• mossberg590@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    I live in the Twin Cities and this is an exaggeration. I drive by the Whipple building multiple times a week. I am in Little Somali several times a week. I’ve driven past the Alex Pretti shrine. I’ve seen one SUV that seemed to be ICE. That’s it. This whole time.

    Many restaurants are closed or drive thru only. Many people are frightened to leave their houses and volunteers bring them food. There are groups of people guarding kids to and from school.

    The fear of ICE is what I see daily. That is what they meant to accomplish.

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      11 minutes ago

      Agreed. I live just north of the cities and drive through them almost daily. What is happening is bad, but this is just an exaggeration. Def haven’t seen more helicopters.

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      4 hours ago

      I live in the Twin Cities and this is an exaggeration. I drive by the Whipple building multiple times a week. I am in Little Somali several times a week. I’ve driven past the Alex Pretti shrine. I’ve seen one SUV that seemed to be ICE. That’s it. This whole time.

      What do you mean “this whole time”?

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          3 hours ago

          Since Dec 4, you’ve only seen one SUV that might have been ICE?

          The kidnappings, home invasions, murders are all exaggerations?

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            2 hours ago

            FFS, are you trying to be a troll? Seeing ICE multiple times a day is an exaggeration. Any whistle on TV/ song gets people looking for ICE is an exaggeration. Most people here haven’t seen ICE even driving by.

            Yes, ICE is detaining people illegally then releasing them without any phone or means home.

            Yes, they were breaking into homes without a judicial warrant. That has fallen way off since Homan. They shifted tactics to more subtle means.

            Yes, they killed multiple people and there is no faith that it is being investigated. Those things get big media attention and you have seen most of them.

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              2 hours ago

              ? So . . . what’s your point then? ICE’s tactics embody fascism in America but it’s not that bad? It’s only happening a little bit?

              Breaking into homes without a warrant “falling off” . . . what, cool?

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            2 hours ago

            Oh yeah, helicopters. Nope. No more than normal meaning a couple a day; news and medi-flights. The media would LOVE to show some morons rapelling down from a helicopter.

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              2 hours ago

              They did that in Chicago, right? When that one ICE guy made history by saying “fuck them kids”.

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        3 hours ago

        None of the ICE actions are in either downtown. But I live inside the Twin cities proper, not suburbs.