Dante
I have always been here
I SEE IT AS BEING TERRIBLY IMPORTANT TO GET THIS OUT THERE (apologies for my presidential caps)
People are understandably stuck on being emotionally pushed into taking sides -- especially with anything to do with Trump Administration. It's lie a team sport thing. Sad but true - facts be damned "Show me my narrative!"
BECAUSE FACTS MATTER, PEOPLE SHOULD PROBABLY SEE THIS BEFORE REPEATING NARRATIVES THEY FAVOR:
Federal agents shot and killed a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, at about 9 a.m. Central time on Saturday morning. A video shared with The New York Times by a witness and her lawyer, as well as other video footage posted on social media, documents the violent scene, where agents appear to fire at least 10 shots in a span of five seconds.
The footage seems to contradict the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the encounter, which the agency said began after an individual armed with a handgun approached the federal agents with the intent to “massacre” them.










I ask people "What do you see?" Seriously, "what do you see?"
Do you see the shooting as being justified, or not?
Putting aside any narratives...what is there to say about this that would contribute to a meaningful discussion of what is happening in cities where the Trump administration is sending in federal agents, where the cities themselves, and the states are in protest to what many see as government overreach?
People are understandably stuck on being emotionally pushed into taking sides -- especially with anything to do with Trump Administration. It's lie a team sport thing. Sad but true - facts be damned "Show me my narrative!"
BECAUSE FACTS MATTER, PEOPLE SHOULD PROBABLY SEE THIS BEFORE REPEATING NARRATIVES THEY FAVOR:
Federal agents shot and killed a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, at about 9 a.m. Central time on Saturday morning. A video shared with The New York Times by a witness and her lawyer, as well as other video footage posted on social media, documents the violent scene, where agents appear to fire at least 10 shots in a span of five seconds.
The footage seems to contradict the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the encounter, which the agency said began after an individual armed with a handgun approached the federal agents with the intent to “massacre” them.










I ask people "What do you see?" Seriously, "what do you see?"
Do you see the shooting as being justified, or not?
Putting aside any narratives...what is there to say about this that would contribute to a meaningful discussion of what is happening in cities where the Trump administration is sending in federal agents, where the cities themselves, and the states are in protest to what many see as government overreach?
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