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tblue37

(68,198 posts)
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 12:41 PM Dec 17

So probable cause is now just...going to an East African restaurant

Everyone blocked in there turned out to be a US citizen.

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Osman said armed ICE agents went to East African restaurants in the neighborhood Tuesday, closed the doors and demanded people's IDs. They found only U.S. citizens and made no arrests, Osman said.

"Luckily everyone had their passport, because I've been telling them to have their passport with them,” Osman said {emphasis added}

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Osman said he saw people suffering from the effects of chemical irritants. He also said he spoke with one young Somali American who was dragged to a vehicle, detained and taken to an ICE detention center. There, officials finally looked at his U.S. passport, fingerprinted him, and released him but told him to find his own way home, about 6 miles (10 kilometers) away in snowy weather {emphasis added}.

“I just don’t know what they accomplished today other than the chaos," Osman said.

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https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/12/10/federal-agents-use-chemical-irritant-in-somali-neighborhood-of-minneapolis?fbclid=IwY2xjawOr1PRleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFTWEVTa2ZlS2FkWFZNQWE5c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHl4qGlPNS7GUSxiMuOvQiVIOug9SdP19GYVCMHPjeFwe722mDEamuPOA6lYo_aem_vry1VgAUbqcapoEeU8LArg
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So probable cause is now just...going to an East African restaurant (Original Post) tblue37 Dec 17 OP
The chaos and the fear is the point with these jackbooted thugs. llmart Dec 17 #1
ICEES Jilly_in_VA Dec 17 #2
ICEholes. tblue37 Dec 17 #4
Johnny Dangerously (1984) Wednesdays Dec 17 #9
"I just don't know what they accomplished today other than the chaos," drmeow Dec 17 #3
Christmas Traildogbob Dec 17 #5
There is a sweet irony here, though. MineralMan Dec 17 #6
They are force to carry their passports to protect themselves from the "papers please" Gestapo. tblue37 Dec 17 #7
Yes! That is terrible. However, given the situation, they have wisely MineralMan Dec 17 #8

llmart

(17,326 posts)
1. The chaos and the fear is the point with these jackbooted thugs.
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 12:44 PM
Dec 17

Wasn't that phrase one of George H.W. Bush's when he denounced his NRA lifetime membership?

drmeow

(5,929 posts)
3. "I just don't know what they accomplished today other than the chaos,"
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 12:46 PM
Dec 17

Terror. Not just chaos, terror.

Traildogbob

(12,561 posts)
5. Christmas
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 01:00 PM
Dec 17

The likes of which the world has ever seen, brutalizing, people in our streets, thieving, killing, War for oil, lying with every breath and condemning Americans to bankruptcy and death from no health insurance. At the same time legalize poisoning every aspect of our planet. While smirking and stuffing their pockets that will never be taxed.
So fuck this Christmas and the Peace on Earth and all the Good Will to all bullshit.
Fuck all the Christian GQP lying women that proudly wear their cross between giant, made for Fox TV cleavage, bitching about war on Christmas.
Your God Sent leader is gonna declare War on Christmas. To coverup his child rape.

MineralMan

(150,649 posts)
6. There is a sweet irony here, though.
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 01:25 PM
Dec 17

They storm in, lock the doors and then discover that everyone in the place has a US Passport and is a citizen. They wasted their time, and will continue to do so, since almost 90% of Somali immigrants in Minnesota are US Citizens now. And everyone carries their passport.

Nothing to see here ICErs. Nothing to do. Go the fuck away!

tblue37

(68,198 posts)
7. They are force to carry their passports to protect themselves from the "papers please" Gestapo.
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 02:01 PM
Dec 17

MineralMan

(150,649 posts)
8. Yes! That is terrible. However, given the situation, they have wisely
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 02:11 PM
Dec 17

decided to carry those passports so they don't get dragged off and detained. Practical. Not everyone is prepared to stand firm against authority all the time.

I'd have my passport with me, too.

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