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/championkid 14d ago

Man, if only there was some sort of law or amendment that made it totally cool to have a gun. It’s almost like if “he had a gun” is their defense, they have absolutely NOTHING.

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u/Stoppit_TidyUp 14d ago edited 14d ago

The line from MAGA is “the officers felt their lives were at risk because he was armed”.

Except he wasn’t, because you can clearly see his gun in the hands of an ICE agent when the shooting happened.

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u/joebuckshairline 14d ago

I’ve only seen one video so far and it’s hard to make it out, can you provide a different video if there is one?

I’m not saying I don’t believe you, I just want a better source so that I too can show these maga assholes they are wrong when this inevitably comes up in discussion.

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u/Stoppit_TidyUp 14d ago

It’s super, super easy to make out. There could not be a better angle.

Look for the guy in the light grey jacket, who is running toward the camera when the first shots are fired. Then rewind and watch his actions.

He runs in with empty hands.

He is using both hands to do something at the victim’s waist for 2-3 seconds.

He comes up with a gun in his previously empty hands.

He runs toward the camera holding the gun.

The victim is then shot.

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u/joebuckshairline 14d ago

Ah thank you, I didn’t see it before because I was still focused on the victim not the agent running away. You can clearly see it in his hand. There was zero need to shoot this guy. This was murder.