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In reply to the discussion: Minnesota is being baited. [View all]sarisataka
(22,257 posts)16. Minnesota is being invaded
As the Minneapolis mayor pointed out last night, the MPD has about 600 officers if you were to add the Hennepin County sheriffs that would be another perhaps 800 officers.
There are approximately 3000 ice agents in Minnesota operating mostly in Minneapolis. Federal law-enforcement outnumbers local by more than two to one.
And Trump wants to send in the military
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I hate the framing that the state hurting its own citizens is "bait." It's also state violence.
WhiskeyGrinder
Thursday
#2
You probably should use the term "federal government" or something along those lines rather than "state."
W_HAMILTON
Thursday
#9
Yep. Murdering, blinding people is a bridge too far. Instead of tamping down the rhetoric and violence,
Deuxcents
Thursday
#3
I agree with you Emile. He calls it an insurrection. We saw his insurrection-a true insurrection on Jan. 6. And what did
debm55
Thursday
#7
If he want's to invoke the insurrection act he will, regardless of what we do
MadameButterfly
Thursday
#30
It's not the cold - they're there because it's the site of the George Floyd murder
FakeNoose
Thursday
#20
Yes there IS a large Somalian population there. Why? Churches helped them getting there.
bluestarone
Friday
#46
Didn't Walz say a few weeks ago that he had the State National Guard on standby? Where are they?
Bev54
Thursday
#26
Yeah courts are doing nothing by allowing it to continue while they consider the case.
Bev54
Thursday
#43
Likely next step is to call on the cultists to start roving the streets and committing violence...
Thomas Hurt
Friday
#53
They also got good judges to put a stop to the nonsense, unfortunately not so in Minnesota
Bev54
Thursday
#28
The state tried to get a restraining order to get ICE out and the Judge has given the government
Bev54
Friday
#52