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highplainsdem

(60,747 posts) Mon Jan 12, 2026, 10:35 PM Jan 12

George Conway posts tonight about ICE violently grabbing a legal observer, US citizen, and putting a knee on his neck

Two Bluesky posts:

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the clip:
— George Conway âš–ï¸ðŸ‡ºðŸ‡¸ (@gtconway.bsky.social) 2026-01-13T02:23:04.655Z

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George Conway posts tonight about ICE violently grabbing a legal observer, US citizen, and putting a knee on his neck (Original Post) highplainsdem Jan 12 OP

I thought Tim Walz called up the NG to protect Minnesotans.... Sogo Jan 12 #1

dear police - please arrest and detain, prosecutors charge, and juries convict lapfog_1 Jan 12 #2

So far as I can tell quakerboy Jan 13 #10

What in the world did this guy do to offend the goons? Bayard Jan 12 #3

ICE is targeting legal observers duckworth969 Jan 12 #4

What is a legal observer? Is it more than just a observing citizen? Bev54 Jan 12 #7

Here's some info on that term. ShazzieB Jan 13 #11

Thank you Bev54 Jan 13 #13

ICE is a terrorist organization sakabatou Jan 12 #5

They sure act like it. highplainsdem Jan 13 #9

Kick dalton99a Jan 12 #6

Thanks! highplainsdem Jan 12 #8

ProPublica: more than 40 cases of banned chokeholds by immigration agents muriel_volestrangler Jan 13 #12

Sogo

(7,039 posts)

1. I thought Tim Walz called up the NG to protect Minnesotans....

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Jan 12, 2026, 10:44 PM

Jan 12

Where are they????

lapfog_1

(31,770 posts)

2. dear police - please arrest and detain, prosecutors charge, and juries convict

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Jan 12, 2026, 10:50 PM

Jan 12

and judges sentence these fucking assholes...

Before the mass executions of protesters start.

quakerboy

(14,777 posts)

10. So far as I can tell

Reply to lapfog_1 (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 13, 2026, 12:55 AM

Jan 13

Police are likely to help the thugs, not the citizens.

Id love for a department somewhere to prove me wrong. But it hasnt happened yet to my knowledge.

Bayard

(28,966 posts)

3. What in the world did this guy do to offend the goons?

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Jan 12, 2026, 10:53 PM

Jan 12

duckworth969

(1,296 posts)

4. ICE is targeting legal observers

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Mon Jan 12, 2026, 10:57 PM

Jan 12

Bev54

(13,317 posts)

7. What is a legal observer? Is it more than just a observing citizen?

Reply to duckworth969 (Reply #4)

Mon Jan 12, 2026, 11:53 PM

Jan 12

Sorry, Canadian here, have never heard the term before except in elections.

ShazzieB

(22,329 posts)

11. Here's some info on that term.

Reply to Bev54 (Reply #7)

Tue Jan 13, 2026, 01:28 AM

Jan 13

Here's what I found out:

Legal observers are individuals, usually representatives of civilian human rights agencies, who attend public demonstrations, protests and other activities where there is a potential for conflict between the public or activists and the police, security guards, or other law enforcement personnel. The purpose of legal observers is to monitor, record, and report on any unlawful or improper behaviour. Legal or human rights observers act as an independent third party within a conflictual civil protest context, observing police behaviour in order to keep police accountable for their actions. Legal observers can write incident reports describing police violence and misbehaviour and compile reports after the event. The use of video and still cameras, incident reports and audio recorders is common.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_observer