#UseOfForce

2026-01-18

The #NationalGuard is “staged & ready to respond,” #Minnesota National Guard spox #Army Maj. Andrea Tsuchiya said in a statement to CNN, noting the troops will help provide “traffic support to protect life, preserve property, & support the rights of all Minnesotans to assemble peacefully.”👍

#StateSponsoredTerrorism #Trump #law #ExtraJudicialKillings #RightToProtest #CivilRights #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #MafiaState #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #RESIST

2026-01-18

The #Minnesota #NationalGuard “are not deployed to city streets at this time, but are ready to help support public safety,” MN’s Dept of #PublicSafety said in a social media post that included pictures of Guard members gathering bags of equipment alongside a row of trucks on a snowy road.

#StateSponsoredTerrorism #Trump #law #ExtraJudicialKillings #RightToProtest #CivilRights #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #MafiaState #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #RESIST

2026-01-18

The #Army placed the units on prepare-to-deploy orders in case “violence” in #Minnesota escalates, officials said, characterizing the move as “prudent planning.” It is not clear whether any of them will be sent to the state, the officials said, speaking like some others on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive #military planning.

#Trump #law #Congress #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #MartialLaw #Constitution #CivilRights #RightToProtest #UseOfForce #AbuseOfPower #autocracy

2026-01-18

This is actually what #CivilWar looks like. #Trump is pitting #USsoldiers against #US soldiers on #domestic soil.
#Pentagon readies 1,500 #soldiers to possibly deploy to #Minnesota

Troops with the #Army’s #11thAirborne Division in Alaska are preparing after Trump’s #InsurrectionAct threat, according to defense officials.

#NationalSecurity #law #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #MartialLaw #Constitution #CivilRights #RightToProtest #UseOfForce #AbuseOfPower #autocracy
washingtonpost.com/national-se

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2026-01-18
2026-01-17

The mobilization comes after throngs of #demonstrators protested in the snow Friday night near the Bishop Henry #Whipple Federal Building in the #Minneapolis area.

“Stay safe & stay peaceful today,” #TimWalz urged the public in a social media post Saturday. “Our public safety team has the resources, coordination, & personnel on the ground to maintain public safety & respond if needed. Thanks to local law enforcement for keeping the peace.”

#law #RightToProtest #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality

2026-01-17

Follow up on #Getty #photojournalist John Abernathy…

He later posted this image of his camera sitting on top of what appears to be a court date notice. The caption is very cryptic, but from the picture I infer his camera survived & he was in fact arrested. No word on whether he had any injuries, though at a minimum I’d expect bruises. An absolutely #unconstitutional #arrest.

#Trump #law #Constitution #FreePress #CivilRights #RightToProtest #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #MafiaState #ICE #CBP

Image posted by photojournalist John Abernathy of his camera sitting on top of what appears to be a court date notice on a table top
2026-01-17

My god, this is Getty #photojournalist John Abernathy. He wrote on instagram “I was tackled by #ICE agents & surrounded by about 50 #border #police. Just for taking photos. I tossed my camera to another Photographer to make sure it wouldn't be confiscated. #gettyreportage #getty at the #Whipple Federal building in #Minneapolis.”
Photo by Pierre Lavie.

#Trump #law #Constitution #FreePress #CivilRights #RightToProtest #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #MafiaState #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung

Getty photojournalist John Abernathy is seen face down on ground pinned & surrounded by federal agents. His arm is outstretched & his camera is midair as he tossed it to another photographer so it wouldn't be confiscated. Photo by Pierre Lavie.
2026-01-17

Geoffrey Alpert, a professor of criminology & criminal justice at University of South Carolina, said a thorough investigation is needed into the reason for using a high level of force in that situation.

“I don’t know of any projectile where you train to shoot at that close range,” Alpert said.

#Trump #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #despotism #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #RESIST

2026-01-17

Washington, a #CivilRights lawyer, said his client could have been killed.

“Any officers with just the most basic training would know you don’t shoot someone ever in the face with this, but let alone at point-blank range, & that’s because it is a lethal weapon when used like that, & it very nearly was,” Washington said.

#Trump #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #RESIST

2026-01-17

In the video, an officer is seen grabbing a protester by the arm & Rummler & a few others are seen stepping forward shouting in response. An officer then fires a crowd-control weapon, striking Rummler from feet away. Rummler grabs his face & falls to the ground, & an officer grabs him by the shirt & drags him backward across the ground toward the building. Later, video appears to show him face down on the ground being handcuffed.

#Trump #law #RightToProtest #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality

2026-01-17

The video shows a handful of officers in riot gear standing guard & urging demonstrators to move back. An orange cone is later seen rolling onto a plaza outside the building, & authorities begin firing crowd-control projectiles as they walk toward the crowd.

#Trump #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #despotism #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #RESIST
apnews.com/article/santa-ana-p

2026-01-17

Kaden Rummler said in an interview that he was in agonizing pain & underwent an extensive 6-hour surgery to his left eye after he was injured at a Jan 9 #protest over the fatal #shooting of #ReneeGood by an #ICE officer in #Minneapolis. Rummler said he has no depth perception & can no longer drive. Shards of metal & a nickel-sized piece of plastic remain lodged in his skull, his attorney said, & he is considering suing.

#Trump #law #RightToProtest #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights

2026-01-17

#California #protester left blind in one eye is among string of #violent run-ins with #federal agents

A 21-year-old college student who was blinded in one eye by a projectile fired by a federal “officer” during a Southern California protest said he faces a drastically different life now.

#Trump #law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #despotism #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #RESIST
apnews.com/article/immigration

2026-01-17

The #Trump admin will likely seek to immediately appeal the decision. It has recently surged >2,000 #DHS officials in #Minnesota to purportedly conduct #deportation operations & pursue claims of fraud by members of #Minneapolis’ prominent #Somali community.

“There is no sign that this operation is winding down—indeed, it appears to still be ramping up,” Menendez wrote.

#law #Constitution #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #ICE #CBP #racism

2026-01-17

The 80-page ruling by US District Judge Kate Menendez bars #DHS & #ICE officials involved in Operation Metro Surge from “using pepper-spray or similar nonlethal munitions & crowd dispersal tools against persons who are engaging in peaceful & unobstructive protest activity.” The judge also prohibited federal agents from stopping vehicles following them, as long as those vehicles are maintaining a safe & “appropriate” distance.

storage.courtlistener.com/reca

#ReneeGood #Trump #law #UseOfForce

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