A Cold-Blooded Killing by ICE Agents: Another Devastating Example of the Agency's Unchecked Power.
In a chilling incident that has only served to reinforce the notion that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a force to be reckoned with, a federal agent shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. The victim, identified as a legal observer, was attempting to drive away from the scene of an ICE raid when she was struck by multiple bullets.
This latest atrocity serves as a grim reminder that ICE's actions are not only illegal but also often fatal. Since January last year, federal agents have shot people 14 times, killing at least four, and on numerous occasions, officers have shot at people observing ICE raids and attempting to drive away.
What is particularly disturbing about this incident is the way in which it has been spun by the government. According to officials, the ICE agent who fired the fatal shots was acting in self-defense, claiming that the victim had tried to run over them with her car. However, eyewitness accounts paint a very different picture - one of an ICE agent reaching across the hood of the vehicle and shooting multiple times into the windshield.
This kind of rhetoric is all too familiar when it comes to ICE's actions. The agency has long been plagued by allegations of brutality, from beatings and arrests to arbitrary detentions and deportations. And yet, despite these abuses, ICE agents have consistently managed to avoid accountability.
But this latest killing serves as a stark reminder that the demand for justice is not just about holding individual agents accountable but also about dismantling the system itself. As long as ICE continues to operate with impunity, it will continue to terrorize communities and perpetuate systemic racism.
It's time for us to take to the streets, organize our workplaces, and orient our daily practices around the demand that ICE be abolished once and for all. Anything less would be a betrayal of those who have been victimized by this agency's brutal actions.
In a chilling incident that has only served to reinforce the notion that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a force to be reckoned with, a federal agent shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. The victim, identified as a legal observer, was attempting to drive away from the scene of an ICE raid when she was struck by multiple bullets.
This latest atrocity serves as a grim reminder that ICE's actions are not only illegal but also often fatal. Since January last year, federal agents have shot people 14 times, killing at least four, and on numerous occasions, officers have shot at people observing ICE raids and attempting to drive away.
What is particularly disturbing about this incident is the way in which it has been spun by the government. According to officials, the ICE agent who fired the fatal shots was acting in self-defense, claiming that the victim had tried to run over them with her car. However, eyewitness accounts paint a very different picture - one of an ICE agent reaching across the hood of the vehicle and shooting multiple times into the windshield.
This kind of rhetoric is all too familiar when it comes to ICE's actions. The agency has long been plagued by allegations of brutality, from beatings and arrests to arbitrary detentions and deportations. And yet, despite these abuses, ICE agents have consistently managed to avoid accountability.
But this latest killing serves as a stark reminder that the demand for justice is not just about holding individual agents accountable but also about dismantling the system itself. As long as ICE continues to operate with impunity, it will continue to terrorize communities and perpetuate systemic racism.
It's time for us to take to the streets, organize our workplaces, and orient our daily practices around the demand that ICE be abolished once and for all. Anything less would be a betrayal of those who have been victimized by this agency's brutal actions.
and now the gov is tryin to spin it as self defense lol what a joke! eyewitnesses say otherwise tho - that ice agent just reached out the window & shot her car like she was a threat 
. i mean we all know ICE has a history of brutality but this is just sadistic 
. they gotta be held accountable for this kinda thing. it's time 2 take action, u feel? 
. Newsflash: when you're armed with guns and a badge, that's not self-defense, that's plain ol' aggression!
. It's time for real change, not just empty apologies and PR stunts!
this is so not okay. we need to take action, organize our communities, get rid of ice for good 
just thinking about this is giving me so much anxiety... it's like, what even is the point of having laws if we're gonna let agents get away with killing people over something as petty as a raid? 
like, what even does that mean when it's clearly not? 
anyway, i think this whole thing just highlights how messed up our system is. we need to take a hard look at ICE and figure out why we're still letting them run wild. 
abolish the agency once and for all is what some people are saying... and honestly, can't agree more 
how can they justify killing someone in self-defense when that's clearly not what happened? and it's not like we haven't seen this kind of thing happen before... 14 people have been killed by ICE agents since last year alone 
my outrage is boiling over and I don't even know where to start. we need to take action, but how can we trust our government to do the right thing? 
and it's not just this one incident, there have been so many others where people have gotten hurt or killed for trying to stand up for their rights 
I mean come on, eyewitnesses said the woman was trying to drive away from the scene not attack anyone. And what's with all these agents shooting people? Like 14 times since last year? That's just ridiculous 
We need better training and less trigger-happy agents. And the way ICE spins this stuff is always so dodgy, it's like they're trying to spin a web of lies 
I'm so worried about these innocent people getting hurt like that... it's just not right. I feel like we're living in a police state or something 
. And don't even get me started on how they're trying to cover this up. I mean, come on, a woman gets shot and killed in front of multiple people, and suddenly it's all about the agent being threatened with their life? Please 
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... we can't keep trying to fix the same broken system over and over again. We gotta tear it down and start from scratch. I'm all in for that 
this latest incident is just another example of how broken the system is when it comes to holding people in power accountable. I mean, think about it, if an ICE agent can just shoot someone trying to escape from a raid and claim self-defense, that's basically carte blanche for anyone in authority to do whatever they want with no consequences. It's like the government is saying "we'll protect our own" but what about the people who get hurt or killed in the process? 
This is just heartbreaking! I'm still trying to process what happened in Minneapolis. It feels like every time we turn around, there's another devastating story about ICE's unchecked power. The fact that they're claiming self-defense when it's clear the woman was trying to escape a raid is mind-boggling.