Redditors mount resistance against ICE

On Saturday morning, A Reddit Share the user who posted about living in Minneapolis for years video On the city’s subreddit, r/Minneapolis, titled “Last Ice “Murder in front of Glam Doll Donuts.”

The 40-second clip showed a group of federal agents tackling 37-year-old Alex Pretty, throwing him to the ground and beating him. After about 20 seconds, someone starts shooting at Preeti. At least ten shots rang out, from multiple agents, and someone can be heard shouting, “Did they kill this guy? Are you kidding me, buddy? Not again.” (The agents who shot Pretty were not charged, nor was ICE agent Jonathan Ross, who shot and killed the Minneapolis resident.) Renee Nicole Good On January 7th. They have been transferred to “other locations,” according to CBP Officer Greg Bovino.)

The video has been upvoted more than 60,000 times, reaching the top of Reddit’s homepage. Over the past month, as the Department of Homeland Security deployed thousands of armed and masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to Minnesota’s Twin Cities, the r/Minneapolis subreddit has become a lively hub of news and information for both residents and outsiders. Previously, the user who shared footage of the shooting posted a poster about a missing dog and logging near a local lake. “I just wanted a local subreddit to know what was going on in my city, and now all of a sudden, we’ve turned into this actual information hub on how to basically fight fascism,” says one r/Minneapolis moderator, who has been in a volunteer position for nearly a decade and spoke on the condition of anonymity due to safety concerns.

For many long-time r/Minneapolis users, ICE agents have occupied their backyards. But even outside local subreddits in Minnesota, anger against ICE has reached a boiling point. The majority of posts in r/all, where the top posts in all subreddits are ranked, on Saturday and Sunday were dedicated to mocking and criticizing ICE for killing Preeti. In the Reddit cross stitch community, Top job This weekend there was a “Fuck Ice” embroidery, and there it was numerous Differences For the same logo in the stained glass subreddit as well. “FUCK ICE” was drawn. On acrylic set In the nail polish subreddit, where other users I offered dupes To create the look of the bright pink nails of a woman in a photo pressing her hand to the face of a prominent right-wing influencer during a campaign Downtown Minneapolis clash. When the r/Leica subreddit blocked “partisan comments” on photos of ICE officers in Minneapolis, A user wrote “I hate the censorship of this submarine.” (Photographer John Abernathy – who went diffuse (after throwing his camera to another photographer while being tackled by ICE agents.) Even users on r/massivecock, where most posts are photos of erect penises, took issue with ICE in their comments.

“I think it’s kind of like this awareness of the level of injustice that’s going on,” the Minneapolis moderator said, adding that people outside the state are increasingly concerned about being targeted by ICE. “They’re testing things out here. They’ll come to you afterward.”

Americans have become noticeably better More in favor From abolishing ICE since the second Donald Trump administration began unprecedented raids on blue cities. Before the 2024 elections.. Opinion polls showed Only about 1 in 4 people surveyed supported abolishing ICE — and now the same polls show 43% support it. Anger peaked over ICE’s brutal occupation of Minneapolis, especially after Officer Ross killing 37 years is good. After another officer killed Pretty, even people who rarely share positive feelings about Minneapolis became like her fans Rival football teams In Minnesota, Chicago, Detroit, and Green Bay, they are increasingly protesting ICE at their shared subsite. “The ruling on the field is that this is sub-football,” one player said. Top posts This weekend in r/NFCNorthMemeWar. “And yet…fuck ICE and fuck any bootlickers who support them.”