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Two masked men could be seen behind the tinted windows of the SUV. The vehicle, parked on a small residential street in Minneapolis-Saint Paul on Friday, January 16, belonged to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the federal immigration police known by its acronym ICE. Then the commotion began: despite the bitter cold and heavy, falling snow, neighbors came out of their homes, pointed the vehicle out to passersby, and shouted at the officers inside: "Get the hell out of here, you bunch of Nazis." A woman parked her car across the street to block their exit for several minutes. "They're targeting a family that lives in the neighborhood," another neighbor said.

Word spread through the many messaging groups dedicated to monitoring the activities of ICE that have sprung up across Minnesota in recent days. More residents arrived, armed with whistles. Inside one of the vehicles, an agent took photos of those present. Another made an obscene gesture with his canister of tear gas. The standoff lasted two hours. The agents eventually left.

Such has been everyday life in Minneapolis and neighboring Saint Paul since December 2025, when the Twin Cities began living under Operation Metro Surge, the deployment of 2,000 federal immigration officers. Since the death of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother shot dead at the wheel of her car by ICE officer Jonathan Ross on January 7, something new has been taking shape in the frozen air of Minnesota. Residents have been organizing, protesting, tracking the officers and resisting with whistles. Reporters from media across the country are there, driving around the streets, on the lookout for ongoing operations.

The video of Good's death, which more than 80% of Americans have seen, proved to be a turning point. The public has not been convinced by the administration's attempt to portray the mother as a "domestic terrorist" who allegedly tried to run over the officer with her car: 53% of people surveyed by YouGov believed the shooting was not justified, compared to 28% who approved of it.

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[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 3 months ago

compared to 28% who approved of it

Nearly 1 out of every 3 people in the USA is a fucking psychopath.

[-] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 months ago

It’s much closer to 1/4 than 1/3. It still sucks, but those aren’t good odds in a fight.

[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

If you look at eligible voters, it’s about 1/3 for Trump, 1/3 for Harris, and 1/3 not showing up… but with single digit percents moving those thirds up and down a hair to give Trump an edge.

[-] logicbomb@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Those are very similar to the percentage of voters in the last few elections who said they would vote for Trump no matter what. 20 to 30 percent of America is beyond salvation.

[-] 4grams@awful.systems 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

There’s the 27% crazy factor:

John: Hey, Bush is now at 37% approval. I feel much less like Kevin McCarthy screaming in traffic. But I wonder what his base is —

Tyrone: 27%.

John: … you said that immediately, and with some authority.

Tyrone: Obama vs. Alan Keyes. Keyes was from out of state, so you can eliminate any established political base; both candidates were black, so you can factor out racism; and Keyes was plainly, obviously, completely crazy. Batshit crazy. Head-trauma crazy. But 27% of the population of Illinois voted for him. They put party identification, personal prejudice, whatever ahead of rational judgement. Hell, even like 5% of Democrats voted for him. That’s crazy behaviour. I think you have to assume a 27% Crazification Factor in any population.

[-] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

60 years of propaganda masquerading under the banner of legitimate News organizations will do that to a population.

[-] SarahValentine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Being told that they can have their base desires without deep consideration, that the people from which they would take what they want aren't really people, or are beneath consideration for various reasons, is a hell of a drug. It's the kind of state in which pretty people get to live, offered to the ugly masses. Combine that with overlords who keep those masses in a state of struggling to survive, and you have an army ready to do as you command. It's fucking insidious.

[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 3 months ago

What's ironic is these are the same people always yelling we don't need gun control we need more mental health help for people, and yet these are the people who need mental health help and their guns taken from them because they're a danger to themselves and others the most.

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

And the GOP cuts funding for mental health services at every opportunity

[-] makyo@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

It’s the Obama/Alan Keys rule: no matter how awful the opponent, 28% will vote for them.

[-] drzoidberg@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

About 30% of adult Americans voted for trump in 2024.

[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago

...and I'm sure that same 30% would vote for him in 2028 given the chance. They literally have chosen him as their infallible God-Emperor even though he's the most fallible motherfucker alive.

[-] Typhoon@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

~~mother~~kiddiefucker

[-] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

That's not the right way to interpret these polls. Many people aren't answering the question literally. They're interpreting it to mean "Do you still approve of Trump's deportation policy, despite everything?" and they're saying yes to that. (It's a reasonable interpretation.) People who really are happy about the killing do exist and they're disproportionately loud online but they're not 28% of the population.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Nearly 1 out of every 3 people in the USA is a fucking psychopath.

They're interpreting it to mean "Do you still approve of Trump's deportation policy, despite everything?" and they're saying yes to that.

Did he fucking stutter?

[-] vividspecter@aussie.zone 3 points 3 months ago

The central tenet of the policy is the mass deportation of brown people without due process. I don't like throwing the word "psychopath" around for various reasons but any supporter of this policy is a massive piece of shit, including the murders or not.

[-] Serinus@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

And/or dumb enough to not understand "due process" and therefore not value it. You know, that thing that has been central to our form of government for the last 250 years.

[-] Serinus@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Lucifer (@LucifersTweetz):

The worst people in the world couldn't be the worst people in the world without the faith and support of the dumbest people in the world.

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