Lindsay Marchello

You know what's cool? Free markets and personal liberty. Also dogs, dogs are cool. My tweets and opinions are my own.

[Richard Hanania @RichardHanania]

NYT description of the video. This is open and shut. They took the gun, and then shot him in the back.

An agent begins shoving the demonstrators, and squirts pepper spray at their faces.

At this moment, Mr. Pretti has both hands clearly visible. One is holding his phone, while he holds the other up to protect himself from pepper spray. He moves to help one of the protesters who was sprayed, as other agents approach and pull him from behind.

Several agents tussle with Mr. Pretti before bringing him to his knees. He appears to resist as the agents grab his legs, push down on his back and strike him repeatedly.

The footage shows an agent approaching with empty hands and grabbing at Mr. Pretti as the others hold him down.

About eight seconds after he is pinned, agents yell that he has a gun, indicating that they may not have known he was armed until he was on the ground.

The same agent who approached with empty hands pulls a gun from among the group that appears to match the profile of a firearm DHS said belonged to Mr. Pretti.

The agents appear to have him under their control, with his arms pinned near his head.

As the gun emerges from the melee, another agent aims his own firearm at Mr. Pretti’s back and appears to fire one shot at close range. He then appears to continue firing at Mr. Pretti, who collapses.

A third agent unholsters a weapon. Both agents appear to fire additional shots into Mr. Pretti as he lies motionless.

In total, at least 10 shots appear to have been fired within five seconds.

This is why you record them, wherever they go. The administration will still lie and we can't expect them to be shamed into doing the right thing, but the fact that it is this clear creates difficulties for them. They may back out of Minnesota, but I personally would be shocked if the agent faced federal charges. They just don't care.

[Furkan Gözükara @FurkanGozukara]

DAMN : ICE grabbed a 17yo Target worker at his job, despite him saying he’s a US citizen. After confirming he was, they dumped him in a Walmart lot 8 min away. Bystanders found him sobbing, bleeding: “They slammed me on the ground.”

[Acyn @Acyn]

Tapper: Those are officers being attacked on Jan 6th? By this standard, would any of those officers be justified in shooting and killing the people, causing them physical harm?

Noem: When people are physically harming them, they have the authority to arrest those individuals.

Tapper: The president pardoned every single one of them.

Noem: President Trump has been so focused on is making sure that when we're out there, we don't pick and choose which situations are in which laws are enforced and which ones aren'

Tapper: I just showed you video of people attacking law enforcement officers. Undisputed proof, undisputed evidence. And I just said President Trump pardoned all of them. And you said that President Trump is enforcing all the laws equally. It's just not true. There's a different standard for law enforcement officials being attacked. If they're being attacked by trump supporters. We just saw that.

[Greg Lukianoff @glukianoff]

You have a First Amendment right to film law enforcement, in no small part because when you do, you might catch them doing something like—just spitballing here—abusing their power by making a not-so-veiled threat.

[Carissa Byrne Hessick @CBHessick]

The idea that a person who is standing on their own front porch and filming government officials is “interfering” with law enforcement is absolutely bonkers.

[Ramez Naam @ramez]

The most dangerous thing about yesterday's ICE shooting isn't the shooting itself: It's the response from Trump, Vance, and Noem that signals to ICE that they can do this again, with impunity. No investigation. No suspension. No talk of training or policies. Just impunity.

[Lindsay Marchello @LynnMarch007]

@LizWolfeReason Praying for his swift recovery!

[Jimmy Buffett Fan, Esq. @jimmy_esq]

If the President has the inherent authority to send troops into another country to blow up its military bases and capture its leader during peacetime under Article II, then I really don't know what is left of Congress's war power.

[Billy Binion @billybinion]

It’s fair to ask why Trump is eager to prosecute Maduro for drug trafficking after pardoning the former president of Honduras for the same crime just a month ago.

[Yashar Ali 🐘 @yashar]

There is nothing more infuriating than people who are horny for war and refuse to acknowledge that you can despise a regime, want it gone, support the people who wish to end it — and still oppose the use of military action.

[Katherine Brodsky @mysteriouskat]

I don't want the analysis of average Americans on the news. If I want their opinions, I'll read X. What I want to see from media is better discernment of which experts are actually best suited for the story, not based on PR and connections, but actual topical knowledge.

[Jeremy Konyndyk @JeremyKonyndyk]

DHS disappeared a US citizen.

This tweet (lying to a member of Congress) remains up even after her lawyers provided the birth certificate.

And Tricia’s chilling language implies DHS may presumptively detain anyone who doesn’t happen to be carrying proof of citizenship.

WTAF.

[David J. Bier @David_J_Bier]

In this video, you can watch Border Patrol cause an accident with a US citizen, refuse to help him, and then ultimately arrest him for asking for their insurance. They locked up him, but then released him with no charges. Again only because he had video.

[Kareem Rifai 🌐 @KareemRifai]

“If he gets deported, he’s really dead."

Guan Heng risked his life exposing China's Uyghur camps, taking on-the-ground videos that served as evidence for investigators around the world.

Now, after fleeing to the US, he's been detained by ICE and is facing deportation to China.

[David French @DavidAFrench]

The anti-vax movement is going to go down in history as one of the most sad, bizarre, and destructive social contagions of modern times.

[Eric Michael Garcia @EricMGarcia]

Not to defend Olivia Nuzzi, who broke every rule in journalism and promoted a charlatan. But it's incredibly telling that she will lose her job, but RFK Jr. gets to stay in his job despite the reports of his drug use, his affairs and his defenestrating of public health.

[Joaquin Castro @JoaquinCastrotx]

If this reporting is accurate, Secretary Hegseth ordered a murder and must be held accountable.

This is probably why he is so concerned about Senator Kelly and my colleagues’ warning about illegal orders.

[Leah Libresco Sargeant @LeahLibresco]

“Things happen” is POTUS’s gloss on a journalist being kidnapped, murdered, and dismembered with a bone saw.

Khashoggi went into a Saudi embassy to get the documents he needed to marry his fiancée.

She waited outside till she became his widow.

[Billy Binion @billybinion]

Last month, a bunch of Republicans said that calling people "fascist" is hate speech that can lead to violence & terrorism. Meanwhile, here's a GOP senator describing a mayoral candidate as "an actual jihadist" to his millions of followers. Is that "civil discourse"?

[Jeremy Horpedahl 🥚📉 @jmhorp]

The killing of alleged drug dealers in international waters is especially crazy and bad because we don't execute drug dealers in the US! That's not the penalty for this crime, even with full due process and a conviction.