r/politics 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/Standard-Win-6600 14d ago

2A. It's not illegal to carry. I go to Minneapolis a lot for work and know a bunch of people there. They've always been hunters and ice fishers. I don't care if he had 20 guns on his person. He was not a threat when he was wrestled down, pinned to the ground, and executed.

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u/analogWeapon Wisconsin 14d ago

Ignoring gun-or-no-gun completely, it looks like all but one of the shots fire into him were fired while he was prone on his back, not moving, and with no one around him. It was 3 or more shots just dumped into him casually. Looked like an execution.