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How To Safely Protest in America

Velshi

MS NOW, Ali Velshi

Politics, News, News Commentary, Ms Now, Versant Media, Versant, Ali Velshi, Government, Weekend News

4.7793 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Writer of The Watch Radley Balko; fmr. Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL); Executive Director of States at the Core Jill Garvey; State Rep. Justin Jones (D-TN)

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0:00.0

Minneapolis is a case study of what an occupation of an American city by the government

0:13.2

looks like. The Department of Homeland Security says 3,000 federal agents are now operating

0:18.7

within the Twin Cities area. That's Minneapolis and St. Paul.

0:22.4

That's more than five times the size of the Minneapolis Police Department, which has about

0:27.0

580 sworn officers. We now know, according to a Minneapolis Fire Department report,

0:33.1

Renee Good died after suffering as many as four wounds from gunshots, two in the chest, one in the

0:38.7

forearm, and possibly one to the left side of her head. The Trump administration says her shooting

0:43.3

was justified. The only reason we know that's not true is because of video taken by bystanders,

0:48.8

which showed us exactly what happened to Renee Good. And in the days since Renee's death,

0:55.9

journalists and the people of Minneapolis have continued to record these federal officers. And today, we're going to show you

1:01.2

some of that video. Now, some of it is going to be very hard to watch. But it is crucially

1:07.0

important to bear witness to what is happening on the streets of America in

1:11.5

26.

1:12.9

All right.

1:13.3

In the video that you're about to see of Minneapolis, a federal officer appears to reference

1:18.8

Renee Good's shooting death menacingly while confronting a man whose car was boxed in by

1:24.7

unmarked vehicles.

1:44.9

This is their warning. For what? Stop following us. You are repeating operations. This is the United States federal government. I live over here. I got to get to my house. This is your warning. Got to get to my house. Go home to your kids. I guarantee you you're not going to like the outcome. Go home to your children. It's Sunday. Yeah, go, exactly. Let people go to church. You did not learn from what just happened? Go home.

1:49.4

Learn what?

1:51.7

That last might have been a little hard to hear, but one of the last things the officer said was, quote, did you not learn from what just happened?

1:59.0

To be clear, it's not illegal to observe immigration enforcement

2:02.4

as long as you don't interfere with their work. That same day, a chaotic scene unfolded at a gas

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