I haven’t posted, but I want to speak out against the ICE invasion of Minnesota. We don’t know how long the masked and heavily armed federal agents will continue to terrorize our community here. The Department of Homeland Security says it arrests the worst people in an effort to keep us safe. At the same time, crime rates here in St. Paul have been declining for years.
We don’t know who they arrest. They do not have to prove that they arrested and deported “the worst of the worst.” We see the damage caused by tear gas in a car. American citizens have been shot. Some have been arrested and interrogated because they have accents or brown skin. Renee Good was murdered while trying to get away from ICE.
Renee Good’s murder looks like a hate crime. She wasn’t afraid of the ICE agent. She even smiled at him, which enraged him so much that he shot her four times. After he shot her, he called her a “fing Bxxx”.
It was safe here until ICE arrived.
I stand next to my immigrant neighbors. I especially support the Somali women and children. Many are afraid to go to work or school, or even to the supermarket. Most are law-abiding US citizens.
There are many business owners, large and small, who don’t want to comment on anything “political” for fear that they will lose business. I’m not one of those entrepreneurs. Some people ‘stay out of it’. Just like the Germans, who saw the smoke and ash but had no idea what was going on. They helped make possible the murder of millions of Jews. The silence from the leaders of major companies in the area is deafening.
Businesses are closing. Our economy is suffering. We don’t know how long the federal government’s occupation of Minnesota will last. It could take hours or years.
ICE should get the F##k out of Minnesota!
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