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HelenKP
@htkdem.bsky.social
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Old name on Twitter was HelenKPDem. Lifetime Dem, East Coast, Never Trumper. Hate drama. Do not care about how many followers I have or you have. Fighting for women's rights since 1973. Snarky is my talent.
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
1. I am a resident of the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am over 18 years of age. I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting. 2. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, at about 8:50 am, I was getting ready to go to work when I heard whistles outside. I knew the whistles meant that ICE agents were in the area, so I decided to check it out on my way to work. I've been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors. Connecting to your local community and knowing who your neighbors are is something I profoundly value. 3. I drove to Nicollet Ave. and 26th where I could hear the whistles coming from. I turned south onto Nicollet. There were already several ICE agents there and they'd set up a sort of vehicle convoy on Nicollet and 28th. There were also about 15 observers there, recording and observing ICE. 4. I saw ICE agents surrounding cars and punching car windows. I also saw them stopping vehicles further down Nicollet, so I backed up because I didn't feel safe continuing on. 5. I noticed a man sort of acting to help traffic move more smoothly. He helped me find a place to park. I got out with my whistle and my camera. I went over to him and said something like, "I'm going to film and use my whistle." 6. It seemed like most ICE activity was happening a little farther down the street from us, near 27th. Someone was being thrown to the ground. 7. I started recording. There was an agent by a car across the street. Two observers were a few feet away from the agent, blowing their whistles. One was wearing a backpack. 8. I and the man who was observing and helping direct traffic were standing in the street. There was a phone in the man's hand recording a video. 9. An agent approached and asked us to back up, so I moved slowly back onto the sidewalk. 10. The man stayed in the street, filming as the other observers I mentioned earlier were being forced backward by another ICE agent threatening them with pepper spray. The man went closer to support them as they got threatened, just with his camera out. I didn't see him reach for or hold a gun. 11. Then the ICE agent shoved one of the other observers to the ground. Then he started pepper spraying all three of them directly in the face and all over. The man with the phone put his hands above his head and the agent sprayed him again and pushed him. 12. Then the man tried to help up the woman the ICE agent had shoved to the ground. The ICE agents just kept spraying. More agents came over and grabbed the man who was still trying to help the woman get up. All three of the observers looked to have been badly affected by the pepper spray. I could feel the pepper spray in my eyes. 13. The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them-he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times. 14.1 don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him. 15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up to the agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1. 16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground. 17. I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened. I've heard that other witnesses might have been arrested and taken to the Whipple Building. 18. I am disgusted and gutted at how they are treating my neighbors and my state. I keep alternating between crying and feeling determined it is important to remember the value of documenting injustice. We show up for the people who need us to bear witness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values. I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct. Dated and signed on Jan 24, 2026 in Hennepin County, State of Minnesota.
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
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gtconway.bsky.social
What lying fucks they all are.
January 24, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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billchilds.bsky.social
“Federal agents briefly detained our reporter at the scene, who says he was tackled to the ground and had a gun put in his face.”
BREAKING: Federal agent shoots man in south Minneapolis
A Bring Me The News reporter was near the scene, and recorded multiple gunshots.
bringmethenews.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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kenklippenstein.bsky.social
ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."
January 23, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
If this happened in another country, what would you call it?
startribune.com Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 3d
Mischief Toy Store in St. Paul has until Wednesday to turn over employment records to the Department of Homeland Security as part of a surprise audit launched Friday, just hours after one of the shop's owners criticized ICE agents during a television interview. bit.ly/4r5AFol
January 21, 2026 at 9:48 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
Terrorizing families

(From @thejfreakinc.bsky.social )
January 21, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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paleofuture.bsky.social
Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
January 22, 2026 at 12:05 AM
htkdem.bsky.social
Call me crazy, but I think when the POTUS is talking about invading another country, it's important that he know the difference between Iceland and Greenland...
January 21, 2026 at 3:39 PM
htkdem.bsky.social
OMG..we are witnessing a complete mental breakdown of the POTUS on the world stage....
January 21, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
Americans are realizing that unfettered federal power to detain and arrest is a very dangerous thing. I learned that lesson as a child when they put us into internment camps just for looking like the enemy. Don’t go further down this road.
Screenshot of an X post from FactPost (@factpostnews) with the headline “US citizens detained by ICE speak out,” followed by a quoted account describing being dragged outside, put in a headlock, repeatedly saying “I’m a citizen. I have an ID,” and an agent responding “That don’t matter,” plus hearing wailing and crying from detainees and banter and laughter from federal agents. Below the text is a split-screen TV news image: on the left, a heavily armored officer in a helmet and gas mask with the caption “MINNEAPOLIS ON EDGE,” and on the right, a blonde female news anchor in a white blazer in a studio. A lower banner reads “CHRIS JANSING REPORTS,” with an MSNBC-style logo and a “LIVE” timestamp.
January 20, 2026 at 10:30 PM
htkdem.bsky.social
What's up with all these post of people in the hospital? Fake?
January 20, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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atrupar.com
Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
January 20, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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alfalfaromeo.bsky.social
ICE WARNING...

Ice goons are now filming Rapid Response volunteers and running their plates to get their personal information. They then use that personal information to intimidate Rapid Responders. This, of course is illegal, but they operate with impunity and local law enforcement goes along.
January 20, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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faithfalkner.com
Everyone is 12 theory of American politics remains strong.

Furthermore, Minnesota is Canada.
News that the feds intend to doxx everyone they meet
January 19, 2026 at 8:33 AM
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rbreich.bsky.social
Fortune 500 companies that have contracts with ICE:

-Amazon
-AT&T
-Booz Allen Hamilton
-Caci
-Charter Communications
-Comcast
-Dell
-Ecolab
-FedEx
-General Dynamics
-L3Harris
-Motorola
-Thermo Fisher
-UPS

Know who profits from Trump's cruelty.
January 18, 2026 at 7:00 PM
htkdem.bsky.social
Defend Greenland from the Orange Hand! youtu.be/PWMnNoHshRA?...
Democratic Penguins Republic - Greenland (Official Music Video)
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January 18, 2026 at 7:07 PM
htkdem.bsky.social
Looks like the Art of the Deal isn't working so well... www.yahoo.com/news/article...
At least 5,000 dead in Iran unrest, official says, as judiciary hints at executions
Jan 18 (Reuters) - At least 5,000 people have been killed in protests in Iran, including about 500 security personnel, an Iranian official in the region said on Sunday, citing verified figures and
www.yahoo.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:18 PM
htkdem.bsky.social
one of my favorites
January 18, 2026 at 1:25 PM
htkdem.bsky.social
This is sad and so embarrassing and so wrong so. Now can we put him in the nursing home?
ronfilipkowski.bsky.social Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9d
Grinning like a 5-year old getting his participation trophy at the post-season T-ball pizza party.
January 16, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
“They chased him, he got home and when we closed the door they shot him.”

MN orgs/electeds say👇🏽this is the family calling the police with ICE outside, after a man was shot in the leg with a pregnant woman & child inside

Different than DHS’ shovel story: www.instagram.com/reel/DThEdD8...
January 15, 2026 at 4:50 AM
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gtconway.bsky.social
💯
January 14, 2026 at 1:27 AM
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atrupar.com
This is completely fucking unacceptable. Shut this terrorist government down until it stops brutalizing its own citizens.
noturtlesoup17.bsky.social amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 11d
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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adamparkhomenko.bsky.social
BREAKING: ICE agents in Minneapolis violently detained and arrested a U.S. citizen for one reason only: he refused to prove his citizenship.

No crime. No warrant. No probable cause.
January 13, 2026 at 7:27 PM
htkdem.bsky.social
word of advice... do not read the news regarding anything about Trump or his regime prior to having your blood pressure taken at doctor's office. seriously, watch a video on the ocean or something. wheww
January 13, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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sifill.bsky.social
This video is the perfect encapsulation of the illegal, thuggish, unprovoked, violent conduct of ICE. Rep. @benniethompson.bsky.social, I trust that you and the House Homeland Security Committee will have interest in this.
January 13, 2026 at 2:19 AM