#uncheckedaggression

"Castro already faced state assault charges in Minnesota stemming from the confrontation in which he shot Julio ​Cesar Sosa-Celis, a Venezuelan national, in the leg through the door of the man’s apartment while children were present inside the home. "The state charges also include false reporting of ‌a crime ⁠after Castro allegedly told superiors at the Department of Homeland Security that Sosa-Celis and others attacked him with a snow shovel and broom, which was disproved by video evidence." https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/17/ice-agent-arrested-minneapolis #Minneapolis #ICE #UncheckedAggression

I quail at the arrival of the Will Bunch Newsletter in my inbox because a constant state of outrage is unpleasant, like inflammation. But what can we do? Read the best political columnist in the U.S. in the hope we don't become inured. We have a long row to hoe, I observe from my figurative garden in Minneapolis. No one likes to hoe. And hoe we must. Will Bunch: "Americans should be alarmed at the bigger picture that’s slowly unfolding before us. After briefly pressing the pause button in the furor over the Good and Pretti killings — pulling back from its federal assault on Minnesota, firing the flamboyant and infuriating Greg Bovino and Kristi Noem, and drastically scaling back its plan for warehouse concentration camps — ICE is back, and more dangerous than ever." ICE killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. They want you to be apathetic. Don’t be. https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-death-lorenzo-salgado-araujo-houston-mohammad-nazeer-paktiawal-20260709.html?int_promo=newsletter #uspol #ICE #UncheckedAggression

Will Bunch: "The indictment of the Minneapolis 15 — a so-called “conspiracy” that included innocuous acts of dissent like discussing ICE activities on the Signal app or publishing an article on a pro-anarchist website — and the chemical assault against citizens exercising their free-speech rights are all the same instinct from a violently repressive government. "They want you to shut up. They want you to stay in your home. And they want to make you very afraid — five months before an election that they are practically screaming they plan to do everything in their dictatorial powers to steal." https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-minneapolis-15-indictments-trump-silencing-dissent-20260618.html?int_promo=newsletter #Minneapolis #ICE #UncheckedAggression

At gunpoint. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Immigration officers with guns drawn arrested activists who were trailing their vehicles on Tuesday in Minneapolis, while education leaders described anxiety and fear in Minnesota schools from the ongoing federal sweeps. … Several cars followed officers through south Minneapolis after there were reports of them knocking at homes. Officers stopped their vehicles and ordered activists to come out of a car at gunpoint. Agents told reporters at the scene to stay back and threatened to use pepper spray. https://apnews.com/article/minneapolis-immigration-crackdown-arrests-29ab636ca0f7db5389418463ca8b67c7 #Minneapolis #ICE #UncheckedAggression