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Gravitational waves from black holes detected https://t.co/v2l6c1jsIB

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[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

What happened in Minneapolis was not an accident.

[Jesus Freakin Congress @TheJFreakinC]

🚨BREAKING: A new video out of Minneapolis shows the truth ICE doesn’t want you to see… compliance does not protect you.

In this video, ICE agents pull up to a vehicle and immediately demand the driver’s ID.

The man calmly asks the most basic, legally protected question: “Why am I being pulled over?”

They never answer… because they don’t have a legal reason to stop him.

Even so, the man begins to retrieve his ID anyway.

An agent then orders him to turn off the vehicle. The driver says, “No problem, sir, I’ll get out.”

The agent refuses, then immediately changes commands again: “I need to see your ID.”

Suddenly, an agent on the passenger side pounds on the window. Then he strikes it with a hard object, clearly threatening to break it.

At the same time, the driver-side agent again demands the ID.

This is not confusion. This is intentional command overload… a tactic used to manufacture “noncompliance” so force can be justified.

ICE’s own training materials explicitly state:

“Noncompliance or refusal to cooperate with officer commands, without fighting back, does NOT violate 18 U.S.C. § 111.”

In plain English: not immediately obeying commands is NOT a crime.

And here’s the key legal issue:

Unless agents have:
• a valid arrest warrant, or
• probable cause that a specific crime has been committed

they cannot:
• use force
• break windows
• issue violent threats
• detain or arrest someone

Probable cause means specific, articulable facts that would make a reasonable officer believe a crime occurred… not vibes, not attitude, not silence, not filming, not asking questions.

Back in the video, the passenger-side agent escalates further, shouting:
“First time I ask you to roll your window down, you do it.”

The driver responds:
“Are you in danger, sir? Are you escalating this?”

The agent replies:
“I don’t know. Hands up.”

Despite the driver repeatedly attempting to comply and hand over ID, agents continue shouting conflicting commands.

At one point, the agent orders the driver to “talk to the original agent”… which is exactly what the driver was doing before the window-smashing threat.

Then the man asks, “Are you feeling unsafe or uneasy?”

The agent responds, “I don’t know, man.” while standing on the passenger side of the car, smirking.

The driver finally says what anyone would say surrounded by armed men:
“How many guns do I have around me? I need you to calm down. I’m asking him to stop banging on my car. Is that too much?”

He even offers… again… to step out of the vehicle.

This is not law enforcement. This is intimidation fishing for an excuse.

No probable cause.
No warrant.
No lawful basis for force.

And yet, the escalation came entirely from the agents.

This video proves something chilling: you can comply, stay calm, ask lawful questions… and still be threatened with violence.

So, the question isn’t “Why didn’t he just comply?”

The question is how many people have already been assaulted under this exact playbook… and how many more will be, before this stops?

[Pod Save America @PodSaveAmerica]

"JD Vance is disgusting. He lies with such ease, with such little compunction. He is unburdened by decency, morality, shame." –Dan Pfeiffer on JD Vance's press conference about ICE's shooting in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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@WhiteHouse @VP Liars. Since when White House has become such low

[Rep. Ted Lieu @RepTedLieu]

SECRETARY KRISTI NOEM MUST RESIGN.

She has repeatedly lied to the American people, and after the shooting of Renee Nicole Good, she called her a “domestic terrorist.”

Disgraceful. Renee was a U.S. citizen, mother of three, and had just dropped off her son at school.

[Science Tracker @sciencetracker2]

@JDVance Sad to see how republicans get more disgusting ever. Supposed to be God fearing. Lowest of low. Highest of hypocrisy

[Governor Gavin Newsom @CAgovernor]

Donald Trump's complete disregard for the safety of Americans is disgusting and appalling.

If you are going to protest, do so peacefully. Don’t feed into their chaos.

[Governor Tim Walz @GovTimWalz]

We’ve been warning for weeks that the Trump Administration’s dangerous, sensationalized operations are a threat to public safety.

[Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @repdeliaramirez]

ICE is a dangerous organization that acts with impunity.

I’ll do everything in my damn power to hold the Administration accountable for the death of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, and the death of Silvero and the shooting of Marimar in Chicago.

[Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine]

When you send armed, under-trained amateurs into American communities with vague orders and no accountability, this is inevitable.

ICE must be dismantled.

[Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost @RepMaxwellFrost]

The video evidence is clear: An ICE agent murdered a woman in Minnesota.

This is the direct result of Donald Trump unleashing ICE to terrorize our communities.

[Rep. Dan Goldman @RepDanGoldman]

An ICE officer murdered a woman in cold blood who was clearly trying to drive away.

And yet @TriciaOhio and @StephenM are speciously trying to blame the victim.

ICE must be reined in and the officer must be held to account.

[Mayor Jacob Frey @MayorFrey]

ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.

[Senator Roland Gutierrez @RolandForTexas]

Don’t let Kristi Noem lie to you. ICE agents just murdered a woman in Minneapolis.

[Rep. Jimmy Gomez @RepJimmyGomez]

Coordinated attacks? This was the glove compartment of the mother your agents just murdered @Sec_Noem

[Mayor Brandon Johnson @ChicagosMayor]

Chicago stands in solidarity with Minneapolis.

[Keith Olbermann @KeithOlbermann]

Take off your fucking cowboys-and-natives twerp hat, you dog-murdering idiot cosplayer @KristiNoem

[Science Tracker @sciencetracker2]

@TheMaineWonk This is insane. Ice agents are chosen from idiots

[Maine @TheMaineWonk]

Doctor: I’m A Physician.

ICE: I Don’t Care.