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ICE agent shoots woman in the face.

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Eyesopenwideawake · 07/01/2026 21:18

It had to happen; in Minneapolis a woman in a car was shouting at the multiple ICE agents. One tried to open her car door, she started to drive away and was shot 2 (3? 4?) times in the head.

Trump is blaming her. Fucking hell.

EDIT BY MNHQ - Though the footage of this incident is in the public domain, we have removed the link originally included in this thread as we believe it could cause distress.

ICE officer fatally shoots driver in Minneapolis

Video taken by bystander Caitlin Callenson shows an ICE officer fatally shooting a driver in Minneapolis on Jan. 7, 2026.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9CJY5p0xz4

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Outside9 · 08/01/2026 09:41

It's easy to forget we live among psychopaths. They will not find anything wrong with this woman's execution.

Lahdedah2026 · 08/01/2026 09:41

Gloriia · 08/01/2026 09:39

This. I've seen the clips, I've no idea why some are confused. She accelerated toward an armed officer, it is clear. What did she think they would do? Tragic yes but all avoidable if she'd stopped.

I don't know why people insist on telling outright lies

She didn't accelerate towards him at all 🤦‍♀️ if she did, she would of hit him.

She was turning the car to leave and he walks from round the side of the car and then shoots her in the face. He pulled his gun out as soon as she starts to turn her car away from the other goon

There's slow motion videos online now

Nitgel · 08/01/2026 09:42

God this is awful and rhe vdeo clearly shows what happened.

EasternStandard · 08/01/2026 09:42

Lou7171 · 08/01/2026 09:41

I think people are just sick of the americanisation of UK culture and politics.

It’s a thread about the US. It’s going to include those views.

RafaistheKingofClay · 08/01/2026 09:42

1dayatatime · 08/01/2026 09:10

@Alexandra2001
Not sure if MN will allow this photo .

Photo clearly showing an officer stood in front of the vehicle drawing his gun as it moves towards him.

Note : front wheel is now aligned to drive straight at the officer.

I think this is pretty much an example of why using a still can be misleading. I’m going to assume that was not intentional on your part.

The officer was walking from right to left in front of the car as it was reversing. There is a point at which the wheels are facing straight ahead as they change from pointing to the left as she is reversing to pointing right when driving forwards. But even by that point the moving officer has almost cleared the front of the car. By the time he took the shot he was at the side.

Lilactimes · 08/01/2026 09:46

Manifestsleep · 08/01/2026 09:30

What illegal criminal? She wasn't a criminal. She was a legal American citizen.

He was under no threat, she was clearly trying to get away, she wasn't driving at him. He moved in front of the vehicle, he could literally have taken one step to the side but he didn't, he chose to draw his gun. As someone else pointed out the trajectory of the car following her being shot highlights that her wheels were turned in that direction. The gunshot is not head on - it's to the bottom side of the windscreen.

Why would you want people on your streets who believe that is an appropriate way to act. Think about those circumstances and think about if you'd want every person to act in the same way as that ICE officer. You're setting a very dangerous precedent.

He could have shot her tyres.

CanIShareThis · 08/01/2026 09:46

The rhetoric from the Oval Office is disgusting. It is very frightening as it has echoes of dictatorial regimes, rewriting the truth to fit their own political agenda. And Trump supporters will lap it up fuelling further division and anger. And Trump has had the cheek to tell Iran that the USA will intervene if Iran starts shooting peaceful protesters!

surreygirly · 08/01/2026 09:46

mumofoneAloneandwell · 07/01/2026 21:24

Horrifying. We need a Black Lives Matter level protest against this man, there is nothing separating him from Derek Chauvin. Nothing.

No we do not
I did not get the support for Floyd a thief, convicted drug dealer, convicted armed robber who threated to shoot a whiter pregnant woman in the stomach and kill her baby of she did not give him her handbag
What about his victims?

Lilactimes · 08/01/2026 09:46

RafaistheKingofClay · 08/01/2026 09:42

I think this is pretty much an example of why using a still can be misleading. I’m going to assume that was not intentional on your part.

The officer was walking from right to left in front of the car as it was reversing. There is a point at which the wheels are facing straight ahead as they change from pointing to the left as she is reversing to pointing right when driving forwards. But even by that point the moving officer has almost cleared the front of the car. By the time he took the shot he was at the side.

Exactly and he could have shot her tyres.

Gloriia · 08/01/2026 09:47

Lahdedah2026 · 08/01/2026 09:41

I don't know why people insist on telling outright lies

She didn't accelerate towards him at all 🤦‍♀️ if she did, she would of hit him.

She was turning the car to leave and he walks from round the side of the car and then shoots her in the face. He pulled his gun out as soon as she starts to turn her car away from the other goon

There's slow motion videos online now

We've seen it! The car is static, one officer walks up to the window presumably to tell her to stop snd get out she then starts moving <aka as accelerating as one needs to press the accelerator> toward an another armed office.
It is horrific. She should've stayed static and got out of her vehicle.

C152 · 08/01/2026 09:47

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The video I saw last night showed the path in front of her clear, and her driving at a slow speed to avoid hitting anyone. One ICE official puts his hand through her car window, presumably to try to get her keys, whilst another moves around in front of her car and shoots her in the head. You think it is acceptable that "the land of the free" shoots peaceful, unarmed protesters in the head? So, peaceful unarmed protests are out but violent insurrection is in?

How about denying the woman medical aid? A Dr asked to check her pulse and was denied access. This is not a violent terrorist. This is young, unarmed woman. You think it's acceptable to live in this sort of police state? Where you risk getting shot for holding a different point of view than the rabble employed by the criminal dictator in charge?

Gloriia · 08/01/2026 09:48

Lilactimes · 08/01/2026 09:46

He could have shot her tyres.

Oh yes that would've helped a car moving more erratically.

Lilactimes · 08/01/2026 09:48

Gloriia · 08/01/2026 09:47

We've seen it! The car is static, one officer walks up to the window presumably to tell her to stop snd get out she then starts moving <aka as accelerating as one needs to press the accelerator> toward an another armed office.
It is horrific. She should've stayed static and got out of her vehicle.

he could have shot her tyres out if he was at all concerned.

CremeCarmel · 08/01/2026 09:48

RingoJuice · 08/01/2026 06:06

These protestors need to let ICE do their jobs. I fucking voted for mass deportations and it angers me that people like this think they have a right to stop this process.

She’s out there yelling in the neighborhood that ‘ICE is coming’ and blocking ICE vehicles. Most likely she didn’t intend to run him over BUT how could he have known? Tragic that she is dead as she has a child but this was absolutely insane.

You voted for mass deportations and for a man with imperialist ambitions which means that the citizens of the countries he seizes now have rights to us redidence

Lilactimes · 08/01/2026 09:48

Gloriia · 08/01/2026 09:48

Oh yes that would've helped a car moving more erratically.

Yep - would have stopped it

Crikeyalmighty · 08/01/2026 09:49

@SwissChaletPatriot but she wasn’t an illegal criminal, she was a US citizen and had a right to protest . she wasn’t waving a gun around threatening them , they could just have shot her tyres out - where do you draw the line -?

PandoraSocks · 08/01/2026 09:49

Outside9 · 08/01/2026 09:41

It's easy to forget we live among psychopaths. They will not find anything wrong with this woman's execution.

True. The US is run by a psychopath and a bunch of goons, none of whom seem to have a single redeeming human quality between them. So it is a trickle down effect, I suppose.

I feel very sorry for all the decent people in the US who don't support the orange maniac, his regime or his gestapo. My heart goes out to them.

PandoraSocks · 08/01/2026 09:50

CanIShareThis · 08/01/2026 09:46

The rhetoric from the Oval Office is disgusting. It is very frightening as it has echoes of dictatorial regimes, rewriting the truth to fit their own political agenda. And Trump supporters will lap it up fuelling further division and anger. And Trump has had the cheek to tell Iran that the USA will intervene if Iran starts shooting peaceful protesters!

I agree. There will be no justice served.

Gloriia · 08/01/2026 09:52

Crikeyalmighty · 08/01/2026 09:49

@SwissChaletPatriot but she wasn’t an illegal criminal, she was a US citizen and had a right to protest . she wasn’t waving a gun around threatening them , they could just have shot her tyres out - where do you draw the line -?

She was driving a vehicle towards an armed officer!
Shooting tyres does not stop anything immediately they swerve and cause more damage.

Wtf was she doing shouting ice are coming? Did she think that was going to help?

Lahdedah2026 · 08/01/2026 09:52

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loislovesstewie · 08/01/2026 09:52

Lilactimes · 08/01/2026 09:48

he could have shot her tyres out if he was at all concerned.

Shooting tyres often doesn't cause the vehicle to stop, in fact it can be more dangerous to other road users to do so. If you have ever seen UK police use a stinger to deflate tyres during a chase then you will find there are strict criteria for using the device. A determined driver will even carry on driving on the rim of the wheel rather than stop.
I'm providing this as info, not commenting on anything else.

VickyEadieofThigh · 08/01/2026 09:53

tumbletoast · 07/01/2026 21:58

I wonder if Americans realise how many parallels there are with the rise of fascism or Nazism in their country, with the slow degradation of rights and lack of respect for foreign sovereignty?

That would require them to have received high quality and unbiased history education.

Which is also why it's a travesty that humanities education is being defunded in the UK too.

Huanities education is being defunded? Can you link me to that?

Alexandra2001 · 08/01/2026 09:53

CanIShareThis · 08/01/2026 09:46

The rhetoric from the Oval Office is disgusting. It is very frightening as it has echoes of dictatorial regimes, rewriting the truth to fit their own political agenda. And Trump supporters will lap it up fuelling further division and anger. And Trump has had the cheek to tell Iran that the USA will intervene if Iran starts shooting peaceful protesters!

Its one thing MEGA types supporting executions, quite another that the POTUS also supports the killing of protestors.

The US has fallen a long long way, it really now is on par with China/Russia now, just a bully of a country.

Trump is unrestrained now, he could do anything at all, he things he is untouchable.

Sofamonkey2day · 08/01/2026 09:53

I've seen the video. She tries to give way to an ICE vehicle to go first, when they get out and approach her. She was scared for her life, and rightly so. Her 7 year old was in the car with her apparently. There's no justificationfor this. Things are very bad there atm.

Ofcoursenot2026 · 08/01/2026 09:53

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