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Peter Roest's avatar

Of course they’re lying. It’s Trump and Vance. They don’t know how to communicate in any other way.

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Rita Resick's avatar

It’s what they do as reflex: “never admit you’re wrong.”

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Ed Nuhfer's avatar

Obvious lies like "She just ran him over" puts Mr. Ross back into the streets of American neighborhoods. His taking another life will bring another "nothing's wrong" response along with another smearing of his victim as a "domestic terrorist."

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Stephanie's avatar

"Lie and deny" is the act,

assuming repetition and consistent arrogance

will allow them

to appear strong

to The Distracted Ones

and Faithful Loyal Believers.

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Nola Krosch's avatar

I would hesitate to call it “communicating,” since that word literally means something like “making one with,” if you break it down into prefix (com-with), root (uni-one), and suffix (ate-not sure, but I think it’s something like “make,” or “do”.

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Justine's avatar

I was thinking the shooter was endangering the other agents’ lives by shooting in their direction, and knowing the driver’s window was down.

Also, why was he videoing himself at the time? I was thinking maybe he was planning to shoot her and wanted to get a “bad ass” video for himself. Katie Phang questioned if his body cam may have been turned off.

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Anna's avatar

He had pulled out his gun before she backed up.

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Justine's avatar

Katie Phang has a really good, detailed breakdown of the NYT video.

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Anna's avatar

Yea, Allison posted it shortly after this. And I was wrong. He pulled it as she was turning her wheel and getting ready to pull to the right.

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

My old neighborhood again involved in a deadly law enforcement murder!

Thanks Allison I hadn’t seen any video footage until now!

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Kathryn's avatar

They don’t have to have a body cam or have it turned on. That tell is everything.

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Justine's avatar

Thx. And yeah, I should have guessed that. Check what Rep. Swalwell has to say here. (On BlueSky)

https://bsky.app/profile/acyn.bsky.social/post/3mbwkkq5yvc2e

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Justine's avatar

He wouldn’t delete it… just like people who get off on ch*** porn, stupidly save their videos, I 💯 believe he “using” this. Fuck him and FUCK ICE

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Eddie Spaghetti's avatar

I must be pessimist, my thought was ICE recruitment video

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Justine's avatar

Hey, that could be it, too. They probably give out bonuses to these guys who bring them good action clips. I figured he’d just use it like porn.

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End the State's avatar

The video that mother fucker was making is in the world somewhere if he didn’t delete it immediately.

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Outdoorluvr's avatar

Body cams? Haven't seen one on a federal ICE goon yet. Did I miss something in this intentional reign of terror?

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Annie D Stratton's avatar

Suggest you watch the Times analysis and listen to what they are saying. That first shot was aimed directly at the driver from the side of the windshield. The shooter actually stepped INTO the space left by the wheels turning to the right to fire the shot.

You will have to ask him what his motivations were. I don't think anyone else knows. Including Kristi Noem, who provided a highly distorted narrative of what happened.

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Justine's avatar

I’ve seen it a number of times, including others’ analyses of it. Katie Phang was rallying good.

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Lisa Todd's avatar

So my question is can the shooter, if found guilty on any of the charges brought against him, be pardoned down the road by Trump. I fear the answer will be yes.

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Justine's avatar

Not if he is charged and tried on State level.

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Justine's avatar

Also, the statute of limitations does not run out on murder, so he could be charged once Dems are back in office. But it’s likely they may think of that and charge him with something and make sure he’s acquitted so that a double jeopardy would come into play if a different administration tried to charge him. So a new administration would have to think of something different to charge him with. There’s likely a few different charges there.

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Lisa Todd's avatar

Thank you for the clarification.

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Renee Towers's avatar

They can shoot each other all they want

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Rob Nelson's avatar

Noem and Trump must be removed. The iCE agent must be arrested for murder.

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MaryBees's avatar

Sweet Jesus bless her heart. How can these bastards live with themselves? How can their wives live with them? How can their children ever respect them?

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Eddie Spaghetti's avatar

Incels dont have kids, we gotta hope for that

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MaryBees's avatar

Yes, that is a small measure of hope.

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ANTIFA Libbey Dem's avatar

The reality is that they probably do and they just took a mother from her kids. The incels believe that it would never happen to them.

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Terry's avatar
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He committed a cold blooded murder! He should be Tried, Convicted, in the State in which he committed the crime & not a Federal Court where Trump could free him like he freed the January 6th Capital murders. he should revieve a life sentence without the possibility of parole! Suffer you bastard suffer!

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Agent of Chaotic Respite's avatar

I've taken the precaution of screen-capturing a copy of the NYT video, before it ends up vanishing.

This illegitimate, corrupt, criminal regime is NOT to be trusted or given any benefit of a doubt.

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MollyWhitebear's avatar

How do you do that?

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Jennifer Derksen's avatar

Google it. There are easy instructions on there to follow.

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Agent of Chaotic Respite's avatar

On my Windows PC, I installed and used the "Free Screen Recorder" application that I downloaded from the Internet. It applies a watermark in the free versions, and I'm fine with that. https://www.thundershare.net/free-screen-recorder/

I have similar software on my Android phone.

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Marney's avatar

Wise choice!

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Donna Dabney's avatar

Thank you, New York Times

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cmd317's avatar

I don't understand why the State's AG can't press charges against the shooter? It was a crime committed in their jurisdiction. Something must be done to stop this. I can't believe this is happening in the US. Sickening.

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Dawna Stromsoe's avatar

President Epstein and his entire complicit clan foolishly believe they can continue with their lying, grifting and treasonous words & actions. The time is NOW for We The People to show they can’t.

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PW's avatar
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I had not known the shooter had crossed in back of Renee’s vehicle, gone down the passenger side and crossed in front before ending on the driver’s side. This means when she was trying to back up and stopped, she was actively TRYING NOT TO HIT HIM BEHIND HER CAR, then pauses, because he is on the passenger side. As he clears the right front of her car and she sees space, she turns her wheels away from him and AGAIN ACTIVELY AVOIDS HITTING HIM by driving away right as he went left. She probably also saw him starting to draw his gun. It is clear that ICE was blocking the street with some sort of operation further down the street in the direction she had originally been going (toward them). She decided to stop in the street to stop going toward them and was in the midst of a K turn to turn around and go the other way away from the ICE operation when she paused to video for a moment (as is reported her wife said). That’s when ICE blocked her both sides and it was confusing how to follow the order to leave because it meant she would have to go the wrong way up the far lane to the right. The ICE vehicles had been crossing in front of her vehicle using the wrong lane so she was going that way too. All the ICE vehicles leaving could get by easily in front of her vehicle. She originally looked like she might be confused how to leave by going left to be in the proper righthand lane when ordered to leave, also that ICE was still conducting operations in that direction which she had intended to avoid by turning around and going in the opposite direction. That is, until ICE trucks drove up toward her on both sides further complicating how to leave. The ICE guy starts pulling on her door handle and the shooter crosses behind her. It looks more and more like the shooter intended to shoot her even when he drove up on her.

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Dystopian novel's avatar

Yes. Look at 2:09. Look where he is when she is still backing up. He intentionally positions himself in front of her car. It really looks like he was trying to frame her for attempting to ram him and still claim self-defense. This is that specific officers second incident involving a motor vehicle. It really looks like he was trying to create the scene that fit the fake DHS narrative they pushed out for all the other shootings

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PW's avatar

All planned. That means intent. That spells murder. It also smells of conspiracy.

But they’re getting away with it. DOJ and Noem are blocking all investigative materials from Minnesota and the officials in Minnesota just said without that they can’t mount a proper prosecution. They’ve been blocked and the whole thing is in Patel’s lap now. You know what happens to evidence when it goes to Patel… just like the Epstein files. Poof.

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Janis Lentz's avatar

cold-blooded murder! Arrest him now!

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Elizabeth Schmidt's avatar

This administration lies about everything. How can we trust our government officials about anything?

We are not safe.

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Lily's avatar

Shameful - SHOOTS FIRST, LIES SECOND! Fuck noem, felon and jd!

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Wade Baynham's avatar

I am sickened and horrified to my core. Thank you for posting this horrific criminal action by a federal agent.

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Cheryl Ann Fulton's avatar

Thank you Allison for providing this clear video and analysis. If this does not provoke swift action to stop ICE what will it take?

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Gregg's avatar

Love ya Allison!!!! Thank you!!!! You Rock!

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Bluboomer's avatar

And by law they cannot shoot at a vehicle unless there is a threat other than the vehicle itself

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Capt Bill's avatar

There are so many things wrong it's hard to know where to start but the brief comments from the defense attorneys speak volumes. Where is the video that the agent was taking? Someone with a camera and gimbal is following the shooter around the car, where is that video? There is likely video from the victim's cell phone.

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PW's avatar
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Noem and DOJ have now blocked all evidence and investigation and is blocking the Minnesota investigation from access to anything including video. They are protecting themselves and the shooter because it is becoming clear they weaponized the shooter and may have planned the whole thing.

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