A killing in Minneapolis
The tragic death of a protester in Minneapolis has sent ongoing shockwaves. It appears that the victim, although in possession of a legally carried firearm, posed no threat whatsoever to the federal agents present. Under circumstances that remain unclear, law enforcement pinned him to the ground; one of them then took the firearm the victim was carrying on his belt before withdrawing from the confrontation with that object. It was in this troubling context that a shot rang out, followed by a barrage of bullets fired at the man on the ground. Faced with such a sequence of events, one cannot help but raise the idea that the federal agents took advantage of the circumstances to provoke an incident. It should be noted that the agents in question were not with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), but with Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Kristi Noem, the head of Homeland Security, hurried to label the victim a domestic terrorist—armed and clearly intent on carrying out a massacre.