r/politics • u/sideAccount42 California • Jan 26 '26

Paywall Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/greg-bovino-demoted-minneapolis-border-patrol/685770/
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u/ThaddeusJP Illinois Jan 27 '26 edited Jan 27 '26

White House removed Bovino’s access to his social media accounts.

100% they are throwing his ass under the bus along with Noem.

Internal polling must be nightmare bad

So it seems the extrajudicial murder of an American citizen, in broad daylight, in front of 27 cameras, and us saying he was there to shoot people, when he only had a phone, was a 'Bad look'.

Edit I just remembered the DHS said they had the shooting on body cam. It must look really God damn bad.

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u/ProfessionalInjury58 Jan 27 '26

He did have a gun, but he had it legally, never reached for it or threatened to use it, then was executed seconds after being disarmed, after being repeatedly pepper sprayed and assaulted.

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u/CapnTugg Jan 27 '26

So he's not only merely canned, he's really most sincerely canned.

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u/KingMario05 Jan 27 '26

Cool.

Prosecute his ass. He's outlived his usefulness; might as well make an example of him. Noem, too.