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Ocelot II

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4. My understanding is that the agent gave the video directly to Alpha News,

Reply to mikelewis (Original post)

Sun Jan 11, 2026, 01:39 PM

Jan 2026

which is a local right-wing "news" website. One of its principal reporters is Liz Collin, who is married to MAGA former police union head Bob Kroll. Collin had been a news anchor at the local CBS affiliate and they had to take her off all police-related stories. https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/alpha-news/ Chances are very good that Ross knows Kroll. I agree that the video doesn't exonerate Ross but he and DHS must think it does; or else they at least think it portrays Good and her wife in a negative light, to help further their narrative that the Goods were domestic terrorists and she got what she deserved. My question is, why was Ross recording the incident in the first place? He started recording as he approached the car from the other side; what was he expecting to have happen that needed recording?

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A conspiracy theory: Why did the FBI kick out local law enforcement? [View all] mikelewis Jan 2026 OP

Great post. Unless there's some policy stating that blocking traffic underpants Jan 2026 #1

They want to control the narrative and make it all go away. Klarkashton Jan 2026 #2

"She was labelled a "Domestic Terrorist" prior to the event??? Seriously? niyad Jan 2026 #3

The whole narrative falls apart with the smallest amount of scrutiny sboatcar Jan 2026 #5

I think the what the OP meant to say was that she was labeled a domestic terrorist Ocelot II Jan 2026 #6

No, the OP specifically said "prior". Rather hard to mix up "prior" and niyad Jan 2026 #10

My understanding is that the agent gave the video directly to Alpha News, Ocelot II Jan 2026 #4

"My question is, why was Ross recording the incident in the first place?" ICE has told its agents to record so as to WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2026 #9

In this case, though, he might have been specifically tasked to record for Alpha News. Ocelot II Jan 2026 #13

He was hoping the situation would escalate sboatcar Jan 2026 #11

The video was released to a fascist propaganda site Bok_Tukalo Jan 2026 #7

I think you're right. I might even go so far as to suggest that he'd agreed in advance Ocelot II Jan 2026 #12

It ain't that deep. The Trump administration is trying to hamper Minnesota on every front. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2026 #8

Right on. We are occupied by hostile forces. Ocelot II Jan 2026 #15

Yep. And Minnesota has always loomed larger in the right wing's sights for decades, and the opportunity to punish us is WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2026 #16

trump's regime is lawless period, they do not adhere vapor2 Jan 2026 #14

Agreed. Also, many problems implicated here: snot Jan 2026 #17

I think it's much simpler than all of the above - Jury poisoning dickthegrouch Jan 2026 #18

This will never get as far as a jury. The regime will see to it that he's never prosecuted. Ocelot II Jan 2026 #19