Here we go again. Another officer-involved shooting in Minneapolis — and shockingly, it turns out the suspect was armed and decided to play tough with federal law enforcement.
A guy with a handgun thought it was a good idea to confront Border Patrol agents on the street. Predictably, it ended badly for him. That’s not “murder.” That’s what happens when you bring a gun into a confrontation with trained federal officers who are trying to do their jobs.
But don’t worry — before the body is even cold, the liberal media and the professional grievance industry will be lining up to scream “police brutality,” “racism,” and “fascism,” carefully skipping over the inconvenient detail that the man was armed.
This will almost certainly spark another round of leftist tantrums, street riots, candlelight vigils, and breathless cable-news hysteria — because in Minneapolis, chaos is no longer a bug, it’s a feature:
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Border Patrol immediately put out this strong statement:
Border Patrol agents are trained extremely well to protect themselves, their fellow agents, and innocent third parties. When a supposed “peaceful” protester brings a weapon (such as a loaded handgun) and brandishes it, there are going to severe consequences and repercussions. We have pleaded with and warned the media and the politicians that their irresponsible, hate-filled and false rhetoric is going to get people unnecessarily hurt, or worse, killed when they portray our agents and officers as the aggressors. They have encouraged these reckless confrontations and attacks on our agents and officers who are performing their lawful duties and enforcing the laws that Congress has put on the books. The fake and dishonest media and the shameless politicians should be held accountable for willfully misleading the public and enticing these protesters and agitators. We have full confidence that when more facts are revealed, our agents and officers will be shown to have utilized justifiable force in eliminating the threat.
And here’s more from the Department of Homeland Security, under which the Border Patrol falls:
At 9:05 AM CT, as DHS law enforcement officers were conducting a targeted operation in Minneapolis against an illegal alien wanted for violent assault, an individual approached US Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun, seen here.
The officers attempted to disarm the suspect but the armed suspect violently resisted. More details on the armed struggle are forthcoming.
Fearing for his life and the lives and safety of fellow officers, an agent fired defensive shots. Medics on scene immediately delivered medical aid to the subject but was pronounced dead at the scene.
The suspect also had 2 magazines and no ID—this looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement.
About 200 rioters arrived at the scene and began to obstruct and assault law enforcement on the scene, crowd control measures were deployed for the safety of the public and law enforcement.
This situation is evolving, and more information is forthcoming.”
Minneapolis has been on high alert since January 7, when activist Renee Nicole Good was shot and killed after allegedly ramming her car into an ICE agent. But that’s mostly because Democratic politicians from the state and around the country keep trying to whip up their insane voting base to challenge federal agents doing the jobs they were hired and trained to do.
It’s pathetic. It’s disgusting. And it’s 100 percent incitement.
Democrats have more blood on their hands. If they had any decency left in them, they’d start doing the right thing and tell people to stop messing with feds in the field.
But you know they won’t. This was Gov. Tim Walz just yesterday:
Crazy.
