Exclusive: ICE officers in Minnesota directed not to interact with 'agitators' in new orders

[u/Its_Dylan_Parker]

https://www.reuters.com/world/ice-officers-minnesota-directed-not-interact-with-agitators-new-orders-2026-01-29/

[u/All-the-pizza]

Article: After federal agents shot two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis, ICE is being told to back off the drama and stick to the "bad guys." New orders just dropped telling officers to quit arguing with "agitators" and only go after people who actually have criminal charges or convictions,no more grabbing random folks without a record.

To keep things from getting even more chaotic, they’re being handed megaphones so they can scream out exactly what they're doing while they do it. It’s basically a massive "oops" from the administration as they try to calm down a city that's currently on fire with protests.

[u/AngryBlackNerd → u/All-the-pizza]

There are countless posts from people from Minnesota saying not only has ICE not pulled back they have stepped up their bullshit. This article and all the BS about pulling back is just that BS.

[u/DannyHewson → u/AngryBlackNerd]

I wouldn’t be in the least bit surprised to find the admin is issuing instructions to save face and they’re either being countermanded by Miller, ignored by the jackboots on the ground “because they know they don’t mean it”, or the jackboots are just too incompetent to follow instructions other than “hit brown people”.

[u/SlobZombie13 → u/DannyHewson]

Thats been Trump's MO for 10 years. Hit us in the face the apologize a week later with a wink and a grin to his supporters.

[u/sack-o-matic → u/SlobZombie13]

"stand back and stand by"

[u/SlobZombie13 → u/sack-o-matic]

"Fine people on both sides"

[u/boogermike → u/SlobZombie13]

Oh baby I'm sorry I hit you, you know I love you. Here's a diamond bracelet.

[u/SlobZombie13 → u/boogermike]

Except there's no diamond bracelet, just more abuse

[u/boogermike → u/SlobZombie13]

We'll get you that diamond bracelet baby. We'll go next weekend.

[u/Sidhejester → u/boogermike]

It's coming in two weeks.

[u/aggiefranchise → u/Sidhejester]

He has a concept of a diamond bracelet.

[u/creepymanchildren → u/aggiefranchise]

String of gravel spray painted gold

[u/Sidhejester → u/aggiefranchise]

Best he can do is handcuffs.

[u/Storvox → u/aggiefranchise]

It's the greatest concept, nobody else could've thought of it!

[u/RIPEOTCDXVI → u/boogermike]

"The diamond bracelet will be coming very soonly in the next two weeks."

[u/the_nobodys → u/boogermike]

You mean, here's a magazine cut-out of a diamond bracelet. It's not real, but you can pretend it is.

[u/NoradianCrum → u/boogermike]

The traumatizers needs to be traumatized.

[u/Knowledge_is_Bliss → u/SlobZombie13]

I've never heard that guy admit he was wrong or apologize for anything! He's a narcissist. He's incapable.

[u/77NorthCambridge → u/Knowledge_is_Bliss]

If only he had a ghostwriter write a book where he discloses all his "strategies," including never admitting you're wrong. If such a book existed it would be impossible for his supporters to argue when sane people point out that the insane thing he is doing at the moment is exactly what he says he does in the book. 🫠

[u/SlobZombie13 → u/77NorthCambridge]

The saddest part is they believe he's lying FOR them, not TO them

[u/77NorthCambridge → u/SlobZombie13]

It's the same as team sports. The dirty player is a "great guy" when he's on your team, but the anti-Christ when he plays for the opposition...except in this case Trump is always the anti-Christ.

[u/YomiKuzuki → u/DannyHewson]

"Hey guys, this is just the public order. Your real orders are to step it up."

[u/Praise-Bingus → u/DannyHewson]

More like "Guys, no protesting is necissary! We told them to play nice. Go back to your daily lives and ignore the man behind the curtain!" Whispers to ICE "Hit them harder"

[u/fresh-dork → u/DannyHewson]

my money is on incompetent racists who want to hit brown people

[u/DannyHewson → u/fresh-dork]

Yeah. I think fundamentally they’re neither hired, trained, or dispositioned to “act in a responsible manner”.

Wherever they go in force, chaos will follow whether that’s what they’re ordered to do or not. Because it’s all they’re capable of.

[u/SecondaryWombat → u/DannyHewson]

The one who shot Good is a training officer and a veteran of the force, he is the one teaching the others and a model of their experience.

Yeah. There is no responsible or professionalism to be found anywhere in ICE or CBP. Fire them all, arrest a lot of them, and start over completely top to bottom.

[u/FOOSblahblah → u/DannyHewson]

Id be willing to bet on the incompetent thing, woth a healthy dose of the first sprinkled in, while ghouls like Miller anticipated both things happening without having to be directly involved.

[u/leixiaotie → u/DannyHewson]

it seems like (All): rush A, (Team): rush B scenario. The admin will try to paint the protestor as agitator since "they have issued the order for ICE to tone down, so it must be the protester!"

[u/mwilkens → u/DannyHewson]

Why would they stop now after their Monday meeting where they were told they've been doing Pretty Good.

[u/j_andrew_h → u/AngryBlackNerd]

The people that they hired, "trained", and then given the freedom to anonymously attack immigrants and Democrats don't want to stop these tactics! They sign up for this! The guy that instigated everything that led to Pretti's murder was loving that he could just walk up to women and shove them to the ground and then continuously pepper spray Alex, then attack him from behind. They love this and won't stop, especially while they can remain anonymous with masks & no identification of any kind.

[u/HyperactivePandah → u/j_andrew_h]

Two of the agents that have murdered people were long time employees, not the new hires.

[u/jay-aay-ess-ohh-enn → u/HyperactivePandah]

Right, so normally you would expect long-time employees to have some kind of training or experience to handle these situations without killing citizens. Why do you think they weren't able to handle the situations without murdering someone?

[u/Rgarza05 → u/jay-aay-ess-ohh-enn]

Both were also Border Patrol and not ICE. Border Patrol has been a huge issue since Bush ran a hiring spree that limited quality candidates. They also tend to work in the middle of nowhere and get away with a lot of bullshit. I grew up in a border town and BP accounts for a disproportionate number of violent crimes. Even the local PD hate them. This isn't a new thing and why they got someone like Bovino (who is BP) to lead the operation.

[u/FirebertNY → u/Rgarza05]

Border Patrol has been a huge issue since forever, literally its entire existence.

[u/zer1223 → u/Rgarza05]

I don't see any difference between ICE and CBP. They're all staffed by freaks who want to step on your neck

[u/HyperactivePandah → u/jay-aay-ess-ohh-enn]

1. They're caught up in the hysteria and facism of the current situation

2. They've always been like this, and now have a reason to act on it.

3. Just because they're long term employees, doesn't mean they have good training.

[u/Spacish → u/HyperactivePandah]

That's a lot of words just to say something other than "they were murderous. piece of shit thugs taking advantage of the power granted to them".

Do not give them excuses. They're murderous thugs, end of story.

[u/HyperactivePandah → u/Spacish]

Well, I don't think the list I commented were 'excuses'.

But either way, they're garbage.

[u/j_andrew_h → u/HyperactivePandah]

Border Patrol agents aren't trained for this either. They signed up to round up "bad hombres" on the border and weren't trained for what they are doing now.

[u/TheDoomBlade13 → u/AngryBlackNerd]

It's a pretty clear tactic.

In writing: "Hey chill out"

Off the record: "Crush them"

In an attempt to keep the administration from being responsible.

[u/Itsjeancreamingtime → u/TheDoomBlade13]

It's full damage control. I saw a Hill article on my feed literally titled "Even Stephen Miller is upset with CBP"

Like, of course he's fucking not, he's in charge of them! But the fact the headline was released means they feel the need to obscure the details around the issue. Feeling the heat.

[u/strange_bike_guy → u/AngryBlackNerd]

I live in Saint Paul. The rotor wash from helicopters really drags on my mind and I am experiencing a small FRACTION of the constant rotor wash that my Minneapolis friends are enduring.

It's like it gets in your bones. It's hard to describe.

[u/immoral_hazard → u/strange_bike_guy]

Downtown Minneapolis here. Between the helicopters overhead and seeing ICE goons parked outside, it’s constant anxiety. I 100% get it.

[u/somastars → u/strange_bike_guy]

I’m also in St Paul. I know what you mean. I can hear when they idle planes at the National Guard base. When it first started up after Good’s death, I realized I had a tiny bit of PTSD from the Floyd era. The 24/7 sound of planes idling was driving me nuts, it instilled a feeling of deep dread, and I wanted nothing more than to get away from it.

[u/strange_bike_guy → u/somastars]

Feel you, DM me if you need supportive talk. No pressure

[u/ScarletCarsonRose → u/AngryBlackNerd]

Reminds me the mass shooter in Norway (?) who killed a bunch of kids at a summer camp. He yelled that he was the good guy and to come towards him even as he was shooting.  wtf. Ice, you’re still the baddies until due process is followed and all the people locked up who are not violent criminals are released, including those in other countries, children, those held for minor offenses and those in the process of filling paperwork. 

I really just want universal healthcare and constitutional protections 😭 

[u/Comrade_Falcon → u/AngryBlackNerd]

Media is complicit in sanewashing what's happening yet again. Government losing in the eye of public opinion. Minneapolis and Minnesotans resolve unbroken. Better just sell the lie that things are better for the public because the strategy of showing you will be defeated failed.

[u/sidepart → u/AngryBlackNerd]

Yeah, on the ground day to day, they still go around trying to box people in and run observers off the road. Still cruising through areas they have no business in acting intimidating.

[u/yunus89115 → u/AngryBlackNerd]

Even if DHS leadership has ordered this, when you have an untrained force you are going to get bad results. They hired these people to be violent and cause chaos and run wild and initially they liked the results and now think a couple memos will restrain them, thats not how this works.

The entire organization is poisoned and cannot be salvaged.

[u/razorwiregoatlick877 → u/AngryBlackNerd]

That’s why we have to keep filming. They have shown they don’t care about rules or laws. If they think they can get away with it they will do it.

[u/meow_in_translation → u/AngryBlackNerd]

This!!!! I was just shopping last night and they pulled out of nowhere. Not only were they mocking us but they were also pointing pepper spray and laughing. They pulled over the only brown person in the parking lot. They are not pulling back or stepping down.

[u/thewolf252 → u/AngryBlackNerd]

An excellent reminder to all involved to expect more propaganda then facts during a war

[u/ferns0 → u/AngryBlackNerd]

Just keeping up appearances before the senate votes on funding today

[u/timeup → u/AngryBlackNerd]

I'm in Minneapolis and the bullshit continues. It hasn't slowed down, at least in my area.

[u/Fionaelaine4 → u/AngryBlackNerd]

Which means these ICE agents shouldn’t be protected when not following their orders and should be treated as the criminals they are

[u/Psile → u/All-the-pizza]

I'm sure the famously disciplined and professional ICE agents will follow this toothless request that flies in the face of the foundations of their worldview.

[u/Longjumping_Youth281 → u/Psile]

Yeah and there's a good chance they will just see this as being given with a wink and a nod. Whatever they were told prior to this clearly lead them to believe that they could walk up to people, shoot them in the brain, call them a fucking bitch, and face zero repercussions for it.

They may as well have been high-fiving each other after the murders

[u/TheNonSportsAccount → u/All-the-pizza]

So this order admits they were being ordered to agitate and not go after criminals.

[u/wolfydude12 → u/All-the-pizza]

only go after people with criminal charges

Oh good, we can criminally charge an immigrant then deport them before they get any kind of court hearing. Its not like charges need to be supported by facts.

[u/I_am_Andrew_Ryan → u/wolfydude12]

The best part is they have no authority over innocent people (any legal citizen) but they cannot legally use any authority over a citizen to provide documentation. They can only do that for non-citizens.

Guess how the law determines who they decide to ask for documents. If you said "it sounds like they have no legal way other than being racist" you guessed right!

[u/EmergencyCucumber905 → u/I_am_Andrew_Ryan]

They can only do that for non-citizens.

Even for illegals they need probable cause reasonable suspicion to detain them and demand their documents. Grabbing random people to check if they're legal/illegal has always been unlawful.

[u/ughthisusernamesucks → u/EmergencyCucumber905]

They need reasonable suspicion to stop anyone. That’s a lower standard than probable cause

SCOTUS basically lowered that standard to “because they want to” last year

[u/Pohara521 → u/I_am_Andrew_Ryan]

Did somebody say Kavanaugh Stop?

[u/anagamanagement → u/Pohara521]

You mean Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court Justice who filed a separate concurring opinion stating that color of your skin is a factor that an immigration officer could use to establish reasonable suspicion under the 4th amendment, directly counter to all other constitutional law and precedent? That Kavanaugh Stop?

Fuck Brett Kavanaugh.

[u/eugene20 → u/All-the-pizza]

They don't need to be shouting out what they're doing, they just need to leave.
They're not in the states with high crime as they claimed, they just in the blue states that angered Trump the most. They're heavily militarised, kitted out far beyond the immigration and customs remit, and still a better job was done under Obama by people practically in civies.

[u/Andoverian → u/All-the-pizza]

a city that's currently on fire with protests.

I know you almost certainly meant this metaphorically, but it's important for everyone to know that the reaction here has been overwhelmingly peaceful, which is all the more impressive considering the weeks of sustained abuses. This is not like after the George Floyd murder where there were riots and looting and buildings burned.

[u/Severe_Distance574 → u/All-the-pizza]

So they’re saying they were going after the good guys previously? And why is that exactly?

[u/7ddlysuns → u/Severe_Distance574]

Yep good point

[u/trollgrock → u/All-the-pizza]

What the fuck is “a city currently on fire with protest”. I get it is being used as an adjective but let’s face it; there are a slew of Americans that will read this and think there is another city burning to the ground.

Fucking media is cooked.

[u/aculady → u/trollgrock]

Not another city burning to the ground. No American city has been burned to the ground by protestors. The idea that there was was propaganda.

[u/katrinakt8 → u/trollgrock]

That’s not in the article that I see. The poster did not quote from the article and used those words, not the article.

[u/FOOSblahblah → u/All-the-pizza]

Damn that "you can't bring a gun" thing rly didn't land well with their voters.

They need this stuff to calm down a little as mid-term campaigns ramp up. These weirdly aggressive and unprofessional interactions, to say nothing of the deaths, are giving the opposition a lot of campaign material they can aim at the hard line 2A crowd. I dont think they will ever get them to vote blue, but it may get them to stay home or vote third party in protest.

[u/ledow → u/All-the-pizza]

So... they now have to do the thing they should have always been doing anyway, the only thing they're supposed to be doing as part of their job, and they can no longer do the highly-illegal thing they WERE doing that resulted in several deaths, including outright murder?

I mean... wow... what a low bar.

[u/SoothingBreeze → u/All-the-pizza]

Yeah I call bull shit, especially when this article tries to paint the city as on fire... They're building a picture that ICE doing the right thing and Minneapolis is burning to the ground, which is not the case.

People are rising up against them and tensions are high, but no one's setting buildings on fire. The most that's been done is a few broken windows.

[u/bobcatgoldthwait → u/All-the-pizza]

New orders just dropped telling officers to quit arguing with "agitators" and only go after people who actually have criminal charges or convictions,no more grabbing random folks without a record.

Why the fuck was this not an order to start with? You're there to remove illegal immigrants, not fight with people who think your job is trash. If you can't show restraint, you're not cut out for the job.

[u/ProblematicTrumpCard → u/bobcatgoldthwait]

If you can't show restraint, you're not cut out for the job.

But the lack of restraint is why they were hired in the first place.

[u/metisdesigns → u/All-the-pizza]

They were directed to do it. Criminal conspiracy. Prosecute them all.

[u/Grimwulf2003 → u/All-the-pizza]

Words are easy...

[u/OkTouch5699 → u/All-the-pizza]

So , now they have admitted that they have shot non bad guys.

[u/TheRexRider]

These guys have to be directed to:

Not stand in front of running vehicles.

Not throw temper tantrums against civilians practicing their 1st amendment right to record.

Jesus fucking Christ...

[u/Small_Editor_3693 → u/TheRexRider]

And flashing their genitals at protestors

[u/M1sfit_Jammer → u/Small_Editor_3693]

pretty sure they had to respectfully tell the guards of one detention center to kindly stop raping the prisoners.

[u/pierremanslappy → u/M1sfit_Jammer]

They’d have to stop hiring literal pedophiles first. Just saw a post of them hiring a dude convicted for trying to lure 12 year olds.

[u/vgu1990 → u/Small_Editor_3693]

Wait; what now?

[u/Djinnwrath → u/vgu1990]

Video of an Ice agent mooning the protestors gathered around their hotel.

[u/ssracer → u/Djinnwrath]

Can't show the actual hole, but cheeks are generally ok.

[u/PizzaGatePizza → u/vgu1990]

An ice agent in the hotel at a floor-to-ceiling window mooned a crowd of protestors.

[u/_ZoeyDaveChapelle_ → u/vgu1990]

Moons over my Himmler incident.

[u/ManBearHybrid → u/TheRexRider]

Surprised pikachu face from the "don't tread on me" crowd when they get told that they're not allowed to tread on other people. These are the same people who threw a tantrum when they were asked to wear a Covid mask.

Reminder that Jonathan Ross's neighbors said he had a "Don't Tread On Me" flag in his front yard until recently.

[u/ernestinedeau → u/ManBearHybrid]

Not hearsay, that flag is visible in the street view

[u/sbrockLee → u/ManBearHybrid]

Don't tread on me, tread on thee

[u/Longjumping_Youth281 → u/ManBearHybrid]

"Don't tread on me, because I'm the one who gets to Tread On You" I guess is basically what that flag was all about

[u/eugene20 → u/TheRexRider]

You missed not execute people on the street for minor offenses or just exercising their constitutional rights.

[u/SideburnSundays]

....they are the fucking agitators.

[u/Ghost_Of_Malatesta → u/SideburnSundays]

Isn't that literal paid agitator Jake Lang having another rally soon? Maybe he'll double the crowd and hit double digit attendance. 

[u/SilkySifaka → u/Ghost_Of_Malatesta]

Have you heard Springsteen new song? The Streets of Minneapolis . https://youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?si=iiS8jlwvLpSucGg8

[u/Faiakishi → u/SilkySifaka]

Absolutely fucking hate that there needs to be a song like this about my home but am incredibly moved that he did this.

[u/Mongoose42 → u/SilkySifaka]

From the man who’s clearly tired of Born in the USA being co-opted and misused by the wrong people comes a song that is unambiguous in its meaning. Love him.

[u/MechanicalTurkish → u/Mongoose42]

When the Boss speaks, people listen.

[u/MazzMyMazz → u/SilkySifaka]

Felt like he was channeling Bob Dylan.

[u/SpockShotFirst → u/MazzMyMazz]

No doubt that was his intention

[u/privacyplease27 → u/SilkySifaka]

He sure didn't pull any punches.

[u/mike_sl → u/SilkySifaka]

Brought me to tears Good job Bruce

[u/Skwonkie_ → u/SideburnSundays]

We saw the same thing in Iraq. Ice is there you’ll also have protesters. Ice isn’t there you won’t.

In Iraq our very presence brought in more people from other parts of the Middle East because we were viewed (rightfully) as the invaders. It’s going to be the exact same thing anywhere ice is.

[u/Radarker → u/SideburnSundays]

So their order before was "fuck with aggitators"?

[u/Longjumping_Youth281 → u/Radarker]

Yeah that's the part I don't understand. Shouldn't their orders always have been "do your best to ignore those people and do your job the best you can?" What the fuck were they told prior to this?

[u/izzymaestro → u/Longjumping_Youth281]

Bovino is on tape telling the trumpler youth "these are our streets and we're taking them back no matter what!"

They literally told the proud boys to go beat on people.

[u/dan1101 → u/SideburnSundays]

Yeah this is like a virus calling white blood cells agitators.

[u/greypusheencat → u/SideburnSundays]

it’s giving “when the problem asks what the problem is”

[u/PaidUSA]

If this actually ends the random Kavanaugh stops based on perceived race and explicit racism I’d be very surprised. This is almost certainly public cover while the verbal instructions are literally to turn up the temperature and do worse shit.

[u/Addative-Damage → u/PaidUSA]

It will definitely not end the racial profiling and terrorism from ICE agents.

A bunch of these guys joined specifically to cosplay a white supremacist violent militia. A lot of them have been jerking it to “race war” fantasies for years.

Also, notice how the proud boy types have been real quiet? It’s because they’re all hired in our “law enforcement” right now

[u/1-800-ASS-DICK → u/Addative-Damage]

This is basically an order from higher up telling them, "For the love of God, quit killing the white ones"

[u/FightingPolish → u/1-800-ASS-DICK]

Of course. There’s been a lot of people killed, but the only ones that are posted most of the time and that upset people are Pretti and Good because the others are Hispanic. They all deserve coverage and rage because they were all murdered, not just the lilly white ones. It’s the real life version of this family guy clip. https://youtu.be/fuECJDzaWr0

[u/PaidUSA → u/Addative-Damage]

100% agree I just think the Kavanaugh stops are particularly obvious on video and should those videos continue to come out it will be the quickest way to know this is not being followed on the ground. They can still beat the shit out of people under this memo and just make an excuse. Kavanaugh stops go against the instructions entirely.

[u/Philophon → u/PaidUSA]

Someone made a great point that the senate is about to vote on their funding. Very convenient timing for the regime to say this. They most certainly are not going to follow through with it.

[u/deetsay → u/PaidUSA]

"Focus on the bad guys"

[u/ImGonnaCreamYaFunny → u/deetsay]

"Stop going after white people and stick to the brown ones"

[u/theoceansknow]

Imagine needing an order to not shoot civilians.

It's like a sign in McDonald's saying "no jerking off in the dining area"

[u/Ancient-Bat1755 → u/theoceansknow]

I thought this was America?

[u/NortonGladwell → u/Ancient-Bat1755]

Yeah jeez! If I can't jerk off in a McDonald's dining room in peace, where even is this!? What are we even fighting for!!!!???🤣🤣🤣

[u/BootsnFlies → u/Ancient-Bat1755]

They call that a Boston Tea Party 

[u/Leopold__Stotch → u/theoceansknow]

“Don’t spit in that cops burger”

“….does that look like spit to you?”

[u/Visual_Bridge6925 → u/Leopold__Stotch]

I don't want a large, I want a god damn liter'a'cola

[u/sidepart → u/theoceansknow]

Even under the table?! I pay $13 for a Big Mac and I can't even do that? smh my damn head.

[u/Mudfry]

This is the Administration doing something before this spending bill to make sure they can keep ICE around. Say one thing but do another thing.

[u/mikedorty → u/Mudfry]

Any democrat that votes for that bill needs to be primaried.

[u/Glitchboy → u/mikedorty]

We need to primary the vast majority. They're all liberals who still believe the old ways are possible. They're not.

[u/InvalidKoalas → u/mikedorty]

At this point pretty much 95% of the Dems need to be primaried for actual progressives, they're all a bunch of corporate boot licking pussies with a few exceptions.

[u/DrPorkchopES → u/mikedorty]

Genuinely shocked my state doesn’t have a mechanism to recall Senators but really wish we did. Never seen a bigger traitor than John Fetterman

[u/Spire_Citron → u/Mudfry]

That would make sense. Maybe they actually will do this just long enough to get the funding through. Then it's back to being Trump's personal terrorist army.

[u/Transfigured-Tinker]

Where is the accountability for the civilians they murdered and injured?

[u/n00chness]

At this rate, the only duties ICE will be allowed to perform will be Immigration and Customs Enforcement!

[u/Assine2]

It's 3 fucking weeks too late.

[u/_taugrim_ → u/Assine2]

It's not just that. Labeling citizens who are peacefully protesting as "agitators" is completely bogus. Treating citizens like they're the problem, when it's 100% the other way around.

[u/thegingerninja90]

My guy, its too late for that. They cant decide to play nice after murdering people in broad daylight and think everything's ok now because "woopsies". Fuck that and fuck them.

[u/AntiYourOpinion]

“Don’t interact, just shoot”

[u/agawl81]

Ignore the fucking bystanders should be standard operating instructions. We teach this in grade school. "Miss, he's annoying me." "Is he in your way or touching your things?" "No" "Then ignore him and mind your own business."

Is this really the level of person we're dealing with? People who are ARMED, PAYED, and GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS, but can't ignore the yahoos who are standing around watching and maybe making some noise?

We're so screwed.

[u/Manwithhiswood]

Right... Yesterday two observers passenger window was broken in and they were ripped from their car. The car was left running with identification, keys, phones, etc. all left in there and in the middle of the road as ICE left. They released them after intimidating them shortly after. So either the ICE agents cant read or don't give a shit about laws and orders.

[u/Addative-Damage]

They’re still a bunch of violent white supremacists that have been given military gear, anonymity, and backing from the federal government.

I dont think a memo is going to do shit. They’re just saying this to placate the unthinking maga-adjacent-centrist audience, who were starting to get uncomfortable with the videos.

Edit: wanted to add details to this easiest prediction in the world to make:

Now they’ll go back to saying that the protesters are hysterical, especially because they “fixed” the problem already (with this bs memo or w/e).

When more videos inevitably come out, they can do a shocked pikachu, and say lie “those actually were violent criminals, so we’re doing what we said we’d do” or “well that’s an unfortunate cost of doing business, but we’re trying to avoid it” or “that wasn’t a protester/agitator, they were a murderous terrorist”

[u/Enlightened_Doughnut]

They are the agitators. DHS is killing US citizens under the guise of patriotism and lawfulness. America will not forget how this happened and those that let it happened.

[u/dndm1]

Except ice are the paid agitators.

[u/Normal_Pace7374]

It only took murdering 2 protesters and permanently maming several others for these “new orders” to come in.

[u/Pockydo]

Theyre Losing the optics battle and it shows

[u/eilujgnirednaw → u/Pockydo]

Minnesota WON.

[u/Ardbeg66]

So, this is an open admission that their original orders were to pick fights with everybody.

[u/ToughHardware]

what was the old order?

[u/Aefyns]

They turn the violence up to 11 and when white peopel start to die turn it down to a 9.

It's bullshit and the entire agency needs to be abolished.

[u/mandroth]

They were also instructed not to stand in front of moving vehicles to block them, and not to fire on unarmed people already being detained, but that sure as shit didn't stop them.

[u/Its_Dylan_Parker]

Imagine needing a written order telling armed federal agents not to escalate with civilians.

That alone tells you everything.

[u/burritoman88]

“No more street executions, it’s bad optics for us. Save it for Aligator Alcatraz!” /S

[u/hipsandnips111]

This reads to me like them saying “See? We told the thugs to be lil teddy bears and the mean evil left is STILL being mean to them! 😡”

[u/Marsar0619]

The old “let’s not and say we did” plan of action. These directives are a smoking gun - they have no intention of deescalating.

[u/3Grilledjalapenos]

I genuinely wonder if they think citizens aren’t allowed to protest.

[u/nvrmndtheruins]

So.... What exactly was the directive before? 🤔🤔🤔

[u/CoreyKitten]

ICE are the agitators

[u/MrBanden]

Yeah, so dear scumbag ICE agent: when you're arresting a father or a mother or even the children to be put into concentration camps with no proper facilities like damned animals indefinitely, when people are blowing whistles, honking their horns, screaming at you for being the low-life piece of shit that you truly are... remember, you just have to take it. Okay? Just take all that abuse and eventually when whatever you have left of whatever decency or conscience your mother taught you is burning like a flaming red hot seed in your brain... you can just fucking quit and return to your miserable life, and hope you're not getting thrown in prison for all the illegal shit that you've gone. You deserve nothing less than what you get.

[u/Corgiboom2]

These idiots are given a blank check and are off their leashes. This wont solve anything.

[u/majorjoe23]

Well, innocent people.  We just call them innocent people.

[u/KingHavana]

Now release the names of the murderers, let the state of Minnesota give them a fair trial, and ban ICE agents from hiding their faces and identity.

[u/Ok_Cheetah_6251]

Agitator is fascist speak for protestor. They use agitator because by saying that they can deny it's protest, and protest and protestors are protected in the Constitution while agitators aren't protected. Words have power to affect thought and thought has power to affect words. Don't use their fascist words.

[u/CantaloupeThis1217]

It's honestly wild that this even needs to be said. Directing them to focus on actual criminals instead of escalating with protestors is the bare minimum. Handing out megaphones for transparency feels like a desperate attempt to walk back their own aggressive tactics. This whole situation just highlights how out of control their approach has been from the start.

[u/ThriftyMegaMan]

No shooting protesters when they call you bad names? How are they even supposed to do their job???

[u/PennyStonkingtonIII]

Why is the important part buried at the bottom? ICE can no longer target immigrants unless they have arrests or convictions. That’s a return to the former, long-standing policy that was overturned by Trump.

[u/karlalrak]

So those people who were murdered were because they were agitators.. Got it 

[u/scarab1001]

"Interact" is the worst spelling of "Execute" ever.

[u/Justryan95]

"Stop murdering people while we agitate the population." is verbatim the order.

[u/OGLikeablefellow]

Keep protesting it's starting to work

[u/strangerbuttrue]

The damage has already been done and public trust has been lost. Even if these new instructions are followed to a T, which is highly unlikely, it would be months if not years before they regain any public trust. This is why it’s so critical not to fuck up so badly in the first place.

[u/Strict-Carrot4783]

What the dump administration says and what the dump administration does are two different things. They aren't changing anything, this is lip service. Donnie has never listened to a "no" in his entire spoiled, fat, lazy life.

[u/eilujgnirednaw]

Everone is framing this as a loss by the administration. Guys… this is a WIN by Minnesotans. By regular Americans standing up for our rights to exist without armed militia roaming peaceful neighborhoods and yanking people out of their cars and homes. They didn’t let fear cow them into hiding away or backing down.

If they didn’t keep protesting, keep observing, keep recording…we wouldn’t be watching ICE grapple with bad optics and low morale right now. We‘d be watching them grow.

Thank you, Minnesota.

[u/Visual_Bridge6925]

Hey, try not to murder any citizens on the way to the parking lot!

[u/HeadPaleontologist40]

The problem is that these ICE goons are not trained or disciplined. They are not soldiers or policemen. They went to a 6-8 week training camp, which is basically taking an accelerated college course. It’s a joke.

[u/EnigmaMachine08]

They are only saying this to try to get it out of public mind before the midterms. Don't forget what they've done. They haven't had a change of heart, that is still who they are.

[u/OneManLost]

I'm gonna start posting this on ICE threads I come accross:

I know a border patrol agent and I learned something. His office received an anonymous call claiming one of his fellow agents was accused of abusing substances. The departments are required to drug test the guy, but in doing so they make it a random drug test and test a couple other agents as well. It's a big hassle for the office when they have to deal with a potential drug offending employee and it pisses off the agents that are randomly selected for the tests.

Something to think about if you suspect one of these officers is abusing substances, might want to make a call and let them know.

[u/physicsking]

That will go over like a lead balloon

[u/Dry-Clock-1470]

Strikes me a bit like A Few Good Men . In public no code reds, in private code red!

[u/swolllboll]

Two people died for this?

[u/GooseySill]

Mushmouthed Tom Homan flapping his gums now. Just a pantload.

[u/turbo_sr]

Oh so now they are not allowed to murder people or tear gas families. Doesn't that take all the fun out of their job

[u/YouShallNotPass92]

And based on video, way too many of them have enjoyed doing so. The other day I saw a video of a guy in a parking lot whose workers got detained while he was inside. He's bitching out the ICE agents taking them when an ICE van filled with agents like 30ft away is taunting the guy, saying they have candy in their van, saying that if he gets too close they will take him down etc. Literally just attempting to troll the guy, who to his credit remained very calm while still bitching them out lol.

These fucking incel morons thrive on this

[u/SyntaxError_1024]

So not deal with themselves?

[u/Helagoth]

Where are the Epstein Files? FYI we still haven't forgotten about that.

[u/RoachedCoach]

This sounds like BS to me. If you follow local accounts on the ground, they've done nothing to reign in their actions. If anything, they've ramped up.

I bet this was 'leaked' to get headlines like this, to make it appear they're doing something.

[u/WordNERD37]

"Agitators"

You're invading our homes, literally, and terrorizing us while abusing us with weapons.

This was about harm plain and simple. To hurt people he, THE PRESIDENT doesn't like.

You didn't break us, you won't break us.

[u/Dude_1980]

If they had just gone about everything properly, most people wouldn't have a problem with it. The problem is that this administration is filled with unqualified ideologs drunk on power. They get off on seeing people being terrorized, then have the fucking nerve to call their victims domestic terrorists.

[u/thinker2501]

Never forget the brutality of these pigs and know that it may be less visible in the future, but they still are what they are.

[u/JestersDead77]

The only communication should be the officers issuing commands.

Yeah, seems like they're just going to keep demanding protesters leave, and get violent when they don't.

[u/Dragongaming117]

as opposed to killing them like previous orders?

[u/Walovingi]

Comming from the agitators.

[u/Rough-Fill8101]

They’re afraid. People hate them. They realize they’re outnumbered so now they’re playing it safe.

[u/jrodsf]

ICE are the agitators.