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On January 7, 2026, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a Minneapolis woman during a federal operation, a moment captured on bystander video that immediately set the city on fire. The footage shows an SUV maneuvering as agents approach and then an ICE officer firing into the vehicle, a sequence that has split the narrative between federal officials saying the agent acted in self-defense and locals insisting the video tells a different story.
Washington and DHS rushed to label the incident an attack on federal agents, calling the woman’s actions an attempt to weaponize her car, while Minneapolis officials and community leaders blasted the federal account as false and reckless. Mayor Jacob Frey publicly denounced the federal narrative and demanded accountability, turning what should have been a sober investigation into a political circus overnight.
Let’s be clear: there is no legitimate excuse for using your body or your vehicle to obstruct or menace law enforcement during an active operation. Over the last months federal crews have reported a worrying pattern of activists attempting to box in and block ICE vehicles — a dangerous escalation that in at least one St. Paul case led to an indictment for ramming an ICE vehicle during an arrest. Law and order matters, and brave officers doing difficult jobs deserve our support, not vigilante roadblocks.
That reality is precisely what CNN commentator Scott Jennings tried to press on air, and the network’s panel response exposed the double standard that infuriates ordinary Americans. Jennings argued that demonizing ICE and other federal agents while applauding disruptive convoys invites dangerous confrontations, a point that drew heat from panelists more interested in theatrical outrage than in preventing more bloodshed. The exchange laid bare how mainstream media can reflexively sympathize with anti-law-enforcement mobs while excusing similar behavior in other contexts.
Americans remember how the same people on cable spent the last years branding January 6th an insurrection and demanding maximum punishment for dissent, yet today some of those voices equate federal agents’ rightful self-defense with state-sanctioned violence. CNN’s own on-air discussion even invoked January 6th as a measuring stick, underscoring the hypocrisy and selective outrage that so many feel across this country. If the rules matter, they must apply equally to rioters outside the Capitol and rioters who go after federal law enforcement in our neighborhoods.
None of this diminishes the need for a thorough, transparent investigation into what happened on Portland Avenue; federal agents must be held to the highest standards and any misuse of force exposed and punished. But neither should elected officials and activist celebrities be allowed to encourage reckless obstruction that puts officers and bystanders at risk, then cry foul only when the outcome is tragic. Americans want safe streets and an even application of justice, not political theatre.
Patriotic citizens who love this country should demand both accountability and common sense: protect lawful law enforcement operations, prosecute anyone who deliberately imperils officers, and stop rewarding political grandstanding that turns peaceful protest into deadly chaos. We can honor victims and seek truth without surrendering our communities to mob tactics or letting partisan media rewrite facts to suit a narrative. Hardworking Americans deserve leaders who defend order, not virtue-signal while their cities burn.
