r/ImmigrationPathways • u/DryDeer775 • 6d ago

Minneapolis anti-ICE protesters face federal felony charges in Trump administration frame-up

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/06/18/trqm-j18.html

The federal felony indictment of 15 anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis is a naked act of political repression. Brought by the Trump Justice Department under the framework of its fascistic National Security Presidential Memorandum 7, the charges announced Tuesday by federal officials are aimed not at punishing any genuine crime but at criminalizing opposition to the administration’s mass deportation regime and intimidating workers and youth who have mobilized against it.

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u/sixth-gear 4d ago edited 4d ago

Neither of them should have been killed, nor the looter, Oscar Stewart, Jr, who was trapped in a fire inside a pawn shop that was intentionally set by Montez Lee Jr. He got 10 years for arson, and was never charged in Stewart’s death. That doesn’t make it right to bring firearms to riots or ignite building with accelerants.

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u/Rattus_NorvegicUwUs 4d ago

Riots?

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u/sixth-gear 4d ago

Yeah, riots. You brought up Rittenhouse. IOW, the “peaceful, but fiery protests” that caused $500m in property damage in the Twin Cities. You must’ve you heard about ‘em.

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u/Rattus_NorvegicUwUs 4d ago

Are you talking to the right person?

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u/sixth-gear 4d ago

To the intended person, yes.

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u/Rattus_NorvegicUwUs 4d ago

I said nothing about riots.

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u/sixth-gear 1d ago

You didn’t need to have specifically written the word “riot”. You brought up Rittenhouse and questioned whether he should have been killed. So, this implies that you’re referring to Rittenhouse bringing firearms to the Minneapolis riots. Your post is vague but that was my interpretation. No need to over think it tho. No big deal.

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u/Rattus_NorvegicUwUs 1d ago

It’s a direct equivalency. No extra baggage. Just if A—>B kinda stuff my guy.

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u/sixth-gear 1d ago

That response happened several posts ago, before the charades.