“Is it not dangerous to be involved in protests against federal officers?” I asked artificial intelligence. “Yes — it is inherently dangerous to be involved in protests near or against federal enforcement actions, especially without clear protective protocols, legal planning, and non-obstructive positioning. That danger exists regardless of the cause and is rooted in the legal authority granted to federal agents and their tactical training for national security situations.”
“It’s not simply a matter of ‘a protester being justified’ vs “an agent being lawless” — it’s a matter of operational risk in high-tension environments where federal law enforcement has broader powers, faster engagement rules, and a lower tolerance for perceived interference.”
“It is dangerous to be involved in protests against federal officers, mainly when those protests occur close to or during law-enforcement actions. That’s true regardless of political position, ideology, or the cause being protested. Federal agents (ICE, CBP, FBI, Marshals, DHS, etc.) have broad authority under:
- Federal statutes
- Civil-immigration powers
- Homeland security directives
- National defense powers in declared operations
When protests take place near or directly in response to federal operations, officers may interpret actions differently than they would in a typical civic demonstration. That’s not opinion — it’s how federal jurisdiction and court precedent work. Federal agents are trained and empowered to treat interference with operations as a federal offense in many contexts.
Tucker Carlson said, “We are living through one of the most serious moments of this generation. How the White House and local officials respond will determine America’s future. People are angry, and blood is in the streets. Combine that with America’s collapsing economic system and endless foreign entanglements, and it’s clear our nation is on the precipice of total chaos. Like cancer, it will only spread unless it’s treated. And soon.”
I do not like watching long videos, but at least listen to the first 15 minutes, because this is serious business, and maybe it’s a good moment to move out of the country. Not sure if anywhere in the United States of America is going to be safe, because the States are obviously no longer united. As Tucker says, there is nothing worse than a civil war, and yet Americans are witnessing the beginning of such a horror.
Footage published on Wednesday, the 27th, shows Alex Pretti kicking an immigration agent’s car before getting thrown to the ground during a confrontation less than two weeks before he was shot and killed in Minneapolis.
The News Movement was the outlet that captured the incident on Jan. 13. It said in an X post that it “appears to be Alex Pretti interacting with federal immigration agents” and that it had the clip analyzed by the BBC, whose facial recognition technology confirmed his identity to a 97% degree of accuracy.”
Steve Schleicher, an attorney representing Pretti’s family, said the earlier altercation with federal agents in no way justified his death. “A week before Alex was gunned down in the street — despite posing no threat to anyone — he was violently assaulted by a group of ICE agents,” Schleicher said. “Nothing that happened a full week before could possibly have justified Alex’s killing.”
It is sheer madness what we are reading in the news and what is happening. It is obvious that Alex was being aggressive against federal officers. It is hard to imagine what protesters expect or anyone expects from showing any aggression against federal officers or regular police or aggression against anyone.
“The old politics of right versus Left, and Republicans opposed
to Democrats have now given way to a new existential struggle:
Americans must choose between civilization or its destroyers.”
Victor Davis Hanson
We rarely get the story correctly from the mainstream super-rich left-leaning news media. Still, there are exceptions like the New York Post publishing about an unhinged Virginia nurse who encouraged colleagues to inject ICE agents with a paralytic drug, who was swiftly fired. The Left in America has become completely deranged, and that has a lot to do with what is happening in Minnesota. I never thought I would side with the Federal Government. Still, the party of chaos, the liberal Democrats, have gone hysterical and become extremely dangerous, so it’s no wonder there are shootings, and there will probably be more.
On Biden’s behalf, hordes of invaders, including Muslim extremists, poured into the country, and now the country is bleeding heavily for what is looking more and more like a civil war. He and his Democrats committed a form of national suicide by opening the southern border. Countries are defined by their borders.
Millions of woke liberals still lust to overturn the entire culture of the United States. The stage seems set for dramatic years of civil unrest. In major cities all over the United States, vast numbers of far-left activists have been recruited for “rapid response teams” that seek to disrupt ICE operations as much as possible.
It’s evident to everyone at this point that when people confront federal ICE officers, violence erupts. We have already seen examples of this, but it does not seem like the Left is going to back down. Instead, they plan to take things to an entirely new level in the months ahead.
Of course, it is against the law to try to prevent federal law enforcement officers from carrying out their duties, but these far-left radicals don’t see it that way.
“But it’s clear to me that the Left just wants illegals in the country. More migrants mean more federal money, which means more fraud for their allies, more slush funds to buy elections. And it means more votes to keep them in power. And that’s all they really care about– remaining in power. They clearly don’t care about their constituents. Today the Left is once again emboldened… and they believe that if they protest loudly enough, if they “resist” forcefully enough, if they cause enough chaos, then they’ll get their way. And that strikes me as an incredibly dangerous outcome,” writes James Hickman.
Alex got himself killed, and who should we blame for that? He began shouting and blowing his whistle. Complaints are coming in that “hearing loss causing whistles are being used against immigration enforcement officers and that they should be considered as ‘violent weapons.” “They damage hearing for life,” Mike Cernovich claimed, prompting others to agree with him. “The high-pitched whistles used by anti-ICE activists overload neural processing circuits, leading to decrements in mental performance. The purpose is to put the ICE officers into a high-stress state,” not really a good idea if you value your life.
History is full of fanatical, idealistic extremists, a history of death and destruction that is in full bloom today in the United States and many places around the world. It’s a mad world getting madder and madder.
“Anti-ICE activists follow agents, harass them where they sleep, create chaotic scenes while resisting arrest (often while armed), and use high-pitched whistles to increase the likelihood that agents make mistakes in the heat of the moment,” another anti-immigrant X account tweeted. “This is a suicide cult for mentally ill people who want martyrdom.”
Proximity to Enforcement = Higher Stress + Split-Second Decisions
When you stand near someone involved in a federal operation:
- Agents may view you as a potential threat
- You may not be clearly visible as a protester
- Communications are rushed
- There is limited time for de-escalation
Former President Barack Obama is urging Americans to “support and draw inspiration” from the aggressive, Antifa-style provoke-blame-escalate street campaign in Minnesota against federal law enforcement that has led to the deaths of two Americans. He is being accused of treason by Tulsi Gabbard for creating the false narrative against Trump as a Russian agent when he first got elected as President in 2016.
Specific Risks to Protesters
When you protest near federal Enforcement, you become exposed to:
Legal danger
- Obstruction of federal agents (felony in many jurisdictions)
- Resisting arrest
- Disorderly conduct
- Trespass on federal property
Safety danger
- Non-lethal weapon use (batons, pepper spray, rubber bullets)
- Arrest tactics (tackling, drag-outs, takedowns)
- Misinterpretation of intent
- Less access to medical/legal observers
Communication breakdowns
- Agents communicate via encrypted radios
- Protesters rely on shouts or social media
- Chaos increases the risk of misinterpretation
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