NYT Discovers Federal Agents Exist to Quell Domestic Dissent
Following an ICE agent-involved shooting, the NYT heralds a fresh deployment of federal agents to Minneapolis. Remember 2020? Remember the unmarked vans, the tear gas, the escalation of protests into broader confrontations? This isn't a new playbook; it's a worn-out script. The same agencies that struggled to contain the George Floyd uprisings are now being sent in ostensibly for public safety,
yet history shows these deployments often inflame, rather than soothe. One might wonder if domestic dissent is now considered collateral damage in the 'war on terror' playbook. Instead of addressing socio-economic conditions or police accountability—issues that actually might prevent such incidents—the solution is always more boots on the ground from agencies like ICE, already known for their
aggressive tactics. Curiously, the mainstream media rarely asks why these resources aren't deployed with the same urgency to, say, address the opioid crisis or rising poverty. The message is clear: protect property and federal agents at all costs; address systemic grievances later (or never).