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tblue37

(68,214 posts)
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 08:30 PM Monday

ICE thugs go hog wild and toss gas around in one of the busiest commercial districts in Minneapolis

Trump's thugs are going hog wild and tossing gas around in one of the busiest commercial districts in Minneapolis, just a mile or so from where I live. Complete insanity.

(vid via Ford Fischer on X)

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-01-12T21:37:28.243Z
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OAITW r.2.0

(31,556 posts)
1. Don't be surprised when people start shooting back. And If Trump wants to start a civil war,
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 08:43 PM
Monday

ask how's that's working with your buddy, Putin.

FakeNoose

(40,264 posts)
2. This is an area that has almost no immigrants in Minneapolis
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 08:45 PM
Monday

... as stated by one of the BlueSky posters who lives there.

Really ... it never was about immigrants anyway, am I right?

Ocelot II

(129,223 posts)
6. Not so many immigrants live in the neighborhood, but there are a lot of restaurants
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 08:51 PM
Monday

that employ them.

Ocelot II

(129,223 posts)
5. Jeez, that's Lyn-Lake, the intersection of Lake St. and Lyndale Ave. - it's a very busy, diverse commercial area,
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 08:49 PM
Monday

with many restaurants, a couple of theaters, a bike shop, a bowling alley, a wide variety of shops and a lot of pedestrian traffic. Just exactly the sort of area where you should expect jackbooted government thugs to pepper spray shoppers and families out for pizza. Fuck me...

FakeNoose

(40,264 posts)
7. ICE-goons are trying to re-enact the George Floyd murder
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 09:12 AM
Yesterday

It's so much easier to declare martial law when you have angry protestors out on every street corner.

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