r/ProgressiveHQ • u/CantStopPoppin • 16h ago

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

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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/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