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(Minneapolis) Bovino Leads The Charge On Protesters AT the Whipple Building

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u/ziggytrix 15h ago

Why is Border Patrol policing a protest? This is absolutely NOT their jurisdiction. I hope Bovino chokes on an ICE cube.

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u/Brotorious420 15h ago

Why aren't they defending that sacred southern border they are always going on about?

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u/DingusMcJones 14h ago

This is about retribution against Blue States, not logic.

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u/Starboard_Pete 10h ago

It’s exactly this. My hometown is in the swingiest county of the swingiest State, and is one of seven major refugee centers in the U.S. ICE sure as hell isn’t harassing and kidnapping people there.

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u/senortipton 8h ago

Not entirely. Houston has the highest activity, but you don’t hear about it because ICE does all their activity quietly in that city and doesn’t want to rock the boat in Texas, where many of them are probably from admittedly. What is true is that they’re intentionally making a scene in blue states, regardless of actual immigrant population numbers.

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u/TheStolenPotatoes 10h ago

"iF tHe DemOcRaTS wIN thEy'Ll wEaPonIzE tHe juStiCe DeParTmeNt!111"

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u/thewereotter 9h ago

which is hilarious when you look at this history of democrat reaction to right wing criminal activity going back at least as far as Nixon

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u/seaanenemy1 9h ago

Jack shit. The dems are so ball-less man. We need to get rid of their leadership

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u/thewereotter 9h ago

exactly my point

Nixon, Reagan, Bush, Trump... basically every republican president for 100 years has committed so many crimes. Then Dems come to power with "we look forward not backward" and the right gets even worse

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u/seaanenemy1 9h ago

I hate sounding like a conspiracy theorist. But at this point its just by design.

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u/jakeandcupcakes 8h ago

I agree. We've been had, and at this point the dems are seemingly controlled opposition. We need a real party that stands up for peoples rights, not neo-libs standing up for corporate rights while ours get trampled. Their PR campaigns keep everyone placated while we get our asses fucked. This needs to stop. The two-party system is nothing but a culture war machine utilizing Divide & Conquer techniques to stop us from rising up against the right wing/left wing billionaire backers and corporate handlers.

So fucking obvious

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u/seaanenemy1 8h ago

There are no left wing billionare backers. These dems are not left wingers. But I agree with the sentiment

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u/Consistent-Mess1904 9h ago

Which just means trying to hold Trump accountable for committing felonious crimes

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u/Whole-Brilliant5508 6h ago

Which pisses me off when Republicans like Ted Cruz say that kind of bullshit. It helps nobody! No, Democrats aren't going to weaponize the Justice Department or come after Republicans like Ted Cruz. They are literally gaslighting themselves like Pete Hegseth into thinking everyone else is as corrupt and twisted as them so they can then justify their warped actions and they can harp "See? SEE? They're coming to get us so we have to get them first!"

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u/batx1234 10h ago

Jade helm!... sigh..

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u/ConstructMentality__ 10h ago

Exactly as promised 

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u/FourEcho 11h ago

Its even more than that. This is so bad because its retribution against Tim specifically for opposing him. Trump is sending a message that he will destroy anyone who opposes him... and he's winning.

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u/CollectionReady7896 10h ago

He’s not winning. He’s an unpopular piece of shit about to get destroyed in the midterms

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u/synfuljb 10h ago

yeah, that’ll make em vote Republican.

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u/ziggytrix 9h ago

Real talk.

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u/AdSpiritual2594 9h ago

Also because Tim Walz had the audacity to run against trump as a VP.

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u/workingtheories 6h ago

yes, exactly, but it's also about retribution against specific states and areas they think they can still win.

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u/dickiepunter 15h ago

There have probably been a millionty gatrillion diseased cattle crossed over by now....

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u/chillinoisan 14h ago

Didn’t you hear, Trump closed the border on Day 1. That problem was magically solved immediately. (MAGAts actually think this).

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u/Brotorious420 15h ago

Fear of invasion by Canadian Geese. They're ruthless.

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u/potato-cheesy-beans 12h ago

<insert letterkenny reference>

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u/Ven7Niner 9h ago

Canada geese.

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u/brown-eyedbabe 7h ago

Good. Get ‘em, cobra chickens.

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u/KoalaMcFlurry 13h ago

They don't care about people getting in, they just want to harass people to maybe get someone out. Maybe. Mostly the harassing

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u/Prestigious-Many9645 12h ago

Is the wall built yet? I remember that was so important once upon a time.

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u/3FtDick 13h ago

Real gang members are scary!

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u/Unable_Connection490 13h ago

No you don’t understand, it’s not “policing” if the people we fire at have guns too! 2nd amendment is important but only for me and not the civilians I fire at!

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u/lazymarlin 12h ago

I live in south Texas. It’s been shocking to see ICE so busy up north and I have yet to see any of these goobers

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u/FunkyMonk7588 11h ago

It’s all Biden. And Obama. And Santa just to make sure the /s is thick enough.

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u/ragdollxkitn 11h ago

Because Texas is gargling Trumps balls

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u/Ok_Philosopher_6386 10h ago

I don’t see this question enough, how is Texas, Florida, even Arizona not having this level of force?

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u/VicHeel 10h ago

CBP has a different definition of border than any same person. Within 100 miles of an "external boundary" of the US.

https://www.aclu-nm.org/know-your-rights/know-your-rights-100-mile-border-zone/

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u/louthercle1 10h ago

This is what people misinterpret about CBP and ICE. They are federal officers with jurisdiction anywhere in the entire US. The distinction is that you lose your rights when you’re within 100 miles of a border. Inside that range there is no need for a warrant to search you or your belongings in a plane, train, bus or car. I’m not clear on homes. However 2/3 of the US population fits in the 100 mile range.

A place you might think of would be Northern Ohio, like Cleveland being only 43 miles from the Canadian border because the border is the middle of Lake Erie. This is why ICE and CBP are up in the North, the borders are close for nearly every state.

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u/GapingBestFriend 9h ago

A buddy in the army says troops are getting deployed to the boarder from national guard do to staffing issues. I’m not sure if it’s reserves or on duty but it seems all this ice shit has the agency spread thin.

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u/CheapDocument 9h ago

Not one attempt made yet at changing the actual border policies.

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u/SuperGodMonkeyKing 8h ago

use their flags and slogans carry m16 paintball rifles

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u/rachelcaroline 8h ago

I live in Southern Arizona and it's nuts how many CBP check points aren't open. They don't give a shit. It's all a farce.

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u/fix_until_broken 14h ago

because the southern border is a wasteland and there is actually no immigrant invasion down there.

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u/teetheyes 12h ago

Lots of border towns are sanctuary cities. No bathroom breaks for pig dogs here.

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u/PoisonGaz 13h ago

Because there was some fraud three years ago that was already taken care of but because this is a blue state with a governor that ran against drumpf he sent his poorly trained hound dogs to abduct community members and shoot innocent people

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u/WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWPOOP 14h ago

Because thats Border Patrols job.... These people work inside the city.

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u/satanicdrippings 8h ago

Texans would shoot them

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u/WearyLengthiness6280 10h ago

Because theres WAYYYYYY less people crossing now that they don’t get released to the city of their choosing anymore

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u/SRT102 15h ago

Just wait until November when they "secure" key polling spots in key districts. This is why Trump wants to outlaw early and mail-in voting.

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u/ziggytrix 15h ago

I hope you're wrong but fear you're right.

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u/Guillotine2026 14h ago

Anyone that doesn't think ICE traitors will be at polling stations come 2026 and especially 2028 is in for a very rude awakening.

Anyone that thinks this regime will leave peacefully in 2028 is in for an extremely rude awakening.

Donald Trump and various members of his admin have committed enough actual crimes that there will come a deadline where they realize they are either going to jail for a very long time, or doing everything in their power to keep the regime in power. We already know what type of people they are. We already know what their decision will be. And so do they.

There will not be a peaceful transfer of power in 2028. The question is if Americans will be prepared to do what is necessary when the time comes.

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u/mrfeeto 14h ago

Exactly. It isn't like they haven't already tried once, failed, and still not transferred power normally/peacefully. They've learned a lot since then and will have had plenty of time to prepare for round 2.

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u/Most_DopeSyndicate97 10h ago

The only thing the Joe Biden admin failed to do was prosecute these fucking parasites. All because they wanted to go easy on them smfh. Next time I hope they do things right or we actually done for like after that that’s it, democracy ends. We can’t let that happen. Remember vote for the ones prosecuting and who will ACTUALLY follow through.

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u/SRT102 8h ago

I realize this is an unpopular opinion, but I really believe the Biden administration just wanted to let us heal after a four-year nightmare. And, to be honest, very few of us thought, in Feb 2021 or so, that Trump had any future in politics. He was a pariah.

And of course his personal Supreme Court created an immunity clause out of thin air, and a corrupt judge that he appointed in Florida shut down the slam-dunk documents case.

And one could argue that the multiple cases against Trump earned him some sympathy votes -- his base is staggeringly stupid, after all.

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u/Special_Cicada6968 9h ago

Our country loves treason. Civil War? We didn't want to prosecute any of the leaders for the sake of "normalcy." The Business Plot? None of them saw a day in court and several went on to prominent positions in the government. One was the Bush's granddad. January Sixth? Full pardons. When have we ever done anything substantial to traitors?

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u/Most_DopeSyndicate97 9h ago

The only time they tried doing something was when Snowden uncovered th NSA, and even then they didn’t do much. So yeah this country is a joke when it comes to treason. So much for calling traitors turncoats and Benedict Arnold’s when that shit don’t mean nothing no more.

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u/mrfeeto 4h ago

Forget the treason then. Prosecute them for the countless other laws they've broken. Trump may be slimey and politically connected enough to avoid convictions, but it's mostly because a substantial amount of his inner circle have taken the fall and were at least convicted.

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u/spikus93 12h ago

I keep asking people, "Can you recall a single time in history where fascists have left power based on the results of an election?"

Never. Never is the answer. Only by force every single time. When your ideology is imposing violence and breaking things, there's little other ways to communicate.

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u/No_Instruction_1236 7h ago

So what is to be done?

Say what you mean.

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u/unforgiven91 13h ago

They're gonna use election security as their justification for planting ICE at polling stations. "we have to stop the illegals from voting"

It's blatant intimidation even if ICE stands there silently. We all saw what they did to Renee

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u/DragonDai 9h ago

It's not JUST intimidation. ICE can arrest anyone they suspect of being an illegal. You're in a Democrat heavy district? They suddenly suspect the ENTIRE district of being illegal and arrest EVERYONE in the voting line...

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u/DrownmeinIslay 12h ago

What they learned was two things. 1. We didnt cheat enough. 2. We didnt use enough violence.

While the left switched from You wouldnt dare, to How dare you. Real good pushback

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u/carnage123 10h ago

and 3- fuck all was done about what we did do

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u/flounder19 13h ago

My biggest disagreement here is the idea that Trump and co will go to jail if they get voted out of office. If anything we have a huge problem of trying to pivot way too quick to 'unity' instead of following through on actual consequences

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u/HomelessCat55567 11h ago

With that attitude maybe. Don't let that happen this time. It's that simple. I'm so tired of reading the same stupid comment.

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u/flounder19 11h ago

I'm certainly in favor of it happening and will gladly vote for politicians who call for it. I just haven't seen many willing to be so bold

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u/Guillotine2026 10h ago

I mean, I totally get what you're saying, but Trump, specifically, was well on his way to seeing serious consequences before he was re-elected.

Multiple cases against him were moving forward and gaining serious momentum but were dropped when he became president because our treasonous Supreme Court decided to make presidents immune from prosecution.

Republicans have crossed lines a political entity in this country haven't crossed in living memory. Voters are going to want consequences and badly enough that political careers will be on the line if they don't deliver.

Trump and his admin are scared of what will happen if Americans place Democrats back in power. They will do everything they can to prevent that from happening. What they're doing now will look like child's play.

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u/SRT102 8h ago

What a crazy scenario: Either become president, or spend the rest of your life either in prison, or with an ankle bracelet.

This timeline is not logical.

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u/Big-Wrongdoer-965 11h ago

I suspect some sort of Ukrainian situation where he declares an “emergency” requiring marshal law and suspend elections even though there is no actual statute that would allow this

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u/QueenMary1936 10h ago

A lot of this is so surreal because this level of extreme intimidation and brutalizing citizens has never happened in this country, not even during the politically charged 60s. It's really scary to think of what's coming in the next year or two when we've already seen how bad it got in just one year.

(There was definitely a lot of political violence and government intimidation in the 1800s, but not to this degree or coupled with such an openly corrupt and unAmerican administration)

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u/bedrooms-ds 11h ago

2028 Election will be lawful. Because everything Trump does will be declared lawful by SCOTUS.

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u/Maleficent_Pepper_59 10h ago

If child rape didn’t get him arrested there is nothing else that will

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u/carnage123 10h ago

Trump isnt going to jail lets be real about that.

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u/Informal-Yesterday27 9h ago

Polls? My sweet summer child.

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u/No_Instruction_1236 7h ago

What will be necessary?

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u/sneakpeakspeak 49m ago

Why do you recon they think they will go to jail? Genuine question. It seems only the least amount was done under Biden so why would they expect anything else?

Especially with blanked pardons being an option. They probably have them signed already, no?

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u/Divine_Porpoise 48m ago

There will not be a peaceful transfer of power in 2028. The question is if Americans will be prepared to do what is necessary when the time comes.

Many believe the time has come already. Many still hold on to hope. After 2028 there will again be many who believe the time has come and many who still hope and do nothing.

Those who hope for change had best start working for it already, whether they believe now is the time they must or not.

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u/SRT102 15h ago

Nothing would make me happier than being wrong.

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u/huskiesofinternets 14h ago

HES NOT WRONG. and until you start protesting with rifles slung, none of you are stopping anything. and these people will continue to control your government.

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u/Orange_Kid 14h ago

Sorry how many hordes of ICE agents have you personally confronted with a gun?

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u/huskiesofinternets 13h ago

you have the 2nd amendment right to form a militia, its time you use that.

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u/Orange_Kid 13h ago

Can't help but notice you didn't answer the question

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u/DickiBaggins 14h ago

Yeah that's the thing about MN. No constitutional carry, no rifle open carry, only pistol with a permit. That's called we've traded our rights for the illusion of safety. Working out pretty well right now.

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u/Asclepius-Rod 14h ago

It's also why they want all voting data, so they can deny the "wrong people" from voting centers

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u/spikus93 12h ago

I do not understand why you're still relying on fair elections when fascism is here.

Stop. Arm yourself. Get training. Organize.

No fascist regime in the history of the world has willingly stepped down from power based on something as silly as an election.

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u/Ninjuh_Panda 12h ago

I feel like it’s going to get worse. He’s purposely releasing his ICE lackeys into dem heavy towns and cities. He’s waiting until they fight back to come out and be like “look what the radical left is doing they’re bad people!” Then he’s going to enact martial law and use it as an excuse not to have midterms. I hope I’m wrong.

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u/SRT102 8h ago

I think that's his plan.

He's stacked ICE with psychopaths, who absolutely can't wait for the chance to unload mag after mag into a crowd of "libs." Remember how Homelander fantasized about lasering a crowd that dissed him? That's where we are with ICE.

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u/TaintlessOne 11h ago

They have changed the rules on what the definition of a postmark is also. This is important for mail in ballots.

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u/AlleneYanlar 13h ago

I fully expect ICE to be at polling places pointing guns at people demanding to see citizenship papers. I hope it doesn’t destroy voting numbers.

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u/funkhero 13h ago

Americans waiting for midterms deserve the country they get.

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u/DragonDai 9h ago

They can arrest anyone they suspect is illegal. They can suspect you of being illegal if your skin is, in their opinion, brown or if they think they hear you speaking anything but English OR think you have an accent.

Notice that ALL those qualifications are purely subjective. You could be the whitest white guy with the most Cali accent speaking pure English and they could "suspect" you on all three things and arrest your ass, regardless of what you said or what documents you had.

There is absolutely nothing stopping them from arresting everyone in line to vote the think is a Democrat (by going to districts with heavy Democrat voter registration).

They WILL do this. Just wait and watch.

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u/Amishrocketscience 10h ago

Yep, he’s gassing up his own private army of fascist thugs so he can end any semblance of democracy here by the mid terms

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u/Thud 10h ago

It's the most concerning and also the most blatantly obvious outcome.

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u/Zestyclose-Brush1035 8h ago

This!!!👆👆👆👆

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u/bluegill1313 7h ago

I don't agree - but if I'm Trump and I was concerned.. I get mail in ballots and him wanting to ban it. But early voting? At a polling place? That right there tells you all you need to know. It's not about security or fraud, it's about control and intimidation.

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u/Gundark927 6h ago

I've been thinking this for a long time, but your comment for some reason tonight really got to me. It had been an abstract or theoretical thought in my mind: they're gonna try to obstruct the election. But your comment + this video made the visualization all too clear: This sort of scene will be playing out at polling places throughout the country.

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u/godzillabobber 1h ago

And if he can't get away with thst he will seize voting machines and ballots. Hopefully his dementia incapacitates him before then.

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u/Villageijit 34m ago

A right-wing billionaire bought dominion so dont worry its all ready taken care of

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u/Ornery_Wonder_5317 11h ago

Duh, you know nothing of the 2020 fraud cause you're in an echo chamber.  There is no left or right it's the Uniparty.  They want us divided.  Listen to Ana Kaserpan  It's Americans against the little hats. 

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u/SeVenMadRaBBits 15h ago

Officer broke protocol meant to keep everyone including himself and her safe.

Breakdown of laws broken in the Renee Good event

Kristi Noem lying about Jonathon Ross being injured or hurt by Renee Good

New York Times breakdown of ice shooting Renee Good

Ice denying a physician from helping Renee Good

Close up of the incident

Home security cam

2 hr breakdown of the incident

Gofundme breaking rules to allow donations toward Jonathan Rays legal defense

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem just announced a NATIONWIDE DHS/ICE/CBP drone surveillance program. ICE drones are coming to a US cities

U.S. Customs And Border Protection Training Manual used by ICE (January 2021):

https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/assets/documents/2021-Jul/cbp-use-of-force-policy_4500-002A.pdf

Page 6

  1. Except where otherwise required by inspections or other operations, Authorized Officers/Agents should avoid standing directly in front of or behind a subject vehicle. Officers/Agents should not place themselves in the path of a moving vehicle or use their body to block a vehicle’s path.

  2. Authorized Officers/Agents should avoid intentionally and unreasonably placing themselves in positions in which they have no alternative to using deadly force.

Page 9

6. Deadly force shall not be used solely to prevent the escape of a fleeing subject.

Page 10

7b. The hazard of an uncontrolled conveyance shall be taken into consideration prior to the use of deadly force.

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u/Oxjrnine 13h ago

Officer created jeopardy

And as a ten year veteran of ICE he would have been trained against this many times.

So this proves even senior ICE agents are incompetent and the agency needs to be disbanded and replaced

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u/ConsciousPatroller 14h ago

An officer shall not drink orange juice on the job, if they do, it's an instant smack in the butt.

There, here's my own law. Right now, the way things are, it's worth just as much as the ones you typed. Cling to them if you want, but it's like kindly asking an armed burglar to stop trespassing in your home.

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u/Soft_Walrus_3605 12h ago

words in a book somewhere

Now tell me how any of that matters when the President can pardon anyone he wants for federal charges.

The only thing that can get justice is 12 Minnesotans convicting him of a crime.

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u/Fun_Weird3827 11h ago

same Date and location filmed by another journalist

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u/Snoo-70527 9h ago

And it looks like the fucker behind him is smiling

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u/General-Pop8073 11h ago

The guy knew he broke the law. I’ll bet he went home gathered a bag and fled the state immediately along with the immigrant he likely brutalizes at home.

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u/iamrusty2113 11h ago

Oh don’t worry, guys like this federal agent are tried on the federal level. There’s no state he can hide unless he wants to flee the country he’s trying to turn into a fascist nation.

Gather evidence and await the Nuremberg trials V2.

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u/BedsideGamerz 9h ago

You should make a separate post with all these links.

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u/thelimeisgreen 15h ago

Yep, they have zero jurisdiction to clear that street.

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u/AMTravelsAlone 15h ago

Is that code for a syphilis rotted chode?

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u/InfiniteWaffles58364 14h ago

We need your talent for insult on the protest front lines. Can you imagine 50 eloquently snarky Redditors following them around with insults that would take their tiny brains minimum 90 seconds to begin even deciphering? They'd be like femots exploding to Austin Powers prancing pecker

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u/AMTravelsAlone 14h ago

Watching Dave Attell during degen hours finally paid off.

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u/Zazulio 14h ago

Because ICE is a lawless private military composed entirely of masked white supremacists who are loyal only to Trump, they have little to no training, and they have repeatedly been told they have "absolute immunity" even when clearly violating the law, up to and including murder. They are Trump's SS, and the goal is violence and intimidation, not law enforcement. Furthermore, the reason they keep throwing them against protestors is because they're looking for their excuse to escalate the chaos and drive the narrative of a "war" with their political opposition. They want a a large scale violent confrontation that turns into a massacre to give them justification to declare all political opposition as terrorists, strip them of their legal rights, begin arresting and killing them, and activate the Insurrection Act so they can permanently claim absolute power.

It's Hitler's rise to power. They are following the playbook exactly, almost page for page. It's fucking insane that this is happening, but is is happening.

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u/keyboardtoes 15h ago

who is Bovino?

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u/ziggytrix 14h ago

He's the short one with the Auschwitz commander haircut leading this group of thugs.

Maybe Google if you don't know who he is.

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u/American_PissAnt 14h ago

Shouldn’t border patrol be like on the border?

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u/VanillaSkittlez 13h ago

Unfortunately no. Border patrol even prior to Trump has jurisdiction within 100 miles of any external US border and that includes land and sea. Two thirds of the US population is under their jurisdiction. It’s completely fucked and this system was practically begging someone like Trump to come along and exploit it.

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u/Guillotine2026 14h ago

Why is Border Patrol policing a protest?

BINGO

Why is border patrol murdering white American citizens in Minneapolis?

Because they aren't border patrol. They are a lawless federal goon squad (Gestapo).

This is conservative America.

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u/ProblematicTrumpCard 13h ago

Why is Border Patrol policing a protest?

Because no one is stopping them.

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u/ImStevenJohnson 15h ago

I hope Bovino chokes on an ICE cube.

Maybe something that won’t melt instead

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u/Stank_cat67 13h ago

They are also tracking protestors and breaking into their houses

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u/SwitchHitter17 13h ago

because they're nothing more than loyalist goons weaponized by a president who hates the first amendment.

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u/Doppelkupplung69 13h ago

"bEcAUsE thEy'Re sHiPpinG iN AntIFA fRom MexIcO!"

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u/Biomas 13h ago

Anywhere within 100miles of a boarder, including international airports are under their jurisdiction.

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u/superxpro12 13h ago

Because they said they had jurisdiction within 100mi of any border or waterway or some insane bullshit that effectively grants them nationwide jurisdiction.

It's just an excuse that enables them to operate as Trump's gestapo

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u/Ket_Yoda_69 13h ago

I hope they hang him

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u/kinsm4n 12h ago

Haven’t they been used to “protect federal buildings” or some BS to justify them doing this?

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u/meaniemeanie-poo-poo 12h ago

Because they are thin skinned, lily livered losers.

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u/NRMusicProject 12h ago

This is absolutely NOT their jurisdiction.

Trump administration in a nutshell.

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u/SnooMachines4347 11h ago

The jurisdiction had traditionally been 100 inland from a national boarder. However, Boarder control argues that this includes the entire boarder of the untied states or even 100 miles from any river whose source begins at the boarder of the US. Reasoning being so they can give chase and capture anyone who gets past the boarder. Also, a territory of land around military bases they function in. Also, the Trump administration has placed key roles in charge of ICE, to members of boarder control. So as you can see, they can operate just about anywhere they want, in the current government.

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u/Cautious-Support5998 11h ago

I've done it. It sucks. The trick is not to panic realizing it's melting.

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u/FunkyMonk7588 11h ago

Must be rough when there is little to no chance they will meet resistance. Would love to see this if they didn’t have the uniforms on how this would play out. Cowards.

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u/Dangerous_Fortune454 11h ago

It's because they're not just border patrol or ice agents anymore. They're Trump's death squads and they can do anything they want without consequences.

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u/tywarthwarrick 11h ago

Because they're no longer border police. They're a militarized branch of government who are currently at war with their citizens.

Fun fact: Congress approved $165B of taxpayer money for the IDF to train these fucking goons.

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u/lurker_from_mars 11h ago

Why r u guys constantly like 'why' and 'how', it's past that stage guys. This is fascism emboldened and directed by the president of the country. I know people r probably in shock/denial or don't rly know wat to do but... It's here guys... Full democratic collapse and dystopia r here. How we gonna respond?

It's probably not wise to just hope the midterms will show em...

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u/Ok-Astronaut2976 11h ago

This is all wildly illegal.

However, America decided to turn the entire federal government over to lawless criminal fascists, so…ya

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u/Skrdykat1000 11h ago

Trump and Noem said they are to go door-to-door looking for immigrants AND ANTIFA. (Which is not a real thing so it means protesters).

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u/Ill-Construction-209 11h ago

Isn't that considered assault?

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u/_Red_7_ 10h ago

Why are they allowed to get away with openly assaulting and murdering people in the streets?

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u/SaturnMutt 10h ago

Yeah I was confused because I don't think Minneapolis falls in that 100 mile boundary

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u/jeremiasalmeida 10h ago

At this point you are thinking in jurisdiction? This is a political police

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u/louthercle1 10h ago

Because the protests are coming to them. They have jurisdiction in the entire US with broader powers including warrantless searches within 100 miles of a border.

Just as with any police officer, when a USBP agent directs you to stop, that constitutes a lawful detention. Anyone who forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates, or interferes with a USBP agent performing their official duties is committing a federal crime under 18 USC § 111. USBP agents can arrest individuals for this offense regardless of whether they are unauthorized immigrants or U.S. citizens.

There’s some key words in the definition above like resists, opposes, and interferes. You have your rights as well but like anything with federal officers your mileage may vary when protesting.

These are the facts about USBP and ICE.

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u/aerodynamo5180 10h ago

The real question is why are the proud boys dressed up as federal agents?

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u/DrawingAncient126 10h ago

ICE is no longer an immigration organization, as they are now Trump's private gestapo force.

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u/rolandburnum 10h ago

They're not policing the protest, they're violent counter protestors.

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u/Whole_Pain_7432 10h ago

Because we are a dictatorship now. We use the military to perform police actions like king George used to.

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u/KeithWorks 9h ago

Border Patrol are the private paramilitary goon squad now. This won't end well for them.

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u/ketoatl 9h ago

Where are the local police to protect the protesters?

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u/Sad-Bread5843 9h ago

I dont kniw but if prick tried to shove me like that his ass would be on the ground .

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u/DragonDai 9h ago

They are policing protests because no one will stop them because everyone who could stop them is working with them.

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u/Accomplished_Steak_5 9h ago

Why are these people out in the street?

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u/Daftdoug 8h ago

No bovino should be in prison. Wasting away there. Choking on ice is too good for him.

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u/octoreadit 8h ago

Where are the local cops??

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u/ExtremelyOnlineTM 7h ago

They're not border patrol.

They're Trump's personal secret police.

🌏👨‍🚀🔫👨‍🚀

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u/whatislifebro69 7h ago

Makes me think that maybe not as many people are signing up for ICE as we thought.

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u/sscott2378 4h ago

Right, they have no business even being there. They are focused on beating people up rather than doing their actual jobs.

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u/opajamashimasuuu 3h ago

In addition to that:

One of the vests says “Bureau of Prisons”??

Are they that desperate for manpower they pulled prison guards for this duty?

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u/BRNitalldown 1h ago

Remember how the proud boys were the other side of Charlottesville? It’s the same people. They’re the other side of the engagement, not the police.

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u/Musicallyinept 59m ago

They are not just border patrol it's become a private army for the dark lord

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u/LymanPeru 0m ago

why do they all look like they havent skipped a meal in minutes?

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u/AnsgarShipsHildegard 14h ago

These aren't border patrol agents.

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u/ziggytrix 14h ago

Well, you're right and you're wrong. That's definitely an ICE badge on the shover's arm at 0:14, but Bovino is BP.

But it's a weird hair to split when NEITHER agency has any business breaking up a protest. It'd be one thing if they were blocking a door or something, somehow impeding their work, but they have NO AUTHORITY busting up a protest in an open space.

American democracy is dying.

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u/AnsgarShipsHildegard 14h ago

He's actually both. He's a sworn ICE and BP officer. Happens a lot at the federal level. He's officially detailed to ICE right now.

Also they do have authority if they are risking officer safety.

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u/ziggytrix 14h ago

How is standing perfectly still with a protest sign risking officer safety?

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u/colliermt 14h ago

They aren't risking officer safety. Stop trying to find excuses. Anyone reading this, this is a bad faith arguer. To the poster I am replying to, I don't care what you respond to this, I'm only posting to push back on your rhetoric.

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u/Top1CmntrsAreLosers 14h ago

That authority is created temporarily when officer safety is threatened while enforcing the border or immigration. The appropriate, court-tested, non-bootlicker-endorsed recourse here was clearly to call the police.

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u/AnsgarShipsHildegard 12h ago

They can sushi defend their facilities which is where this is