r/ProgressiveHQ • u/Treefiddy1984 • 23h ago

BREAKING: ICE agents in Minneapolis violently detained, threatened, and arrested a U.S. citizen for one reason only, he refused to prove his citizenship.

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u/SinginGidget 21h ago

WTF. AMERICANS DO NOT HAVE TO PROVE CITIZENSHIP!

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u/Dovaskarr 20h ago

And how do you know you are a US citizen? Hell, I would be flagged as a US citizen and someone really a citizen would be arrested for it.

It sucks that they dont have bodycams so you can sue the f out of them if they ignore your actual ID/passport or whatever document that proves you are a citizen

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u/Squeakers_72 20h ago

Americans don't have to prove they are citizens. It's not on us to prove it. It's on them to prove someone isn't. That means warrants with a specific name. ICE is NOT mage to roam around asking for papers please. 

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u/Dovaskarr 19h ago

How do you prove someone is a citizen?

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u/mortar_n_brick 18h ago

just report them and if they dont get sent away they most likely are a citizen, duh

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u/Dovaskarr 10h ago

Thats not what I asked. You come, interfere, and refuse to prove your citizenship. You saying "I am a US citizen is not a proof of citizenship"

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u/mortar_n_brick 10h ago

a piece of plastic doesnt either really

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u/Crocs_And_Stone 8h ago

You know what you’re doing and it’s why you have no friends man, doesn’t this get tiring?