Security Investigations, as well as hundreds of officers from ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations, which carries out immigration arrests and deportations. Tactical units known as Special Response Teams are also slated to be part of the operation, along with a layered command structure of dozens of high-ranking supervisors.
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https://www.rawstory.com/hilton-hotels-cancel-ice/
Newsweek has an updated story with a comment from Hilton corporate PR. No mention, yet, of comments from the owner/staff of the specific Hilton cited in the tweet.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-admin-hilton-refuse-rooms-ice-agents-11310395
archive: https://archive.is/xZEbv
(Photo is not of the hotel in question, it's a Hilton in Serbia)
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https://www.404media.co/hilton-hotel-that-refused-dhs-reservations-backpedals/
Good thing I booked a Hyatt and a Marriott for my upcoming trip, although I'm sure they're no better.
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From few days ago in Minnesota - side note, one of the comments shows a clip of the same car's wheels stuck in snow
https://bsky.app/profile/tinadesireeberg.com/post/3mbk23nb5c22t
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These are part of the $1.2 Million purchase of new vehicles, announced last August:
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/defend-homeland-dhs-unveils-striking-new-ice-fleet-boost-recruitment-visibility
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https://bsky.app/profile/warmonitor.net/post/3mb6caqblus2t
archived: https://arc...
https://www.404media.co/here-is-the-agreement-giving-ice-medicaid-patients-data/
The full text of the agreement also shows the data promised to ICE included more granular data than previously reported, such as patients’ banking “routing number, account type, account number.”
“Access to this information will allow ICE to receive information concerning the identity and location of aliens in the United States, such as address, telephone number, banking information (routing number, account type, account number), email address, internet protocol (IP) addresses, or other information relevant to identifying and locating aliens in the United States,” the agreement reads.
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At the end of December, a judge ruled that the Trump administration could resume sharing much of the data after it had been blocked from doing so, Politico reported. That means ICE can use Medicaid data in deportation cases starting Tuesday, Politico added.Under a section called “description of the data that may be disclosed,” the agreement says that data includes “Medicaid recipients: Name, address, assigned Medicaid identification number, social security number (SSN), date of birth, sex, phone number, locality, ethnicity and race.” The data allowed to be given to ICE under the new ruling is slightly narrower than that, and includes citizenship, immigration status, address, phone number, date of birth, and Medicaid ID, and is limited to people living unlawfully in the U.S., Politico reported.
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-06/ice-orders-85-000-of-parkas-in-urgent-minnesota-winter-crackdown
archived: https://archive.ph/OGRiG
The Department of Homeland Security is spending about $85,000 on parkas for what it calls an “urgent enforcement mission” in Minnesota, where federal agents have fanned out for a monthlong immigration crackdown in the middle of winter.
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https://www.404media.co/hilton-hotel-that-refused-dhs-reservations-backpedals/
https://www.startribune.com/hilton-removes-minnesota-hotel-from-chain-for-refusing-to-house-ice-agents-staff-maintains-all-welcome/601558872
archived: https://archive.ph/rhJJQ
The decision came in response to a video by conservative influencer Nick Sortor, who filmed as he entered the hotel late Jan. 5 and presented himself as a Department of Homeland Security employee looking for a room. He then confirmed with a front desk worker that the hotel was not allowing any federal officers who conduct immigration enforcement to enter the property.
According to the worker in the video, the policy was still in effect hours after the management company, Everpeak Hospitality, issued a statement Monday apologizing and saying it’s “committed to welcoming all guests.”
“We’re not accepting people from immigration, ICE agents, DHS, into our property,” the worker says in the video. “I just talked to the owner of the building, and he didn’t say there had been any changes.”
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https://www.startribune.com/hilton-removes-minnesota-hotel-from-chain-for-refusi...
More background on Nick Sortor (Nov 2025) https://jacquelinesweet.substack.com/p/maga-influencer-invited-to-white?r=bb8a
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https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/minneapolis-federal-agents-crackdown/
> Officia...
I have been trying to figure out what to post here about ICE activity today in the Minneapolis / St. Paul metro. It is just •batshit• out there.
Some admin mucky-muck is in town today (Noem, I think?), and ICE is putting on a full We Are A Big Fascist Deal theater show. The result of this is chaos: ICE caravans all over, vulnerable people terrified, less-vulnerable residents dropping their work to keep watch on the streets.
ICE has been harassing residents and lawful observers unusually aggressively yesterday and today. They walk up to random cars with window-smashing tools in hand and say threatening things. They slow-drive by people’s houses in a “we know where you live” kind of way. They detain people — completely illegally, completely unconstitutionally, of course — but that will mater later and their big photo op matters •now•.
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What do I want you to know, watching from far away?
I want you to know that if you are not hearing about ICE swarming all the hell over my city, you are not hearing the actual news.
I want you to know that if all you see is video of ICE marching off Very Dangerous Criminals in an orderly and authoritative way, you are not hearing the actual news.
I want you to know that these turds act tough, but run away • every • time • they think too many people are watching or there might be video.
The vibe is not even the sort of “excessive show of force” vibe you get when militarized law enforcement goes off the rails and starts rioting. (I live in Minneapolis. I’m quite familiar with what •that• looks like.)
This is more like…hundreds of high school gym bullies get all hopped up on Red Bull and decided to take daddy’s SUV on a joy ride to randomly kidnap the first brown person they can corner…but only if nobody’s watching.
local on the last day's DHS operations in Minneapolis
https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/115849601042262833
(archived https://archive.ph/NMn1p)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k6s34gJZYk
Status Coup reporter JT Cestkowski reacts to ICE agents in Minneapolis recording and surveilling our own reporter Tina-Desiree Berg and videojournalist Jon Farina as they legally covered their activities on the ground. Cestkowski talks about the alarming and threatening message the Trump administration is trying to send to the lone independent journalists daring to cover their violent illegal behavior ON-THE-GROUND.
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(Homewood Suites in Edina, MN)
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Photos of CPB-badged officers in Minneapolis:
https://bsky.app/profile/danielsuitor.com/post/3mbtuwba3mc27
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Photos of CPB-badged officers in Minneapolis:
https://bsky.app/profile/danielsui...
Looks like we got a good mix of Border Patrol and Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) ICE agents here. Didn't realize until now that I see Border Patrol agents having some sort of identifiers like "A-4" and "A-8"
Looks like there is a on-the-ground live scene happening now in Minneapolis
https://www.youtube.com/live/6f2uyGkcRco
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Looks like there is a on-the-ground live scene happening now in Minneapolis
http...
Stream right now has an update from four Minneapolis City Council members.
Robin Wonsley, in the video, said that ICE is attempting to leave the area of the incident.
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A witness told an MPR News journalist at the scene near East 34th Street and Portland Avenue that they saw CPR being performed on someone who was injured. That person was taken away in an ambulance.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commander Gregory Bovino was at the scene, among other federal agents.
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Confirmation of the shooting from local news:
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/witness-reports-someone-shot-by-ice-agent-in-minneapolis/89-fa99e38b-432e-4918-99a6-421c471f4351
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Robin Wonsley, in the video, said that ICE is attempting to leave the area of th...
FBI is now on scene
Some sort of yellow powder has been popped?
So basically it was ICE agents who shot paintball at someone point blank
Seems like ICE agents are pepper spraying residents who are too close
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The video cut out, but those were CPB officers with the pepper spray.
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Police is making sure to clear the road for federal agents to leave the scene
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Mayor spotted on scene
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https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/07/ice-agents-present-at-scene-of-possible...
11:08 a.m. A witness to Wednesday’s shooting in south Minneapolis told MPR News that she saw a federal agent shoot a woman several times.
Emily Heller lives near 33rd and Portland and said she woke up to a commotion outside her home. She said she saw a car blocking traffic on Portland Avenue that appeared to be part of a protest against federal law enforcement operations.
Heller said she heard ICE agents telling the driver, a woman, to “get out of here.”
“She was trying to turn around, and the ICE agent was in front of her car, and he pulled out a gun and put it right in — like, his midriff was on her bumper — and he reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times,” Heller said.
Heller said it appeared the woman then accelerated and traveled about 100 feet before striking a utility pole and some other vehicles. She could be seen slumped over inside her car.
This is from yesterday
https://bsky.app/profile/tinadesireeberg.com/post/3mbtxfonqj22s
Looks like besides the police, I don't see anymore federal agents on the scene
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> 11:08 a.m. A witness to Wednesday’s shooting in south Minneapolis told MPR New...
Federal authorities say an ICE agent, “fearing for his his life” killed a protester during a confrontation Wednesday in south Minneapolis.
City officials are expected to speak at 12:15 p.m. (local time)
KARE 11 talking to witnesses
Update: video will shift to a press conference soon around 12:15 pm Minneapolis time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57An_mB50Ik
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Spoiler please
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Spoiler please
sorry, new here, not sure what the norms are
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Video of Minneapolis ICE shooting today (not graphic but it does show someone being killed)
||https://bsky.app/profile/danielsuitor.com/post/3mbtzlfajm227||
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Just to clarify for everyone, old and new:
- do not show anything with gore or other disturbing content unless it is relevant.
- if you do, you hide the content (use
||spoiler tags||like this), so that people have to make a conscious decision to click it - to help in that decision, you must add a description/warning
- consider whether you have to see disturbing content - it may seriously affect your mental health, even if you don't notice it right away
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Also your mental health is important
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Good point! Adding 4
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Found a different tweet with a better angle of the shooting and the immediate aftermath.
||https://fixupx.com/maxnesterak/status/2008961959731859757?s=46&t=0qAvqb6FOvZFc7eoZBKfXw||
Warning, it's more graphic than the first video especially between 1:25 and 1:35 of the video. With a bit of blood and a quick cut to the victim.
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KARE 11 talking to witnesses
Update: video will shift to a press conference so...
press starting now
Mayor is livid
Chief Police describing what has happened earlier
peak cedar
Mayor calls the narrative of "self defence" as a "garbage narrative"
It does not appear to be the case that the victim of the shooting had a weapon
There is some bystander/protester? getting arrested right now at the crime scene it appears, watching the live stream
Mayor demands for ICE to leave the state
silent spire
Do you like a link to the livestream? Im watching the press conference
silent spire
<@719006982568280075> there is window in window livestream from the scene and pc
Got ya- watching now
sleek schooner
A heads up for anyone watching live coverage of this: There is a regularly scheduled test of the tornado warning system that goes off in five minutes. It is only a test.
peak cedar
A heads up for anyone watching live coverage of this: There is a regularly sched...
thanks for the heads up
Hennepin County Sheriff demands part in the investigation into the shooting
indigo grotto
Press conference looks like its over
silent spire
Kristi Noem calls it an attack of 'Domestic Terrorism'
Currently on live stream speaking from Texas
tough trench
peak cedar
Kristi Noem calls it an attack of 'Domestic Terrorism'
I missed half of what she was saying - was she referring to the ICE shooting? Or to the woman "attacking" ICE agents (that was the only part I heard)
peak cedar
https://bsky.app/profile/pbump.com/post/3mbu4r5s4n22z
very obvious imo from those that there was no chance of the woman actually attacking the ICE agent (i.e. running them over with her car)
silent spire
Her statement here: https://youtu.be/GPVpHDyOXCM?si=UFxN4y5w_GCwBULn
indigo grotto
I missed half of what she was saying - was she referring to the ICE shooting? Or...
I think Noem was referring to the woman "attacking" the ICE agent and she then further down the narrative of ICE agents being under attack every day
peak cedar
I think Noem was referring to the woman "attacking" the ICE agent and she then f...
okay now from the entire clip posted by @silent spire its getting clearer to me too, thanks
silent spire
I think Noem was referring to the woman "attacking" the ICE agent and she then f...
Its this- full blame on the victim
peak cedar
"To ICE - get the fuck out off Minneapolis" (Jacob Frey, Mayor of Minneapolis) might be the most impactful quote of that press conference
silent spire
Not a legal expert- Noem referred to the incident as "The woman attacked them" yet the victim was idle and was being instructed to move by the agents- if this false narrative is pushed there is visable evidence of this not being the case
tough trench
The officers were saying "get out of the car" and attempted to remove the driver from the vehicle
analog sequoia
This was said in the mayor/police press conference, yes.
silent spire
Thank you wanted to confirm
wet cliff
Note not attempting to dox anyone, but can someone do a supercut of both videos.
NOTE: INAL , but just noticed something after watching both videos which is extreamly important in context.
But regarding the narrative follow this ICE agent in the Bluesky video and in the tweet that I posted,
Pretty certain he is the shooter and yikes his movements...
silent spire
Note not attempting to dox anyone, but can someone do a supercut of both videos....
Hey JTDU, can you clarify what you are looking for?
wet cliff
Hey JTDU, can you clarify what you are looking for?
Sorry, failed to take a screenshot. but follow this ICE agent from the bluesky video and then watch the other angle I posted from the twitter link.
INAL, but I'm 100% certain that is the agent who fired the shots
silent spire
Not doxxing
Look at the other video circulating- it offers a clearer picture if the scene
wet cliff
Not doxxing
Look at the other video circulating- it offers a clearer picture if...
I'm aware, it's not doxing just being really careful with my words there.
sleek schooner
As always, if you are unsure if something might violate the server rules, you're encouraged to contact the moderation team by sending a DM to @lyric root.
tough trench
Sorry, failed to take a screenshot. but follow this ICE agent from the bluesky v...
Yeah its him
Its clear in the video where you see the shooting clearly
You get a closer look at him as well, the person recording starts yelling "Shame!" at him as he walks back from the vehicle
silent spire
Just want to take some steps back and attach this report of DHS deploying 2000 federal agents into Minnesota https://www.minnpost.com/metro/2026/01/dhs-deploys-2000-federal-agents-to-minneapolis-area-to-carry-out-largest-immigration-operation-ever/
From the strong comments by the mayor, the state pushing involvement into the investigation, feds backing their agents, the targeting of Somalis by ICE, and now this.
Makes for a dangerous context
sleek schooner
Minnesota Public Safety briefing from the Governor, live 2:15 CST
https://www.youtube.com/live/-VhtJ2w8Drg
obtuse hare
video of the aftermath of the shooting viewed from the other side of the street. A tree blocks the view of inside the passenger door but some blood is seen later on. From the comment by the person filming a person (seen sat down in the snow with a dog) was present in the car with the victim and would be her wife. But she seems to be the same person the shooter had an exchange with behind the victims car before he circled it from right to front to left before the shots ||https://fixupx.com/i/status/2008951705036022079||
Video of a protester after the shooting incident getting shot in the face with some type of yellow paintball point blank : https://fixupx.com/i/status/2008953959160127509
wet cliff
You get a closer look at him as well, the person recording starts yelling "Shame...
Regarding that moment, I noticed this as well, From the 0:50 mark in the video. you can see him looking at his phone for a couple of seconds while walking away and then yell for someone to call 911.
During that scene I noticed the guy's phone was on, so decided to do a frame by frame analysis of the video to get a better look at what he had open as it was hard to check out during the playback.
And he left his camera app open as he was walking away...
analog sequoia
video of the aftermath of the shooting viewed from the other side of the street....
This one is far more distressing. Take care.
tiny pagoda
A reminder that watching such graphic content can lead to acute stress syndrome. Take a break, a walk. And you don't have to watch it multiple times.
obtuse hare
Video of the whole incident from a balcony pov farther down the street (no gore) : https://x.com/StatusCoup/status/2008979910254047567
X
plucky copper
Video of the whole incident from a balcony pov farther down the street (no gore)...
I want to just correct the tweet here for anyone who hasn't seen the video, the agent didn't just shoot through the windscreen, it appears he shot into the side window as the car was going past as well.
analog sequoia
One through the windscreen one through the open side window, I believe. There were two shots and you can see one hole in the windscreen here: #1371571764525535242 message
silent spire
https://www.youtube.com/live/b6ZbFGJf1Xk?si=d5pznUWPs_5ai59f
'State Bureau of Criminal Apprehension' 'State Emergency Operation Center' 'Minnesota Homeland Securtiy and Emergency Management'
Gov. Walz mentions the local police forces working in conjuction as well- just thought these were pretty notatable for further follow up
Beautiful call back to the end of McCarthyism when Walz asks "Do you have no sense of decency"
Walz I believe is showing up for me moment- my 2 cents
onyx steeple
sleek schooner
'State Bureau of Criminal Apprehension' 'State Emergency Operation Center' 'Minn...
Fairly up to date organization chart for MN DPS:
https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/assets.dps.mn.gov/s3fs-public/DPS-org-chart.pdf
BCA and State Patrol are peer organizations under the Commissioner, Emergency Services controls HS&EM.
State EOC is the inter-agency group not shown on the chart.
silent spire
Fairly up to date organization chart for MN DPS:
https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws....
Thank you!
analog sequoia
As a rule, we link to the source. Screenshots from a source can be used to support a post. In this case I would go straight to the Star Tribune article:
https://www.startribune.com/she-was-an-amazing-human-being-mother-identifies-woman-shot-killed-by-ice-agent/601559922
onyx steeple
As a rule, we link to the source. Screenshots from a source can be used to suppo...
will do!
indigo grotto
Unrelated to Minnesota
https://bsky.app/profile/pacantifa.is/post/3mbu66murjc23
untold charm
Using imagery uploaded online of the shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis today, @red wolf created a quick animated sequence which highlights the approximate positioning of officers and vehicles at the scene. The red dot represents the agent who fired the shots. Yellow dots are other agents who arrived at the scene.
indigo grotto
Not surprisingly, Nick Sortor here
https://bskye.app/profile/reichlinmelnick.bsky.social/post/3mbu7afivxs2u
Ongoing coverage on Minnesota shooting from NBC
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/minnesota-ice-shooting-live-updates-rcna252852/rcrd95863?canonicalCard=true
ICE officers are trained to never approach a vehicle from the front and instead to approach in a “tactical L” 90-degree angle to prevent injury or cross-fire, a senior Department of Homeland Security official told NBC News.
Officers are also instructed not to shoot at a moving vehicle and only to use force if there is an immediate risk of serious injury or death, the official said.
ICE officers are also instructed that firing at a vehicle will not make it stop moving in the direction of the officer.
limber axle
This is the victim: https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/ice-in-minnesota/woman-shot-killed-by-ice-identified/89-13465bcb-f814-4e8a-9680-245990712f3b
City Council Statement from their Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1285073526765257&set=a.296458542293432
Referring to news outlets specific to that area will usually give most up to date as they are able to have direct correspondence.
This will also include Kansas City, MO and Colorado Springs, CO as well (family members comment notes this).
Renee Nicole Good, 37
vehicle tied to Kansas City, MO
limber axle
Was live 1 hr ago-Statement from Kristi Noem on the incident
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ2oS_KPBVY
Started 90 minutes ago and still live as I post this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r8Vp0kVkAE
limber axle
https://bskye.app/profile/pacantifa.is/post/3mbup4w55qs2f
is there additional information here outside of just the press conference that I might be missing?
indigo grotto
is there additional information here outside of just the press conference that I...
nothing noteworthy - just wanted to mark names besides the obvious faces such as Noem and Bovino
Chicago holding a vigil for Renee Good as well - the recent area of "Midway Blitz" operation
https://bskye.app/profile/unraveledpress.com/post/3mbuol7fb4k2i
indigo grotto
Earlier today at Minneapolis Airport with Border Patrols
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QM2hqcfOis
January 7 2026 MINNESOTA, - Gregory Bovino and CBP Agents did citizenship checks at Minneapolis Airport Uber parking lot.
"Why you want my ID? You trying to steal my identity?" Uber driver at Minneapolis Airport confronts CBP Agents who were checking driver's citizenship, "Why did you shoot that woman?" he added
indigo grotto
Thread from one of the organizers who gave remark in the vigil for Renee Good from Chicago
https://tbsky.app/profile/mskellymhayes.bsky.social/post/3mbuugc55tc2k
halcyon basalt
halcyon basalt
Chicago mayor responds to Minn events https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTOoYDBAD3c/
Instagram
lucid tartan
Renee Good was apparently from Colorado - local news segment https://youtu.be/HA7mCEESrrc
indigo grotto
CW (Content Warning): NYT's video analysis shows multiple angles of the murder scene
||https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000010631041/minneapolis-ice-shooting-video.html ||
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
Looks like a protester is already detained this morning
Just saw BORTAC in the video (Border Patrol version SWAT team) - federal govt really is bringing the full force of immigration enforcement down in Minnesota
lament salmon
CW (Content Warning): NYT's video analysis shows multiple angles of the murder s...
this is very well done: straightforward analysis that explains the incident clearly
plucky copper
Does anyone know if there was bodycam?
lament salmon
Does anyone know if there was bodycam?
the officer who shot Good was apparently filming on his phone, not sure of anything else
wet cliff
Does anyone know if there was bodycam?
No, but there is this.
I posted about the ice agent had the camera app on his phone open after the shooting...
#1371571764525535242 message
And the NY times analysis confirms that he was filming before hand
indigo grotto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-LQzgAu-PE
federal agents deployed tear gas
plucky copper
No, but there is this.
I posted about the ice agent had the camera app on his p...
Do you know if there's any ability for people to get hold of that footage through a foi request or something?
indigo grotto
federal agents deployed tear gas
one of the protesters getting dragged by federal agents few moments ago
indigo grotto
one of the protesters getting dragged by federal agents few moments ago
apparently that wasn't tear gas
update: no that was tear gas
wet cliff
this is very well done: straightforward analysis that explains the incident clea...
Regarding that, I noticed this after watching the NY Times video and then went back and did a frame-by-frame analysis of the video from the 2nd angle which shows the shooting
Right before the shooting he is holding his phone in his left hand, and then pulls out the firearm from his right side
wet cliff
Then compare it to the other video angle posted here around the 25 second mark. (Unfortunately don't' have the ability to go frame-by-frame on that one at moment but just a rough screenshot for reference after the shooting and you can see the agent still holding his phone in his left hand.
indigo grotto
Some sort of yellow powder has been popped?
oh so that's what it was
https://bsky.app/profile/chrisjustice01.bsky.social/post/3mbugjl2jvk2j
red wolf
Then compare it to the other video angle posted here around the 25 second mark. ...
Good eye. Four frames/screengrabs from the video shared by Suitor and you can see it appears he has his phone out the whole time.
can kinda see it in the Minnesota Reformer video as well
plucky copper
analog sequoia
I think (have to do this from memory rn) as he walks towardfs the crashed car he moves to put it away, but I'm not sure he actually does. And he definitely has it in his hand (again) as he walks back and we see the camera app is on.
Looks to me at the start he is in a kind of video stand-off with the woman who was following him.
mossy timber
I kind of hoped that would have had a preview, the headline is "Minnesota governor says he is preparing National Guard amid furor over fatal ICE shooting"
indigo grotto
apparently that wasn't tear gas
update: no that was tear gas
great... a counter-protester agitating people shouting "We're taking our country back!"
Some phrases he keeps on repeating
"This is conquered land!"
"We need patriots here - we need backup here!"
"Patriots, get to Minnesota"
plucky copper
great... a counter-protester agitating people shouting "We're taking our country...
Dude is litterally goose-stepping
gilded blaze
great... a counter-protester agitating people shouting "We're taking our country...
it was so painful 😱
wheat vault
there's a person (woman?) in a white beanie who can be seen running towards the crashed car before anyone else in one of the videos. she appears to have been filming the agent who shot as he went counterclockwise around the car. could this be the victim's wife?
plucky copper
Genuine question, what are they actually doing there? Why is ice at a protest?
wheat vault
Genuine question, what are they actually doing there? Why is ice at a protest?
ice has taken it as their mission to restore 'public order' by force
there have been a number of statements by trump and noem which amount to 'the democrats won't stop crime, so we will'
fleet hawk
Genuine question, what are they actually doing there? Why is ice at a protest?
If you mean just in Minnesota in particular, this post has some more background #1371571764525535242 message
plucky copper
If you mean just in Minnesota in particular, this post has some more background ...
I mean just standing around at a protest. This doesn't seem like their job.
turbid bobcat
I believe the protest is at ICE, not the other way around.
plucky copper
I believe the protest is at ICE, not the other way around.
Ah right, that's my lack of reading comprehension, its outside the ICE HQ.
Bovino is there now.
turbid bobcat
I don't know what everyone is commenting on. Is there a live stream?
indigo grotto
I don't know what everyone is commenting on. Is there a live stream?
I think this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-LQzgAu-PE
sleek schooner
I believe the protest is at ICE, not the other way around.
If we're talking about the protests at the Whipple Building, this is correct. That is one of the main locations for DHS in the area.
turbid bobcat
If we're talking about the protests at the Whipple Building, this is correct. Th...
I actually thought we were talking about why ICE was where the protestors were yesterday. But apparently it's the ongoing answer 
sleek schooner
I think this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-LQzgAu-PE
Yes, this is Whipple on Federal Way. It's near the MSP airport and the national guard base.
unkempt quail
https://theintercept.com/2026/01/07/ice-mineapolis-shooting-death/
(archived https://archive.ph/yhEOb)
rain trout
https://www.404media.co/inside-ices-tool-to-monitor-phones-in-entire-neighborhoods/
archive: https://archive.is/HYbBG
tough trench
Hi! Can we not share memes please? Keep to sharing news, thanks
wet cliff
CNN has posted security cam footage of the shooting from the other side of the street.
Unfortunately it's not the best quality wise, but it does provide more insight into the path the ICE officer took around the vehicle.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/08/us/video/minnesota-shooting-ice-video-before-shooting-digvid
wide cedar
Hi! Can we not share memes please? Keep to sharing news, thanks
I'm sorry, it's not memes.. but actual news narrated by the fish anchor.. 😢
The link only embedded the thumbnail, not the video news.. so it seems like I sent a meme pic.. I'm really sorry for the inconveniences..
jagged tide
CNN has posted security cam footage of the shooting from the other side of the s...
It would be extremely interesting to see the footage from the shooter's phone. The way he walked out in front of her car just as the other officer was trying to get into her car and she was backing up, it is quite possible that she didn't see him at all.
indigo grotto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-LQzgAu-PE
federal agents detaining protesters again
silent spire
"BCA statement regarding investigation of ICE fatal shooting in Minneapolis
BCA statement regarding investigation of ICE fatal shooting in Minneapolis
Jan. 8, 2026
A statement from Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Superintendent Drew Evans:
On Jan. 7, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) was notified that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel were involved in a shooting in Minneapolis that resulted in a woman’s death. That morning, after consultation with the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the FBI, it was decided that the BCA Force Investigations Unit would conduct a joint investigation with the FBI. The BCA responded promptly to the scene and began coordinating investigative work in good faith.
Later that afternoon, the FBI informed the BCA that the U.S. Attorney’s Office had reversed course: the investigation would now be led solely by the FBI, and the BCA would no longer have access to the case materials, scene evidence or investigative interviews necessary to complete a thorough and independent investigation. "
wheat vault
why is the FBI even involved here? minnesota is perfectly capable of prosecuting a murder
indigo grotto
Governor offering updates
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDKYNwHB1lE
unkempt quail
why is the FBI even involved here? minnesota is perfectly capable of prosecuting...
here's a writeup on the issues w/ state-level prosecution of feds https://www.minnpost.com/public-safety/2026/01/minnesota-ice-shooting-yes-state-and-local-prosecutors-can-charge-federal-agents-law-enforcement-with-crimes-but-it-isnt-easy/
(archived https://archive.ph/8LinL)
wheat vault
thank you but i mean, we aren't even at prosecution yet, why is the FBI collecting evidence from the scene?
unkempt quail
you're right of course, imo the Patel FBI intends to sabotage any prosecution and nobody's stopped them so far
writeup summarizing ICE behavior in Minneapolis in the lead up to this https://unicornriot.ninja/2026/ice-agents-alter-tactics-work-with-impunity-while-violating-us-citizens-rights-in-minnesota/
(archived https://archive.ph/0VMJX)
wheat vault
you're right of course, imo the Patel FBI intends to sabotage any prosecution an...
yeah, worst-case scenario the FBI picks the scene clean and all of the evidence gets stored in some locker in DC forever so minnesota has nothing to prosecute
inland gull
hybrid comet
Can anybody confirm if this alternate angle claiming to show the vehicle hitting the agent is real or not?
wheat vault
this is real but doesn't show the agent being hit
red wolf
It's a real video shared by KSTP 5 Eyewitness News here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTOA4tWlCIL/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Instagram
wheat vault
the footage is grainy and you can see the shooter (very distinctive dark mask) firmly on his feet after the car passes
lament salmon
Can anybody confirm if this alternate angle claiming to show the vehicle hitting...
New York Times had a good breakdown of this and the other videos that shows he wasn't actually hit
#1371571764525535242 message
inland gull
wheat vault
the footage is grainy and you can see the shooter (very distinctive dark mask) f...
remember that in the other video the car passes him, so from this angle he's obscured by the car. he disappears from sight because he deliberately moved around to the front driver window to keep shooting
red wolf
Whether or not it shows the agent being hit or by how much of the vehicle he was struck by is a point of contention. The quality of the video is of low quality. As others have noted, the Minnesota Reformer video shows that the agent's feet were on the ground and not in front of the vehicle when the first shot is fired through the right side of the front windshield (close to the edge, which is another indication of his position IMO).
turbid bobcat
Just a reminder that we want the discussion to focus on what we can prove through open source methods, as that's what this server is about
wheat vault
i think we can pretty safely say as fact that he was not severely struck. at worst he got clipped in the side by the corner of the hood going, like, five? but he didn't show any signs of injury afterwards, no limp or anything
silent spire
I just want to add this article that highlights DHS policy on firing into moving vehicles
https://www.fox9.com/news/can-ice-agents-shoot-moving-vehicles-yes-no
wheat vault
and i wouldn't even say the contention is if the agent was struck, but rather if the driver was trying to ram the agent which. Uh.
red wolf
Right right
Like @lament salmon pointed out, the NYT vid is a good breakdown of the available visual evidence.
wheat vault
I just want to add this article that highlights DHS policy on firing into movin...
worth noting that this case is a textbook example of exactly those dangers posed by shooting at a moving vehicle, and the agent avoided serious injury largely because of the actions of the driver, causing the vehicle to level with the road before the driver presumably lost consciousness or died with the gas depressed, instead of that happening with the car heading straight for the agent
jagged tide
and i wouldn't even say the contention is if the agent was struck, but rather if...
Well, that, and whether the shooter was intentionally placing himself in front of the car before it started moving, so he would have an excuse to shoot. It sure looks that way to me, since he stops right in front of it with his hand on his gun, while the other agents clearly don't consider the car to be any danger, merely an obstruction.
light shadow
Just a reminder that we want the discussion to focus on what we can prove throug...
Yeah, it is interesting that some qualify the work of the NYT as great OSINT (https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000010631041/minneapolis-ice-shooting-video.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share) but really this is proto-101 OSINT, this video was already circulating widely yesterday, was published before by CNN, and doesn't require any "analysis", it's plain murder in broad day light. I'd personally be more interested in using tools like PimEyes (i tried, no luck), to identify the ICEagent, or fact-finding that isn't readily available to anyone not even trying.
What it shows though is that the US is in such an advanced stage of post-truth that fact-finding has little effect. And as an OSINT community, we should probably mull that over.
sleek schooner
A general reminder to everyone to avoid speculation.
obtuse hare
I think (have to do this from memory rn) as he walks towardfs the crashed car he...
It would seem the women he has the "video standoff" with is the same woman seated in the snow wailing after the victims death seen in the video from the other side of the road from the porch in which the person filming seems to hear her say that she was the victims wife. In the CNN video posted recently we see her go to open the passenger door of the victims car just before the victim drives off.
wheat vault
there's a person (woman?) in a white beanie who can be seen running towards the ...
^ @obtuse hare
peak cedar
and i wouldn't even say the contention is if the agent was struck, but rather if...
From all the footage that is circulating I think we can pretty much rule out that the driver was trying to ram.
Lets say the hypothesis is that the driver was trying to ram the agent: In that case she could have either
a) done that while the agent was literally in front of her car or
b) "at least" not pull the steering wheel to the right while the agent was to her left
I honestly don't see a plausible case to be made in which intention could be involved. The driver did literally the least plausible thing(s) if she were trying to ram
(sorry if I am overexplaining or this is consensus anyways, just my attempt at reasoning from the info we have)
wheat vault
From all the footage that is circulating I think we can pretty much rule out tha...
yes, the driver's last living act was to pull the car away from the agent
wheat vault
^ <@406529139672219679>
i haven't seen any discussion of the running person even though they're the first person on the scene, and given their placement on the passenger's side of the car, near the shooter whom the victim's wife was apparently recording, it seems plausible
halcyon basalt
Another rep signs on to impeach Noem https://www.threads.com/@repstansbury/post/DTQkVq0kdmP
This video from yesterday with Goods Van in the background shows two officers laughing It’s disgusting.
obtuse hare
the moment the purported victims wife goes to open the door (but can't as the doors are locked) at the same moment as the officer tries to open the drivers side door. can't distinguish it here but the shooter is just next to the yellowish headlight.
sleek schooner
This video from yesterday with Goods Van in the background shows two officers la...
Spoilers for graphic content, please.
jaunty orbit
I think (have to do this from memory rn) as he walks towardfs the crashed car he...
It's a little hard to tell, but it seems like in the video taken from the balcony above the scene, you can just barely see the officer's phone in his hand as he walks towards the crashed car. There's a moment where it looks like he's maybe looking down at it, but that could also be him trying not to slip on the ice. Hard to tell.
jaunty orbit
Video of the whole incident from a balcony pov farther down the street (no gore)...
Starting around 40 seconds into this video.
indigo grotto
https://bsky.app/profile/sarahjeong.bsky.social/post/3mbwkz2bifs2i
https://www.theverge.com/tech/858710/minneapolis-ice-shooting-trump-video-footage-social-media
archived: https://archive.ph/6vnxN
The video attached to the Truth Social post is a grainy 13-second-long clip that is slowed down. It appears to be captured from above ground — possibly from a balcony or upstairs window — and a large tree blocks most of the frame. The footage is filmed facing the passenger side of Good’s car, and an ICE agent is near the driver’s-side headlight. As Good’s car pulls away and shots are fired, the ICE agent moves with the car, but it’s not clear whether he is hit by the vehicle or if he is reacting to it moving.
There is no shortage of footage and photos from the scene of the killing, but the specific video shared by Trump has become the smoking gun for the far right. Megyn Kelly shared versions of the same clip at least a dozen times on X, and the Libs of TikTok account described it as “the video the Democrats don’t want you to see!” Even in the president’s own social media post, the clip has the watermark of a local TV station. The clip is low quality compared to other videos from the incident to begin with, but as it is reshared, screen recorded, edited, slowed down, cropped, and zoomed in, it begins to take on a deep-fried quality — but no matter. In an era of hyper-partisan media that bleeds into propaganda, where X users earnestly tag the nonconsensual deepfake porn generator to ask if a claim is true, MAGA needs some piece of evidence to point to as incontrovertible proof. They found it in a short video with an obstructed view of the killing.
light shadow
Yeah, it is interesting that some qualify the work of the NYT as great OSINT (ht...
responding to myself 😅 but the reason i couldn't find the agent on Pimeyes seems to be because his face was AI manipulated https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1lzvyjm3vet?post=asset%3Ae0cd87ae-cc87-4101-a36a-8afcd5686500#post. Damn, I should have trusted my instinct, because i remember thinking that he looked quite different on 2 pictures (i didn't have all 6 here), but then i was looking at the hair implant and i was like 'naah, it is the same guy'. now i see all 6, clearly there are some where he looks totally different, much younger. So lesson learnt. i should have done frame by frame analysis of all videos rather than trust the images dished around. As a reminder of the included link THERE IS NO FOOTAGE AVAILABLE OF THE ICE AGENT WITHOUT HIS MASK. (for now).
plucky temple
Yeah, it is interesting that some qualify the work of the NYT as great OSINT (ht...
One of the things that I feel missing from the NYT analysis and from the Bellingcat video (with birds-eye diagram) is the time before the shooting. This video clearly shows which vehicle the shooter drives away in (about 2 minutes after the shooting). A Gold Chevy Tahoe - MN EVC289. It is the same vehicle that was positioned in "front" (SE on Portaland Ave) of the victim's. In footage before the incident the shooter is seen walking around the victim's vehicle, as the Bellingcat video illustrates.
The NYT video shows some clips from still another video of a source I don't know. It shows that before the incident, EVC289 is not in the position it later was. Then, there is a quick clip that seems to show that EVC289 driving slowly towards the victim's vehicle.
What I would like to know is the course of EVC289 and on what timeline in relation to the shooting. It seems that one possibility from this limited info is that the shooter positioned EVC289 to block the victim's car, then got out and walked around it taking video from his phone, then walked around to the front of the victim's car; simultaneously other officers (in a truck) drove up and walked towards the driver side.
Content Warning: Graphic and violent
https://youtu.be/K9CJY5p0xz4?si=SOcZYe_Fe54jI3vj
untold charm
Updated analysis by our team - including @wet cliff 's point on hand positions: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:sb54dpdfefflykmf5bcfvr7t/post/3mbwmvgypqc2x
Also updated the map with the new CNN footage in mind: https://bsky.app/profile/bellingcat.com/post/3mbwmw23gpc2x
snow flame
responding to myself 😅 but the reason i couldn't find the agent on Pimeyes see...
It looks like BlueSky is deleting the posts sharing the AI inferences of the shooter’s face, but in the images being initially shared (the ones in this screenshot which someone is using to bypass detection/ removal of the AI images) you could tell it was AI as the face was rendered at a different resolution from the rest of the image. Beyond that, the lighting around the eyebrows defies the lighting in the rest of the image in origin, intensity, and hue.
plucky temple
One of the things that I feel missing from the NYT analysis and from the Belling...
Mainly what I'm getting at here is that while a lot of analysis rightly focuses on the moments around the shooting, analysis around the minutes leading up to it may indicate that the agents coordinated to box the victim in. It seems that the Gold Chevy Tahoe (MN EVC289) was positioned only minutes before the shooting, and that it arrived there from the NW - and drove around it to park on the opposite side.
unkempt quail
https://bsky.app/profile/radleybalko.bsky.social/post/3mbwfzra5cs2l
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/us/minnesota-ice-shooting-news.html
(archived https://archive.ph/gWlcA)
wicked cliff
https://www.startribune.com/ice-agent-who-fatally-shot-woman-in-minneapolis-is-identified/601560214 Minnesota Star Tribune article identifying the shooter
tough trench
Hi all, the Minnesota Star Tribune has identified the ICE shooter as one Jonathan Ross.
As always:
- We have a zero tolerance policy for linking to any social media profiles of any individual in this server, so please do not do that
wicked cliff
ah accidental good timing on my part I guess
hybrid comet
https://www.startribune.com/ice-agent-who-fatally-shot-woman-in-minneapolis-is-i...
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who fatally shot a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis Wednesday is Jonathan Ross, the same officer who was dragged and injured by a fleeing driver in a separate incident last year, according to a person with knowledge of the case and verified by court documents.
Interesting
analog sequoia
https://www.startribune.com/ice-agent-who-fatally-shot-woman-in-minneapolis-is-i...
Archive link for this article; because I couldn't access it I assume others will have the same trouble, so saving you a few seconds 😉: https://archive.ph/Navve
wicked cliff
Archive link for this article; because I couldn't access it I assume others will...
Thanks, looking now they appear to have put up a paywall: when I saw it first, I didn’t get a paywall
plucky temple
Mainly what I'm getting at here is that while a lot of analysis rightly focuses ...
This person on Bluesky has the same hypothesis: https://bsky.app/profile/brandj.bsky.social/post/3mbw5lsq35c2m
indigo grotto
While the investigation into the murder continues...
https://bsky.app/profile/ericholthaus.com/post/3mbweu7qrv22r
https://bsky.app/profile/ericholthaus.com/post/3mbwp6gx2i22c
stray jackal
this is real but doesn't show the agent being hit
Yup, I think foreshortening from the long focal length makes it appear the shooter is hit. I'd say from video perspectives on the other side, opposite this camera, it's clear the agent isn't hit (i.e. the ones shared in this channel, yesterday - the first video to come out)
plucky copper
Just a reminder that we want the discussion to focus on what we can prove throug...
Is this not technically geolocation :p
indigo grotto
VIDEO: Border agents descend on Richfield Target store, arrest drive-up workers
Video showed the workers were pinned to the floor in the store's entrance.
silent spire
obtuse hare
https://www.startribune.com/ice-agent-who-fatally-shot-woman-in-minneapolis-is-i...
"The suspect then sped away with the ICE agent’s arm caught between the seat and the car frame, according to the Justice Department.
Prosecutors said he was violently dragged more than 100 yards as the suspect weaved back and forth in an attempt to shake him loose from the car.
The agent was hospitalized with “significant injuries to his arm and hand,” requiring 33 stitches, but made a full recovery, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement at the time. " The fact that he had been wounded after being dragged by a fleeing vehicle not too long ago seems pertinent to his reaction here. Still not an excuse for the shooting still. (note in the article a photo of his wounds while at the hospital can been seen) https://nypost.com/2026/01/08/us-news/ice-agent-who-opened-fire-on-renee-good-was-dragged-hospitalized-by-illegal-migrant-driver-last-year/
wheat vault
"The suspect then sped away with the ICE agent’s arm caught between the seat and...
I can't help but think this headline is specifically worded to be skimmed as "ICE agent who opened fire on Renee Good was dragged, hospitalized"
prime laurel
Apparently no one had shared this The Intercept article that with extra info the Star Tribune didn't report, so here you go. https://theintercept.com/2026/01/08/ice-agent-identified-shooting-minneapolis-jonathan-ross/
hardy yacht
Hi all - I tried using Meta's Segment Anything to process the front-view shooting video, segmenting out the car and the officer who fired. Let me know if anyone has a higher-res version of this video or another that you want me to try
jagged tide
Is it the segmenting or the original video compression that makes the car glitch into reality like a bad AI hallucination?
hardy yacht
Is it the segmenting or the original video compression that makes the car glitch...
which timestamp?
jagged tide
Just as it starts coming out from behind the other car, it looks really weird.
hardy yacht
I think the base video should not be modified, there's just a segmentation mask effect applied on top. So probably it is the blue car mask itself jittering a little? Not sure
here is the original video I used:
jagged tide
Oh, wait. Ok, it's not quite as bad as I thought, I misinterpreted the rearview mirror of the front car, I thought it was a reflection of some kind on the car in the rear.
Ah. And the open driver side door on the car in front also makes it look really weird.
hardy yacht
For anyone who wants to try it, here's a link and screenshots showing my process. It's really simple, just selecting objects over time, and at the end you can apply different filters to create a final video like the one I sent
https://sam2.metademolab.com/demo
jagged tide
So, a combination of weird angles, video compression, and jittery segmenting. 🙂
hardy yacht
So, a combination of weird angles, video compression, and jittery segmenting. 🙂
Yeah - I think the video compression / resolution is a real problem with this one
An important missing piece here is the audio indicating when shots were fired
jagged tide
Pretty sure I saw some news site that had a double-view video with this one and the hi-res YouTube video side by side, and synched up.
hardy yacht
Would be great to form a synced version of all videos, I think I've only seen 3 views so far of the shooting
vapid pilot
Here's the video posted by Axios Twin Cities, which obtained it directly from a witness. Unless he also provided it/uploaded it elsewhere, this might be the highest quality version.
A really important factor in interpreting that video is that it was taken from very far away with lots of digital zoom. This adds both lots of artifacting, and the high zoom compresses/foreshortens distances. This makes objects seem much closer to each other (in the axis pointed at the camera) than they actually are.
hybrid comet
Here's the video posted by Axios Twin Cities, which obtained it directly from a ...
I can see him being pushed back by the car hitting him somewhere around the left thigh/groin area, which also fits with the contact visible in the other angle video (https://youtu.be/K9CJY5p0xz4?si=hMpdWa1sAEBUy550&t=15 timestamped 15 seconds). In this other video go frame by frame using , and . keys look for the point at 15 seconds that his gun is raised, and then go forward 1 frame at a time, you see the gun move down as the car pushes him, and simultaneously his left foot is knocked back and into view
halcyon basalt
halcyon basalt
https://www.threads.com/@bringmn/post/DTQtLzalU5W
View from different angle https://www.threads.com/@nickvalencianews/post/DTQ9iG_icPn
hardy yacht
I can see him being pushed back by the car hitting him somewhere around the left...
Interesting.. what I'm examining most are the 2nd and 3rd shots
DOJ Justice Manual, Use of Force Policy
https://www.justice.gov/jm/justice-manual
1-16.200 - USE OF DEADLY FORCE AND PROHIBITED RESTRAINT TECHNIQUES
"Firearms may not be discharged solely to disable moving vehicles. Specifically, firearms may not be discharged at a moving vehicle unless… (2) the vehicle is operated in a manner that threatens to cause death or serious physical injury to the officer or others, and no other objectively reasonable mean
DOJ s of defense appear to exist, which includes moving out of the path of the vehicle."
Deadly force should not be used against persons whose actions are a threat solely to themselves or property unless an individual poses an imminent danger of death or serious physical injury to the officer or others in close proximity.
unkempt quail
Katy Tur reporting “the Hennepin county DA’s office … belives it has jurisdiction to bring charges against the ICE agent despite the supremacy clause”. (have not found a writeup of this yet)
https://bskye.app/profile/ms.now/post/3mbwupjb73227
slate haven
thread about the CBP agent shooting a man in the face at point-blank. He had done it twice immediately prior
indigo grotto
https://mn.gov/governor/newsroom/press-releases/?id=1055-433799/index.html#/detail/appId/1/id/719092
The National Guard remains ready if needed to help keep the peace, ensure public safety, and allow for peaceful demonstrations
sly umbra
Interesting.. what I'm examining most are the 2nd and 3rd shots
DOJ Justice Man...
good find. to me it seemed that he could've easily moved from in front of the car in the time he took to draw his weapon. also, i was wondering if the ICE agents wearing masks could be used by prosecution to counter the argument that she should have complied with the commands given by the officers. the prosecution can say that she was afraid and not sure if the ICE agents were actual officers if they didn't properly identify themselves.
indigo grotto
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/us/politics/border-patrol-minnesota-trump.html
archived: https://archive.ph/I9Jrv
halcyon basalt
Posting here bc relevant to Minnesota events but let me know if I need to move. NY Times reporter recounts meeting with Trump as news of Renee Good breaks and his response https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTQv1TFE-4P/
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next tendon
Updated analysis by our team - including <@342019006171185153> 's point on hand ...
Does anyone know what's happening at 34 seconds in on the left of the video?
lament salmon
I'm seeing this image of Good going around, but haven't seen a video with this angle. Is it a real frame or AI (I hate that I have to ask this question now)
sleek schooner
AI
It's a snip from a larger AI image that had an officer with "ICE" on his back. There were no officers in the area with that kind of kit at the time of the incident.
prime laurel
I'm seeing this image of Good going around, but haven't seen a video with this a...
Looks very different imo https://meidasnews.com/.image/t_share/MjIwNDQwODY5MzU2OTcxODg1/trump-rene-good.jpg
plucky copper
I'm seeing this image of Good going around, but haven't seen a video with this a...
One tip I've found for detecting AI is to zoom in and look for straight lines in colour delineation. It's a bit more difficult in photos, but it's there and it's extremely clear in AI art.
lament salmon
Yeah it seemed too high res and the textures looked off. And if we had footage from that close it would have been shown everywhere.
snow jackal
I was given to understand her partner was in the passenger seat, so unless they were leaning forward out of frame of that particualr photo, I'd say it's unlikely that was taken at the time of the incident, if it's real at all.
sleek schooner
Yeah it seemed too high res and the textures looked off. And if we had footage f...
Having trouble finding the larger image, but there were multiple blatant errors.
obtuse hare
I was given to understand her partner was in the passenger seat, so unless they ...
Note that her partner was not in the vehicle during the incident, she is the one that is behind the car using her phone to film and engaging the shooter prior to the incident. from the CNN video taken afar from the other side of the road you can see her attempt to open the passenger door but can not as the doors are locked (thus why the officer neither can open the driver side door at the same moment)
hardy yacht
good find. to me it seemed that he could've easily moved from in front of the ca...
Yeah it would help to see any potential bodycam footage to properly hear what they said to her - they do seem to be in full uniform
hardy yacht
Would be great to form a synced version of all videos, I think I've only seen 3 ...
I made a 3-way synced video here of the MN shooting. Slightly compressed.
sleek schooner
Yeah it would help to see any potential bodycam footage to properly hear what th...
There do not appear to be any body cams on the officers in any of the closer up footage.
wet cliff
I made a 3-way synced video here of the MN shooting. Slightly compressed.
Regarding the path the agent who fired. Can someone update it with the Security cam footage from across the street that CNN posted
Edit: CNN has the full version posted in the link I posted earlier this morning, but this is a zoomed in one with no commentary I found on YouTube from Forbes
silent spire
JD Vance just claimed the federal officer has 'Absolute Immunity' which is flat out wrong.
"The Supremacy Clause does give federal officials some protections from state laws, but they “only appl[y] when federal officials are reasonably acting within the bounds of their lawful federal duties,” according to a position paper issued by the University of Wisconsin Law School. Shooting an unarmed person who is in the process of fleeing a scene would be unlawful, and while DHS would certainly contest that in court, that’s a wholly proper venue for the debate."
https://prospect.org/2026/01/07/ice-agents-can-be-charged-with-murder/
hardy yacht
Regarding the path the agent who fired. Can someone update it with the Security...
This might be a bit harder to sync, not sure what markers to look out for
quick grotto
“ICE/CBP just shot two people in Portland. Got it from a credible source. Trying to find public info on it.”
https://bsky.app/profile/esqueer.net/post/3mbx4ml766k25
(im checking with a reporter friend in Portland - will update if/when I hear more)
wet cliff
“ICE/CBP just shot two people in Portland. Got it from a credible source. Trying...
Take this with a grain of salt, but this seems to be more then a coincidence.
https://fixupx.com/oceanplot/status/2009403918821019914?s=46&t=0qAvqb6FOvZFc7eoZBKfXw
wheat vault
“ICE/CBP just shot two people in Portland. Got it from a credible source. Trying...
Are you fucking kidding me?
wet cliff
Are you fucking kidding me?
Take this with a literal salt mine considering the source
https://fixupx.com/rittenhouse2a/status/2009403822058459266?s=46&t=0qAvqb6FOvZFc7eoZBKfXw
https://fixupx.com/rittenhouse2a/status/2009408167869100251?s=46&t=0qAvqb6FOvZFc7eoZBKfXw
analog sequoia
REMEMBER EVERYONE!!!
No gore, no speculation, no useless interjections or opinions!
Press conference embedded inside: https://katu.com/news/local/ice-shoots-two-people-in-portlandoregon
Both still alive.
Direct YT link: https://www.youtube.com/live/rixlASOqJOk?si=N9Co2GGYOqtMgFhA
wheat vault
Direct YT link: https://www.youtube.com/live/rixlASOqJOk?si=N9Co2GGYOqtMgFhA
"a male and a female" were apparently shot per this stream
new FBI portland tweet, can someone with a twitter grab it from @FBIPortland ?
indigo grotto
vxTwitter / fixvx
wheat vault
bless you
plucky copper
God bless anyone who braves the dark depths of twitter so other's don't have to 🫡
indigo grotto
Sadly I have limited access to X since I deleted my account a year ago 🙃
plucky copper
Direct YT link: https://www.youtube.com/live/rixlASOqJOk?si=N9Co2GGYOqtMgFhA
From the livestream
wheat vault
more sources picking this up
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/federal-agents-shoot-two-in-portland-local-media-reports/
quick grotto
“The source that informed me of this said the Border Patrol officer in question claimed the victims were trying to run him over in their car, which is why he shot.”
Update from Evans below this post: “I am being told by a separate reliable source that at least one victim is hospitalized currently. They are not in custody.
After shooting, the ICE or CBP officer (still unclear) "fled the scene".
https://bsky.app/profile/iwriteok.bsky.social/post/3mbx67j5dpc2d
plucky copper
“The source that informed me of this said the Border Patrol officer in question ...
Wait, the CBP OFFICER fled the scene?
quick grotto
Wait, the CBP OFFICER fled the scene?
He said it’s still unclear
plucky copper
He said it’s still unclear
My reading of that is that its unclear if it was CBP or ICE, but he's quoting someone saying whoever they were fled the scene?
wheat vault
https://vxtwitter.com/FBIPortland/status/2009412090885222721?s=20
...can someone with a twitter check if this post was just deleted?
tough trench
...can someone with a twitter check if this post was just deleted?
Yeah its gone
plucky copper
Livestream saying that the shooting took place at the medical office/hospital.
quick grotto
analog sequoia
...can someone with a twitter check if this post was just deleted?
Affirm
wheat vault
the FBI said CBP and now that post has been deleted. wtaf is going on
analog sequoia
Just confusion immediately after the fact, adrenaline, etc. I wouldn't read too much into it.
Especially with all these agencies. People don't always know who's who and if the FBI just copied what they heard, and they just realised it wasn't CPB for instance...
wheat vault
I'd expect more from the FBI I suppose, but maybe I shouldn't
analog sequoia
Mistakes get made. We know what was tweeted. We can only monitor to see what happens next.
wheat vault
coverage update: ABC proper and MS NOW have picked up the story
quick grotto
I’m unfamiliar with Portland Andy but he’s apparently on the scene doing a livestream:
https://www.youtube.com/live/QKQc2O7mwAc?si=xjW_vwrmfuQNpY1Y
bleak pier
WTF
bleak pilot
https://vxtwitter.com/FBIPortland/status/2009412090885222721?s=20
It is deleted from twitter.
bleak pier
Just saw this from Senator Ron Wyden
https://bsky.app/profile/wyden.senate.gov/post/3mbxa6rnfkc2r
jagged tide
thread about the CBP agent shooting a man in the face at point-blank. He had don...
That's some kind of pepper spray though, so let's not say that he is shooting someone in the face, when there are other agents who are actually shooting people in the face.
plucky copper
Would someone do me a favour and ping me when/if the press conference happens?
quick grotto
KATU is updating here: https://katu.com/news/local/ice-shoots-two-people-in-portlandoregon
“Portland police said their officers were called to 102nd and Southeast Main Street at about 2:20 p.m., where they said they confirmed federal agents were involved in a shooting. They said they were not involved in the shooting.
…
A man at the scene told KATU he saw the the wounded man stopped in a vehicle and bleeding.”
plucky copper
That's some kind of pepper spray though, so let's not say that he is shooting so...
Its not a pepper spray, it looks like its a pepper bullet. They do have the potential to do serious permanent damage.
wheat vault
anything new from @FBIPortland on twitter?
quick grotto
anything new from @FBIPortland on twitter?
You can use xcancel.com if you wanna search @FBIportland acct but so far no.
Per @iwriteok via Bsky: “KATU reporting says that Portland Police responded to a report about the shooting and found the two victims. Which suggests the CBP agent who fired was not still on scene, either bc he fled or bc the victims somehow got away while injured.”
Replaced previous message w more measured one
wet cliff
I’m unfamiliar with Portland Andy but he’s apparently on the scene doing a lives...
Just a heads up, looks like local news is reporting that their is two crime scenes.
But looks like to me that portland andy is filming from the 2nd scene.
https://www.opb.org/article/2026/01/08/portland-shooting-federal-agents/
Also regarding the location where the shooting took place
https://fixupx.com/KCookKGW/status/2009406657814835449?s=20
tough trench
Would someone do me a favour and ping me when/if the press conference happens?
Starting now
district attorney about to make a statement https://www.youtube.com/live/rixlASOqJOk
No updates
wet cliff
district attorney about to make a statement https://www.youtube.com/live/rixlASO...
Also, not trying to throw shade, but man they used the wrong mic for that setting there...
plucky copper
Per @iwriteok via Bsky: “KATU reporting says that Portland Police responded to a...
This seems to be a misunderstanding. They were shit at the hospital, drove multiple blocks and called police who arrived
wet cliff
This seems to be a misunderstanding. They were shit at the hospital, drove multi...
Not trying to get off topic, but might want to check your spelling there...
plucky copper
Not trying to get off topic, but might want to check your spelling there...
The curse of being British and not checking what my autocorrect is doing XD
balmy forge
The curse of being British and not checking what my autocorrect is doing XD
There is an edit feature 🫣
plucky copper
There is an edit feature 🫣
I feel like that would be rude to JT . Preserve the context
hardy yacht
I made a 3-way synced video here of the MN shooting. Slightly compressed.
Synced frame-by-frame, more exact now:
jagged tide
Does anyone know what's happening at 34 seconds in on the left of the video?
One agent is helping another agent (with a big can of pepper spray) get up from the ground. I'd guess he had just tripped or slipped when the shooting started, but in other videos where you see more of them, it didn't appear to be anything special.
tough trench
jagged tide
I have issues with this part. He is clearly not right in front of the car yet. There is another video that shows him by the driver side door of his car for a few seconds, probably right around this time.
hardy yacht
I have issues with this part. He is clearly not right in front of the car yet. T...
Ah thanks for analyzing, let me take a look.
turbid bobcat
https://x.com/DHSgov/status/2009427948541993323?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%...
another "weaponised vehicle"
hardy yacht
I have issues with this part. He is clearly not right in front of the car yet. T...
I believe the shooting officer is hidden behind the car in the frame you sent, and surrounding frames
jagged tide
Hang on, let me find the video I mean. I see you have him moving to the driver side of his own car, but the way I remember it, he actually stays there for a few seconds, before moving out in front of the victim's car.
hardy yacht
i think he's behind that blue circle I drew
jagged tide
Ah, here we go. https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/08/us/video/minnesota-shooting-ice-video-before-shooting-digvid
jagged tide
another "weaponised vehicle"
You'd think they would have learned not to stand in front of vehicles now, especially not if they are super certain that there are extra evil villains driving the car...
plucky copper
You'd think they would have learned not to stand in front of vehicles now, espec...
They're supposedly trained not to.
wet cliff
Ah, here we go. https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/08/us/video/minnesota-shooting-i...
Don't want to dive too much into the weeds, and I know it's hard to tell from the angle. But IMO, it appears that the officer walked in front of the car closer then what is mapped out
plucky copper
I'm pretty sure I was trained not to walk in front of cars with a driver in when I was about 6 but I suppose that's off topic.
turbid bobcat
Yeah let's post news, thanks
jagged tide
Don't want to dive too much into the weeds, and I know it's hard to tell from th...
Should be possible to calculate, it can't have been more than a few feet, the car had only moved about 4 feet forward when the first shot was fired, I think.
wet cliff
I'm pretty sure I was trained not to walk in front of cars with a driver in when...
With that said, not exactly related to the current incidents. But I noticed that the CBP Use of Force Policy has been going around in circles after the shooting as it looks like its one of the first things which comes up when you search google for it.
But looking at the URL, does anyone know what exhibit the URL is referencing?
cloud plinth
Someone from a different server said that there are rumours of ICE operating near lakeline in Austin. Does anyone have any info on thia?
jagged tide
It would also be interesting with some best estimates of bullet trajectories and where the bystanders were at the time, because, yikes...
Oh, not sure if I missed it, or they added it recently, but in here is the full length video from the angle in my latest crayon art screenshot, showing the victim's car sitting in the street for over three minutes, and various cars driving past.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/07/us/minneapolis-shooting-ice-video-analysis-vis
wheat vault
update on Portland:
https://xcancel.com/DHSgov/status/2009427948541993323#m
indigo grotto
With that said, not exactly related to the current incidents. But I noticed tha...
Given the situation, I'm assuming this is what people might be referring to?
wheat vault
Given the situation, I'm assuming this is what people might be referring to?
CBP guidelines also forbid approaching a car from head-on, they're supposed to take a 90° angle for safety
and shooting the driver of a moving vehicle, because, you know, that's not going to stop it
patent hollow
Given the situation, I'm assuming this is what people might be referring to?
OP means, what does "exhibit 9" refer to, and what else might be associated with it, etc. I googled around, and didn't find much, only that PDF.
jagged tide
Also, maybe this is perfectly "normal", I haven't paid all that much attention to ICE before this, but these three (apart from the tactical vest on the last one) look very much like I would expect a "professional agitator" to look, and not a whole lot like a federal agent. Something to keep an eye on when analyzing other ICE videos.
wheat vault
are these guys supposed to be DHS??
red wolf
I have issues with this part. He is clearly not right in front of the car yet. T...
Was a bit of a rough positioning with the first three vids available yesterday. CNN vid from today helped clarify that the ICE shooter went to the Gold/White Tahoe DHS vehicle that was in front of Good's vehicle before crossing in front of her vehicle toward the other DHS agents when they tried to open her door. By the time she starts pulling forward he's mostly across her front and closer to the driver's side headlight/side of the vehicle. Tweaked in the latest version shared on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/bellingcat.com/post/3mbwmw23gpc2x
jagged tide
are these guys supposed to be DHS??
Those are all from the hi-res closeup video of the shooting.
wheat vault
Also, maybe this is perfectly "normal", I haven't paid all that much attention t...
to answer your question, ICE uniforms seemingly aren't standardized and are, uncharitably, cobbled together from aftermarket military (or military-looking) tactical gear
i've seen ICE agents with night vision equipment for broad daylight operations, for instance, and just about the only constant is military camo that only makes them stick out in an urban setting
jagged tide
Was a bit of a rough positioning with the first three vids available yesterday. ...
Ah, yes, that looks much better. Thank you. 🙂
wheat vault
these guys in the photo are uniquely underdressed though, they genuinely look like masked vagrants. usually there's at least POLICE ICE in big letters somewhere
jagged tide
to answer your question, ICE uniforms seemingly aren't standardized and are, unc...
As I never tire of pointing out when it comes to russian "uniforms", the very meaning of the word is that everyone looks the same... 🙂
turbid bobcat
Also, maybe this is perfectly "normal", I haven't paid all that much attention t...
How would you prove this using open source methods?
I ask because we need everyone to understand what "no speculation" means on our server. See #faq 6 - people come here for the best discussion!
Everyone should absolutely read all the FAQs, by the way
jagged tide
How would you prove this using open source methods?
Crossmatch against other videos, see if people who appear to be protesters in one video are obviously (like, carrying guns/pepper spray, or getting in or out of ICE cars) agents in other videos. I'm also reminded of Israeli tactics, where there are often agents dressed as protestors, who will suddenly converge and drag someone off. (In several rather egregious examples also shooting the victim in the leg at point-blank range, but that's for another channel.)
turbid bobcat
Crossmatch against other videos, see if people who appear to be protesters in on...
Ah okay I thought you wanted to prove they were professional agitators.
jagged tide
Ah, apologies. It was not intended as speculation, but literally just something to keep an eye out for.
The first one isn't carrying a camera, that's most likely a pepper spray.
The second one, coming out of the car, has a holstered pistol.
plucky copper
I know there's been issues getting bodycams for ice, I wonder if the hiring spree means they just straight up do not have the equipment?
turbid bobcat
How would you prove this using open source research methods? See my post from about 10 minutes ago.
jagged tide
Entirely possible, but the first two don't have ANY kind of marking. But maybe they weren't expecting to be active here, and left their tactical vests with the markings in the cars.
turbid bobcat
I know there's been issues getting bodycams for ice, I wonder if the hiring spre...
I found this article for you https://www.fox9.com/news/some-ice-agents-wear-body-cameras-but-not-everywhere
jagged tide
(I dug out these images because someone on Bluesky said that every single agent on the scene was clearly marked with what agency they belong to. I countered that several were completely unmarked and barely any of them said ICE.)
hardy yacht
Ah, yes, that looks much better. Thank you. 🙂
ahh I see! Yeah looks like I downloaded the old Bellingcat video instead of the new animation
turbid bobcat
I found this article for you https://www.fox9.com/news/some-ice-agents-wear-body...
I had found this directive while Googling and this is what's cited in the article. Source: ICE | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (.gov) https://share.google/4Ms8lEu4dZ7pVnFBm
I used that link because it's a PDF.
However, in August of 2025, they issued this update: https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-announces-updated-policy-body-worn-cameras
"Although this policy establishes requirements for the use of BWCs, ICE currently does not have the resources to issues cameras to all ICE law enforcement personnel. ICE will begin deploying BWCs that have been procured to date to Enforcement and Removal Office (ERO) officers and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) investigators in select locations in the coming months. Once personnel are issued BWCs, they will be subject to the policy."
halcyon basalt
This is the street where the MN shooting happened. Residents are creating an ICE free grieving zone https://www.threads.com/@unicorn.riot/post/DTRFSG8kZyN
hardy yacht
Some more "analysis" via bounding box I overlayed over a GIF of the CNN surveillance camera footage, because it's really hard to see the agent.
Feel free to watch or offer corrections:
sleek schooner
(I dug out these images because someone on Bluesky said that every single agent ...
Following up on this - the various federal agencies operating in the Minneapolis metro have had varying levels of detail in their dress and kit. However, even the ones with the generic "POLICE" gear will often have some secondary way to narrow down their organization.
idle palm
wet cliff
Regarding the security cam footage and the synchronization map that has been created. Just noticed something of note. If you watch the video of the shooting which I posted yesterday after the shooting took place you will see that the agent who opened fire gets into the gold Chevy Tahoe that leaves the scene (unfortunately the video doesn’t clearly show if he’s driving the vehicle or in the front passenger seat.
Additionally the car makes a 5 point turn in order to leave.
patent hollow
Regarding the security cam footage and the synchronization map that has been cre...
I believe that's part of how they identified him. The same vehicle was seen in footage of his previous accident.
Edit: I tried to find a reference, but failed. I read it earlier today.
wet cliff
I believe that's part of how they identified him. The same vehicle was seen in f...
There’s more to that, in hindsight they were playing it loose with that info. IIRC,Kristi Nemo references a previous incident. And also saw this tweet from Musk which makes a lot more sense .
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2009303200315175031?s=46&t=0qAvqb6FOvZFc7eoZBKfXw
wheat vault
I believe that's part of how they identified him. The same vehicle was seen in f...
how they identified the shooter, you mean?
maybe the vehicles do match but that isn't necessary, the identity of the shooter was indirectly given up by the administration itself. Noem and Vance said that the very same agent had been in said car-dragging incident six months back, and there is exactly one ICE agent fitting that description, whose name was present in hospital records and court filings from exactly that incident
latent kettle
startribune says flat-out they cross-correlated him by noem's mention of him being dragged, and looked through the court cases
wheat vault
yeah, i believe to be specific the first mention was by noem and the killer was already identified by the time vance repeated that talking point
wet cliff
Ah, here we go. https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/08/us/video/minnesota-shooting-i...
Also final thought of the night.
In the security camera footage that CNN posted they state that the car Good was driving was angled onto the street for a couple of minutes before the shooting took place as agents “mill around it”. However, the important question is how long was the Gold Chevy Tahoe parked, unfortunately I haven’t seen the full security camera footage posted, only the short segment that CNN has posted…
tropic turret
Note that her partner was not in the vehicle during the incident, she is the one...
There is some post-crash partner video in https://x.com/jj_talking/status/2009063340602216838
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fickle pier
for those looking into police brutality, I crafted a Google search that reveals lots of documents mentioning events where officers turn off their bodycams. Tweak the keywords, dates and site domain to your liking, but this one captures a pretty broad swathe (153 results since the start of 2025).
filetype:pdf ("body worn camera" AND "did not activate") site:gov after:2024
https://www.google.com/search?q=filetype%3Apdf+("body+worn+camera"+AND+"did+not+activate")+site%3Agov+after%3A2024&sca_esv=11e50d49d5e228fb&sxsrf=ANbL-n4tGrQqTCBklI1HZzyaGUac2Zzd5A%3A1767930416171&ei=MHpgadeUCo7ckPIP0_nPyAw&ved=0ahUKEwjX7MWDxv2RAxUOLkQIHdP8E8kQ4dUDCBE&uact=5&oq=filetype%3Apdf+("body+worn+camera"+AND+"did+not+activate")+site%3Agov+after%3A2024&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiTGZpbGV0eXBlOnBkZiAoImJvZHkgd29ybiBjYW1lcmEiIEFORCAiZGlkIG5vdCBhY3RpdmF0ZSIpIHNpdGU6Z292IGFmdGVyOjIwMjRIAFAAWABwAHgAkAEAmAEAoAEAqgEAuAEDyAEA-AEBmAIAoAIAmAMAkgcAoAcAsgcAuAcAwgcAyAcAgAgA&sclient=gws-wiz-serp
patent hollow
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15447739/ICE-shooter-Filipina-wife-father-Minneapolis.html
Not sure if there's a policy for posting the daily mail...
tiny pagoda
X
analog sequoia
There is some post-crash partner video in https://x.com/jj_talking/status/200906...
This is just the video that was posted shortly after the shooting, isn't it?
floral orbit
wet cliff
Saw this video posted on twitter, and was able to find the original source from TikTok.
indigo grotto
https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/ice-deportations-avelo-airlines-WEPACEAF45FOTOUR6CFE2K2BGU/
indigo grotto
There have been multiple reports of ICE and border agents targeting shopping centers and grocery stores.
...
Video of the incident shows the man, Jose Roberto Ramirez, in the front of a car with his aunt, who tells ICE agents they are Native Americans as they attempt to get their IDs out. She then screams "why did you hit him?" to the ICE agent on the passenger side, who is grabbing for Ramirez.As he is pulled from the car, his aunt is heard saying: "Why are you punching him for no reason?"
...
Bring Me The News has reached out to Target, Walmart, Hy-Vee and Home Depot to ask whether the companies approve of the ICE operations outside its stores, and whether they believe such actions are good for their businesses.We are yet to hear back from Target after requesting comment on the arrest of its Drive-up workers on Thursday.
indigo grotto
https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/ice-deportations-avelo-airlines-WEPACEA...
Bluesky
unkempt quail
Not many details are available at this time. Here's what we know.
https://www.w...
https://www.thebanner.com/community/local-news/glen-burnie-shooting-police-ice-TTTM7RJEYRGQLEGQ6RCX5UZRZA/
(archived https://archive.ph/BBDT6)
wet cliff
https://www.thebanner.com/politics-power/ice-deportations-avelo-airlines-WEPACEA...
Regarding Avelo Air, noticed something after checking the company's Wikipedia page, regarding their current fleet. Their article states that the airline currently has 8 Boeing 737-700s in service with a note that 6 of them are going to leave the fleet referencing to this Aviation Week article. posted on 1/7/26.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avelo_Airlines#Current_fleet
https://aviationweek.com/air-transport/airports-networks/avelo-close-three-bases-streamline-fleet-after-recapitalization
Which is a interesting coincidence considering this story posted on December 10 from the Washington Post regarding DHS signing a contract worth about $140 million to aquire six Boeing 737s for deportations.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/12/10/dhs-deport-boeing-contract/
unkempt quail
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/minneapolis-ice-shooting-renee-good/
(archived https://archive.ph/Tde45)
-# seems similar to this piece on meme-and-posting factors possibly contributing to the Maduro abduction & related wild behavior #1413617230838501458 message
long turtle
Some questions about the Grey/White Tahoe, just ahead of (or to the right of) Good's vehicle.
- Is it confirmed to be a DHS vehicle?
- Is there information as to how it came to be positioned ahead of Good's vehicle on the road?
Such as, was it blocking Good's path, and she positioned her own vehicle go around it once a path was clear? Or, without speculating about intentions, was the Tahoe already in that position, or near that position, prior to Good's vehicle coming behind (or to the left of) it? Or, was Good's vehicle originally parked blocking a lane of travel, and the Tahoe was backed up into that position? Did the two vehicles arrive in those positions near in time, or for how long was one vehicle stationary in its position before the arrival of the second?
analog sequoia
Some questions about the Grey/White Tahoe, just ahead of (or to the right of) Go...
I think the video in this item could help you: #1371571764525535242 message
red wolf
Some questions about the Grey/White Tahoe, just ahead of (or to the right of) Go...
The White/Grey/Gold(?) Tahoe appears to have been a DHS vehicle, yes. The CNN video that Subtle pointed to shows that the shooter goes into the driver's side door before crossing in front of Good's vehicle immediately before the shooting (this wasn't clear when we only had the three original videos to look at). In the Minnesota Reformer video, I believe the Tahoe is also the vehicle that the shooter leaves in.
long turtle
The White/Grey/Gold(?) Tahoe appears to have been a DHS vehicle, yes. The CNN vi...
A few minutes into the video, it shows the repositioning of the vehicles. First, Good's vehicle dropping off a passenger, then moving into the lane of travel. Then, the DHS vehicle passes along the right shoulder, behind Good's vehicle, and (the video is cut just prior to showing) is parked in its position ahead of (to the right of) Good's.
Edit: it is not clear if the vehicle passing on the shoulder is the same DHS vehicle eventually positioned ahead of Good's. At 3:00 - 3:20 of the video in this item #1371571764525535242 message , Anderson Cooper is narrating while the video shows Good's vehicle being positioned prior to the shooting. That sequence of clips shows a white vehicle passing along the shoulder. That might be a white pickup truck, not the DHS vehicle. At 3:40, Cooper adds "four minutes in all from start to finish." If a four minute uncut video of the sequence exists, it would provide a lot of context.
wet cliff
Yep, if you watch the entire video that I posted, it shows him leaving the scene in the Tahoe. Unfortunately I couldn’t tell if he’s driving or riding shotgun, but that is the car that he left the scene in.
Also regarding the Tahoe, has anyone checked the court records regarding the previous incident the agent was involved in to see if it mentions the same vehicle and whether or not he was driving it.
teal bay
jagged tide
If you scroll down a little bit in this article, the full length video is available. https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/07/us/minneapolis-shooting-ice-video-analysis-vis
plucky temple
A few minutes into the video, it shows the repositioning of the vehicles. First...
It is extremely frustrating that CNN cuts that up and doesn't release the entire video, because it would likely prove exaclt what I am getting at here : #1371571764525535242 message
Edit: Thank you @jagged tide ! You posted it just as I was posting :)
wet cliff
Ask and you shall receive, from the AP regarding the incident the officer was involved in last year.
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-minnesota-jonathan-ross-b9ce88da676d74ec6a1ab36aa55fbda1
jagged tide
It is extremely frustrating that CNN cuts that up and doesn't release the entire...
See my post just before yours. 🙂
wet cliff
Also, regarding the discussion about how the admin played it loose with his info, from the same article.
Federal officials defend the agent without identifying him
Vice President JD Vance praised the agent’s service to the country Thursday without naming him, saying the ICE officer “deserves a debt of gratitude.”“This is a guy who’s actually done a very, very important job for the United States of America,” Vance said. “He’s been assaulted. He’s been attacked. He’s been injured because of it.”
DHS assistant Tricia McLaughlin declined to confirm the agent’s identity Thursday, saying doing so would be dangerous for the safety of him and his family. But she noted that he had been selected for ICE’s special response team, which includes a 30-hour tryout and additional training on specialized skills such as breaching techniques, perimeter control, hostage rescue and firearms.
“He acted according to his training,” she said. “This officer is a longtime ICE officer who has been serving his country his entire life.”
jagged tide
Does that training include stepping out in front of moving vehicles? Because he does it twice. Once when he first gets out of his car, then he takes a loop around the victim's car (putting a lie to all the "He had no idea who was driving!"), gets back to his own car, and then walks out in front of the victim's car again.
The video also shows a total of eleven cars (including the Tahoe) passing the victim's car before the shooting. So while she was certainly blocking one of the lanes much of the time, it was clearly possible for other cars to get past the whole time.
plucky temple
I don't know who's created the geolocated birds-eye view for Bellingcat, but it would be phenomenal to include these previous minutes because it 1) clearly debunks the notion that Good's vehicle blocked anyone in and 2) demonstrates that Ross positioned his vehicle just before the shooting such that she was hemmed in.
indigo grotto
Another arrest being made in 3rd day of protest in Minneapolis https://www.youtube.com/live/2OD03sjUqkY?si=TFErCijWvwdnHEyD
quick grotto
Instagram
plucky temple
I don't know who's created the geolocated birds-eye view for Bellingcat, but it ...
New CNN sourced video
Tahoe EVC289 begins to drive up behind Good's vehicle (timestamp 2:22) - approx. 1:09 before shooting
Tahoe EVC289 parks (2:42) - approx. 49s before shooting
Ross exits Tahoe EVC289 (2:53) - approx. 40s before shooting
Ross walks in front of Good's vehicle for the first time and Good backs it up (3:03) - approx. 28s before shooting
quick grotto
BNO News Y @bnonews.com
WATCH: New video shows circumstances leading up to fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis, filmed by agent in front of the car
jagged tide
Oh wow. That puts a lie to pretty much every "official" narrative there has been.
sleek schooner
BNO News Y @bnonews.com
WATCH: New video shows circumstances leading up to fatal...
Spoilers for sensitive materials, please.
tiny pagoda
Completely clear how she moves the steering wheel that she isn't driving towards him. He saw that.
quick grotto
I’m sorry I forgot how to do on iPhone - I’ll remove
obtuse hare
anyone also hear at the end of the video the expletive "**cking *itch" ?
quick grotto
I removed the embed but kept the link
tiny pagoda
I’m sorry I forgot how to do on iPhone - I’ll remove
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sleek schooner
Thank you - as a reminder you can force a URL embed to be spoilered by putting two pipes (| | no space) around the URL.
tiny pagoda
E shot faster than she had a chance to drive. Did someone measure the time
teal bay
anyone also hear at the end of the video the expletive "**cking *itch" ?
Yeah ice agent very clearly says "fucking bitch" after shooting her
dim gulch
E shot faster than she had a chance to drive. Did someone measure the time
I was hoping someone with the ability to compare did so. It seems to me the cellphone video is slightly edited right as the cellphone jerks. EDIT TO ADD: OK, the video below seems like that is not the case.
red wolf
5 vid sync with the new vid
obtuse hare
How did AlphaNews obtain this video ? as it's taken by his own phone thus I would think be in the possession of the FBI or whatever authority investigating this
tiny pagoda
Can you compare when he pulled his gun to the talking?
red wolf
pulls his gun at timecode 00:00:40:13 in the sync video
which should be essentially the same timestamp in the AlphaNews vid
wet cliff
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTTLLYekf-W/?igsh=anRzeGQyc2VuN3dn
Here is the actual tweet, the post is referring to
https://fixupx.com/alphanews/status/2009679932289626385?s=46&t=0qAvqb6FOvZFc7eoZBKfXw
magic lichen
he pulls his gun after she can be clearly seen turning the wheel away from him and the other officers. EDIT: to be fully accurate while she is turning the wheel in that direction at the point he pulls the gun the wheels possibly only just come back to straight. But, from the motion of the car, she clearly continues to turn the wheel as she pulls forwards.
wet cliff
Also, that’s from the officer view. So that confirms my suspicion that he was filming the entire time.
jagged tide
Here is the actual tweet, the post is referring to
https://fixupx.com/alphanew...
I like the "federal agent at center of ICE-involved shooting" phrasing. Very neutral...
sly umbra
has it been said why ICE agents use their cell phones to record rather than use a bodycam?
distant glen
In the previous video, the gun pull happened in the middle of the wheels moving from left to right, with the wheel spin and gun pull at about the same time. I think, depending on precise timing, this could mean he formed the intent to pull the gun because he saw she was about to leave, not because he was threatened.
jagged tide
has it been said why ICE agents use their cell phones to record rather than use ...
Somone posted a link maybe 17 hours ago in this channel, about how the bodycams are being rolled out to various units.
distant glen
And in this new video, you can see her turning the wheel over while the car is still moving backwards. Which he could plainly see.
faint island
The biggest issue here besides the fatality is Agent Ross putting himself in harms way, intentionally.
By and large, Law Enforcement personnel cannot put themselves in harms way for the sake of doing it. Generally, internal policies, state that there must be some type of threat. This is outlined in the DHS Use of Force (UoF) § on fleeting subjects. It specifically states that agents cannot shoot at vehicles fleeing unless there’s immediate threat to life of others including fellow LEO.
However, internal policies and I might be able to find case law, further prohibit putting themselves in that danger to create that situation.
One of the biggest challenges in this case is that the Supreme Court recently ruled that this is a lower courts issue (Barnes v. Felix 2025 https://www.investigatetv.com/2025/10/24/unanimous-us-supreme-court-ruling-could-change-police-force-cases-nationwide/#).
All of the footage, including the new footage from himself SHOW that he put himself in a precarious position by stepping in front of a vehicle. She reversed and attempted to go around as the agents were getting more aggressive. Had she hit him, knocked him down and ran him over we’d be looking at a similar case of Braden Peters ("Clavicular", Kick) in Florida. But the difference in this case is an agent of the law, coupled with conflicting commands for her to “leave” and “step out of the car”.
distant glen
Looking for a good quality original version of the view from the left side of the vehicle.
obtuse hare
We live in strange times. (no I didn't IA this , its from the video )
dim gulch
Also, he drove the car that boxed Good's car in.
wheat vault
On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns.
distant glen
Regarding the policy, DOJ, CBP (and many others) have explicit policy against blocking a vehicle with your body, but DHS policy I've seen so far seems more vague.
faint island
In the previous video, the gun pull happened in the middle of the wheels moving ...
Prior military and history of rash decisions, preconceived ideas are not off the table.
wet cliff
Also, take this with a grain of salt but going to have to throw some "flags" onto this video.
Don't know if it's AI or the actual footage, but it's definitely been edited and isn' the full one.
Two important things I noted when watching the video, which makes me believe that it has to be edited and isn't the actual video.
- Not an expert but the gunshots sound much fainter then it should be considering he shoots from his right hand and is holding the phone in his left as I've posted earlier.
- Video cuts way too early before the crash occurs, it's possible that is where he stopped the video but that's really interesting considering my previous post from going frame by frame as the camera app is open on his phone
#1371571764525535242 message
sleek schooner
We live in strange times. (no I didn't IA this , its from the video )
It's real:
https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/76109
wheat vault
Here is the actual tweet, the post is referring to
https://fixupx.com/alphanew...
before I watch this, is there uh. Gore? is it bloody?
wet cliff
before I watch this, is there uh. Gore? is it bloody?
Dosen't show much and the gun is really faint, might be peaking the mic but didnt' see any blood.
Edit: no visual only audio of the shooting
wheat vault
how does this video even... exist? it's the agents, yes? how in the world was it obtained?
wheat vault
Dosen't show much and the gun is really faint, might be peaking the mic but didn...
okay so it doesn't show the victim with gunshot wounds, yeah?
wet cliff
okay so it doesn't show the victim with gunshot wounds, yeah?
Camera is looking up at sky
quick grotto
before I watch this, is there uh. Gore? is it bloody?
No but it’s upsetting. Their dog was in the car.
wet cliff
Give me a second, I'm more refering to after the shooting took place, if you watch the full video I posted the other day.
I know people have been focusing on the events before the shooting, but that one shows a lot of interesting info post shooting.
quick grotto
Give me a second, I'm more refering to after the shooting took place, if you wat...
I was just showing his reflection that shared the hand he held the phone in etc
wet cliff
I was just showing his reflection that shared the hand he held the phone in etc
Ah, sorry, just wanted to clairfy that the exact post I linked to was after the shooting took place. There are other ones that show the same thing before but in that one I was able to get a look at what was on his phone screen.
distant glen
The quiet audio of the shots could be clipping or some other artifact of the cell phone software.
wet cliff
The quiet audio of the shots could be clipping or some other artifact of the cel...
True, but it dosen't explain the video cutting before the crash
jagged tide
Ah, sorry, just wanted to clairfy that the exact post I linked to was after the ...
My bad, it is actually using the front camera. Appears to be in selfie mode here, for some reason.
wheat vault
phone cameras are not exactly designed to adequately record the sounds of gunshots
faint island
Regarding the policy, DOJ, CBP (and many others) have explicit policy against bl...
You’re right this is the best they got and they don’t have anything that I can find, unless internal, about “Officer-Created Jeopardy”.
“DHS LEOs are prohibited from discharging firearms at the operator of a moving vehicle, vessel, aircraft, or other conveyance unless the use of deadly force against the operator is justified under the standards articulated elsewhere in this policy. 9 Before using deadly force under these circumstances, the LEO must take into consideration the hazards that may be posed to law enforcement and innocent bystanders by an out-of-control conveyance.” (https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/mgmt/law-enforcement/mgmt-dir_044-05-department-policy-on-the-use-of-force.pdf)
jagged tide
It's interesting how clear it is in the composite video that it is four shots, not three which is what I've heard in all the separate videos.
distant glen
True, but it dosen't explain the video cutting before the crash
You can hear the crash. The phone was pointed at the ground. No way to know if he stopped filming there or if it's just part, but that is not the same as altering the footage.
wet cliff
You can hear the crash. The phone was pointed at the ground. No way to know if...
Didn't catch that, but it still brings up the point regarding the aftermath.
wheat vault
we don't necessarily know if the shooter was still recording after that clip cuts
we see his phone is open to the camera app in the SHAME video, but the camera app shows a preview of the camera view regardless of if recording is active
red wolf
on an iPhone at least, there's a difference in the camera app when recording video:
when not recording, the record button is a red circle.
when recording, the red circle is instead a square.
wheat vault
is the SHAME video clear enough to show such a distinction?
analog sequoia
And can we see enough of the bottom of the screen?
wheat vault
phone cameras are not exactly designed to adequately record the sounds of gunsho...
watching it again, it's pretty clear (to me at least) that the sounds of gunshots that close to the phone blow out its microphone
red wolf
around the 1:00 mark in the Minnesota Reformer video, hard to tell but looks more like the full circle to me vs. a red square:
distant glen
It's interesting how clear it is in the composite video that it is four shots, n...
I really want to know how many milliseconds between the gun draw and the tire spin. Unfortunately the precise moment of the draw is obscured, but his hand seems to already be on the gun based on his visible elbow position.
Because the tire spin is the first possible moment he could have perceived danger. Human reaction time of 150-200 ms. Someone needs to measure it but there's a good chance you can prove that he drew the gun before any forward movement of the vehicle. But I don't have a good download of that angle (yt-dlp and xdownload both can't find media in the tweet I've been using). So I can't frame-by frame it and measure.
And other versions of the video I've found so fare have been processed, are lower resolution or frame rate, and are more blurry.
sleek schooner
Another reminder from the FAQ:
The mods are saying “no speculation”. What’s the detailed explanation?
“Speculation” on a server dedicated to open-source research includes things that cannot be known through open-source methods. If you have to talk to a witness, consult an expert, or make an educated guess, that’s speculation.
This is in addition to things like reading “body language”, commenting on the way any person reacts to a traumatic experience, examining handwriting, commenting on the state of mind of a person (eg, “they’re acting like [diagnosis]), or your own feelings (“this isn’t adding up!”).
People come to our server to see the latest reliable information, and the above discussion points should be kept to the rest of the Internet. We are absolutely fine with having very little to report as we wait for new facts to surface.
wet cliff
Because the tire spin is the first possible moment he could have perceived dange...
Might be able to give you hand on one of those, here is the "shame" video that I happend to download in order to go frame by frame to get his phone the other day.
dim gulch
Thanks for the reminder of rules: I deleted a message that speculated on the reason the video was leaked.