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  1. The Hungry Hounds: US #BorderPatrol Lurks at #TohonoOodhamNation Border

    @bsnorrell.blogspot.com ,
    August 19, 2026

    "The U.S. Border Patrol lurks awaiting its prey at the border of the #TohonoOodham Nation, near the Nation's new 'NO TRESPASSING" signs directed at border wall contractors.

    "The US Border Patrol is part of Homeland Security and its plan to #seize the Nation's land for the border wall. The US #BorderPatrol already has open access to the Tohono O'odham Nation, and a #SpySystem in place to track #Oodham and watch them.

    The #Israeli built #Elbit Systems spy towers track O'odham on the Nation, with live video feed. US Border Patrol agents have been arrested for murder, serial rape, assault, kidnapping, drug running and spotting for the cartels all along the border. The facts are ignored by #MainstreamMedia.

    "US Border Patrol agents in this area murdered Raymond Mattia, Tohono O'odham, at his home. His body showed 11 bullets, and the wounds of rifle butts and broken bones. Raymond told #CensoredNews before he was murdered that he had video-taped US Border Patrol agents running drugs with the cartels past his home at the border. This evidence disappeared after it was submitted.

    " #OpheliaRivas , Tohono O'odham, points out that the three US Border Patrol agents who murdered her lifelong friend have never been charged. A tribal police officer, a non-Indian, had a vendetta exposed in the voice evidence. He was never charged for his role leading the agents to Raymond's home where they murdered him."

    bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/08

    #JusticeForRayMattia #USPol
    #DefundDHS #DefundCBP
    #NativeAmericanNews #NoWall #NoBorders #SurveillanceState #JusticeForRaymondMattia
    #MurderPatrol #ProtectTheSacred #NativeAmericans #IsraeliWarCrimes #Elbit

  2. The Hungry Hounds: US #BorderPatrol Lurks at #TohonoOodhamNation Border

    @bsnorrell.blogspot.com ,
    August 19, 2026

    "The U.S. Border Patrol lurks awaiting its prey at the border of the #TohonoOodham Nation, near the Nation's new 'NO TRESPASSING" signs directed at border wall contractors.

    "The US Border Patrol is part of Homeland Security and its plan to #seize the Nation's land for the border wall. The US #BorderPatrol already has open access to the Tohono O'odham Nation, and a #SpySystem in place to track #Oodham and watch them.

    The #Israeli built #Elbit Systems spy towers track O'odham on the Nation, with live video feed. US Border Patrol agents have been arrested for murder, serial rape, assault, kidnapping, drug running and spotting for the cartels all along the border. The facts are ignored by #MainstreamMedia.

    "US Border Patrol agents in this area murdered Raymond Mattia, Tohono O'odham, at his home. His body showed 11 bullets, and the wounds of rifle butts and broken bones. Raymond told #CensoredNews before he was murdered that he had video-taped US Border Patrol agents running drugs with the cartels past his home at the border. This evidence disappeared after it was submitted.

    " #OpheliaRivas , Tohono O'odham, points out that the three US Border Patrol agents who murdered her lifelong friend have never been charged. A tribal police officer, a non-Indian, had a vendetta exposed in the voice evidence. He was never charged for his role leading the agents to Raymond's home where they murdered him."

    bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/08

    #JusticeForRayMattia #USPol
    #DefundDHS #DefundCBP
    #NativeAmericanNews #NoWall #NoBorders #SurveillanceState #JusticeForRaymondMattia
    #MurderPatrol #ProtectTheSacred #NativeAmericans #IsraeliWarCrimes #Elbit

  3. The Hungry Hounds: US #BorderPatrol Lurks at #TohonoOodhamNation Border

    @bsnorrell.blogspot.com ,
    August 19, 2026

    "The U.S. Border Patrol lurks awaiting its prey at the border of the #TohonoOodham Nation, near the Nation's new 'NO TRESPASSING" signs directed at border wall contractors.

    "The US Border Patrol is part of Homeland Security and its plan to #seize the Nation's land for the border wall. The US #BorderPatrol already has open access to the Tohono O'odham Nation, and a #SpySystem in place to track #Oodham and watch them.

    The #Israeli built #Elbit Systems spy towers track O'odham on the Nation, with live video feed. US Border Patrol agents have been arrested for murder, serial rape, assault, kidnapping, drug running and spotting for the cartels all along the border. The facts are ignored by #MainstreamMedia.

    "US Border Patrol agents in this area murdered Raymond Mattia, Tohono O'odham, at his home. His body showed 11 bullets, and the wounds of rifle butts and broken bones. Raymond told #CensoredNews before he was murdered that he had video-taped US Border Patrol agents running drugs with the cartels past his home at the border. This evidence disappeared after it was submitted.

    " #OpheliaRivas , Tohono O'odham, points out that the three US Border Patrol agents who murdered her lifelong friend have never been charged. A tribal police officer, a non-Indian, had a vendetta exposed in the voice evidence. He was never charged for his role leading the agents to Raymond's home where they murdered him."

    bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/08

    #JusticeForRayMattia #USPol
    #DefundDHS #DefundCBP
    #NativeAmericanNews #NoWall #NoBorders #SurveillanceState #JusticeForRaymondMattia
    #MurderPatrol #ProtectTheSacred #NativeAmericans #IsraeliWarCrimes #Elbit

  4. The Hungry Hounds: US #BorderPatrol Lurks at #TohonoOodhamNation Border

    @bsnorrell.blogspot.com ,
    August 19, 2026

    "The U.S. Border Patrol lurks awaiting its prey at the border of the #TohonoOodham Nation, near the Nation's new 'NO TRESPASSING" signs directed at border wall contractors.

    "The US Border Patrol is part of Homeland Security and its plan to #seize the Nation's land for the border wall. The US #BorderPatrol already has open access to the Tohono O'odham Nation, and a #SpySystem in place to track #Oodham and watch them.

    The #Israeli built #Elbit Systems spy towers track O'odham on the Nation, with live video feed. US Border Patrol agents have been arrested for murder, serial rape, assault, kidnapping, drug running and spotting for the cartels all along the border. The facts are ignored by #MainstreamMedia.

    "US Border Patrol agents in this area murdered Raymond Mattia, Tohono O'odham, at his home. His body showed 11 bullets, and the wounds of rifle butts and broken bones. Raymond told #CensoredNews before he was murdered that he had video-taped US Border Patrol agents running drugs with the cartels past his home at the border. This evidence disappeared after it was submitted.

    " #OpheliaRivas , Tohono O'odham, points out that the three US Border Patrol agents who murdered her lifelong friend have never been charged. A tribal police officer, a non-Indian, had a vendetta exposed in the voice evidence. He was never charged for his role leading the agents to Raymond's home where they murdered him."

    bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/08

    #JusticeForRayMattia #USPol
    #DefundDHS #DefundCBP
    #NativeAmericanNews #NoWall #NoBorders #SurveillanceState #JusticeForRaymondMattia
    #MurderPatrol #ProtectTheSacred #NativeAmericans #IsraeliWarCrimes #Elbit

  5. The Hungry Hounds: US #BorderPatrol Lurks at #TohonoOodhamNation Border

    @bsnorrell.blogspot.com ,
    August 19, 2026

    "The U.S. Border Patrol lurks awaiting its prey at the border of the #TohonoOodham Nation, near the Nation's new 'NO TRESPASSING" signs directed at border wall contractors.

    "The US Border Patrol is part of Homeland Security and its plan to #seize the Nation's land for the border wall. The US #BorderPatrol already has open access to the Tohono O'odham Nation, and a #SpySystem in place to track #Oodham and watch them.

    The #Israeli built #Elbit Systems spy towers track O'odham on the Nation, with live video feed. US Border Patrol agents have been arrested for murder, serial rape, assault, kidnapping, drug running and spotting for the cartels all along the border. The facts are ignored by #MainstreamMedia.

    "US Border Patrol agents in this area murdered Raymond Mattia, Tohono O'odham, at his home. His body showed 11 bullets, and the wounds of rifle butts and broken bones. Raymond told #CensoredNews before he was murdered that he had video-taped US Border Patrol agents running drugs with the cartels past his home at the border. This evidence disappeared after it was submitted.

    " #OpheliaRivas , Tohono O'odham, points out that the three US Border Patrol agents who murdered her lifelong friend have never been charged. A tribal police officer, a non-Indian, had a vendetta exposed in the voice evidence. He was never charged for his role leading the agents to Raymond's home where they murdered him."

    bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/08

    #JusticeForRayMattia #USPol
    #DefundDHS #DefundCBP
    #NativeAmericanNews #NoWall #NoBorders #SurveillanceState #JusticeForRaymondMattia
    #MurderPatrol #ProtectTheSacred #NativeAmericans #IsraeliWarCrimes #Elbit

  6. *Poof!* Years of #Trump Support Came Undone in 15 Minutes in an Airport.

    The case represents a new front in President Trump’s #MassDeportation drive: arrests at airports of people who have active immigration cases and no criminal history.

    "Mr. Jindra considered himself a #MAGA patriot until his wife’s detention."

    By Miriam Jordan
    Published August 16, 2026, updated August 17, 2026

    "#BrentJindra, a tech salesman, voted for President #Trump three times, drawn by his aggressive immigration agenda. He never imagined the crackdown would ensnare his own wife.

    "Last month, moments after the couple got off their flight in Burbank, Calif., a young man in a brown hooded sweatshirt stopped #GalinaBobreneva.

    " 'Congratulations, you’ve been chosen for secondary screening,' he told her, according to the couple’s recollection.
    The man was a federal agent, and after questioning Ms. Bobreneva for about 15 minutes, he led her away in handcuffs to an unmarked vehicle.

    “ 'I’m only doing my job,' he said. 'Everything will be OK.'

    "So began a 16-day ordeal: a night on the floor of a basement holding cell in downtown Los Angeles; two weeks in a Mojave Desert detention center and a frantic legal effort to win her release."

    Read more:
    nytimes.com/2026/08/16/us/trum

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/sVRFW

    #USPol #TrumpSucks #TrumpRegrets #ExMAGA #DefundDHS #Elections2026

  7. *Poof!* Years of #Trump Support Came Undone in 15 Minutes in an Airport.

    The case represents a new front in President Trump’s #MassDeportation drive: arrests at airports of people who have active immigration cases and no criminal history.

    "Mr. Jindra considered himself a #MAGA patriot until his wife’s detention."

    By Miriam Jordan
    Published August 16, 2026, updated August 17, 2026

    "#BrentJindra, a tech salesman, voted for President #Trump three times, drawn by his aggressive immigration agenda. He never imagined the crackdown would ensnare his own wife.

    "Last month, moments after the couple got off their flight in Burbank, Calif., a young man in a brown hooded sweatshirt stopped #GalinaBobreneva.

    " 'Congratulations, you’ve been chosen for secondary screening,' he told her, according to the couple’s recollection.
    The man was a federal agent, and after questioning Ms. Bobreneva for about 15 minutes, he led her away in handcuffs to an unmarked vehicle.

    “ 'I’m only doing my job,' he said. 'Everything will be OK.'

    "So began a 16-day ordeal: a night on the floor of a basement holding cell in downtown Los Angeles; two weeks in a Mojave Desert detention center and a frantic legal effort to win her release."

    Read more:
    nytimes.com/2026/08/16/us/trum

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/sVRFW

    #USPol #TrumpSucks #TrumpRegrets #ExMAGA #DefundDHS #Elections2026

  8. *Poof!* Years of #Trump Support Came Undone in 15 Minutes in an Airport.

    The case represents a new front in President Trump’s #MassDeportation drive: arrests at airports of people who have active immigration cases and no criminal history.

    "Mr. Jindra considered himself a #MAGA patriot until his wife’s detention."

    By Miriam Jordan
    Published August 16, 2026, updated August 17, 2026

    "#BrentJindra, a tech salesman, voted for President #Trump three times, drawn by his aggressive immigration agenda. He never imagined the crackdown would ensnare his own wife.

    "Last month, moments after the couple got off their flight in Burbank, Calif., a young man in a brown hooded sweatshirt stopped #GalinaBobreneva.

    " 'Congratulations, you’ve been chosen for secondary screening,' he told her, according to the couple’s recollection.
    The man was a federal agent, and after questioning Ms. Bobreneva for about 15 minutes, he led her away in handcuffs to an unmarked vehicle.

    “ 'I’m only doing my job,' he said. 'Everything will be OK.'

    "So began a 16-day ordeal: a night on the floor of a basement holding cell in downtown Los Angeles; two weeks in a Mojave Desert detention center and a frantic legal effort to win her release."

    Read more:
    nytimes.com/2026/08/16/us/trum

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/sVRFW

    #USPol #TrumpSucks #TrumpRegrets #ExMAGA #DefundDHS #Elections2026

  9. *Poof!* Years of #Trump Support Came Undone in 15 Minutes in an Airport.

    The case represents a new front in President Trump’s #MassDeportation drive: arrests at airports of people who have active immigration cases and no criminal history.

    "Mr. Jindra considered himself a #MAGA patriot until his wife’s detention."

    By Miriam Jordan
    Published August 16, 2026, updated August 17, 2026

    "#BrentJindra, a tech salesman, voted for President #Trump three times, drawn by his aggressive immigration agenda. He never imagined the crackdown would ensnare his own wife.

    "Last month, moments after the couple got off their flight in Burbank, Calif., a young man in a brown hooded sweatshirt stopped #GalinaBobreneva.

    " 'Congratulations, you’ve been chosen for secondary screening,' he told her, according to the couple’s recollection.
    The man was a federal agent, and after questioning Ms. Bobreneva for about 15 minutes, he led her away in handcuffs to an unmarked vehicle.

    “ 'I’m only doing my job,' he said. 'Everything will be OK.'

    "So began a 16-day ordeal: a night on the floor of a basement holding cell in downtown Los Angeles; two weeks in a Mojave Desert detention center and a frantic legal effort to win her release."

    Read more:
    nytimes.com/2026/08/16/us/trum

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/sVRFW

    #USPol #TrumpSucks #TrumpRegrets #ExMAGA #DefundDHS #Elections2026

  10. *Poof!* Years of #Trump Support Came Undone in 15 Minutes in an Airport.

    The case represents a new front in President Trump’s #MassDeportation drive: arrests at airports of people who have active immigration cases and no criminal history.

    "Mr. Jindra considered himself a #MAGA patriot until his wife’s detention."

    By Miriam Jordan
    Published August 16, 2026, updated August 17, 2026

    "#BrentJindra, a tech salesman, voted for President #Trump three times, drawn by his aggressive immigration agenda. He never imagined the crackdown would ensnare his own wife.

    "Last month, moments after the couple got off their flight in Burbank, Calif., a young man in a brown hooded sweatshirt stopped #GalinaBobreneva.

    " 'Congratulations, you’ve been chosen for secondary screening,' he told her, according to the couple’s recollection.
    The man was a federal agent, and after questioning Ms. Bobreneva for about 15 minutes, he led her away in handcuffs to an unmarked vehicle.

    “ 'I’m only doing my job,' he said. 'Everything will be OK.'

    "So began a 16-day ordeal: a night on the floor of a basement holding cell in downtown Los Angeles; two weeks in a Mojave Desert detention center and a frantic legal effort to win her release."

    Read more:
    nytimes.com/2026/08/16/us/trum

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/sVRFW

    #USPol #TrumpSucks #TrumpRegrets #ExMAGA #DefundDHS #Elections2026

  11. Breaking News! 🚨 Border Security Construction Paused at #BigBend National Park

    Excerpt: "Laiken Jordahl, an advocate with the Center for Biological Diversity and a former wilderness fellow for the National Park, said the pause came after a weekend of “irreversible” damage to parts of the desert ecosystem, particularly around Mariscal Mountain. The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the work."

    Read more:
    nytimes.com/live/2026/08/17/us

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/HBHpp

    #NoBorderWall #USPol #TrumpsBorderWall
    #RioGrande #EnvironmentalLaws #CenterForBiologicalDiversity #EnvironmentalProtectionAct
    #EndangeredSpecies #AbolishICE #DefundDHS #MurderPatrol
    #BorderPatrol #NationalParks
    #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity

  12. Breaking News! 🚨 Border Security Construction Paused at #BigBend National Park

    Excerpt: "Laiken Jordahl, an advocate with the Center for Biological Diversity and a former wilderness fellow for the National Park, said the pause came after a weekend of “irreversible” damage to parts of the desert ecosystem, particularly around Mariscal Mountain. The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the work."

    Read more:
    nytimes.com/live/2026/08/17/us

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/HBHpp

    #NoBorderWall #USPol #TrumpsBorderWall
    #RioGrande #EnvironmentalLaws #CenterForBiologicalDiversity #EnvironmentalProtectionAct
    #EndangeredSpecies #AbolishICE #DefundDHS #MurderPatrol
    #BorderPatrol #NationalParks
    #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity

  13. Breaking News! 🚨 Border Security Construction Paused at #BigBend National Park

    Excerpt: "Laiken Jordahl, an advocate with the Center for Biological Diversity and a former wilderness fellow for the National Park, said the pause came after a weekend of “irreversible” damage to parts of the desert ecosystem, particularly around Mariscal Mountain. The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the work."

    Read more:
    nytimes.com/live/2026/08/17/us

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/HBHpp

    #NoBorderWall #USPol #TrumpsBorderWall
    #RioGrande #EnvironmentalLaws #CenterForBiologicalDiversity #EnvironmentalProtectionAct
    #EndangeredSpecies #AbolishICE #DefundDHS #MurderPatrol
    #BorderPatrol #NationalParks
    #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity

  14. Breaking News! 🚨 Border Security Construction Paused at #BigBend National Park

    Excerpt: "Laiken Jordahl, an advocate with the Center for Biological Diversity and a former wilderness fellow for the National Park, said the pause came after a weekend of “irreversible” damage to parts of the desert ecosystem, particularly around Mariscal Mountain. The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the work."

    Read more:
    nytimes.com/live/2026/08/17/us

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/HBHpp

    #NoBorderWall #USPol #TrumpsBorderWall
    #RioGrande #EnvironmentalLaws #CenterForBiologicalDiversity #EnvironmentalProtectionAct
    #EndangeredSpecies #AbolishICE #DefundDHS #MurderPatrol
    #BorderPatrol #NationalParks
    #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity

  15. Breaking News! 🚨 Border Security Construction Paused at #BigBend National Park

    Excerpt: "Laiken Jordahl, an advocate with the Center for Biological Diversity and a former wilderness fellow for the National Park, said the pause came after a weekend of “irreversible” damage to parts of the desert ecosystem, particularly around Mariscal Mountain. The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the work."

    Read more:
    nytimes.com/live/2026/08/17/us

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/HBHpp

    #NoBorderWall #USPol #TrumpsBorderWall
    #RioGrande #EnvironmentalLaws #CenterForBiologicalDiversity #EnvironmentalProtectionAct
    #EndangeredSpecies #AbolishICE #DefundDHS #MurderPatrol
    #BorderPatrol #NationalParks
    #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity

  16. Of course they do! #MurderPatrol !

    U.S. #BorderPatrol Agents who Murdered #RaymondMattia, #TohonoOodham, Want Qualified Immunity

    Agents insisted to the Ninth Circuit that Raymond Mattia posed a potential threat when he removed his #cellphone from his pocket during a standoff.

    via #CensoredNews, August 12, 2026

    " #OpheliaRivas, Raymond's lifelong friend, said the Border Patrol's military tactics are used on the people. The three border patrol agents and tribal police officer responsible for Raymond's murder have never been charged, Ofelia told Censored News in July."

    bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/08

    #JusticeForRayMattia #USPol #DefundDHS #DefundCBP #NativeAmericanNews

  17. Of course they do! #MurderPatrol !

    U.S. #BorderPatrol Agents who Murdered #RaymondMattia, #TohonoOodham, Want Qualified Immunity

    Agents insisted to the Ninth Circuit that Raymond Mattia posed a potential threat when he removed his #cellphone from his pocket during a standoff.

    via #CensoredNews, August 12, 2026

    " #OpheliaRivas, Raymond's lifelong friend, said the Border Patrol's military tactics are used on the people. The three border patrol agents and tribal police officer responsible for Raymond's murder have never been charged, Ofelia told Censored News in July."

    bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/08

    #JusticeForRayMattia #USPol #DefundDHS #DefundCBP #NativeAmericanNews

  18. Of course they do! #MurderPatrol !

    U.S. #BorderPatrol Agents who Murdered #RaymondMattia, #TohonoOodham, Want Qualified Immunity

    Agents insisted to the Ninth Circuit that Raymond Mattia posed a potential threat when he removed his #cellphone from his pocket during a standoff.

    via #CensoredNews, August 12, 2026

    " #OpheliaRivas, Raymond's lifelong friend, said the Border Patrol's military tactics are used on the people. The three border patrol agents and tribal police officer responsible for Raymond's murder have never been charged, Ofelia told Censored News in July."

    bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/08

    #JusticeForRayMattia #USPol #DefundDHS #DefundCBP #NativeAmericanNews

  19. Of course they do! #MurderPatrol !

    U.S. #BorderPatrol Agents who Murdered #RaymondMattia, #TohonoOodham, Want Qualified Immunity

    Agents insisted to the Ninth Circuit that Raymond Mattia posed a potential threat when he removed his #cellphone from his pocket during a standoff.

    via #CensoredNews, August 12, 2026

    " #OpheliaRivas, Raymond's lifelong friend, said the Border Patrol's military tactics are used on the people. The three border patrol agents and tribal police officer responsible for Raymond's murder have never been charged, Ofelia told Censored News in July."

    bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/08

    #JusticeForRayMattia #USPol #DefundDHS #DefundCBP #NativeAmericanNews

  20. Of course they do! #MurderPatrol !

    U.S. #BorderPatrol Agents who Murdered #RaymondMattia, #TohonoOodham, Want Qualified Immunity

    Agents insisted to the Ninth Circuit that Raymond Mattia posed a potential threat when he removed his #cellphone from his pocket during a standoff.

    via #CensoredNews, August 12, 2026

    " #OpheliaRivas, Raymond's lifelong friend, said the Border Patrol's military tactics are used on the people. The three border patrol agents and tribal police officer responsible for Raymond's murder have never been charged, Ofelia told Censored News in July."

    bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/08

    #JusticeForRayMattia #USPol #DefundDHS #DefundCBP #NativeAmericanNews

  21. #US Manufactured Crimes and Spied on Peaceful #Protesters During #Minneapolis Metro Surge, New Court Filing Reveals

    By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, August 14, 2026

    MINNEAPOLIS -- "While #Dakotas were praying at a #SacredSpring for those held in federal detention at the #WhippleBuilding in Minneapolis -- the U.S. government was spying on, and stalking, the #WhippleWatchers, a new court document reveals.

    "The government is refusing to release all of its documents on its surveillance of those watching the Whipple building. The Whipple building is on the site of a former concentration camp, where Dakota and Ho Chunk were imprisoned, suffered and died.

    " 'The government admits withholding at least five #ProjectWhippleShield #ROIs (Reports of Investigation) from the initial disclosures,' the court filing states.

    "In the current case, the court document for discovery filed yesterday describes how the U.S. government spied on and tracked peaceful protesters during the #resistance to #OperationMetroSurge.

    "Not only were peaceful protesters spied on, #stalked and #doxxed, but the #surveillance was carried out to #ManufactureCrimes when none existed, states the court document filed by a defense attorney for one of the government's targets."

    Read more:
    bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/08

    #Authoritarianism #Fascism #USPol #UnionBusting #SilencingDissent
    #CriminalizingDissent #DefundICE #DefundDHS #CharacteristicsOfFascism
    #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity

  22. #US Manufactured Crimes and Spied on Peaceful #Protesters During #Minneapolis Metro Surge, New Court Filing Reveals

    By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, August 14, 2026

    MINNEAPOLIS -- "While #Dakotas were praying at a #SacredSpring for those held in federal detention at the #WhippleBuilding in Minneapolis -- the U.S. government was spying on, and stalking, the #WhippleWatchers, a new court document reveals.

    "The government is refusing to release all of its documents on its surveillance of those watching the Whipple building. The Whipple building is on the site of a former concentration camp, where Dakota and Ho Chunk were imprisoned, suffered and died.

    " 'The government admits withholding at least five #ProjectWhippleShield #ROIs (Reports of Investigation) from the initial disclosures,' the court filing states.

    "In the current case, the court document for discovery filed yesterday describes how the U.S. government spied on and tracked peaceful protesters during the #resistance to #OperationMetroSurge.

    "Not only were peaceful protesters spied on, #stalked and #doxxed, but the #surveillance was carried out to #ManufactureCrimes when none existed, states the court document filed by a defense attorney for one of the government's targets."

    Read more:
    bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/08

    #Authoritarianism #Fascism #USPol #UnionBusting #SilencingDissent
    #CriminalizingDissent #DefundICE #DefundDHS #CharacteristicsOfFascism
    #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity

  23. #US Manufactured Crimes and Spied on Peaceful #Protesters During #Minneapolis Metro Surge, New Court Filing Reveals

    By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, August 14, 2026

    MINNEAPOLIS -- "While #Dakotas were praying at a #SacredSpring for those held in federal detention at the #WhippleBuilding in Minneapolis -- the U.S. government was spying on, and stalking, the #WhippleWatchers, a new court document reveals.

    "The government is refusing to release all of its documents on its surveillance of those watching the Whipple building. The Whipple building is on the site of a former concentration camp, where Dakota and Ho Chunk were imprisoned, suffered and died.

    " 'The government admits withholding at least five #ProjectWhippleShield #ROIs (Reports of Investigation) from the initial disclosures,' the court filing states.

    "In the current case, the court document for discovery filed yesterday describes how the U.S. government spied on and tracked peaceful protesters during the #resistance to #OperationMetroSurge.

    "Not only were peaceful protesters spied on, #stalked and #doxxed, but the #surveillance was carried out to #ManufactureCrimes when none existed, states the court document filed by a defense attorney for one of the government's targets."

    Read more:
    bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/08

    #Authoritarianism #Fascism #USPol #UnionBusting #SilencingDissent
    #CriminalizingDissent #DefundICE #DefundDHS #CharacteristicsOfFascism
    #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity

  24. #US Manufactured Crimes and Spied on Peaceful #Protesters During #Minneapolis Metro Surge, New Court Filing Reveals

    By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, August 14, 2026

    MINNEAPOLIS -- "While #Dakotas were praying at a #SacredSpring for those held in federal detention at the #WhippleBuilding in Minneapolis -- the U.S. government was spying on, and stalking, the #WhippleWatchers, a new court document reveals.

    "The government is refusing to release all of its documents on its surveillance of those watching the Whipple building. The Whipple building is on the site of a former concentration camp, where Dakota and Ho Chunk were imprisoned, suffered and died.

    " 'The government admits withholding at least five #ProjectWhippleShield #ROIs (Reports of Investigation) from the initial disclosures,' the court filing states.

    "In the current case, the court document for discovery filed yesterday describes how the U.S. government spied on and tracked peaceful protesters during the #resistance to #OperationMetroSurge.

    "Not only were peaceful protesters spied on, #stalked and #doxxed, but the #surveillance was carried out to #ManufactureCrimes when none existed, states the court document filed by a defense attorney for one of the government's targets."

    Read more:
    bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/08

    #Authoritarianism #Fascism #USPol #UnionBusting #SilencingDissent
    #CriminalizingDissent #DefundICE #DefundDHS #CharacteristicsOfFascism
    #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity

  25. #US Manufactured Crimes and Spied on Peaceful #Protesters During #Minneapolis Metro Surge, New Court Filing Reveals

    By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, August 14, 2026

    MINNEAPOLIS -- "While #Dakotas were praying at a #SacredSpring for those held in federal detention at the #WhippleBuilding in Minneapolis -- the U.S. government was spying on, and stalking, the #WhippleWatchers, a new court document reveals.

    "The government is refusing to release all of its documents on its surveillance of those watching the Whipple building. The Whipple building is on the site of a former concentration camp, where Dakota and Ho Chunk were imprisoned, suffered and died.

    " 'The government admits withholding at least five #ProjectWhippleShield #ROIs (Reports of Investigation) from the initial disclosures,' the court filing states.

    "In the current case, the court document for discovery filed yesterday describes how the U.S. government spied on and tracked peaceful protesters during the #resistance to #OperationMetroSurge.

    "Not only were peaceful protesters spied on, #stalked and #doxxed, but the #surveillance was carried out to #ManufactureCrimes when none existed, states the court document filed by a defense attorney for one of the government's targets."

    Read more:
    bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/08

    #Authoritarianism #Fascism #USPol #UnionBusting #SilencingDissent
    #CriminalizingDissent #DefundICE #DefundDHS #CharacteristicsOfFascism
    #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity

  26. Documents show federal surveillance operation in #Minnesota targeted #progressive groups, #unions

    By TIM SULLIVAN and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER
    Updated 11:02 PM EDT, August 13, 2026

    MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — "Federal agents launched a sweeping undercover surveillance operation earlier this year targeting progressive organizations, labor unions and other groups protesting the immigration crackdown then raging through Minneapolis, according to court documents filed Thursday.

    "The program, dubbed #OperationPuppetMaster, was aimed at what officials called a network of conspirators helping 'violent opportunists and agitators.' The documents were filed in a case involving 15 people charged by federal prosecutors in June with impeding the crackdown, accusing them of conspiring against the federal government through a range of actions, from throwing ice chunks to setting up blockades.

    "The government documents were released Thursday in connection with a motion from a defense lawyer in the case, #KevinRiach, who requested that officials disclose more material collected during the investigations.

    "The reality, according to government documents revealed in court motions, was Department of Homeland Security officers infiltrating meetings in churches, schools and parks that were often simply discussions of constitutionally protected protests.

    "A statement from the department said Homeland Security Investigations doesn’t comment on the existence or status of on-going investigations or investigative methods. The statement referred questions to the U.S. attorney’s office in Minnesota, which didn’t immediately respond to an after-hours email from The Associated Press."

    apnews.com/article/minnesota-i

    #Authoritarianism #Fascism #USPol #UnionBusting #SilencingDissent
    #CriminalizingDissent #DefundICE #DefundDHS #CharacteristicsOfFascism
    #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity

  27. Documents show federal surveillance operation in #Minnesota targeted #progressive groups, #unions

    By TIM SULLIVAN and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER
    Updated 11:02 PM EDT, August 13, 2026

    MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — "Federal agents launched a sweeping undercover surveillance operation earlier this year targeting progressive organizations, labor unions and other groups protesting the immigration crackdown then raging through Minneapolis, according to court documents filed Thursday.

    "The program, dubbed #OperationPuppetMaster, was aimed at what officials called a network of conspirators helping 'violent opportunists and agitators.' The documents were filed in a case involving 15 people charged by federal prosecutors in June with impeding the crackdown, accusing them of conspiring against the federal government through a range of actions, from throwing ice chunks to setting up blockades.

    "The government documents were released Thursday in connection with a motion from a defense lawyer in the case, #KevinRiach, who requested that officials disclose more material collected during the investigations.

    "The reality, according to government documents revealed in court motions, was Department of Homeland Security officers infiltrating meetings in churches, schools and parks that were often simply discussions of constitutionally protected protests.

    "A statement from the department said Homeland Security Investigations doesn’t comment on the existence or status of on-going investigations or investigative methods. The statement referred questions to the U.S. attorney’s office in Minnesota, which didn’t immediately respond to an after-hours email from The Associated Press."

    apnews.com/article/minnesota-i

    #Authoritarianism #Fascism #USPol #UnionBusting #SilencingDissent
    #CriminalizingDissent #DefundICE #DefundDHS #CharacteristicsOfFascism
    #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity

  28. Documents show federal surveillance operation in #Minnesota targeted #progressive groups, #unions

    By TIM SULLIVAN and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER
    Updated 11:02 PM EDT, August 13, 2026

    MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — "Federal agents launched a sweeping undercover surveillance operation earlier this year targeting progressive organizations, labor unions and other groups protesting the immigration crackdown then raging through Minneapolis, according to court documents filed Thursday.

    "The program, dubbed #OperationPuppetMaster, was aimed at what officials called a network of conspirators helping 'violent opportunists and agitators.' The documents were filed in a case involving 15 people charged by federal prosecutors in June with impeding the crackdown, accusing them of conspiring against the federal government through a range of actions, from throwing ice chunks to setting up blockades.

    "The government documents were released Thursday in connection with a motion from a defense lawyer in the case, #KevinRiach, who requested that officials disclose more material collected during the investigations.

    "The reality, according to government documents revealed in court motions, was Department of Homeland Security officers infiltrating meetings in churches, schools and parks that were often simply discussions of constitutionally protected protests.

    "A statement from the department said Homeland Security Investigations doesn’t comment on the existence or status of on-going investigations or investigative methods. The statement referred questions to the U.S. attorney’s office in Minnesota, which didn’t immediately respond to an after-hours email from The Associated Press."

    apnews.com/article/minnesota-i

    #Authoritarianism #Fascism #USPol #UnionBusting #SilencingDissent
    #CriminalizingDissent #DefundICE #DefundDHS #CharacteristicsOfFascism
    #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity

  29. Documents show federal surveillance operation in #Minnesota targeted #progressive groups, #unions

    By TIM SULLIVAN and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER
    Updated 11:02 PM EDT, August 13, 2026

    MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — "Federal agents launched a sweeping undercover surveillance operation earlier this year targeting progressive organizations, labor unions and other groups protesting the immigration crackdown then raging through Minneapolis, according to court documents filed Thursday.

    "The program, dubbed #OperationPuppetMaster, was aimed at what officials called a network of conspirators helping 'violent opportunists and agitators.' The documents were filed in a case involving 15 people charged by federal prosecutors in June with impeding the crackdown, accusing them of conspiring against the federal government through a range of actions, from throwing ice chunks to setting up blockades.

    "The government documents were released Thursday in connection with a motion from a defense lawyer in the case, #KevinRiach, who requested that officials disclose more material collected during the investigations.

    "The reality, according to government documents revealed in court motions, was Department of Homeland Security officers infiltrating meetings in churches, schools and parks that were often simply discussions of constitutionally protected protests.

    "A statement from the department said Homeland Security Investigations doesn’t comment on the existence or status of on-going investigations or investigative methods. The statement referred questions to the U.S. attorney’s office in Minnesota, which didn’t immediately respond to an after-hours email from The Associated Press."

    apnews.com/article/minnesota-i

    #Authoritarianism #Fascism #USPol #UnionBusting #SilencingDissent
    #CriminalizingDissent #DefundICE #DefundDHS #CharacteristicsOfFascism
    #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity

  30. Documents show federal surveillance operation in #Minnesota targeted #progressive groups, #unions

    By TIM SULLIVAN and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER
    Updated 11:02 PM EDT, August 13, 2026

    MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — "Federal agents launched a sweeping undercover surveillance operation earlier this year targeting progressive organizations, labor unions and other groups protesting the immigration crackdown then raging through Minneapolis, according to court documents filed Thursday.

    "The program, dubbed #OperationPuppetMaster, was aimed at what officials called a network of conspirators helping 'violent opportunists and agitators.' The documents were filed in a case involving 15 people charged by federal prosecutors in June with impeding the crackdown, accusing them of conspiring against the federal government through a range of actions, from throwing ice chunks to setting up blockades.

    "The government documents were released Thursday in connection with a motion from a defense lawyer in the case, #KevinRiach, who requested that officials disclose more material collected during the investigations.

    "The reality, according to government documents revealed in court motions, was Department of Homeland Security officers infiltrating meetings in churches, schools and parks that were often simply discussions of constitutionally protected protests.

    "A statement from the department said Homeland Security Investigations doesn’t comment on the existence or status of on-going investigations or investigative methods. The statement referred questions to the U.S. attorney’s office in Minnesota, which didn’t immediately respond to an after-hours email from The Associated Press."

    apnews.com/article/minnesota-i

    #Authoritarianism #Fascism #USPol #UnionBusting #SilencingDissent
    #CriminalizingDissent #DefundICE #DefundDHS #CharacteristicsOfFascism
    #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity

  31. ‘Outrageous’: #Trump Officials Investigated #LeftWing Groups After #AlexPretti Killing in #Minneapolis

    One #FirstAmendment advocacy group called the investigation a “disturbing, invasive, and utterly unjustifiable attack on freedom of expression and political dissent.”

    Julia Conley
    Aug 13, 2026

    "The Trump administration began the probe under the auspices of investigating whether the groups had provided 'help and money,' as the Times reported, to people who had participated in protests across the #MinneapolisSaintPaul area, where tens of thousands of residents rallied against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (#ICE) and defended their neighbors from immigration raids last winter.

    "Newly released government documents, which were uncovered after an attorney filed a motion with the federal District Court in Minnesota demanding information about the DHS investigation, show that the agency characterized the protesters who opposed ICE as 'violent opportunists and agitators.'

    "The investigation included #DHS’ use of administrative subpoenas to obtain financial records from #SunriseMovement, Communications Workers of America [ #CWA ], and the #SEIU, scrutinizing what the agency called 'domestic terrorist financing.' "

    commondreams.org/news/trump-le

    #Authoritarianism #Fascism #USPol #UnionBusting #SilencingDissent #CriminalizingDissent #DefundICE #DefundDHS #CharacteristicsOfFascism #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity

  32. ‘Outrageous’: #Trump Officials Investigated #LeftWing Groups After #AlexPretti Killing in #Minneapolis

    One #FirstAmendment advocacy group called the investigation a “disturbing, invasive, and utterly unjustifiable attack on freedom of expression and political dissent.”

    Julia Conley
    Aug 13, 2026

    "The Trump administration began the probe under the auspices of investigating whether the groups had provided 'help and money,' as the Times reported, to people who had participated in protests across the #MinneapolisSaintPaul area, where tens of thousands of residents rallied against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (#ICE) and defended their neighbors from immigration raids last winter.

    "Newly released government documents, which were uncovered after an attorney filed a motion with the federal District Court in Minnesota demanding information about the DHS investigation, show that the agency characterized the protesters who opposed ICE as 'violent opportunists and agitators.'

    "The investigation included #DHS’ use of administrative subpoenas to obtain financial records from #SunriseMovement, Communications Workers of America [ #CWA ], and the #SEIU, scrutinizing what the agency called 'domestic terrorist financing.' "

    commondreams.org/news/trump-le

    #Authoritarianism #Fascism #USPol #UnionBusting #SilencingDissent #CriminalizingDissent #DefundICE #DefundDHS #CharacteristicsOfFascism #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity

  33. ‘Outrageous’: #Trump Officials Investigated #LeftWing Groups After #AlexPretti Killing in #Minneapolis

    One #FirstAmendment advocacy group called the investigation a “disturbing, invasive, and utterly unjustifiable attack on freedom of expression and political dissent.”

    Julia Conley
    Aug 13, 2026

    "The Trump administration began the probe under the auspices of investigating whether the groups had provided 'help and money,' as the Times reported, to people who had participated in protests across the #MinneapolisSaintPaul area, where tens of thousands of residents rallied against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (#ICE) and defended their neighbors from immigration raids last winter.

    "Newly released government documents, which were uncovered after an attorney filed a motion with the federal District Court in Minnesota demanding information about the DHS investigation, show that the agency characterized the protesters who opposed ICE as 'violent opportunists and agitators.'

    "The investigation included #DHS’ use of administrative subpoenas to obtain financial records from #SunriseMovement, Communications Workers of America [ #CWA ], and the #SEIU, scrutinizing what the agency called 'domestic terrorist financing.' "

    commondreams.org/news/trump-le

    #Authoritarianism #Fascism #USPol #UnionBusting #SilencingDissent #CriminalizingDissent #DefundICE #DefundDHS #CharacteristicsOfFascism #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity

  34. ‘Outrageous’: #Trump Officials Investigated #LeftWing Groups After #AlexPretti Killing in #Minneapolis

    One #FirstAmendment advocacy group called the investigation a “disturbing, invasive, and utterly unjustifiable attack on freedom of expression and political dissent.”

    Julia Conley
    Aug 13, 2026

    "The Trump administration began the probe under the auspices of investigating whether the groups had provided 'help and money,' as the Times reported, to people who had participated in protests across the #MinneapolisSaintPaul area, where tens of thousands of residents rallied against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (#ICE) and defended their neighbors from immigration raids last winter.

    "Newly released government documents, which were uncovered after an attorney filed a motion with the federal District Court in Minnesota demanding information about the DHS investigation, show that the agency characterized the protesters who opposed ICE as 'violent opportunists and agitators.'

    "The investigation included #DHS’ use of administrative subpoenas to obtain financial records from #SunriseMovement, Communications Workers of America [ #CWA ], and the #SEIU, scrutinizing what the agency called 'domestic terrorist financing.' "

    commondreams.org/news/trump-le

    #Authoritarianism #Fascism #USPol #UnionBusting #SilencingDissent #CriminalizingDissent #DefundICE #DefundDHS #CharacteristicsOfFascism #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity

  35. ‘Outrageous’: #Trump Officials Investigated #LeftWing Groups After #AlexPretti Killing in #Minneapolis

    One #FirstAmendment advocacy group called the investigation a “disturbing, invasive, and utterly unjustifiable attack on freedom of expression and political dissent.”

    Julia Conley
    Aug 13, 2026

    "The Trump administration began the probe under the auspices of investigating whether the groups had provided 'help and money,' as the Times reported, to people who had participated in protests across the #MinneapolisSaintPaul area, where tens of thousands of residents rallied against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (#ICE) and defended their neighbors from immigration raids last winter.

    "Newly released government documents, which were uncovered after an attorney filed a motion with the federal District Court in Minnesota demanding information about the DHS investigation, show that the agency characterized the protesters who opposed ICE as 'violent opportunists and agitators.'

    "The investigation included #DHS’ use of administrative subpoenas to obtain financial records from #SunriseMovement, Communications Workers of America [ #CWA ], and the #SEIU, scrutinizing what the agency called 'domestic terrorist financing.' "

    commondreams.org/news/trump-le

    #Authoritarianism #Fascism #USPol #UnionBusting #SilencingDissent #CriminalizingDissent #DefundICE #DefundDHS #CharacteristicsOfFascism #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity

  36. It ‘felt like a #RenéeGood situation,’ U.S. citizen says after ICE encounter

    By Juan Benn Jr., Aug. 12, 2026

    #CarolinaMolina: “You’re a ho. You’re fucked up.”

    ICE responds with blocking her car and pointing a gun at her.

    ICE Agent: “Yeah, you record us. You almost ran us over,” he yells.

    “I didn’t almost run you over,” Molina responds. “You’re so full of shit.”

    seattletimes.com/nation-world/

    #ICESucks #USPol #DefundICE #DefundDHS #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity

  37. It ‘felt like a #RenéeGood situation,’ U.S. citizen says after ICE encounter

    By Juan Benn Jr., Aug. 12, 2026

    #CarolinaMolina: “You’re a ho. You’re fucked up.”

    ICE responds with blocking her car and pointing a gun at her.

    ICE Agent: “Yeah, you record us. You almost ran us over,” he yells.

    “I didn’t almost run you over,” Molina responds. “You’re so full of shit.”

    seattletimes.com/nation-world/

    #ICESucks #USPol #DefundICE #DefundDHS #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity

  38. It ‘felt like a #RenéeGood situation,’ U.S. citizen says after ICE encounter

    By Juan Benn Jr., Aug. 12, 2026

    #CarolinaMolina: “You’re a ho. You’re fucked up.”

    ICE responds with blocking her car and pointing a gun at her.

    ICE Agent: “Yeah, you record us. You almost ran us over,” he yells.

    “I didn’t almost run you over,” Molina responds. “You’re so full of shit.”

    seattletimes.com/nation-world/

    #ICESucks #USPol #DefundICE #DefundDHS #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity

  39. It ‘felt like a #RenéeGood situation,’ U.S. citizen says after ICE encounter

    By Juan Benn Jr., Aug. 12, 2026

    #CarolinaMolina: “You’re a ho. You’re fucked up.”

    ICE responds with blocking her car and pointing a gun at her.

    ICE Agent: “Yeah, you record us. You almost ran us over,” he yells.

    “I didn’t almost run you over,” Molina responds. “You’re so full of shit.”

    seattletimes.com/nation-world/

    #ICESucks #USPol #DefundICE #DefundDHS #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity

  40. It ‘felt like a #RenéeGood situation,’ U.S. citizen says after ICE encounter

    By Juan Benn Jr., Aug. 12, 2026

    #CarolinaMolina: “You’re a ho. You’re fucked up.”

    ICE responds with blocking her car and pointing a gun at her.

    ICE Agent: “Yeah, you record us. You almost ran us over,” he yells.

    “I didn’t almost run you over,” Molina responds. “You’re so full of shit.”

    seattletimes.com/nation-world/

    #ICESucks #USPol #DefundICE #DefundDHS #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity

  41. Fast forward to 2026...

    #EFF - Lawmakers Must Act Now to Prevent #ArmedPoliceDrones

    By Matthew Guariglia
    June 26, 2026

    "This is not science fiction. It’s not premature. If towns, cities, states, or the federal government want to act to rein in the emergence of armed police drones and robots, we have precious little time. In the absence of substantial regulation around when and how domestic law enforcement in the United States can deploy force using drones, the companies that markets technology to law enforcement have been moving. It’s past time concerned people take notice. Cities should not procure weaponized drones or robots, and multi-purpose drones and robots should be restricted from causing harm.

    "Since 2021, EFF has been advocating against the use of armed robots or drones by law enforcement. This call has become more urgent as companies are moving in to take advantage of the lax regulatory landscape.

    "This month, two disturbing developments raised concerns that we might be on the verge of a larger trend of drone militarization. The first is that the CEO of Skydio, one of the most prolific vendors of police drones in the United States, signaled that the company has a more permissive attitude toward arming their drones in some contexts than many people expected. When asked on a podcast about the public perception that the company had restrictions around letting the military arm their drones, CEO Adam Bry said, 'This is an area where I’ve gotten some things wrong. We said some things previously that led folks externally and internally to believe that, for example, we would prevent the military from putting weapons on our drones […] It’s very easy to sit back in a Silicon Valley office and think that we’re very smart, that we know the technology, and the idea of using it for X, Y, or Z thing seems evil or bad, so we’re going to write a policy or ban people from doing it. I think that’s ultimately misguided.'

    "Simply put: he is signaling that #Skydio will not implement restrictions on their customers’ use of their devices.

    "Bry was specifically asked about the military arming drones but the question reveals a disturbing truth: whether police arm drones domestically is currently based more on the internal ethical commitments of companies than it is any laws created by elected officials. Combining Skydio’s huge amount of police contracts, including supplying entire fleets for Drone as First Responders ( #DFR ) programs, and the tendency of military technologies like #surveillance aerostats to get redeployed on U.S. soil, creates a real recipe for the emergence of armed police drones."

    Read more:
    eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/lawm

    #SurveillanceState #DefundICE #DefundDHS #ArmedPoliceDrones #PoliceDrones
    #ACAB #RoboCops #PredatorUAVs #PredatorDrones #UAVs #ICE #SurveillanceState #Fascism #WeaponizedDrones #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity
    #CompliantTechnologies #CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol

  42. Fast forward to 2026...

    #EFF - Lawmakers Must Act Now to Prevent #ArmedPoliceDrones

    By Matthew Guariglia
    June 26, 2026

    "This is not science fiction. It’s not premature. If towns, cities, states, or the federal government want to act to rein in the emergence of armed police drones and robots, we have precious little time. In the absence of substantial regulation around when and how domestic law enforcement in the United States can deploy force using drones, the companies that markets technology to law enforcement have been moving. It’s past time concerned people take notice. Cities should not procure weaponized drones or robots, and multi-purpose drones and robots should be restricted from causing harm.

    "Since 2021, EFF has been advocating against the use of armed robots or drones by law enforcement. This call has become more urgent as companies are moving in to take advantage of the lax regulatory landscape.

    "This month, two disturbing developments raised concerns that we might be on the verge of a larger trend of drone militarization. The first is that the CEO of Skydio, one of the most prolific vendors of police drones in the United States, signaled that the company has a more permissive attitude toward arming their drones in some contexts than many people expected. When asked on a podcast about the public perception that the company had restrictions around letting the military arm their drones, CEO Adam Bry said, 'This is an area where I’ve gotten some things wrong. We said some things previously that led folks externally and internally to believe that, for example, we would prevent the military from putting weapons on our drones […] It’s very easy to sit back in a Silicon Valley office and think that we’re very smart, that we know the technology, and the idea of using it for X, Y, or Z thing seems evil or bad, so we’re going to write a policy or ban people from doing it. I think that’s ultimately misguided.'

    "Simply put: he is signaling that #Skydio will not implement restrictions on their customers’ use of their devices.

    "Bry was specifically asked about the military arming drones but the question reveals a disturbing truth: whether police arm drones domestically is currently based more on the internal ethical commitments of companies than it is any laws created by elected officials. Combining Skydio’s huge amount of police contracts, including supplying entire fleets for Drone as First Responders ( #DFR ) programs, and the tendency of military technologies like #surveillance aerostats to get redeployed on U.S. soil, creates a real recipe for the emergence of armed police drones."

    Read more:
    eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/lawm

    #SurveillanceState #DefundICE #DefundDHS #ArmedPoliceDrones #PoliceDrones
    #ACAB #RoboCops #PredatorUAVs #PredatorDrones #UAVs #ICE #SurveillanceState #Fascism #WeaponizedDrones #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity
    #CompliantTechnologies #CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol

  43. Fast forward to 2026...

    #EFF - Lawmakers Must Act Now to Prevent #ArmedPoliceDrones

    By Matthew Guariglia
    June 26, 2026

    "This is not science fiction. It’s not premature. If towns, cities, states, or the federal government want to act to rein in the emergence of armed police drones and robots, we have precious little time. In the absence of substantial regulation around when and how domestic law enforcement in the United States can deploy force using drones, the companies that markets technology to law enforcement have been moving. It’s past time concerned people take notice. Cities should not procure weaponized drones or robots, and multi-purpose drones and robots should be restricted from causing harm.

    "Since 2021, EFF has been advocating against the use of armed robots or drones by law enforcement. This call has become more urgent as companies are moving in to take advantage of the lax regulatory landscape.

    "This month, two disturbing developments raised concerns that we might be on the verge of a larger trend of drone militarization. The first is that the CEO of Skydio, one of the most prolific vendors of police drones in the United States, signaled that the company has a more permissive attitude toward arming their drones in some contexts than many people expected. When asked on a podcast about the public perception that the company had restrictions around letting the military arm their drones, CEO Adam Bry said, 'This is an area where I’ve gotten some things wrong. We said some things previously that led folks externally and internally to believe that, for example, we would prevent the military from putting weapons on our drones […] It’s very easy to sit back in a Silicon Valley office and think that we’re very smart, that we know the technology, and the idea of using it for X, Y, or Z thing seems evil or bad, so we’re going to write a policy or ban people from doing it. I think that’s ultimately misguided.'

    "Simply put: he is signaling that #Skydio will not implement restrictions on their customers’ use of their devices.

    "Bry was specifically asked about the military arming drones but the question reveals a disturbing truth: whether police arm drones domestically is currently based more on the internal ethical commitments of companies than it is any laws created by elected officials. Combining Skydio’s huge amount of police contracts, including supplying entire fleets for Drone as First Responders ( #DFR ) programs, and the tendency of military technologies like #surveillance aerostats to get redeployed on U.S. soil, creates a real recipe for the emergence of armed police drones."

    Read more:
    eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/lawm

    #SurveillanceState #DefundICE #DefundDHS #ArmedPoliceDrones #PoliceDrones
    #ACAB #RoboCops #PredatorUAVs #PredatorDrones #UAVs #ICE #SurveillanceState #Fascism #WeaponizedDrones #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity
    #CompliantTechnologies #CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol

  44. Fast forward to 2026...

    #EFF - Lawmakers Must Act Now to Prevent #ArmedPoliceDrones

    By Matthew Guariglia
    June 26, 2026

    "This is not science fiction. It’s not premature. If towns, cities, states, or the federal government want to act to rein in the emergence of armed police drones and robots, we have precious little time. In the absence of substantial regulation around when and how domestic law enforcement in the United States can deploy force using drones, the companies that markets technology to law enforcement have been moving. It’s past time concerned people take notice. Cities should not procure weaponized drones or robots, and multi-purpose drones and robots should be restricted from causing harm.

    "Since 2021, EFF has been advocating against the use of armed robots or drones by law enforcement. This call has become more urgent as companies are moving in to take advantage of the lax regulatory landscape.

    "This month, two disturbing developments raised concerns that we might be on the verge of a larger trend of drone militarization. The first is that the CEO of Skydio, one of the most prolific vendors of police drones in the United States, signaled that the company has a more permissive attitude toward arming their drones in some contexts than many people expected. When asked on a podcast about the public perception that the company had restrictions around letting the military arm their drones, CEO Adam Bry said, 'This is an area where I’ve gotten some things wrong. We said some things previously that led folks externally and internally to believe that, for example, we would prevent the military from putting weapons on our drones […] It’s very easy to sit back in a Silicon Valley office and think that we’re very smart, that we know the technology, and the idea of using it for X, Y, or Z thing seems evil or bad, so we’re going to write a policy or ban people from doing it. I think that’s ultimately misguided.'

    "Simply put: he is signaling that #Skydio will not implement restrictions on their customers’ use of their devices.

    "Bry was specifically asked about the military arming drones but the question reveals a disturbing truth: whether police arm drones domestically is currently based more on the internal ethical commitments of companies than it is any laws created by elected officials. Combining Skydio’s huge amount of police contracts, including supplying entire fleets for Drone as First Responders ( #DFR ) programs, and the tendency of military technologies like #surveillance aerostats to get redeployed on U.S. soil, creates a real recipe for the emergence of armed police drones."

    Read more:
    eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/lawm

    #SurveillanceState #DefundICE #DefundDHS #ArmedPoliceDrones #PoliceDrones
    #ACAB #RoboCops #PredatorUAVs #PredatorDrones #UAVs #ICE #SurveillanceState #Fascism #WeaponizedDrones #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity
    #CompliantTechnologies #CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol

  45. Fast forward to 2026...

    #EFF - Lawmakers Must Act Now to Prevent #ArmedPoliceDrones

    By Matthew Guariglia
    June 26, 2026

    "This is not science fiction. It’s not premature. If towns, cities, states, or the federal government want to act to rein in the emergence of armed police drones and robots, we have precious little time. In the absence of substantial regulation around when and how domestic law enforcement in the United States can deploy force using drones, the companies that markets technology to law enforcement have been moving. It’s past time concerned people take notice. Cities should not procure weaponized drones or robots, and multi-purpose drones and robots should be restricted from causing harm.

    "Since 2021, EFF has been advocating against the use of armed robots or drones by law enforcement. This call has become more urgent as companies are moving in to take advantage of the lax regulatory landscape.

    "This month, two disturbing developments raised concerns that we might be on the verge of a larger trend of drone militarization. The first is that the CEO of Skydio, one of the most prolific vendors of police drones in the United States, signaled that the company has a more permissive attitude toward arming their drones in some contexts than many people expected. When asked on a podcast about the public perception that the company had restrictions around letting the military arm their drones, CEO Adam Bry said, 'This is an area where I’ve gotten some things wrong. We said some things previously that led folks externally and internally to believe that, for example, we would prevent the military from putting weapons on our drones […] It’s very easy to sit back in a Silicon Valley office and think that we’re very smart, that we know the technology, and the idea of using it for X, Y, or Z thing seems evil or bad, so we’re going to write a policy or ban people from doing it. I think that’s ultimately misguided.'

    "Simply put: he is signaling that #Skydio will not implement restrictions on their customers’ use of their devices.

    "Bry was specifically asked about the military arming drones but the question reveals a disturbing truth: whether police arm drones domestically is currently based more on the internal ethical commitments of companies than it is any laws created by elected officials. Combining Skydio’s huge amount of police contracts, including supplying entire fleets for Drone as First Responders ( #DFR ) programs, and the tendency of military technologies like #surveillance aerostats to get redeployed on U.S. soil, creates a real recipe for the emergence of armed police drones."

    Read more:
    eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/lawm

    #SurveillanceState #DefundICE #DefundDHS #ArmedPoliceDrones #PoliceDrones
    #ACAB #RoboCops #PredatorUAVs #PredatorDrones #UAVs #ICE #SurveillanceState #Fascism #WeaponizedDrones #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity
    #CompliantTechnologies #CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol

  46. Drones have been on my radar screen (pun intended) for quite a few years...

    Don’t Let Police Arm Autonomous or Remote-Controlled Robots and Drones

    By Matthew Guariglia
    July 16, 2021

    "It’s no longer science fiction or unreasonable paranoia. Now, it needs to be said: No, police must not be arming land-based robots or aerial drones. That’s true whether these mobile devices are remote controlled by a person or autonomously controlled by artificial intelligence, and whether the weapons are maximally lethal (like bullets) or less lethal (like tear gas). [Or #ElectricShockGloves !]

    "Police currently deploy many different kinds of moving and task-performing technologies. These include flying drones, remote control bomb-defusing robots, and autonomous patrol robots. While these different devices serve different functions and operate differently, none of them--absolutely none of them--should be armed with any kind of weapon.

    "Mission creep is very real. Time and time again, technologies given to police to use only in the most extreme circumstances make their way onto streets during protests or to respond to petty crime. For example, cell site simulators (often called ' #Stingrays ') were developed for use in foreign battlefields, brought home in the name of fighting 'terrorism,' then used by law enforcement to catch immigrants and a man who stole $57 worth of food. Likewise, police have targeted #BLM #protesters with #FaceSurveillance and #AmazonRing doorbell cameras.

    "Today, scientists are developing an #AI enhanced #AutonomousDrone, designed to find people during natural disasters by locating their screams. How long until police use this technology to find protesters shouting chants? What if these autonomous drones were armed? We need a clear red line now: no armed police drones, period.

    "There are already law enforcement robots and drones of all shapes, sizes, and levels of autonomy patrolling the United States as we speak. From autonomous #Knightscope robots prowling for 'suspicious behavior' and collecting images of license plates [ #FlockCameras ] and phone identifying information, to #BostonDynamic robotic dogs accompanying police on calls in New York or checking the temperature of unhoused people in Honolulu, to #PredatorSurveillanceDrones flying over BLM protests in #Minneapolis.

    "We are moving quickly towards arming such robots and letting autonomous artificial intelligence determine whether or not to pull the trigger."

    Read more:
    eff.org/deeplinks/2021/07/dont

    #ICESucks #SurveillanceState #DefundICE #DefundDHS #ArmedPoliceDrones #PoliceDrones
    #ACAB #RoboCops #PredatorUAVs #PredatorDrones #UAVs #ICE #SurveillanceState #Fascism #WeaponizedDrones #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity
    #CompliantTechnologies #CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol

  47. Drones have been on my radar screen (pun intended) for quite a few years...

    Don’t Let Police Arm Autonomous or Remote-Controlled Robots and Drones

    By Matthew Guariglia
    July 16, 2021

    "It’s no longer science fiction or unreasonable paranoia. Now, it needs to be said: No, police must not be arming land-based robots or aerial drones. That’s true whether these mobile devices are remote controlled by a person or autonomously controlled by artificial intelligence, and whether the weapons are maximally lethal (like bullets) or less lethal (like tear gas). [Or #ElectricShockGloves !]

    "Police currently deploy many different kinds of moving and task-performing technologies. These include flying drones, remote control bomb-defusing robots, and autonomous patrol robots. While these different devices serve different functions and operate differently, none of them--absolutely none of them--should be armed with any kind of weapon.

    "Mission creep is very real. Time and time again, technologies given to police to use only in the most extreme circumstances make their way onto streets during protests or to respond to petty crime. For example, cell site simulators (often called ' #Stingrays ') were developed for use in foreign battlefields, brought home in the name of fighting 'terrorism,' then used by law enforcement to catch immigrants and a man who stole $57 worth of food. Likewise, police have targeted #BLM #protesters with #FaceSurveillance and #AmazonRing doorbell cameras.

    "Today, scientists are developing an #AI enhanced #AutonomousDrone, designed to find people during natural disasters by locating their screams. How long until police use this technology to find protesters shouting chants? What if these autonomous drones were armed? We need a clear red line now: no armed police drones, period.

    "There are already law enforcement robots and drones of all shapes, sizes, and levels of autonomy patrolling the United States as we speak. From autonomous #Knightscope robots prowling for 'suspicious behavior' and collecting images of license plates [ #FlockCameras ] and phone identifying information, to #BostonDynamic robotic dogs accompanying police on calls in New York or checking the temperature of unhoused people in Honolulu, to #PredatorSurveillanceDrones flying over BLM protests in #Minneapolis.

    "We are moving quickly towards arming such robots and letting autonomous artificial intelligence determine whether or not to pull the trigger."

    Read more:
    eff.org/deeplinks/2021/07/dont

    #ICESucks #SurveillanceState #DefundICE #DefundDHS #ArmedPoliceDrones #PoliceDrones
    #ACAB #RoboCops #PredatorUAVs #PredatorDrones #UAVs #ICE #SurveillanceState #Fascism #WeaponizedDrones #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity
    #CompliantTechnologies #CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol

  48. Drones have been on my radar screen (pun intended) for quite a few years...

    Don’t Let Police Arm Autonomous or Remote-Controlled Robots and Drones

    By Matthew Guariglia
    July 16, 2021

    "It’s no longer science fiction or unreasonable paranoia. Now, it needs to be said: No, police must not be arming land-based robots or aerial drones. That’s true whether these mobile devices are remote controlled by a person or autonomously controlled by artificial intelligence, and whether the weapons are maximally lethal (like bullets) or less lethal (like tear gas). [Or #ElectricShockGloves !]

    "Police currently deploy many different kinds of moving and task-performing technologies. These include flying drones, remote control bomb-defusing robots, and autonomous patrol robots. While these different devices serve different functions and operate differently, none of them--absolutely none of them--should be armed with any kind of weapon.

    "Mission creep is very real. Time and time again, technologies given to police to use only in the most extreme circumstances make their way onto streets during protests or to respond to petty crime. For example, cell site simulators (often called ' #Stingrays ') were developed for use in foreign battlefields, brought home in the name of fighting 'terrorism,' then used by law enforcement to catch immigrants and a man who stole $57 worth of food. Likewise, police have targeted #BLM #protesters with #FaceSurveillance and #AmazonRing doorbell cameras.

    "Today, scientists are developing an #AI enhanced #AutonomousDrone, designed to find people during natural disasters by locating their screams. How long until police use this technology to find protesters shouting chants? What if these autonomous drones were armed? We need a clear red line now: no armed police drones, period.

    "There are already law enforcement robots and drones of all shapes, sizes, and levels of autonomy patrolling the United States as we speak. From autonomous #Knightscope robots prowling for 'suspicious behavior' and collecting images of license plates [ #FlockCameras ] and phone identifying information, to #BostonDynamic robotic dogs accompanying police on calls in New York or checking the temperature of unhoused people in Honolulu, to #PredatorSurveillanceDrones flying over BLM protests in #Minneapolis.

    "We are moving quickly towards arming such robots and letting autonomous artificial intelligence determine whether or not to pull the trigger."

    Read more:
    eff.org/deeplinks/2021/07/dont

    #ICESucks #SurveillanceState #DefundICE #DefundDHS #ArmedPoliceDrones #PoliceDrones
    #ACAB #RoboCops #PredatorUAVs #PredatorDrones #UAVs #ICE #SurveillanceState #Fascism #WeaponizedDrones #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity
    #CompliantTechnologies #CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol

  49. Drones have been on my radar screen (pun intended) for quite a few years...

    Don’t Let Police Arm Autonomous or Remote-Controlled Robots and Drones

    By Matthew Guariglia
    July 16, 2021

    "It’s no longer science fiction or unreasonable paranoia. Now, it needs to be said: No, police must not be arming land-based robots or aerial drones. That’s true whether these mobile devices are remote controlled by a person or autonomously controlled by artificial intelligence, and whether the weapons are maximally lethal (like bullets) or less lethal (like tear gas). [Or #ElectricShockGloves !]

    "Police currently deploy many different kinds of moving and task-performing technologies. These include flying drones, remote control bomb-defusing robots, and autonomous patrol robots. While these different devices serve different functions and operate differently, none of them--absolutely none of them--should be armed with any kind of weapon.

    "Mission creep is very real. Time and time again, technologies given to police to use only in the most extreme circumstances make their way onto streets during protests or to respond to petty crime. For example, cell site simulators (often called ' #Stingrays ') were developed for use in foreign battlefields, brought home in the name of fighting 'terrorism,' then used by law enforcement to catch immigrants and a man who stole $57 worth of food. Likewise, police have targeted #BLM #protesters with #FaceSurveillance and #AmazonRing doorbell cameras.

    "Today, scientists are developing an #AI enhanced #AutonomousDrone, designed to find people during natural disasters by locating their screams. How long until police use this technology to find protesters shouting chants? What if these autonomous drones were armed? We need a clear red line now: no armed police drones, period.

    "There are already law enforcement robots and drones of all shapes, sizes, and levels of autonomy patrolling the United States as we speak. From autonomous #Knightscope robots prowling for 'suspicious behavior' and collecting images of license plates [ #FlockCameras ] and phone identifying information, to #BostonDynamic robotic dogs accompanying police on calls in New York or checking the temperature of unhoused people in Honolulu, to #PredatorSurveillanceDrones flying over BLM protests in #Minneapolis.

    "We are moving quickly towards arming such robots and letting autonomous artificial intelligence determine whether or not to pull the trigger."

    Read more:
    eff.org/deeplinks/2021/07/dont

    #ICESucks #SurveillanceState #DefundICE #DefundDHS #ArmedPoliceDrones #PoliceDrones
    #ACAB #RoboCops #PredatorUAVs #PredatorDrones #UAVs #ICE #SurveillanceState #Fascism #WeaponizedDrones #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity
    #CompliantTechnologies #CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol

  50. Drones have been on my radar screen (pun intended) for quite a few years...

    Don’t Let Police Arm Autonomous or Remote-Controlled Robots and Drones

    By Matthew Guariglia
    July 16, 2021

    "It’s no longer science fiction or unreasonable paranoia. Now, it needs to be said: No, police must not be arming land-based robots or aerial drones. That’s true whether these mobile devices are remote controlled by a person or autonomously controlled by artificial intelligence, and whether the weapons are maximally lethal (like bullets) or less lethal (like tear gas). [Or #ElectricShockGloves !]

    "Police currently deploy many different kinds of moving and task-performing technologies. These include flying drones, remote control bomb-defusing robots, and autonomous patrol robots. While these different devices serve different functions and operate differently, none of them--absolutely none of them--should be armed with any kind of weapon.

    "Mission creep is very real. Time and time again, technologies given to police to use only in the most extreme circumstances make their way onto streets during protests or to respond to petty crime. For example, cell site simulators (often called ' #Stingrays ') were developed for use in foreign battlefields, brought home in the name of fighting 'terrorism,' then used by law enforcement to catch immigrants and a man who stole $57 worth of food. Likewise, police have targeted #BLM #protesters with #FaceSurveillance and #AmazonRing doorbell cameras.

    "Today, scientists are developing an #AI enhanced #AutonomousDrone, designed to find people during natural disasters by locating their screams. How long until police use this technology to find protesters shouting chants? What if these autonomous drones were armed? We need a clear red line now: no armed police drones, period.

    "There are already law enforcement robots and drones of all shapes, sizes, and levels of autonomy patrolling the United States as we speak. From autonomous #Knightscope robots prowling for 'suspicious behavior' and collecting images of license plates [ #FlockCameras ] and phone identifying information, to #BostonDynamic robotic dogs accompanying police on calls in New York or checking the temperature of unhoused people in Honolulu, to #PredatorSurveillanceDrones flying over BLM protests in #Minneapolis.

    "We are moving quickly towards arming such robots and letting autonomous artificial intelligence determine whether or not to pull the trigger."

    Read more:
    eff.org/deeplinks/2021/07/dont

    #ICESucks #SurveillanceState #DefundICE #DefundDHS #ArmedPoliceDrones #PoliceDrones
    #ACAB #RoboCops #PredatorUAVs #PredatorDrones #UAVs #ICE #SurveillanceState #Fascism #WeaponizedDrones #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity
    #CompliantTechnologies #CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol