THE AMERICAN POSEIDON ADVENTURE

There has been a great deal of talk about “respect” in the aftermath of the murder of Renee Good in Minneapolis by ICE agent Jonathan Ross. Before returning to that, however, we need to examine what “respect” looks like coming from the top of our government.

Yesterday, while touring a Ford plant in Michigan, the President of the United States, the most powerful person in the world, was heckled by a worker who shouted, “pedophile protector.” The man who endlessly lectures others about decorum and disrespect equivalent to an executional act, responded by shouting “F-you” and flipping the man off. That is not strength. It is not leadership. It is the behavior of an undisciplined, insecure, small man who demands respect but refuses to model it.

There is little doubt that Jonathan Ross fired his weapon illegally, at least twice. The videos I have reviewed, including with experienced law enforcement professionals, clearly show conduct that meets the threshold for criminal liability, at a minimum manslaughter, and possibly second-degree murder. Regardless of whether Ross initially stepped in front of the vehicle, a reckless violation of protocol, he was not in front of the car when he fired the fatal shots. He fired point-blank through the open driver-side window at a woman who was driving away, while shouting “f—ing b—-.” That is not self-defense. That is rage, loss of control, and abuse of power.

What makes this killing even more disturbing is the mob-like rush to judgment by the Justice Department, the President, and the Vice President. Their haste has nothing to do with truth or justice. It is about covering up their own policy failure.

First, Trump claimed he sent federal forces into Minnesota to address “fraud” even though ICE agents have no fraud-investigation authority or training. Then he shifted to claiming they were targeting violent criminals and the mentally ill, groups that make up only a tiny fraction of the those arrested. Taxpayers are spending tens of millions of dollars on a dragnet that produces little public-safety benefit.

So why Minnesota?

As the saying goes, “Why do bank robbers rob banks? Because that’s where the money is.” If this operation were actually about immigrants, Florida and Texas, states with far larger immigrant populations, would be the obvious targets. Florida has roughly two and a half times as many immigrants as Minnesota. Texas has about twice as many. Yet we don’t see ICE storm-trooper tactics there. No mass intimidation, no school and business shutdowns, no costly local-police mobilizations.

Why not?

Because Minnesota voted against Trump in every election. Florida and Texas voted for him.

That is the pattern. Trump is using federal power to punish “blue” states that refused to support him, whether through ICE raids, financial retaliation, or political intimidation. He is not defending Americans. He is targeting them.

This is not a mystery. It is the predictable result of a presidency that treats law enforcement as a political weapon and ordinary people as collateral damage.

And in Minneapolis, that abuse of power ended in a human life being taken.

RESIST!!!  & EDUCATE!!!