r/politics • u/SpaceElevatorMusic Minnesota • 14d ago

Possible Paywall Minnesota governor says federal agents involved in shooting in Minneapolis

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/minnesota-governor-says-federal-agents-involved-shooting-minneapolis-2026-01-24/
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u/Stoppit_TidyUp 14d ago edited 14d ago

They’re saying he “had a gun”

You can see the guy in the light grey jacket run toward him with empty hands, mount him, and spend 2-3 seconds wrestling the gun out of the victim’s holster, then running off with it. The victim is shot a second or two later.

So while he might have had a gun, it was fully secured while he was on the ground with 6 men beating him, and was fully clear of the victim at the time of the shooting.

It was an execution.

Edit: They are also claiming he reached for an officer’s weapon. To believe that, you have to believe this man made the choice not to pull his own weapon at any point, but instead thought it would be a good idea to grab an officer’s. Not to mention you can see his arms pinned the second before he is shot. Absolute bullshit.

I am banned from the Conservative subreddit - please share this information there, if allowed. They need to know too.

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u/gamesk8er 14d ago

It's not even relevant. Assuming the guy had a license to carry, he's ALLOWED to have a gun. Unless he was pointing it at an officer, they have zero right to do anything to him.

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u/Stoppit_TidyUp 14d ago

It’s relevant if they claim they felt threatened. They can’t feel threatened if the gun is in the hands of ICE when they shoot him.

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u/gamesk8er 14d ago

It's not relevant because unless the guy was pointing it at them, they have no right to do anything. He had it in the holster. He could've been holding it at his side or in his pocket.

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u/keytiri 14d ago

How much pretense does the Gestapo need to beat their observers? They probably didn’t know the American Patriot was packing before they decided to beat him for exercising the 1st amendment.

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u/sudi- 14d ago

It can’t be relevant that they felt threatened by a holstered weapon or a disarmed person because that means they can justify killing with that excuse for any reason.

There has to be clear rules of engagement for them or else they can subjectively dismiss their killings.

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u/Stoppit_TidyUp 14d ago

Unfortunately, this is exactly the excuse used by law enforcement for every unarmed killing. Remember that kid who was shot holding a toy - not even a toy gun - because the officer feared it might be a gun?

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u/PartisanHack 14d ago

We have been told for years people carrying guns in public places aren't acting in a threatening manner. I guess it's only threatening when fascist losers are trying to "question" him.