Minneapolis Schools Close for 'Safety' After ICE Provocation
Newsweek reports Minneapolis schools closed for 'safety' after an ICE agent shot a man during an arrest attempt. This framing glosses over the fact that it was ICE's aggressive actions disrupting a community that provoked the 'unrest.' The 'unrest,' in this context, was citizen protest against federal agents attempting to detain individuals under often inhumane and questionable pretenses, right in
their neighborhoods. One might wonder if 'safety' here means safety from federal overreach, not local residents. The media consistently treats ICE operations, often involving armed agents in residential areas, as a routine police action rather than a contentious, often violent, federal intervention into civilian life. Perhaps if federal agencies didn't create situations where guns are drawn in
broad daylight in front of families, schools wouldn't need to consider closing their doors due to 'safety' concerns that ICE itself manufactured. The irony is as thick as the agents' bulletproof vests.