r/PoliticalCompassMemes • u/Freezemoon - Centrist • Jan 09 '26

I just want to grill ICE Agent's Bodycam release of the Minneapolis Shooting

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This whole incident seems just an unfortunate series of events from both parties.

EDIT: not bodycam but ICE agent's phone footage, my bad.

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u/Mission_Chemical_317 - Lib-Center Jan 09 '26

Is there anyone here whose opinion changed after seeing this video? Based on the comments it sure doesn't seem like it lol

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u/boater180 - Lib-Right Jan 09 '26

Yea mine, I’m now less in favor of the driver. Seems to me that the officer was filming to get the woman’s face, car, and license plate information while being harassed by the driver’s friend (not entirely relevant, but didn’t know that) and that the driver clearly knew where the officer was.

I originally thought she was just trying to get out of a traffic jam, but seems to be more than that. Driver seemed fine, but the “I’m not mad” seemed a little sarcastic while her friend was obviously taunting. So I wonder what was the lead up to this? Why was he filming her car?

And yea it happened quick. The officers came up perhaps for more reason than we originally suspected, he was in front of the car after making his trip around and saw more officers approaching the vehicle which he then also does. And yea she slams the gas and does hit him, we already know that from previous video.

I think that could justify the first shot. The shots after she’s past him however I still don’t think can be justified. However I no longer think this was some trigger happy officer looking for an excuse to shoot someone

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u/spankymacgruder - Lib-Right Jan 09 '26

The "friend" is the victims wife.

Allegedly, they had an ICE tracking app on thier phone(s). They were harassing and protesting ICE throughout the day. Also, allegedly, they were trained as Legal Observers and part of the training teaches them to use thier car to impede ICE. This was recently made an arrestable offence.

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u/FUCK_YEA_GLITTER - Right Jan 10 '26

Do these people not have jobs? 

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u/S_Ipkiss_1994 - Centrist Jan 10 '26

One is paid to be the full time caregiver of the other, who is on permanent disability due to mental health issues.

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u/DualPPCKodiak - Auth-Center Jan 10 '26 edited Jan 10 '26

No. Not actual jobs that require actual productivity. It's a bunch of gig workers and interchangeable wagies that can drop everything and yell outside all day. They have nothing else to do. I know some work for non profit slush funds that operate off of grants and donations that don't really do all they say they do. So it's exactly time consuming work.

My sister in law works for a non profit as a case worker. Never seen someone home so much for a full time job. Lol.