He's backing away from all the original goals of his war.
Remember, opening the Strait of Hormuz was not a goal of his war because it was already open before he attacked Iran.
Operation Metro Surge was nothing but a show of force to intimidate states that voted against Trump.
Thankfully, Minnesotans showed the country what standing up to authoritarianism looks like.
@darrenjdahlberg@TheJFreakinC@929sunshine They should engage in con law training. Every one of them claims they are protecting the Constitution yet they haven't any training in law or how laws came to be in effect. Especially those wingnut sheriffs.
🚨BREAKING: A U.S. citizen in, Vancouver, WA, was pulled over by FIVE police cars for legally observing and documenting ICE agents… then had to explain the Constitution to the officers detaining him…
And it was all caught on video.
In the video, an ICE agent didn’t like being watched, called local police…
Then suddenly, the U.S. citizen, exercising his constitutional rights, was surrounded by FIVE cop cars.
And most ridiculous part?
The officers who claimed “reasonable suspicion” for detaining the U.S. citizen, could not even answer this simple question…
Is it legal to observe and record law enforcement?
After refusing to answer, and arguing about the First Amendment for several minutes, the officer finally admitted…
Yes. It is legal to observe and record law enforcement.
So, if it’s a legally protected activity… then why was this U.S. citizen detained?
Federal courts, across the country, have repeatedly recognized that the First Amendment protects the right to record and observe government officials… including law enforcement performing their duties in public… as long as you aren’t interfering with them.
That means, local police, and ICE agents, don’t get to decide when that right applies… They don’t get to ignore the Constitution because they’re uncomfortable with public oversight.
But this isn’t the only incident.
Across America, we’re watching local law enforcement work alongside ICE, while ordinary citizens, journalists, and legal observers are being questioned, detained, and intimidated for exercising their constitutional rights.
And the fact that a U.S. citizen had to educate the officers, who were detaining HIM, about the Constitution… should outrage every single person.
Because if the people enforcing the law don’t understand the constitutional rights they’re sworn to protect…
That puts every American in danger.
FBI shows up to interrogate a U.S. citizen at his house—for writing an anti-ICE social media post.
"This is about comments that you posted online," said agent.
Orders homeowner to stop recording—refuses to even tell him which comments.
Agent wearing unique World Cup uniform to indicate he is currently assigned to work with ICE on immigration issues.
Craig Brittain has been actively documenting and participating in protests at the Delaney Hall ICE detention facility in Newark, New Jersey.
His social media posts videos of demonstrations, conflicts with agents, and calls for the facility’s closure.