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The obvious retort is "obstruction". Of course it doesn't hold up to scrutiny because courts have consistently held that obstruction has to be a physical act. S

The obvious retort is "obstruction". Of course it doesn't hold up to scrutiny because courts have consistently held that obstruction has to be a physical act. Simply being nearby, filming or calling them names doesn't count.

zahlman 8mo ago
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- direwolf20 8mo ago
  Change of subject. This discussion is about tracking them.
- VBprogrammer 8mo ago
  And yet without the video evidence provided by other protestors you'd still be spouting the line that Alex Pretti was brandishing his gun.
  - esseph 8mo ago
    Seems like a true believer in what is happening.
mothballed 8mo ago
Is kicking out tail lights and spitting at agents obstruction?[] Because he definitely appears to have done that about a week before his death. Though that doesn't merit death. [] https://youtu.be/p2TRbFmutrw?t=1023 https://youtu.be/p2TRbFmutrw?t=1023
- defrost 8mo ago
  I scrolled back a little. There are a number of local citizens upset at two out of state vehicles blocking off a road while (?) executing warrentless invasions of homes in the community (?) What is the appropriate action when Federal over reach is so blatent and unaddressed? It's not as if people there are angry at ICE / DHS for absolutely no reason whatsoever.
  - account42 8mo ago
    > What is the appropriate action when Federal over reach is so blatent and unaddressed? In a democracy? Voting, campaigning, running for office. Defintiely not vigilantism - or other people will also get to ignore laws that you like.
    - defrost 8mo ago
      > Defintiely not vigilantism So, free speech, licenced carry, local community resisting unlawful warrents, etc are all ok? Voting, in the USofA, is ineffectual - it takes years to make change and the choices are essentially shite .. barely a Democracy, more a Republican Autocracy by design. Of interest: On Monday, Judge Patrick J. Schiltz of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, appointed by President George W. Bush, suggested his patience with ICE had run out. After officials apparently ignored his order to permit a detainee to have a bond hearing or release him, he ordered Todd Lyons, the acting director of ICE, to appear in court on Friday to explain why he wasn’t in contempt of court. On Tuesday, the government released the detainee. Today Schiltz canceled the Friday hearing but went on to rake ICE over the coals. He identified “96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases” and commented, “The extent of ICE’s noncompliance is almost certainly substantially understated.” “This list should give pause to anyone—no matter his or her political beliefs—who cares about the rule of law. ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.” Schiltz warned that he would haul Lyons or other government officials into court if they kept ignoring court rulings. “ICE is not a law unto itself,” he wrote. Letters from an American - https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-28-2026 https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-28-2026 The USofA is literally a country founded on the principle of not allowing Kings or autocracts, certainly not federal authority, step on states right and self determination.
    - direwolf20 8mo ago
      What would you have do in on any other authoritarian regime? If the government comes to your house and kidnaps your wife, is your first instinct 1: let them, don't fight and 2: vote harder?

zahlman 8mo ago

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direwolf20 8mo ago
Change of subject. This discussion is about tracking them.
VBprogrammer 8mo ago
And yet without the video evidence provided by other protestors you'd still be spouting the line that Alex Pretti was brandishing his gun.
- esseph 8mo ago
  Seems like a true believer in what is happening.

mothballed 8mo ago

Is kicking out tail lights and spitting at agents obstruction?[] Because he definitely appears to have done that about a week before his death. Though that doesn't merit death. [] https://youtu.be/p2TRbFmutrw?t=1023 https://youtu.be/p2TRbFmutrw?t=1023

defrost 8mo ago
I scrolled back a little. There are a number of local citizens upset at two out of state vehicles blocking off a road while (?) executing warrentless invasions of homes in the community (?) What is the appropriate action when Federal over reach is so blatent and unaddressed? It's not as if people there are angry at ICE / DHS for absolutely no reason whatsoever.
- account42 8mo ago
  > What is the appropriate action when Federal over reach is so blatent and unaddressed? In a democracy? Voting, campaigning, running for office. Defintiely not vigilantism - or other people will also get to ignore laws that you like.
  - defrost 8mo ago
    > Defintiely not vigilantism So, free speech, licenced carry, local community resisting unlawful warrents, etc are all ok? Voting, in the USofA, is ineffectual - it takes years to make change and the choices are essentially shite .. barely a Democracy, more a Republican Autocracy by design. Of interest: On Monday, Judge Patrick J. Schiltz of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, appointed by President George W. Bush, suggested his patience with ICE had run out. After officials apparently ignored his order to permit a detainee to have a bond hearing or release him, he ordered Todd Lyons, the acting director of ICE, to appear in court on Friday to explain why he wasn’t in contempt of court. On Tuesday, the government released the detainee. Today Schiltz canceled the Friday hearing but went on to rake ICE over the coals. He identified “96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases” and commented, “The extent of ICE’s noncompliance is almost certainly substantially understated.” “This list should give pause to anyone—no matter his or her political beliefs—who cares about the rule of law. ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.” Schiltz warned that he would haul Lyons or other government officials into court if they kept ignoring court rulings. “ICE is not a law unto itself,” he wrote. Letters from an American - https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-28-2026 https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-28-2026 The USofA is literally a country founded on the principle of not allowing Kings or autocracts, certainly not federal authority, step on states right and self determination.
  - direwolf20 8mo ago
    What would you have do in on any other authoritarian regime? If the government comes to your house and kidnaps your wife, is your first instinct 1: let them, don't fight and 2: vote harder?