#Minnesota ICE Raids 2026
spiral sluice
remote iris
How does this line up with existing analyses?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two federal officers fired shots during the encounter that killed ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, a Customs and Border Protection official told Congress in a notice sent Tuesday.
Officers tried to take Pretti into custody and he resisted, leading to a struggle, according to a notification to Congress obtained by The Associated Press. During the struggle, a Border Patrol agent yelled, “He’s got a gun!” multiple times, the official said.
A Border Patrol officer and a CBP officer each fired Glock pistols, the notice said.
Investigators from CBP’s Office of Professional Responsibility conducted the analysis based on a review of body-worn camera footage and agency documentation, the notice said. The law requires the agency to inform relevant congressional committees about deaths in CBP custody within 72 hours.
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-enforcement-minnesota-ice-b0cec9d1c5bae4b62469011775082300?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-27-Breaking+News
and followup from the Ecuadorian government:
https://bskye.app/profile/taylordahlin.com/post/3mdgwn5sq322j
lunar star
CNN's visual and timeline of the more recent ICE raids in Minnesota published/updated in January 25, 2026
https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2026/01/us/ice-presence-minneapolis-st-paul-vis/
tender gyro
solar venture
CNN's visual and timeline of the more recent ICE raids in Minnesota published/up...
predictably this lines up with predominantly immigrant and historically black neighborhoods
fair osprey
Regarding the Eccuador incident, funnily enough this isn't the only international icident ICE is in.
tender gyro
Ilhan Omar just attacked at town hall — she’s okay and kept speaking #usa-canada message
fair osprey
Here is the video in question.
https://www.reddit.com/r/law/comments/1qmydtt/ice_agents_boxing_in_and_threatening_italian
lunar star
tender gyro
https://www.threads.com/@vincedmonroy/post/DUCWH7DiYP5
pink coat lady speaks out
tender gyro
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/breaking-rep-ilhan-omar-rushed-sprayed...
I posted this in USA Canada too— linked above
prisma silo
How does this line up with existing analyses?
> WASHINGTON (AP) — Two federal of...
I'm not sure if he resisted or not. curling up into a ball is kind of reflexive when you are in pain and being assaulted. They did not say "he's got a gun" they said "gun gun gun". sounds like they are lying to congress.
exotic moth
...Devil's advocate, that's usually a norm (to say "Gun gun gun" to communicate seeing a gun- after disarming however, probably shouldn't still be saying it.)
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/310051062_'Gun_Gun_Gun'_An_Exploration_of_Law_Enforcement_Officers'_Decision-Making_and_Coping_Under_Stress_During_Actual_Events
That was actually why I thought i heard that phrase initially, as in prior officer-related shootings, you can hear just about the same cry.
You'll also hear this with phrases like "Taser taser taser", they usually repeat a couple times, mix of a "count down" and "clarity" methodology i believe, will have to attempt to find some written example- but i believe it's also why you'll hear pilots go "Mayday, Mayday, Mayday" three times
lucid panther
...Devil's advocate, that's usually a norm (to say "Gun gun gun" to communicate ...
In the military they trained us to identify the weapon by its type and location on the individual, "gun, gun, gun" is the universal "this individual has a gun and is about to use it to cause harm to themself or others"
sturdy fractal
Similar with "Gas, Gas, Gas" in British Army as part of CBRN training to get your mask on asap
gusty coral
New video from inside the car
shut wasp
New video from inside the car
Do you have a link you could share?
remote iris
footage from inside the white car has been out since the weekend
gusty coral
Ok my fault, it's marked as new will post when home dang is correct
remote iris
If you look for @shitboxhyundai on TikTok, I believe it's the original source
8 minute clip from tiktok
CW: violence, shooting, death
|| https://www.tiktok.com/@shitboxhyundai/video/7599173401080581407||
hollow abyss
Pink coat lady recounting the events from her POV, interview by Anderson Cooper.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/us/video/ac360stellacarlson
exotic pecan
Latest Bellingcat analysis on the first shot of Pretti. You can see the recoil on the agents arm. Sharing the link rather than posting video here/hiding it as it shows the moment of shooting ||https://bsky.app/profile/bellingcat.com/post/3mdiloywhkc2g|| see also: ||https://youtu.be/DqqUzXiXptk||
remote iris
another angle found here that has gotten less coverage & analysis
has a unique angle directly south of the agents as they backed off, guns raised
topaz shuttle
This looks real?
https://bskye.app/profile/brucespringsteen.net/post/3mdiqtpf5qk2e
fair osprey
Officers involved in the have been placed in administrative leave.
Agents in Alex Pretti shooting placed on leave: Live updates.
remote iris
ICE continuing doorknocking operations at E 36th & Portland Ave in south Minneapolis:
https://www.startribune.com/ice-raids-minnesota/601546426?utm_source=gift
tender gyro
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUCgH78iUel/
Tim Walz talks about his meeting with Tom Homan
Instagram
I don’t think this has been posted yet. breakdown by the Star Trib of key moments with multiple views. Confirm 10 shots. https://www.startribune.com/a-chaotic-confrontation-a-gun-and-10-shots-a-frame-by-frame-analysis-of-the-fatal-shooting-of-alex-pretti/601570463
remote iris
ICE continuing their focus on children & bus stops:
https://bskye.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mdj3ee6jlk2h
tender gyro
Obama shares resources to help resist ICE in MN https://www.threads.com/@barackobama/post/DUEWGhUEkSs
resources shared:
remote iris
note that misleading posts online cause real anxieties for local observers:
https://bskye.app/profile/gallantdimwit.bsky.social/post/3mdj535n4nk2c
remote iris
linked yesterday
wise flint
Don't think this has been posted yet, seems to be Alex Pretti interacting violently with federal immigration agents and a holster is seen on his back at one point. Hope they post a longer sequence : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRWR13BAIEs
pulsar oyster
Don't think this has been posted yet, seems to be Alex Pretti interacting violen...
That video isn’t useful for trying to sway a jury or a populous about what may or may not have happened on the event in question. We have the video of him helping a person being attacked by ice. This video would only be useful if you had a question of fact for a jury to determine.
remote iris
Don't think this has been posted yet, seems to be Alex Pretti interacting violen...
Curious about this; I don't see BBC verifying it on their end yet?
And this is two miles southeast, in a completely different neighborhood than 26th & Nicollet (Central/Powderhorn vs. Whittier).
Many of the ICE spotting groups are segmented by those neighborhoods, so it's possible, just different.
fierce vector
It was reported Pretti had an interaction with fed agents a week or so prior to his death in which he suffered a broken rib. Believe he was not charged in connection with it. Is the above that interaction?
remote iris
can get this from ~1:18 in the video:
tender gyro
Don't think this has been posted yet, seems to be Alex Pretti interacting violen...
This was shared somewhere else as well from this same source. I’m skeptical. It may prove true but with AI these days and the fact he is in same clothing I am withholding judgement
remote iris
I'm still trying to reconcile if this is the same gun?
wise flint
This was shared somewhere else as well from this same source. I’m skeptical. It ...
Well in this scene we see at least one photographer capturing his plight so hopefully they'll release the pictures they've taken at that time.
tender gyro
https://www.threads.com/@nickvalencianews/post/DUElqWhCRXg
filmed shortly after Pretti removed from scene. Shows clothing etc left behind in more detail
Video
remote iris
more images of the clothing left behind
weirder things have shown up here, like the finger getting bitten off that turned out to be verified by legal charges.
Just withholding judgment on 'this is definitely Alex Pretti' until more sources can verify
exotic moth
Don't think this has been posted yet, seems to be Alex Pretti interacting violen...
There is something i cannot place my finger on about this video, but i am able to add that the intersection said in the video ("E 36th St & Park Ave") does match the background seen in the video.
I'll keep looking into this because it certainly "feels" off but i cannot figure out why. Would recommend reaching out to BBC Verify,
(And usually AI fakes that i've looked into before mess up real life locations like this)
remote iris
There is something i cannot place my finger on about this video, but i am able t...
what throws me off (as a local) is that Park Ave is a one-way, northbound street.
Yes, ICE/CBP is dumb--but driving against three lanes of one-way traffic in unmarked cars dumb? Just weird.
past halo
It was reported Pretti had an interaction with fed agents a week or so prior to ...
Where was it reported?
remote iris
Where was it reported?
Federal immigration officers have been collecting personal information about protesters and agitators in Minneapolis, sources told CNN – and had documented details about Alex Pretti before he was shot to death on Saturday.
It is unclear how Pretti first came to the attention of federal authorities, but sources told CNN that about a week before his death, he suffered a broken rib when a group of federal officers tackled him while he was protesting their attempt to detain other individuals.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/us/alex-pretti-protesters-minneapolis-invs
past halo
> Federal immigration officers have been collecting personal information about p...
Thanks!
fierce vector
Where was it reported?
Can’t recall off top of head but can look bit later
fierce vector
Where was it reported?
graceful notch
There is something i cannot place my finger on about this video, but i am able t...
I feel the same way; I reached out to BBC Verify
hollow abyss
Don't think this has been posted yet, seems to be Alex Pretti interacting violen...
Who is “the news movement”? I’ve never heard of that channel before.
exotic moth
Who is “the news movement”? I’ve never heard of that channel before.
I have seen their work earlier this week, which has really weirded me out in context of this vid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yKSgM0G1xQ
hollow abyss
The comments on it are 90% “asmongold sent me here”
terse dove
Who is “the news movement”? I’ve never heard of that channel before.
They're apparently a gen z focused media outlet. Looking at other articles they seem to skew maybe slightly right, but anti Israel. But nothing from them looks particularly egregious or clickbaity.
past halo
Hey guys, before we descend into "this feels fake" or such, I have some suggestions on how you can verify any media:
Search social media for the location and date that they mention in the video and try to find other angles or nearby instances
Do not rely on "image analysis" tools as I've not seen any that are foolproof
exotic moth
I'm pretty sure one of the two journalists is in this discord aswell btw, (Dan is.)
past halo
The protests are incredibly filmed and so you should be able to find something
This is your chance for some practice so tag me with what you find!
terse dove
How accurate is facial recognition in this kind of situation?
BBC is saying "97% accuracy" (according to the video), but ice facial rec has misidentified people multiple times in much much better circumstances.
IMO if you're going to do facial recognition in a situation like this you should treat it like a police line-up where you have multiple similar looking people to compare it to.
exotic moth
(I personally would much rather use my own eyes, as a bit of a luddite)<
but as an aside- i can confirm that the journalist's official twitter page (Linked from when he used to work at VICE) also posted a link to this story which has his face front and center, so i'm leaning towards real atm
https://x.com/DanMing
remote iris
BBC confirmation via Mediaite:
The News Movement was the outlet that captured the incident on Jan. 13. It said in an X post that it “appears to be Alex Pretti interacting with federal immigration agents” and that it had the clip analyzed by the BBC, “whose facial recognition technology confirmed his identify to a 97% degree of accuracy.”
The BBC confirmed the authenticity of the video in their 10 p.m. GMT news broadcast. Reporter Ros Atkins said the man in the video “has the same coat, facial hair and gait as Alex Pretti and a facial recognition tool suggests a 97% match. We see him shouting abuse at the agents.” Separately, a spokesperson for the BBC confirmed to Mediaite that they reviewed the footage and concluded the man in the video is 97% likely to be Alex Pretti.
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/breaking-bbc-confirms-authenticity-of-viral-video-appearing-to-show-alex-pretti-kicking-agents-car-11-days-before-shooting/
(links to Threads hardly ever load for me, so I have to keep looking)
Facial recognition tools are imprecise, as we've already seen ICE grabbing innocent folks multiple times based on faulty recognition:
https://www.404media.co/ices-facial-recognition-app-misidentified-a-woman-twice/
spice plover
97% accuracy could mean anything. Of 500k people that's confusion of 15k people and we don't know the database
terse dove
97% accuracy could mean anything. Of 500k people that's confusion of 15k people ...
That's not exactly true if they're comparing it to one person.
There's a big difference between asking if the photo is one specific person and getting 97% confidence, and asking it who it could be from an entire database and getting 97% confidence.
spice plover
Of 500k times doing that you're misidentifying 15k people
terse dove
Of 500k times doing that you're misidentifying 15k people
But they didn't do it 500k times. They did it once.
remote iris
anyone have the 10PM GMT news?
The BBC confirmed the authenticity of the video in their 10 p.m. GMT news broadcast. Reporter Ros Atkins said the man in the video “has the same coat, facial hair and gait as Alex Pretti and a facial recognition tool suggests a 97% match. We see him shouting abuse at the agents.”
Seems like a clip of this would have been big news, if Ros Atkins said this live on a 10pm segment
spice plover
But they didn't do it 500k times. They did it once.
We don't know how this is measured and a twin is probably more than 3% similar, either you were correct or not there is no definition of a 97% person either it is or isn't, and if they can't be 100% then what is the error other than misidentifying people? Unless you're saying if you do it once you should just assume it is 100% correct because on average it is 97% correct? You would not brush your teeth with that toxic toothpaste.
tender gyro
There are number of these “AI” claims online right now. I am not adept enough to confirm or deny but I did think the info about what the vehicle would look like with a missing taillight may be an area to confirm at least. Thoughts? https://www.threads.com/@georgia.antifascist/post/DUEsp4qDSrA
topaz shuttle
We don't know how this is measured and a twin is probably more than 3% similar, ...
The percentage is arising from the probability model they're using to match the face. 100% matches are exceedingly rare in facial (or fingerprint) matching. Systems that rely on matching set a threshold that is high enough to avoid false positives at the expense of more false negatives.
With that said, 97% is high enough that it would probably unlock your phone.
terse dove
It's not a white line, it's a bollard
terse dove
There are number of these “AI” claims online right now. I am not adept enough to...
They're saying it "doesn't look like that when broken" with no evidence. I don't know that model of car, but it looks right to me. I doubt an AI would get the detail of the inside of a taillight, and have it swing down still attached to the wiring.
I'm as sure as I could possibly be that the footage is real. It could theoretically be a deep fake face replacement but I seriously doubt it.
AI also generally struggles with the frantic movement of a person holding a phone, a lot of ai videos look oddly stabilized. And speaking of stabilizing, that makes it much harder to deep fake.
remote iris
I'm happy accepting that BBC News presented it and said their "facial recognition tool suggests a 97% match."
I'm sure friends, family, medical records will have final confirmation if this is the event that resulted in his broken rib & medication
shut wasp
Sorry if this was said already
But we used a facial recognition tool in a couple of investigations that would give you a confidence rating
so maybe that's what the BBC used
The tool would say that two people's faces were the same with a % confidence rating
terse dove
The tool would say that two people's faces were the same with a % confidence rat...
My question is how accurate has that been in situations like these? Do you know if it's standard practice for BBC or others to use a lineup for a better sample?
shut wasp
I dont know how the BBC did it. I dont even know if they used the same tool that I'm referencing... I'm just saying that there's a facial recognition tool that I know that we've used that gives you a % confidence rating
So its not unusual IMO for the BBC to give a confidence rating in their analysis
topaz shuttle
It's not a white line, it's a bollard
Bollard gives them too much gravitas. They're thin plastic poles designed to minimize pedestrian injuries:
The two flat ones in the intersection is the practical example of why they are crap.
remote iris
The two flat ones in the intersection is the practical example of why they are c...
they're also cheap to replace 😄
tender gyro
20 minute video of same scene and incident. I have not watched thewhole thing yet https://youtu.be/p2TRbFmutrw
remote iris
and non-destructive to ... distracted drivers
terse dove
I dont know how the BBC did it. I dont even know if they used the same tool that...
Sure. Sorry if it wasn't clear, I'm asking in your experience has the confidence rating that they provide lined up with reality of has it been over confident in your experience? I've struggled to find reliable info about it, and a lot of the claims seem to be in ideal conditions.
shut wasp
When we've used it, anything about 80% was pretty reliably the same perosn
(Again, I have no idea what tool the BBC used, if its the same one, etc.)
terse dove
When we've used it, anything about 80% was pretty reliably the same perosn
Brilliant thanks, so we can say it's highly likely this is Alex Pretti?
topaz shuttle
I see Pretti starting at 16:49. He's coming in hot because there's a clear Eff-you from him right after that.
shut wasp
Brilliant thanks, so we can say it's highly likely this is Alex Pretti?
Personally I'd trust that the BBC Verify team did its homeworok as it usually does and published correct information
tender gyro
Pretti shows up at minute 17 and yells at officers. He kicks the car and they engage with him but obstructed view.
past halo
Still! Searching social media for other videos or vantage points allows you to not entirely rest on one source 🙂
shut wasp
I think there may be a general inclination among some people to want to disbelieve the video because it may make them feel uncomfortable because it's being used by some bad actors to justify Alex's killing. But the fact is that even if that's Alex in the video, that in no way justify his killing
Damaging a vehicle and spitting/fighting cops doesn't carry the death penalty
topaz shuttle
BTW, this is the car filming the second video:
remote iris
pretty late instagram reel, awful glare:
https://www.instagram.com/reels/DTdX5xnADzW/
Instagram
terse dove
I think there may be a general inclination among some people to want to disbelie...
If anything it shows that the interaction did not need to be deadly. He'd engaged with ice on a previous occasion while armed and actually belligerent and wasn't shot to death.
terse dove
If anything it shows that the interaction did not need to be deadly. He'd engage...
Also disproves the narrative that he came to "massacre law enforcement". We have footage of him engaged with ice while armed and not doing that.
normal path
I think there may be a general inclination among some people to want to disbelie...
I will be the first to say that the production of the video is what threw me off.
The second video confirms the first was real. Not 100% sure that is Pretti but seems very, very likely.
This community is incredible.
terse dove
We know now that he regularly carried his gun. Nothing was different on the day he was shot.
past halo
pretty late instagram reel, awful glare:
https://www.instagram.com/reels/DTdX5xn...
This is what I was looking for, awesome
terse dove
I will be the first to say that the production of the video is what threw me off...
FYI one quick tip I've found for spotting AI is to zoom in close and look at areas with light wrap. In ai images or video the colour gradient often has a straight vertical line. If you ever see that that's almost certainly an AI image. Just sharing because I don't think I've seen that aspect talked about before.
past halo
I do want to add some caveats about AI in images. Recently I took a photo of a fire truck to send to my nephew because that's his jam. When I enlarged the image I found that my phone had filled in some details because I had taken it from far away. "STOP" on the stop sign showed the typical "AI trying to form letters" pieces and so did the logo on the fire trucks.
If I hadn't noticed or didn't know what to look for and sent it out, it's still a real picture. Just "improved". So I think, currently, even if we see evidence of AI in imagery it doesn't necessarily mean the whole image is a fake.
Which is extremely difficult and why triangulation from multiple sources is going to be increasingly necessary
normal path
I do want to add some caveats about AI in images. Recently I took a photo of a f...
I want to clarify that I did not think the whole video was fake more like doctored to perhaps include Pretti in the scene somehow.
It just felt doctored when it was really just kind of over produced. Perhaps because I (we?) have become used to videos from these types of situations to be from a cellphone.
remote iris
Aaron Nesheim from Sahan Journal (local news) was there on Jan. 13:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DTlV22cEtDz/?hl=en&img_index=8
Instagram
tender gyro
The “AI” narrative has taken hold on Threads. Like MaGA conspiracies all people will see what ,they want and ignore other facts so I think this will continue to be a narrative
past halo
The “AI” narrative has taken hold on Threads. Like MaGA conspiracies all people ...
It's not limited to any group of people
tender gyro
It's not limited to any group of people
Exactly, may not have worded that correctly. Sorry
terse dove
I think you can still tell something like this with AI upscaling in comparison to something fully generated. For example you can see it's meant to say "stop". One ai image I saw was a coffee shop, and you can just about see in the background every menu option is just the word "coffee". Context clues like that are very valuable in comparison to just "weirdness". Though in my experience it's far far far easier to tell a video is NOT ai, than if it is.
The single best way to tell if something is ai is to look at edgecases, things which are extremely unlikely to have existed in it's training data, like the inside of the broken tail light or the background buildings in this video. If they match it's almost certain the video is not AI.
(sorry is this is off topic, but it might be good to write a detecting AI guide if one doesn't already exist?)
lunar star
Another data point that's becoming too common across the country
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000010663646/minneapolis-ice-arrests-mother-detained.html
tender gyro
A spokesperson for his family and the family’s attorney have verified that the man in the video is Pretti.
Shapiro approaches Pretti, who he did not know, and asks if he’s OK.
Pretti says that he is, before turning to the dispersing crowd. “Are we all OK? Are we all safe?” he calls out to the dozen or so bystanders who remain.
Shapiros video is embedded in the story
fierce vector
Archived version of the startribune story: https://archive.ph/j8k6K
tender gyro
Now I want to know if any of the agents are the same. Same general area. . . They do not have time to capture his information other than through facial rec so I’m not sure about the database theory. He was not arrested in the earlier incident. Has it been confirmed if he is in their database?
topaz shuttle
https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/the-nation-nominates-minneapolis-for-the-nobel-peace-prize/
archive: https://archive.is/5YRXr
lunar star
Interesting Trump brings up Venezuela which is irrelevant in this context
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mdjnncaq4g2a
terse dove
Now I want to know if any of the agents are the same. Same general area. . . The...
There were over 3000 agents in Minneapolis at the time, and there's probably dozens of incidents like this every day. There's absolutely nothing to suggest any connection between these two incidents. It's extremely unlikely to any agent would recognise one particular protestor out of the hundreds there has been.
fierce vector
Jan 13 incident was with ICE agents (per family attorney); Jan 24 incident was CBP.
remote iris
ICE situation on the ground is still very bad:
https://bskye.app/profile/natepentz.bsky.social/post/3mdjuwafoz22t
https://bskye.app/profile/reallandsend.bsky.social/post/3mdgs5xnq5c2w
lunar star
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/plane-spotter-turned-activist-tracking-012947684.html
He said he had witnessed elderly detainees who needed assistance climbing the stairs to the aircraft, as well as one individual who was still wearing their Amazon work uniform.
...
From January 20 to December 31, 2025, there were 13,446 immigration enforcement flights, of which 2,138 were deportation flights, ICE Flight Monitor reported.Benson, an aviation data analytics professional, said tracking the flights had been complicated by the Department of Homeland Security, which charters aircraft from private companies, having flight data withheld from the public.
"It's the same mechanism that, like Taylor Swift and Elon Musk use to maintain privacy. It's unusual," he said.
Benson, 41, said the vast majority of flights have been destined for El Paso in Texas on the southern border with Mexico.
remote iris
Detaining food shelf drivers
https://www.twincities.com/2026/01/28/st-paul-activist-thao-xiong-taken-by-ice-at-hallie-q-brown-center/
lunar star
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67f0diRq_u0
On Wednesday afternoon in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent said they had failed to apprehend the man they were looking for because he ran into a house and the agents lacked a judicial warrant to get inside. (AP Video by Mark Vancleave)
faint dirge
anyone have the 10PM GMT news?
> The BBC confirmed the authenticity of the video...
https://youtu.be/MOMXJvbCEtk?si=EIOv9MOQxmoJI5a0
I'm in GMT with access to BBC. This verify video is the same as what was on the 10pm news, Starting at 7:33.
I'm also including the iPlayer link to the clip where she says it at about 13:43 but this video is due to expire after the next 10pm news.
quasi granite
CW: lots of f-bombs
EDIT: Seems to be from the LA area, not Minnesota. Keeping here in case others mistake it for Minnesota.
https://bsky.app/profile/adamparkhomenko.bsky.social/post/3mdk2ggjya22r
fierce vector
Not sure if this was already posted. Details re: the finger-biting incidents.
willow scroll
An eyewitness account of Pretti's earlier encounter with ICE in which he kicked their car: || https://bsky.app/profile/whstancil.bsky.social/post/3mdkr7h2nis2r ||
topaz shuttle
CW: lots of f-bombs
EDIT: Seems to be from the LA area, not Minnesota. Keeping...
Has this been chrono/geolocated yet? It's definitely not Minnesota.
shut wasp
Chicagoland area maybe https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQxCzopAdIU/
Instagram
topaz shuttle
There's a palm tree in the background near the end of the clip.
shut wasp
not Chicagoland area then 😂
quasi granite
Chicagoland area maybe https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQxCzopAdIU/
Text for this second one says it's in LA. I can delete or reposition my post.
topaz shuttle
It might be best to leave it here in case it gets treated as contemporary or connected to Minnesota.
hollow abyss
Text for this second one says it's in LA. I can delete or reposition my post.
Could edit the post and add a note too.
lunar star
Guess Tom and Trump admin think they're in war with suburban soccer moms and football watching dads...
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mdkwy5lfo62q
quasi granite
There's a palm tree at the end
topaz shuttle
There's a palm tree at the end
Found it - the video circulating now is a cropped version of a video from an Axon body camera:
June 7th in LA
remote iris
SALUTE reporting they're now using vehicles marked for 'MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOL PLANT MAINTENANCE'
The Trump administration dispatched thousands of federal agents to Minnesota under the stated goal of beefing up the response to the state’s fraud crisis following viral claims of wrongdoing by Somali immigrants.
Two months later, Trump administration officials have said little about what those newly arrived federal agents are doing to root out and prosecute fraud in Minnesota’s social service programs. Deportations and violent clashes with protesters, including the killing of two Minnesotans who were U.S. citizens, have been the most notable features of Operation Metro Surge.
Ongoing fraud investigations, meanwhile, experienced a massive setback this month when six of the state’s top federal prosecutors resigned in protest of the Justice Department’s investigation into 37-year-old Renee Good’s killing. Prominent state leaders, including Gov. Tim Walz, quickly recognized their departures as a major loss for fraud-fighting efforts.
https://www.startribune.com/backlash-from-minnesota-immigration-actions-sets-back-federal-fraud-cases/601564805?utm_source=gift?utm_source=gift
lunar star
tender gyro
tender gyro
The woman who filmed from inside the car
Instagram
spice plover
Not entirely interesting but individual ICE agents discussing and alleging people are paid to oppose them https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUGdJn9idH6/
plain root
An eyewitness account of Pretti's earlier encounter with ICE in which he kicked ...
Is the author saying that the kicking of the car happened before or after ICE beat Alex up, etc?
remote iris
Is the author saying that the kicking of the car happened before or after ICE be...
There are multiple recordings from January 13 documenting him kicking the car before agents grabbed him.
untold kestrel
Is the author saying that the kicking of the car happened before or after ICE be...
Before.
willow scroll
Is the author saying that the kicking of the car happened before or after ICE be...
I don't think Stancil says either way. His video starts after Pretti kicks the car and breaks the taillight, though
remote iris
It is not ambiguous anymore that it was Alex Pretti in the video.
A spokesperson for his family and the family’s attorney have verified that the man in the video is Pretti.
...
A representative for the family told the Star Tribune on Jan. 28 that he could not confirm the extent of those injuries. However, Pretti did tell relatives about a previous scuffle with federal law enforcement that tore his jacket, shirt and boots, the spokesman said. In the aftermath, Pretti complained of pain related to unknown injuries, he said, but did not seek medical treatment.
https://www.startribune.com/bystander-video-reveals-confrontation-between-alex-pretti-and-federal-agents-11-days-before-killing/601572009?utm_source=gift
FBI using facial recognition to track down individuals related to the vandalized vehicles from the night of the north Minneapolis shooting on Jan 19:
The FBI used facial recognition technology to place Taylor at the scene of the unrest. She admitted on Jan. 19 to the FBI to being there to protest the immigration enforcement effort but denied damaging vehicles or stealing anything.
However, the video given to law enforcement captured her taking ammunition from the lockbox of one agent’s vehicle with Johnson at her side.
https://www.startribune.com/more-arrests-charges-tied-to-thefts-from-federal-agents-vehicles-during-ice-shooting-unrest-in-minneapolis/601572715?utm_source=gift
remote iris
From last night's anti-ICE noise protest outside the Graduate by Hilton Minneapolis:
https://www.youtube.com/live/d6F0uRY1eOM?si=Q2TZXo0g18aEJAnj&t=8815
LRAD-like device on the front of this Jeep (?) at 2:26:57
Saw a bluesky post alleging LRAD use:
https://bskye.app/profile/anthonymaki.com/post/3mdjx2nvouc2h
Timestamps don't make sense, but I hear a megaphone for “All individuals. You are under arrest. Please sit down,” just after 2:33:14
https://www.youtube.com/live/d6F0uRY1eOM?si=xP7J6qS57W78hk03&t=9194
National leadership at the Department of Veterans Affairs initially blocked a memorial planned for Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old ICU nurse who was shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis.
In an email obtained by The New Republic, officials at the Minneapolis VA claimed that “local leadership was instructed to pause the memorial” for Pretti, initially scheduled for Tuesday at noon.
https://newrepublic.com/post/205865/veterans-affairs-va-officials-block-memorial-service-alex-pretti
tender gyro
lucid panther
In the military they trained us to identify the weapon by its type and location ...
I'm going to apologize in advance for this post. I am a veteran that is disabled due to my time in the service and have been treated almost exclusively through the VA. It is nowhere near perfect but it was the first place I ever felt safe talking about the issues I was having and that was because of the VA nurse who treated me. I know this is not objective reporting but with all the talk of Alex's death in the channel I wanted to share this short clip I saw on tik-tok of him honoring a veteran who passed that was under his care. This is the man he was. If this needs to be moved or deleted that's fine. I just wanted to make sure I shared it.
remote iris
Local news had an interview with a woman who remembered his care:
https://youtu.be/vYYhqEvgGGo?si=-UAnD-92xUYjvPW9
lucid panther
Local news had an interview with a woman who remembered his care:
https://youtu....
I probably haven't cried in 2 years, this situation has had me in tears and enraged. I didn't recieve treatment from him but I can confidently say the VA nurses are the only reason I am still alive today. May Alex rest in peace.
gusty coral
raven copper
archive: https://archive.ph/icuqL
glossy stone
buoyant cypress
Back on Jan 24 Blaank asked about the vehicle used by agents involved in the Pretti shooting and sightings at other incidents.
We have a finding on that.
https://bsky.app/profile/seesyous.bsky.social/post/3mdmauxo7hk2b
buoyant cypress
Side by side of the custom wheels in case that's useful....they are salty on Jan 24 (so look grey) but wet and shiny Jan 21.
faint dirge
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/us/don-lemon-arrest-minnesota-church-protest....
Another (local) journalist is being reported as arrested as well, Georgia Fort. Working on figuring out where this video is from originally
https://bsky.app/profile/theletterhack.bsky.social/post/3mdnfjwwprc2m
topaz shuttle
Another (local) journalist is being reported as arrested as well, Georgia Fort. ...
It was a Facebook Live from about two hours ago:
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1CqAXEzmaA/
past halo
lunar star
Another (local) journalist is being reported as arrested as well, Georgia Fort. ...
In addition to that - creepy in a sense that it looks like one of those home invasion movies:
https://bsky.app/profile/phillewis.bsky.social/post/3mdnkuoutws2s
faint dirge
In addition to that - creepy in a sense that it looks like one of those home inv...
Can we tell if this is her talking to them? She mentioned she sent a relative out to check the warrant which may have been after this. Also worth noting from this video that agent looking through the window is DEA according to his vest.
thin latch
pure plank
Palantir 👇
https://bsky.app/profile/justinhendrix.bsky.social/post/3mdnao27okc...
anyone have an archived version of this nyt article?
spiral sluice
anyone have an archived version of this nyt article?
I found it by putting the link in at archive.today
pure plank
Ah, cool, there wasn't a valid one on archive.org. Thanks!
lunar star
Can we tell if this is her talking to them? She mentioned she sent a relative ou...
Not an exact science but I think it might be her based on color of the shirt that she's wearing here and comparing to the shirt in the Facebook livestream #1464102882516275454 message. But still looking for affirmative proof still just in case
vagrant thorn
raw plinth
prisma silo
I have seen no charges, and no law cited. Do we have information on that?
lucid panther
I have seen no charges, and no law cited. Do we have information on that?
I think they had not actually brought charges yet when the judge ordered their release, which is part of the reason he ordered it.
Either that or the charges are sealed one of the two
tender gyro
I have seen no charges, and no law cited. Do we have information on that?
#usa-canada message
Indictment with charges sought
tender gyro
prisma silo
what is the difference betwen these charges and the prior charges that were refused by two courts previously?
haughty widget
what is the difference betwen these charges and the prior charges that were refu...
The first court (and later the appeals court) found that there wasn't probable cause for an arrest warrant. Then the DOJ impaneled a grand jury who indicted him and thus decided they did have probable cause. I don't think the actual charges would have been different.
buoyant cypress
https://bsky.app/profile/capitolhunters.bsky.social/post/3mdnrzy3thk27
Yes that's why I put my bit about the Mazda CX-70....capitolhunters h/t'd me in that thread for my correction about the vehicle being a Fed vehicle. Not seeking cred here, only wanting to point out that the link between the Pretti shooters and the Jan 21 bearspray and bloodyings is clear.
And these are the Getty images we've been using to compare with vid of agents present at Pretti shooting
https://www.gettyimages.ca/search/2/image?family=editorial&events=776440446&sort=mostpopular&recency=daterange&begindate=2026-01-21&enddate=2026-01-21
tender gyro
lunar star
It's believed to be the first time a local police department in Minnesota intervened in a federal law enforcement action since the surge in immigration enforcement began two months ago.
The woman, who did not want to be identified because she fears for her safety, is a U.S. citizen and a resident of St. Peter. She told MPR News in an interview that she was out in the community in her car, tracking the movements of federal agents, and recording them on a dash cam.
She shared that video with us. Agents in three vehicles began chasing her and trying to force her to pull over. Eventually they box her in, three agents get out of the car in front of her, with their guns drawn and try to force her out of her vehicle.
eager frigate
remote iris
TRO request is not granted, following up on these hearings:
https://bsky.app/profile/rparloff.bsky.social/post/3mdqagplmn22y
remote iris
USCIS calling in refugees from Myanmar--members of the Karen or Karenni community--to the Whipple Building, where they are promptly detained:
https://www.startribune.com/ice-raids-minnesota/601546426?utm_source=gift
marsh smelt
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000010669560/how-battlefield-tech-was-used-i...
I'd love to know more about the decisions made to get them kitted out like this. Has anyone gone into how the funding and procurement happens?
topaz shuttle
I'd love to know more about the decisions made to get them kitted out like this....
Secretary Noem Commends President Trump and One Big Beautiful Bill Signing into Law: Historic Win for the American People and the Rule of Law
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/07/04/secretary-noem-commends-president-trump-and-one-big-beautiful-bill-signing-law
remote iris
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/30/st-peter-police-chief-intervenes-preven...
embedded clip here:
https://bskye.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mdqg7f5u2c27
topaz shuttle
embedded clip here:
https://bskye.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mdqg7f5u2c27
The text in the video is a bit misleading. In the print version of the article they point out that the passenger was detained and was released after the local police chief called DHS. The "intervention" is well after the scene in this video.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/30/st-peter-police-chief-intervenes-prevents-federal-agents-from-arresting-resident
remote iris
The text in the video is a bit misleading. In the print version of the article t...
Ah, thanks for catching that. The text in the video was so brief I did not see it.
The agents took the woman to the St. Peter police station, where she says Chief Grochow approached her, spoke with her, had her get into his squad car, and took her home.
“He knew where I lived already, because he had already been in contact with my husband.” the woman said. “He started talking to me like he just couldn't [believe] how terrible it was, what was happening. And he was so sorry and so scared for me and that type of thing, and [he] was so upset by what they're doing to our community.”
In an email to MPR News, Chief Grochow confirmed that ICE agents turned the woman over to him and he then drove the woman home.
tender gyro
https://www.threads.com/@ash.renee411/post/DUMD6nDAOPk
breakdown of judges order to release Liam and his father from Dilley.
“With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike”
graceful notch
the bible verses referenced under the photo at the end:
https://bsky.app/profile/andycraig.bsky.social/post/3mdqocjw57c2i
for those not versed in Texan, this is a big deal
plucky seal
native Texan here, this is the polite way to say "you're all going to the worst of all possible hells"
remote iris
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/read-the-full-indictment-against-don-lemon-g...
AG Bondi's statement (threat?) on this:
https://fxtwitter.com/AGPamBondi/status/2017277024235040888?s=20
topaz shuttle
tender gyro
ProPublica is publishing the names of the Pretti shooters. I am not linking yet but it is available and soon to be widespread Im sure
high sinew
quick sail
⚠️ Reminder of the server's no doxxing rules: Absolutely no doxxing (sharing people's personal information) of any kind.
✅ We can share and discuss articles published by credible news sources.
⛔ We cannot share social media profiles, home addresses, family information, etc. that we may come across during research.
If in doubt about whether something violates the no doxxing rule, please message @stoic spindle before posting.
tender gyro
Interesting take on the wide spread questions about the video of Alex Pretti as possible AI and how it isn’t just a case of being better at detecting AI . A few passages;
“The people dismissing The News Movement’s video as AI aren’t dumb. They’re not bad at spotting fakes. Many of them are probably quite good at it. They’ve spent years learning to be skeptical of viral content. They know that foreign influence operations seed fake videos to divide Americans. They know that AI-generated slop floods social media every day. They know that bad actors create convincing forgeries to manipulate public opinion.
All of that is true. The problem is that they’ve internalized “be skeptical of AI” as a heuristic and they’re deploying it selectively, based on whether the content in question confirms or challenges their existing beliefs.
This is confirmation bias with a new escape hatch.”
—-
“We built detection tools. We funded verification units. We taught media literacy. And it turns out none of that matters much when people can simply opt out of reality by invoking the magic words.
I don’t have a solution to offer here. The technology that enables AI-generated content is improving faster than our social capacity to adapt to it. The psychological vulnerabilities that make the liar’s dividend work are deeply rooted in how humans process threatening information. The political incentives that reward reality-denial aren’t going anywhere.”
prisma silo
Interesting take on the wide spread questions about the video of Alex Pretti as ...
People having an out by saying that a thing is fake is nothing new. Prior to AI it was "paid crisis actors".
remote iris
terse dove
People having an out by saying that a thing is fake is nothing new. Prior to AI...
"paid crisis actors" never actually happens though. It's always a conspiracy. Most sane people know it's always a lie. Defamatory fake AI generated content is something people encounter on a daily basis. It's not unusual to expect anything damaging you see to be AI, because very often it is.
lunar star
In light of the ongoing debates over ICE reform in Congress this week
https://vxtwitter.com/Sec_Noem/status/2018435428932538861?s=20
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5717754-house-vote-immigration-reforms/
vxTwitter / fixvx
lunar star
Noem did not specifically say agents would be required to wear the cameras.
...
Even without approved funding in the Homeland Security appropriations bill, the agency still has roughly $175 billion in funding for immigration enforcement from the massive tax cuts and spending package passed last year.In the fiscal year 2026 appropriations bill for Homeland Security, $20 million was set aside for body cameras for immigration agents. That measure would be the subject of two weeks of negotiations under the spending package under consideration in the House.
lunar star
remote iris
Eight more lawyers leaving the Minnesota US Attorney's Office, adding to the six that left already in January:
https://www.startribune.com/another-wave-of-departures-in-minnesotas-us-attorneys-office/601575569?utm_source=gift
NYT on the widespread community fear and economic effects of ICE presence:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/business/economy/minnesota-ice-economy-damage.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JVA.I3aZ.PXle9chKvMXH&smid=url-share
lunar star
3 pm Eastern Time
https://bsky.app/profile/cwnewser.bsky.social/post/3mdxrrbpoas27
lunar star
3 pm Eastern Time
https://bsky.app/profile/cwnewser.bsky.social/post/3mdxrrbpoas...
Probably there are other places for livestreaming but here is one of them when the hearing happens
https://www.fox9.com/news/renee-goods-brothers-testify-before-congress-members-dhs-use-of-force-forum-how-watch
remote iris
ICE agent pointing his gun at a stationary car this morning:
https://youtu.be/EeUFDTDO77Q?si=YGJ4cA6QsUNuHIsB&t=6
alley next to S 18th Ave & E 27th St
https://maps.app.goo.gl/n3n2RPd4d2tkVstD8
topaz shuttle
remote iris
not sure what to make of this:
https://bskye.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mdxwyhmygv2u
spice plover
I don't have a good source but there is a meme around "anti fragility" and promising complete solutions for things in the conservative world of grievance, legal or forceful problems for opponents that they can't escape or make worse trying to escape, the problem with anti fragile as Wikipedia says is that anti fragile systems are until they aren't, but it could be true, but to what effect it is vague in this video, but it is very common right wing hopium style messaging to me as well, or generally the political concepts around triangulation, the enemy of my enemy is perhaps also my enemy, etc but this is more like ... Alluding to that as a dodge to me. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antifragile_(book)
remote iris
'C&C Electric' workers in a Nissan sedan with suspiciously bulky hi-viz
https://www.instagram.com/p/DUT0BlzCSxD/
Instagram
remote iris
ICE agent pointing his gun at a stationary car this morning:
https://youtu.be/E...
AP News coverage of the incident this morning:
https://apnews.com/article/minneapolis-immigration-crackdown-arrests-29ab636ca0f7db5389418463ca8b67c7
remote iris
Aliya Rahman testimony (woman ripped out of her car on Jan 16)
CW: descriptions of physical violence, dehumanization using the term 'bodies'
||https://youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?si=qGIYt2B7nsjiFc3g||
ashen quartz
'C&C Electric' workers in a Nissan sedan with suspiciously bulky hi-viz
https://...
Its difficult for me to really see much detail in this, but I'm a commercial electrical workers and can at least vouch that in the winter they're going to have a lot more padding underneath the vest for warmth that might be making it look bulky
remote iris
Its difficult for me to really see much detail in this, but I'm a commercial ele...
Sorry to say, there is no C&C Electric in River Falls, WI
And with the FT on the Nissan license plate, they either have 10+ fleet vehicles or it opens the possibility that it's a rental fleet Nissan and not a work vehicle
topaz shuttle
Sorry to say, there is no C&C Electric in River Falls, WI
There's also no contact info on the sign. While it's possible a company would advertise itself without a way to contact them; it's a pretty bone headed thing to do as a business owner.
Also, full disclosure, I've used this kind of cover as a cybersecurity contractor. Same helmets, cheap hi-vis with no logos. It's also possible that these are similar consultants on a job.
They just happen to also be wearing DHS-style face covers.
remote iris
700 officers leaving, effective TODAY, February 2nd:
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/04/trump-homan-minnesota-ice-immigration.html
lunar star
700 officers leaving, effective TODAY, February 2nd:
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/0...
2,000 agents are still a lot
remote iris
The observers said ICE watch is different in the suburbs than in the cities. There are fewer observers spread out over a much larger area. Many ride alone. And observers keep their distance from agents and stay in their cars, as opposed to the cities where observers are often seen on sidewalks or streets.
It's more soccer moms than hardcore activists, they said. But the challenging conditions have brought them closer together. After knowing each other for just weeks, they feel like they’d give their lives to protect one another if necessary.
“I feel like that’s one of the things that’s unique about patrolling in the ‘burbs is it’s not like it is in the city, where there are dozens of observers immediately when ICE shows up,” Elizabeth said. “We are alone — it’s two petite women in our vehicles.”
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/04/pursued-by-federal-agents-suburban-ice-observers-remain-resolved
lunar star
rugged lotus
ACLU is calling for the UN to get involved https://www.threads.com/@aclu_nationwide/post/DUWSfz9j-uf?
remote iris
Lots of familiar munitions from the Bellingcat guide to 'less-lethal' weapons
https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/in-ices-war-the-public-is-winning
remote iris
Minneapolis council member from this morning
https://bskye.app/profile/aishaforward10.com/post/3me4gge6shc2p
Lots of SUVs, some agents hanging out in hallways: https://iceout.org/reportInfo/102281
At least eight agents were standing around confused that they smashed the side window
remote iris
well over a dozen, maybe as many as 20+ agents filing out of the building, trying to leave.
CW: loud volume (adjust accordingly)
||https://fxtwitter.com/FordFischer/status/2019394684075012470||
lament plinth
'C&C Electric' workers in a Nissan sedan with suspiciously bulky hi-viz
https://...
IMO biggest tipoff with things like this is no licensing information on a commercial vehicle, let alone for what is ostensibly an electrician or lineman's vehicle. While not a legal issue, it would also be very peculiar to have no contact info (e.g. phone number) next to your logo - why advretise your brand if potential customers can't contact you?
IIRC most states require a license number to be displayed on a side door or on the rear, in at least 1" tall letters, and possibly a DOT number alongside. (Each state is different and the rules can be verified on each states' licensing board's website for a given trade).
prisma silo
The shovel lie. Bystanders were missed by the shot.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/22/man-shot-in-leg-by-ice-in-minneapolis-did-not-attack-officer-women-say MPRNews: Man shot in leg by ICE in Minneapolis did not attack officer, women say in court documents.
https://www.startribune.com/mn-venezuelans-released-ice-shooting/601576035 (paywall) Star Tribune: Two Venezuelans, charged with assaulting agents in ICE shooting, re-detained despite judge’s orders.
https://archive.ph/gTCRK archive
lunar star
untold kestrel
The shovel lie. Bystanders were missed by the shot.
<https://www.mprnews.org/s...
Can you add descriptions, please?
prisma silo
So what's the point of ordering release from ICE custody if ICE can re-arrest them without consequence?
remote iris
So what's the point of ordering release from ICE custody if ICE can re-arrest th...
Yes, ICE drags their feet in court processes & continue to operate with impunity in Minnesota.
But I think getting the court ruling, actually getting released and returned to their families and communities makes a big difference for people who get detained.
past halo
We aren't going to be able to give answers to policy questions, as the discord server focuses on open source research
Maybe Bluesky or something would be a place to ask
remote iris
well over a dozen, maybe as many as 20+ agents filing out of the building, tryin...
Might not even be an immigration enforcement raid, just a frustrated citizen with bad opsec and violated 1st & 4th amendment rights (edited due to the nature of his comments):
https://bskye.app/profile/mattprivratsky.bsky.social/post/3me4oe24cfs2r
remote iris
Might not even be an immigration enforcement raid, just a frustrated citizen wit...
more confirmation from local reporting & CBS News
https://bskye.app/profile/taylordahlin.com/post/3me4qoaffyc2w
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kyle-wagner-minnesota-arrested-ice-antifa/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&linkId=903614950
prisma silo
There may be additional document. I have not found them while looking. Some document, I am unsure what. I think it's a judge signing off on probable cause. Kyle Wagner legal situation.
https://cdn01.dailycaller.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/WagnerComplaint.pdf document
https://dailycaller.com/2026/02/05/get-your-f-guns-antifa-zealot-charged-with-unhinged-threats-against-ice/ source page
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2261A 18 U.S.C. § 2261A(2)
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/875 18 U.S.C. § 875(c)
Notably filed in Michigan, not Minnesota. The person threatened is a civilian in Michigan. The crime is because the threat crossed state lines. No probable cause in this document to believe they had threatened a public official (ICE/CBP).
This is an extremely rare case of online harassment being charged. This specific document is tangentially related to ICE.
So the filed court document directly contradicts the statements of the federal government on the matter. I messed up reading. it's misleading, not contradictory. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/anti-ice-antifa-member-arrested-federal-charges-cyberstalking-and-threatening-communications
remote iris
So the filed court document ~~directly contradicts~~ the statements of the feder...
from your link:
The complaint further alleges that on January 29, 2026, Wagner, used his Instagram account to dox a pro-ICE individual by publishing a phone number, birth month and year, and address in Oak Park, Michigan, threatening the individual. Wagner later admitted that he doxxed the victim’s parents’ house.
prisma silo
Yes, the statemnet from the government is that they ... oooh sneaky.
he was charged for a crime unrelated to ice/cbp and separately called for assault of federal officials. But he's not being charged with calling for the assault of federal officials.
remote iris
I'm just here to note that I'm not a lawyer with all the evidence, violations, and understanding of the charges, are you?
prisma silo
Kyle Wagner was arrested today on federal threat and cyberstalking charges following alleged murder and assault threats against ICE
very sneaky. Two separate things that aren't related put together to seem related.
"This man allegedly doxxed and called for the murder of law enforcement officers" this was not alleged in the document I have found. There may be other documents we don't have access to.
remote iris
So the possibility still exists in the justice.gov link that you shared that there is another complaint
According to the criminal complaint, Wagner has escalated his opposition to ICE operations, including conspiring and threatening to assault federal law enforcement officers in Minneapolis. In January 2026, Wagner repeatedly posted on Facebook and Instagram encouraging his followers to forcibly confront, assault, impede, oppose, and resist federal officers whom he referred to as the “gestapo” and “murderers.”
--it's just that we don't have that PDF yet.
prisma silo
Yes, I can't rule out others. They aren't being presented alongside non-legal claims.
topaz shuttle
Yes, I can't rule out others. They aren't being presented alongside non-legal c...
This really looks like an instance when waiting for professional analysis will be a better fit for this server.
prisma silo
We have something at least. The document about the person in michigan.
remote iris
finding the Michigan document was informative!
tender gyro
Jake Lang arrested after damaging prosecute ice sculpture https://www.threads.com/@mercadomedia1/post/DUZEKYwgMVc
prisma silo
This is the entire reason we have probable cause documents so that people can go verify the law enforcement aren't making things up.
topaz shuttle
I get that, but posting a series of conjectures about it is not helping anyone.
prisma silo
no conjecture there. I made darn sure of that.
At least I tried really hard.
What did I screw up?
topaz shuttle
If you're typing words and they are coming from your mind and not transcribed from an open source, that's conjecture in this frame of reference.
prisma silo
Ok, fair.
remote iris
seeing images of MPD staging outside the Graduate Hotel tonight, looks like it's another noise demonstration organized by UMN Students for a Democratic Society
(really hoping the LRAD doesn't show up again)
https://www.instagram.com/p/DURLf5IlF6K/?hl=en&img_index=1
Instagram
topaz shuttle
BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/05/liam-conejo-ramos-dhs-requests-expedited-deportation-proceedings-for-family
archive: https://archive.is/qPsKH
remote iris
We may still see what evidence was preserved.
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and FBI are set to announce a joint investigation into the killing of Alex Pretti, according to two people with direct knowledge of the agreement.
https://www.startribune.com/pretti-investigation-mn-bca-fbi/601577509?utm_source=gift
archived: https://archive.ph/mEOHV
remote iris
From last night's anti-ICE noise protest outside the Graduate by Hilton Minneapo...
via Unicorn Riot
topaz shuttle
via Unicorn Riot
Plates suggest that's UMN Campus Police force, though the actual attachment to the vehicle doesn't look permanent.
remote iris
rep from Minneapolis City Council President's office
still focused as ever on staking out schools and kids at bus stops:
https://bskye.app/profile/elliottpayne.org/post/3me5jsn6y4c2m
junior stump
less guarded talk from a federal agent having an exchange with observers
Agent: OK … That is true. This administration has been more transparent than the Biden administration, or the Obama administration.
…
Ethicallyunbothered: Well, I would love to talk about that more. Can you tell me more what you mean by that? Like, what specifically do you feel like Trump’s been more transparent with?
Agent: Every time we made a serious arrest against a criminal alien, we [inaudible] put it out, alright? But the media does not want to show you that, especially blue state media. Because it doesn’t fit their narrative.
…
Agent: The reason why, and I’m going to be completely honest with you, the reason why they don’t want the population [inaudible]…
…
Agent: Yeah. The reason why they don’t want the population to go down in Minnesota is the more people that you lose in Minnesota, you then lose a voting right to stay blue. This is exactly why…
…
Ethicallyunbothered: Well, if you’re only taking illegals, we’re not losing any voters.
Agent: That’s wrong because technically they’re trying to pass a bill that [inaudible] require you to be a United States citizen to vote in an election.
-# contextually, I'm guessing that last “inaudible” is a word like “doesn’t”. the agent may be suggesting that a proposed bill which would allow noncitizens to vote in federal & state elections is being put forward?
https://unicornriot.ninja/2026/federal-agent-in-coon-rapids-the-more-people-that-you-lose-in-minnesota-you-then-lose-a-voting-right-to-stay-blue/
(archived https://archive.ph/SFG2C)
U.S. voting eligibility at present:
Who cannot vote?
Non-citizens, including permanent legal residents, cannot vote in federal, state, and most local elections.
https://www.usa.gov/who-can-vote
(archived https://archive.ph/fViQf)
remote iris
HCSO has been at the front lines of Whipple, arresting protestors themselves also:
The sheriff said she was open to the possibility of transferring immigrants who were facing trial for serious crimes such as murder or rape to jails in the state that hold contracts with ICE. She said she was also considering providing ICE with information about inmates who had been charged with violent crimes, which she said might be “palatable for our community.”
But Sheriff Witt said she worried about enabling the deportation of people who had minor run-ins with the law. She said she was also concerned about the possibility that ICE could deport people before they stood trial on serious matters, depriving victims of their day in court.
Even if she makes a politically risky concession to the White House, Sheriff Witt said, there is no guarantee that it would end the crackdown in the Twin Cities. Sheriff Witt, who prides herself on being accessible to constituents, said residents’ anger over the immigration operation had consumed her days.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/us/dawanna-witt-hennepin-sheriff.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KFA.ZeXX.6P1STokjyuyf&smid=url-share
lunar star
Hicks said she found an attorney for Ubreu Thursday night, adding that she and the attorney are trying to get a letter from his Mayo Clinic doctor up to the Whipple Building. She’s scared that the federal agents won’t release his medication before his flight.
If he doesn’t get his medication, his body will reject the kidney transplant. It’s life threatening.
This is a developing story. More reporting to come.
remote iris
A Minnesota Star Tribune review of more than 100 Minnesota license plates attached to immigration enforcement vehicles in recent weeks shows that nearly 60% were not registered with the state of Minnesota, including the Chevy Tahoe that federal agent Jonathan Ross traveled in the day he fatally shot Renee Good in south Minneapolis.
Another 11% of the plates reviewed by the Star Tribune had some kind of irregularity, including expired tabs from different vehicles or plates registered to a nonexistent business. A quarter of the vehicles were rentals.
https://www.startribune.com/swapped-covered-and-removed-the-license-plate-tactics-ice-is-using-in-minnesota/601573065?utm_source=gift
remote iris
Jake Lang arrested after damaging prosecute ice sculpture https://www.threads.co...
From Minnesota Court Records Online, searching for Case Number 62-CR-26-846 via https://publicaccess.courts.state.mn.us/CaseSearch#CaseInformation
lunar star
lunar star
https://www.wired.com/story/jonathan-ross-renee-good-roberto-carlos-munoz-guatemala/
archived: https://archive.ph/FoWLk
remote iris
remote iris
Not sure if this is a protester, HCSO, or DHS agent.
Lots of video of protesters throwing/attaching them to cars at Whipple now.
CW: NSFW, anatomical reproductions
||https://fxtwitter.com/BGOnTheScene/status/2020200662999658877 ||
topaz shuttle
It appears to be related to this:
||https://bsky.app/profile/daviss.org/post/3mec3j54lqk2k||
CW: hi-res images of same anatomical reproductions
Mercado Media is also streaming at Whipple today:
https://www.youtube.com/live/qe0kvtbyseE
Protester:
lunar star
lunar star
I can't tell if the masked individuals are not ICE agents and just part of Jake Lang's crowd - also probably not important but is Jake holding bags of ice?
https://www.youtube.com/live/Dd6d9CHY7cs?t=5900s
topaz shuttle
I can't tell if the masked individuals are not ICE agents and just part of Jake ...
The one in the center that's visible for most of it isn't wearing anything that would mark them as a federal agent. I'd defer to the experts amongst us, but the paintball gun looks like, uh, a paintball gun.
pliant bronze
Protester:
pliant bronze
I can't tell if the masked individuals are not ICE agents and just part of Jake ...
Lang's people from what I can tell; they use similar vests in promotional material for protests. They drove by and ripped open bags of ice in front of protestors. The gun could either be for paintballs or pepper balls
remote iris
Not sure if this was already posted. Details re: the finger-biting incidents.
...
rumors converging on the 'bite' from locals:
https://bskye.app/profile/natepentz.bsky.social/post/3mecp3w74xk2v
topaz shuttle
rumors converging on the 'bite' from locals:
https://bskye.app/profile/natepentz...
I don't think Nate is referring to either of the biting cases. There were a few cases that were downgraded by the US Attorney's Office in Minneapolis:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/us/justice-dept-minnesota-immigration-crackdown-misdemeanors.html
Archive: (pending - busy night, apparently)
remote iris
I don't think Nate is referring to either of the biting cases. There were a few ...
it's in the NYT article too!
from the original Star Tribune reporting:
An agent fell to the pavement while attempting to arrest the female. While the agent was on the ground, Feng tackled him. A second agent pulled Feng off and took her to the ground. While Feng was face down, the second agent reached under her in an attempt to restrain one of her arms.
“Feng then forcibly bit the right ring finger of [the second agent],” the complaint read.
The wounded agent’s vision was distorted by his gas mask, leaving him “not aware of the severity of Feng’s bite, but [he] knew he was injured,” the complaint continued.
Once he removed his glove, the injured agent saw that a tip of the finger was bitten off.
“The victim located the tip of his finger inside his glove and was able to get medical attention approximately 45 minutes after the incident,” the complaint noted.Around the same time, a Border Patrol agent attempted to arrest Baierl after seeing her throw objects after federal officers.
While the agent was trying to arrest Baierl, someone pushed him off her. A second agent then attempted to detain Baierl. While the second officer tried to remove her mask, Baierl bit him on the middle finger of his glove-covered right hand.
so both accused of biting, only one removed fingertip and one that we know had her charge downgraded.
topaz shuttle
So it's probably safer to go with the NYT story as the update, rather than Nate's post?
lunar star
tender gyro
remote iris
So... there aren't any locally-owned Korean bakeries in Minneapolis
There's a few Tous Les Jours in the suburbs? But those are franchised, chain locations
https://fxtwitter.com/LongTimeHistory/status/2016719382349598965
remote iris
Unless this highly-recorded, ICE-aware city completely missed this event, my suspicion is that this guy is just making his story up to lie on the Internet.
Again, there are zero Korean bakeries in this city and no corroboration.
rugged lotus
I have some people I can ask, hold please
remote iris
His TikTok was pacmanfrogenjoyer, looks deleted AFAIK
Looks like it wasn't even recent news, since there's a reply to this now-deleted video dated from 1/28 https://www.tiktok.com/@rj12764/video/7600561806414744887?q=pacmanfrogenjoyer&t=1770662017617
topaz shuttle
There's line at about 1:20 in the video where he says "it's getting really bad. People are getting killed for recording ICE agents. We saw that today."
As of right now, there are two deaths that fit that description. Neither happened in February.
remote iris
rugged lotus
Unless this highly-recorded, ICE-aware city completely missed this event, my sus...
Other people I talked to said it seems weird and unreliable as well
drowsy fractal
His TikTok *was* pacmanfrogenjoyer, looks deleted AFAIK
Looks like it wasn't eve...
was the video spead up to potentially mask that it might have been Generated/altered?
remote iris
was the video spead up to potentially mask that it might have been Generated/alt...
The original account was deleted, so unless someone knows a way to view deleted TikToks, we're outta luck
lunar star
stone blade
His TikTok *was* pacmanfrogenjoyer, looks deleted AFAIK
Looks like it wasn't eve...
Is this the new account? https://www.tiktok.com/@average_leftists
https://youtu.be/9QxAHJ0G-ik looks to be another telling of the story as well
remote iris
https://youtu.be/9QxAHJ0G-ik looks to be another telling of the story as well
so again:
- I challenge anyone to point on a map to a "locally owned Korean bakery in Minneapolis, Minnesota." There isn't one.
- The 'original video' from a deleted TikTok account cites the Alex Pretti shooting the same day. There were hundreds of people in the streets that day recording ICE. Where is any recording of this Korean bakery?
If we can't find any physical location or any other accounts matching this description--and I'll doxx myself a little, I live in Minneapolis and know the Asian bakeries--we lack the evidence to prove this story.
There are French bakeries, Viet-French ones, Lao-French ones. Expanding the search you can find Chinese, and Korean chain bakeries in the suburbs.
No location matches his story that I am aware of.
There is no shortage of real accounts of ICE raids in Minneapolis that justifies fabricating stories for Internet points
https://bskye.app/profile/gallantdimwit.bsky.social/post/3mejatdvzqc2r
stone blade
I’m not disagreeing with you in the slightest. Also, happy to say I’m also in the area, (second ring suburb). There was discussion about his original TikTok being taken down and also I had found another telling of the story and didn’t know if this further disproved his telling of events.
remote iris
apologies! I'm just upset with this one. Even AI/deepfaked images around Pretti's death could tie into a larger political agenda, this one just seems petty and dumb
stone blade
Which is why sometimes further analysis is needed to deeply confirm false stories are just that
topaz shuttle
There are French bakeries, Viet-French ones, Lao-French ones. Expanding the sear...
Looking at the other TikTok videos on the newer account suggests the author works at a Starbucks.
So possible that the store(s) are owned by a Korean family; it's deliberate framing to make the store sound more vulnerable.
past halo
just a thought from my own experience (I'm not local, it's just a thing where I live) that the bakeries might not be standalone, but part of a restaurant or grocery
if you have also checked those @remote iris might be worth mentioning 🙂
remote iris
Looking at the other TikTok videos on the newer account suggests the author work...
hearing Starbucks actually might narrow it down, since they're outnumbered by Caribou Coffees in the area 
solar venture
if you have also checked those <@239838853739970562> might be worth mentioning ...
there also aren't any of those in minneapolis proper, good shout though <3
asian grocery stores with other businesses in them are pretty much all in either saint paul (cuz large hmong population), or in suburbs
and none in regular grocery chains
past halo
people often don't communicate in great detail so what a person might say is a "korean bakery" could actually be a general Asian grocer, etc. I always try to start with what they literally said, and then branch out 🙂
remote iris
lunar star
That's disturbing
https://www.fox9.com/news/man-who-does-ice-background-checks-arrested-bloomington-prostitution-sting
drowsy fractal
https://youtu.be/9QxAHJ0G-ik looks to be another telling of the story as well
I think the fundamental part of the story that create scepticism, is that there is repeated reference to the whole interaction being recorded yet there is no accompanying video.
topaz shuttle
lucid panther
Is anyone else having trouble finding any livestreams or live info out of Minneapolis?
remote iris
Is anyone else having trouble finding any livestreams or live info out of Minnea...
Not particularly, Star Tribune has a live feed that updates daily for big news, but there aren't large protests/gatherings every day either.
Maybe Whipple is worth filming regularly, but what are you trying to find out more about?
Most of the "legal observer" networks are highly intolerant of reporters/livestreamers trying to film content from folks looking out for their neighborhood, so those highly decentralized orgs intentionally avoid online visibility, especially considering the personal risk for themselves & other residents fearing ICE retribution
🧵 from earlier this month
https://bskye.app/profile/whstancil.bsky.social/post/3mdxqqfb4f22r
stone blade
Seeing a lot of posts about an ice crash in St. Paul. No news stories at the moment.
topaz shuttle
There's some video of it surfacing on Bluesky:
https://bsky.app/profile/tpqrs.bsky.social/post/3melwb3fa5s2j
remote iris
MPR News picking it up
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/11/ninas-coffee-ice-car-crash-st-paul
Pictures of more damaged vehicles on Reddit.
Black Honda van, the red Toyota Prius and the silver Nissan with the Texas plate by the looks of it
https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/s/HtOhInyuRC
Also from MPR News
The teen spent the night of Jan. 13 at the hotel with two agents. Drake said that both agents were female.
The girl writes that she had her own bed, but not her own room. She does not allege that the agents sexually or physically abused her. And she does not name the hotel where she was imprisoned.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/10/after-arrest-teen-refugee-held-overnight-in-hotel-room-by-ice-agents
lament plinth
Note how they're saying the victim recieved non-life-threatening injuries, yet they're carried away on a stretcher with a sheet over them? Very odd.
remote iris
Star Tribune reporting:
https://www.startribune.com/ice-raids-minnesota/601546426
Brandon Reader told the Minnesota Star Tribune that he was just about to get out of his car this morning when he saw a Prius “come barreling down the road crazy fast [southbound on Western].”
Reader said that less than a car length behind him was a sedan with sirens and lights flashing.
The Prius driver ran a stop sign and struck a car in his path. The Prius then hit a minivan before striking an icy mound of snow and going airborne, he said.
The pursuing car stopped behind the Prius, and an officer wearing clothing and gear consistent with that of federal agents got out, Reader said.
In the meantime, Reader said the Prius driver clambered through the broken front windshield and fled on foot but was brought back to the scene in a federal vehicle.
He said many more federal agents arrived, as did numerous St. Paul police officers.
An ambulance showed up about 20 minutes after the crash, and the Prius driver was put on a gurney and driven away, Reader said.
lunar star
just in case for photo credit on the woman in the bathrobe filming
https://bskye.app/profile/eshockmanwrites.bsky.social/post/3memg4n4rbc24
https://bskye.app/profile/chrisgeidner.bsky.social/post/3memnpmxlbk2q
https://bskye.app/profile/chrisgeidner.bsky.social/post/3memplvcnas2y
https://www.lawdork.com/p/opening-up-the-trump-admins-attack
remote iris
Homan press conference from Star Tribune:
old cedar
Homan press conference from Star Tribune:
Here's the link for that 🙂 https://www.startribune.com/ice-raids-minnesota/601546426
remote iris
prisma silo
They've lied before. Believe it when you see it.
topaz shuttle
They've lied before. Believe it when you see it.
This is still speculation.
prisma silo
It's not speculation that they have lied in the past. It's not speculation that we should take evidence of a withdrawl over claims of one in the future.
remote iris
It's not speculation that they have lied in the past. It's not speculation that...
political commentary, speculation and arguing with server moderators in the thread detracts from its original purpose; please be considerate and keep it to yourself
remote iris
remote iris
lunar star
Using the classic whataboutism here
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3meoj2svqmu2c
remote iris
This is the 'broom & shovel' attack story where there was found to be a bullet hole through the door
Federal prosecutors have moved to drop criminal charges against two Venezuelan men whose highly publicized arrests in north Minneapolis last month have been disputed after conflicting accounts emerged from Homeland Security officials and defense attorneys.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Feb. 12 that “newly discovered evidence” in the case against Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis and Alfredo Alejandro Aljorna is “materially inconsistent” with the allegations initially brought against them in a criminal complaint. The motion to dismiss did not list specifics about the new evidence.
https://www.startribune.com/doj-moves-to-drop-charges-against-men-arrested-after-north-minneapolis-ice-shooting/601581378?utm_source=gift
remote iris
Detainees at the Whipple Federal Building brought in by federal immigration agents must be allowed access to an attorney and private phone calls and be informed of their rights within an hour of arriving, a federal judge ordered Thursday evening.
"Within one hour of detention and prior to being transferred out of the Whipple Federal Building, detainees shall be provided free, private and unmonitored access to the telephone," reads a temporary restraining order.
...
The temporary restraining order will remain in effect until Feb. 26.
https://www.startribune.com/ice-raids-minnesota/601546426?utm_source=gift
remote iris
This is the 'broom & shovel' attack story where there was found to be a bullet h...
Sosa-Celis' (the man who was shot in the leg) partner was interviewed for this article, providing another account of what happened that night:
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/05/indriany-mendoza-camacho-speaks-out-about-ice-shooting-her-partner-julio-sosacelis
remote iris
This is the 'broom & shovel' attack story where there was found to be a bullet h...
Notably, they requested the charges to be dismissed with prejudice, which seems to be an ongoing pattern with the office requesting at least six other federal crime cases to be dismissed recently.
This same attorney is in currently in charge of the Minneapolis office, following the recent loss of 14 experienced prosecutors. He has 30 years of civil litigation experience & eminent domain, but not even one year of experience in criminal prosecution from his 2025 Trump appointment.
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72164500/48/united-states-v-aljorna/
https://www.startribune.com/case-dismissals-hastened-plea-deals-follow-us-attorney-staffing-exodus-in-minnesota/601579371?utm_source=gift
https://minnesotareformer.com/2025/05/13/learning-on-the-job-trumps-u-s-attorney-pick-for-minnesota-has-never-been-a-prosecutor/
remote iris
On Jan. 22, 2026, attorneys filed 20 civil suits seeking a client's constitutional right to due process.
The petitions for release give details about the person and where they were picked up by ICE.
Six were arrested in the community, doing things like picking up a prescription and getting groceries. Five were arrested at home, including a pregnant woman. Four were detained when they showed up to a planned immigration check-in.
...
In one case, a pregnant mother from Ecuador was on her way to work when she was stopped. According to her petition, the agents went to her home and then took her husband and two boys into custody. Each has a pending asylum petition and no criminal history.
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/operation-metro-surge-who-is-being-arrested-snapshat/
lunar star
Bluesky
remote iris
Border czar Tom Homan said Thursday that “significant cooperation” from local law enforcement helped lead to the expected end of Operation Metro Surge, but sheriffs across Minnesota say their policies have not changed.
The Minnesota Star Tribune asked sheriffs in all of the state’s 87 counties this week if they signed a new agreement with federal officials or changed their immigration enforcement policies since Homan’s arrival. As of Thursday afternoon, roughly 40% of sheriffs had responded and none of them had changed their policies.
https://www.startribune.com/mn-jails-cooperation-ice/601581324?utm_source=gift
archive: https://archive.ph/jSiuP
remote iris
This is the 'broom & shovel' attack story where there was found to be a bullet h...
“A joint review by ICE and the Department of Justice (DOJ) of video evidence has revealed that sworn testimony provided by two separate officers appears to have made untruthful statements,” Lyons said in a statement. “Both officers have been immediately placed on administrative leave pending the completion of a thorough internal investigation….The U.S. Attorney’s Office is actively investigating these false statements.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/13/ice-minneapolis-shooting-assault-00780839
remote iris
This really looks like an instance when waiting for professional analysis will b...
@prisma silo follow up on Kyle Wagner; appears this IS the only charge and nothing else related to federal agents.
https://fxtwitter.com/JSweetLI/status/2022680734167691280
https://fxtwitter.com/JSweetLI/status/2022718763506835767/photo/1
FxTwitter
Looks like a different case number than the document you found earlier, but I don't have PACER login credentials
untold kestrel
https://newrepublic.com/post/206589/ice-alex-pretti-shooting-emt-treat
FYI that article is a retelling of this one: https://theintercept.com/2026/02/13/alex-pretti-first-aid-emt-federal-agents/
prisma silo
Looks like a different case number than the document you found earlier, but I do...
Yeah, I think that's the actual charging document. The one I found was, I think, the probable cause document. I'm not 100% certain on any of this.
remote iris
ICE twitter finally picked this up:
https://fxtwitter.com/ICEgov/status/2022717881469882693
suspect it was this flat tire in Hopkins/St Louis Park, but can't confirm:
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/ice-requests-police-aid-as-large-crowd-responds-in-hopkins-then-st-louis-park
There's a Reddit post with a VIN:
edited: I'm an idiot, this is from a MONTH ago.
topaz shuttle
Was it an Enterprise rental?
remote iris
Hm, don't know.
The wheels from the ICE Twitter picture say Ford, so I'm doubting it's the Jeep from a few days MONTH ago now since I can't check the date.
hmm... the tire size checks out though.
It's a Kinergy GT 255/65 R18 (?) tire, which is a compatible tire for the 2019 Latitude
https://www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/comments/1r0kiwj/ice_had_a_flat_tire_at_knollwood_mall_just_now_st/
doesn't look like a Jeep at all? but the hubcaps match
wheels on a 2020 Ford Explorer XLT are also 255/65 R18 🙂
lunar star
I'm assuming this is in Minnesota because I believe Tina is still there covering for the Status Coup news but could be wrong
https://bsky.app/profile/tinadesireeberg.com/post/3metgqayja22o
https://bsky.app/profile/tinadesireeberg.com/post/3metgtjcdrk2o
topaz shuttle
I'm assuming this is in Minnesota because I believe Tina is still there covering...
The snow melt and sunlight match the conditions from Thursday. It's a suburb due to the lack of sidewalks.
solar venture
culture here in Minnesota is to always help folks with car issues, just feels extra fucked
spiral sluice
round hollow
https://bskye.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mevp3vpfbw2k
Tag line about locating missing children threw me for a loop. As usual...more to the story.
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/missing-children-found-ice-minnesota-fact-check/
topaz shuttle
I'm assuming this is in Minnesota because I believe Tina is still there covering...
WCCO (CBS) is confirming it's Columbia Heights:
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/ice-agents-fake-car-trouble-to-lure-man-brooklyn-center-minnesota/
lunar star
remote iris
We may still see what evidence was preserved.
> The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal...
nope:
Minnesota criminal investigators have again been denied access to evidence and other materials collected by federal authorities after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, state officials said Monday.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/16/fbi-will-not-provide-bca-access-to-evidence-gathered-from-pretti-shooting-bca-says
remote iris
The FBI formally notified the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) on Feb. 13 that it will not provide the BCA with access to any information or evidence that it has collected in the Jan. 24 shooting death of Alex Pretti. The BCA reiterated the request to receive information, access to evidence, and cooperation in the Jan. 7 shooting death of Renee Good and the Jan. 14 shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis. It remains unclear if there will be any cooperation or sharing of information related to those two shootings.
https://dps.mn.gov/news/bca/statement-bca-superintendent-drew-evans-alex-pretti-shooting-investigation
tender gyro
In the midst of so much inhumanity this video of Haven Watch volunteers greeting people released from Whipple really got to me. Look for the helpers https://www.threads.com/@minnesota50501/post/DU6ANZqEhjC
lunar star
remote iris
> The FBI formally notified the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9r6AB88pnE
Hennepin County Attorney’s Office issues “Touhy” demands for federal information related to Alex Pretti’s killing, shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis
The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office (HCAO) has issued more “Touhy” demands to the federal government, related to the death of Alex Pretti and shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis.
In state court, the HCAO uses subpoenas to obtain evidence. “Touhy” is the required process to obtain records and evidence from a federal agency.
We understand that the Trump administration sent a representative to oversee the discussions between the BCA and the FBI related to Alex Pretti’s death. A final decision was conveyed to the BCA at the end of last week that there would be no cooperation. While the federal government attempts to hide evidence, we are demanding that they reverse this decision and produce the evidence by March 3.
lunar star
‘This isn’t living, right?’: Minnesota immigrants share their stories while in hiding from ICE
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MPR News collected stories from several people under those circumstances across the state. They recorded voices memos or spoke to a reporter over three days between Jan. 24 and Feb. 4, sharing what their day was like. They answered questions including: did you leave the house today? What did you not get to do today that you normally get to do? How is this impacting your life?The result is an intimate portrait of Minnesotans who have been deeply impacted by the surge of federal immigration agents in the state. We are only using first names or first initials due to safety concerns.
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https://www.startribune.com/how-isle-population-800-became-the-only-minnesota-city-to-sign-an-agreement-to-help-ice/601582191
archived: https://archive.ph/0a2eb
But Isle stands to gain something from the deal: The Department of Homeland Security will pay for officers’ online training. And once certified, the city could get $100,000 for a new police car and $7,500 for equipment for each trained officer, which is not insignificant for a city with an annual public safety budget of $830,000.
While many residents said they hadn’t heard that the city signed the agreement, several said they expected widespread support for it.
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Recent resurfacing of the "The Others" patches that appeared during an HSI-executed search warrant in Minneapolis:
https://bsky.app/profile/taylordahlin.com/post/3mfantpib7s2r
The research at the time didn't yield a source or explanation, just that the local ICE office banned their use after the press coverage.
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Most of the petitions were filed by a newly mobilized army of volunteer lawyers with little or no experience with immigration law.
They are corporate litigators, divorce lawyers, estate planners and criminal defense attorneys who are leveraging their bar admission to mount an unprecedented defense of immigrants against the Trump administration’s efforts to achieve mass deportations through a new legal theory that rejects decades of precedent on who can be detained pending immigration proceedings.
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Some immigrants detained had no previous contact with immigration enforcement, and so even if their arrests were ruled illegal, they are nevertheless in proceedings that may ultimately lead to their deportation.And the volunteer army of divorce attorneys and patent lawyers don’t have the specialized knowledge to represent them in that next phase of their case.
“One of the really hard things about this work is explaining to families … that my ability to help is limited. I can get you out of confinement, but I won’t be able to solve the more permanent problem of making sure you can stay here safely,” Boulette said.
Their cases must then be picked up by immigration attorneys like Solomon Steen, who said there has simply never been enough immigration lawyers to keep up — even before Operation Metro Surge.
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not sure if this was posted before, but financial institutions in hennepin and ramsey counties (home to Minneapolis and Saint Paul respectively) are being required to report all transactions to outside the US worth $3000 or more https://natlawreview.com/article/fincen-order-suspected-minnesota-fraud-takes-effect
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https://www.startribune.com/white-house-minnesota-supreme-court-chief-justice-quietly-negotiated-deal-over-ice-enforcement-in-courts/601586071
archive: https://archive.ph/KWIdC
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The remaining ICE force of about 500 does not include additional Homeland Security Investigations agents.
Though both lawmakers said they remain skeptical, the updates offer rare verification that immigration agents have indeed left Minnesota a week after Homan announced plans to end the operation. Homan said in a CNN interview Friday he plans to winnow ICE’s force in Minnesota to a ”regular footprint” of 150 agents, dwarfing the estimated 3,000 agents sent to the state as the operation peaked.
ICE & HSI staffing remains over 3x their 'regular footprint'
https://www.startribune.com/fewer-than-500-ice-agents-remain-in-minnesota-lawmakers-say/601586020?utm_source=gift
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A couple of weeks ago, ICE agents got chatty with some volunteer observers they had taken into custody. The agents revealed that they had tracked the rapid response times of volunteers who were showing up to oppose their work across Minneapolis. According to Francis, “[ICE agents] had timed out the rapid response time in Minneapolis in general to be about seven minutes and on the South Side specifically to be about two minutes.”
https://organizingmythoughts.org/we-belong-to-each-other-now-lessons-from-minneapolis/
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https://www.startribune.com/how-ice-labeled-a-minnesota-teen-an-unaccompanied-minor-and-lost-him/601578960
archived: https://archive.ph/SGWvY
He is one of many children who have been swept up under Operation Metro Surge. But instead of taking Sebastian to the Whipple Federal Building and sending him to another detention center, the feds sent him to a Christian youth shelter in Michigan.
The government then lost track of his whereabouts for the better part of a week, during which his family searched frantically for their son.
Sebastian’s journey is one of the strangest wrongful-detainment petitions to emerge from the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota. It’s also illustrative of the administration’s new approach to the “unaccompanied minor” system.
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A retired federal agent rehired by ICE as part of Kristi Noem’s mass recruitment push accidentally discharged his gun in a hotel room, firing one round through the wall that came to rest in the headboard of the bed in the room next door.
Bradley Shaver, 53, an Ohio-based Border Patrol veteran who retired in 2023, was one of around 3,000 federal agents deployed to Minnesota under Operation Metro Surge, and had been staying at the Hampton Inn in Eagan.
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https://www.thedailybeast.com/dhs-ice-goon-shoots-bed-in-neighboring-hotel-room-...
Related with a thread that goes over a pattern of weapons unintentionally being discharged
https://bsky.app/profile/emptywheel.bsky.social/post/3mfjtvfwsos2l
At the end of thread - she also notes the time period when immigration enforcement shot another US citizen in Texas
https://bsky.app/profile/emptywheel.bsky.social/post/3mfjv5zf7fs2m
https://minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/23/the-end-of-operation-metro-surge-in-data/
Rapid responders also recorded more ICE activities in the suburbs than in the Twin Cities in recent days. On Feb. 17, for example, observers recorded immigration activities 20 times in the suburbs, compared to three times in the Twin Cities.
The data is incomplete and not intended to capture all ICE activity. The crowdsourced data includes 578 arrests during Operation Metro Surge, around 14% of the 4,000 arrests federal officials announced on Feb. 4. An untold number of immigrants have been arrested without the cameras and whistles of observers, and even when people do witness ICE activity, they may not be connected to a rapid response group chat to report it. Also, the number of people actively observing and documenting ICE activity has fluctuated over time.
Still, in the absence of robust, publicly available data on arrests and other immigration enforcement activity over time from the federal government, data collected by observers offers some insight into immigration enforcement trends.
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U.S. District Judge Eric Tostrud issued the ruling Monday, ordering the administration to reimburse $568.29 to cover the cost of a plane ticket for the man, identified in court documents as Fernando T., a Mexican citizen, to return to Minnesota.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-appointed-judge-finds-admin-in-civil-contempt-11569926
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https://www.startribune.com/attorney-general-pam-bondi-announces-more-arrests-in-anti-ice-church-protest/601590001
archive: https://archive.ph/tu0bf
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Whipple protestors attacked by police today 3/1
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Whipple protestors attacked by police today 3/1
https://www.instagram.com/reel/...
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/deputies-make-arrests-outside-whipple-federal-building-sunday-morning/89-d64ce233-16fc-4442-93f0-ce6a7540ec89
Hennepin County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) from what I've heard
I know this video from a Minneapolis City Councilmember was around the same time, but it doesn't look like what HCSO is describing 🤔:
https://bskye.app/profile/jchavezmpls.bsky.social/post/3mfzbqiid6s2p
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Alex Prettis mom remembers him on what should be his 38th birthday https://www.threads.com/@mnhousedfl/post/DVW28pRjwIv
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The use of a chemical irritant by U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Greg Bovino is among 17 instances of “potential unlawful behavior” by federal agents during Operation Metro Surge currently being investigated for criminal charges, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said Monday.
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Moriarty said Monday that her office had closed the public portals to submit evidence into the killings of Good and Pretti and the shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis by federal agents after receiving over 1,000 submissions from community members.Those materials are now in the hands of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, which is also interviewing witnesses. The BCA is building a case file to turn over to the county attorney for potential charging decisions against the federal agents involved.
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Washington, D.C. – Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Courts Subcommittee, and Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent a letter on Wednesday urging the Department of Justice’s Inspector General and the DOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility to open an investigation into FBI Director Kash Patel and other senior DOJ officials’ decision to shut down a civil rights investigation into the January 7 killing of Minneapolis resident Renée Good.
More details of FBI & Director Patel involvement:
Ranking Member Durbin received credible whistleblower information supporting the New York Times reporting that career FBI agents were ordered to stand down because FBI Director Patel wanted a warrant to access evidence to not include language referencing Ms. Good as the victim but instead to portray her as the subject of an investigation into the assault of a federal law enforcement officer. The whistleblower’s account also supported the public reporting that FBI personnel were informed the civil rights investigation must be closed.
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https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/28/judge-stops-dhs-from-detaining-lawful-refugees-in-minnesota
A federal judge in Minnesota has blocked a new Trump administration policy that would have allowed immigration officials to arrest and detain thousands of legally admitted refugees.
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https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/ice-shakopee-minnesota-1235524009/
archived: https://archive.ph/BBvVQ
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https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/03/05/sen-amy-klobuchar-agent-numbers-contradict-kristi-noem
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar says federal immigration agents are at or near their original footprint of 180 agents in Minnesota, contradicting a claim from the departing Homeland Security Secretary.
In front of Congress earlier this week, Secretary Kristi Noem said 650 agents, or more than three times the original number, remained in the state.
Klobuchar said Border chief Tom Homan called the senator to clarify Noem’s estimation was incorrect.
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https://bsky.app/profile/mn50501.bsky.social/post/3mgds7mdhbs23
To clarify - the black Tahoes are getting moved into the Whipple Building.
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To clarify - the black Tahoes are getting moved *into* the Whipple Building.
I agree.
It was hard to read OP's sarcasm, but the shipments definitely look more inbound, rather than out.
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Yeah this is the second day of them. Yesterday it was just one trailer of trucks.
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https://bskye.app/profile/mn50501.bsky.social/post/3mgmwgm5m5c2k
hearing 4 or 5 more loads of Tahoes just today
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not on my bingo sheet:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/03/11/julie-le-doj-immigration-lawyer-congress-minneapolis/
archive: https://archive.ph/tIksk
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I feel like we've heard a similar story of ICE asking detainees to give them more names or folks they 'think' are illegal, but I'd have to look back to previous articles here.
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Drone sightings drove surveillance fears as ICE surged in Minnesota
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While the immigration raids may have receded in the weeks since federal immigration agents fatally shot Alex Pretti, it’s unclear who is controlling these drones or why. The federal government won’t confirm or deny using drones for surveillance in Minnesota. Local law enforcement agencies say the drones aren’t theirs.
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St. Paul Mayor Kaoly Her is denying a request for independent probe into violent police response that injured three journalists during a November U.S. Immigration and Customs arrest, saying an internal investigation should finish first.
In December, the St. Paul Police Civilian Internal Affairs Review Commission requested an independent investigation into the St. Paul Police response late last year that turned violent.
It left three photojournalists injured during a Nov. 25 ICE arrest in the 600 block of Rose Street East in the Payne-Phalen neighborhood.
In a March 4 letter, Her denied that request. She explained Friday that the department’s Internal Affairs unit is already investigating the case.
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An immigration judge has ended the asylum claims of Liam Conejo Ramos and his family, according to their Minneapolis lawyer.
The 5-year-old boy from Columbia Heights received national attention after he was detained by U.S. immigration authorities along with his father.
Attorney Danielle Molliver, with Nwokocha & Operana Law Offices, told MPR News on Wednesday that the firm is appealing the decision. Molliver said an appeal could take months or years.
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https://www.threads.com/@textcontainer/post/DWFFeEbDovo?
French-german cultural channel @arte.tv is showing a short documentation about the resistance in Minneapolis for free. Audio languages: German/French/Original. Subtitles in English available.
https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/131326-000-A/usa-minneapolis-im-widerstand/
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The John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award®
Announcing the 2026 Honorees
The People of the Twin Cities, MinnesotaThe people of the Twin Cities of Minnesota will be honored with a John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award® for risking their lives to protect their neighbors and immigrant community members from an unprecedented federal law enforcement operation, peacefully defending the human rights and values that serve as the foundation of our Constitutional democracy.
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The government’s case against the church protest was initially so weak that a judge rejected it, not once but repeatedly, leading to prosecutors taking the extraordinary step of bypassing the courts entirely and going directly to a grand jury to get what they couldn’t get from a judge.
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On Jan. 20, the DOJ presented eight arrest warrants to Magistrate Judge Douglas Micko.
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After [Micko] declined to sign off on five other arrest warrants, the Justice Department requested an emergency review from the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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The appeals court rejected the request. A three-judge panel from the Eighth Circuit denied the department’s request.
With every judicial avenue exhausted, the DOJ went to a grand jury of greater Minnesotans and secured [indictments], rolling them into a superseding indictment against the 39 individuals.
In the indictment, a majority of the defendants are charged for sharing the protest flyer on Facebook and attending the protest. Journalist Georgia Fort is charged for interviewing the pastor and a protest organizer.
The initial arrests, coming at the height of the popular movement against ICE in Minnesota and after two people were shot by federal agents in a week, show how far federal prosecutors are willing to go to stifle dissent, target who they deem as their political opponents, and attempt to silence independent media.
Using surveillance and GPS tracking on phones, federal agents then targeted the protesters and journalists with early morning raids in several phases, some turning violent with masked agents using battering rams to break through front doors with guns drawn and federal agents ramming vehicles to make arrests.
https://unicornriot.ninja/2026/trump-admin-targets-press-and-activists-in-minnesota-indicts-the-righteous-39/
(archived https://web.archive.org/web/20260320155547/https://unicornriot.ninja/2026/trump-admin-targets-press-and-activists-in-minnesota-indicts-the-righteous-39/)
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https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-sues-trump-administration-for-evidence-in-good-pretti-killings/601598503?utm_source=gift
archive: https://archive.ph/PaLrG
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https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-democrats-report-being-followed-harassed-by-ice-agents-during-immigration-surge/601587769
archived: https://archive.ph/XgrHA
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Can personally confirm as part of the 28%
https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-twin-cities-50714130-292e-11f1-b7ca-13cbb2321448.html
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The Alex Pretti Nursing Scholarship will be awarded to a University of Minnesota School of Nursing student with financial need, with preference given to someone who’s interested in providing exceptional health care to American veterans.
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https://theintercept.com/2026/04/09/renee-good-killing-minneapolis-jonathan-ross-videos/
Federal prosecutors in Minnesota are being forced to turn over critical information on the shooting of Renee Good by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Jonathan Ross in relation to a separate case involving Ross.
Prosecutors have until May 1 to provide a slew of records, including Ross’s personnel file, to a magistrate judge to review and determine which files should be released. The materials could shine light on the killing of Good, an observer who died after Ross shot her during a January 7 confrontation amid a monthslong immigration crackdown in Minneapolis.
The order came in response to a motion from the defense attorneys for Roberto Carlos Muñoz-Guatemala, a man who Ross attempted to apprehend in a separate confrontation in June. After Ross broke a window in Muñoz-Guatemala’s car and fired his Taser, Muñoz-Guatemala drove away and was later convicted of dragging Ross with his car.
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(Federal Tort Claims Act)
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This is an older post that someone posted in another server and I thought people might be interested:
https://bsky.app/profile/whstancil.bsky.social/post/3mj3wpkd7zc2d
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https://www.startribune.com/charges-dropped-against-women-who-helped-save-ice-agent/601836350?utm_source=copy
archive: https://archive.ph/JZ2Qw
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