ICE agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis. The man was armed and resisting arrest. This article reports that his parents urged him not to engage with ICE. Though I am in favor of the 2nd Amendment and the right to bear arms, it does not seem wise to be armed when you know you are going to be in contact with armed police. Don't bring a gun to a peaceful protest. Definitely don't escalate things when you are armed.
Combined with Renee Good's death, the situation in Minnesota is spiraling out of control. Governor Walz and Mayor Frey are making matters worse with their vocal opposition to ICE. This is a resurrection of the Nullification Crisis of 1832. President Andrew Jackson threatened to march an army into South Carolina and his Vice President, John C. Calhoun, resigned over the issue. Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act.
Cynical Publius, an insightful commentator on X, argues that the problem is that no one is asking the right question. Currently, the Democrats are framing the issue by hyping the protests and claiming that the administration is fascist. The Republicans are, as usual, on defense. The simple solution is to turn it around would be to ask this question:
Why do you oppose the lawful enforcement of America's long-standing bipartisan immigration laws?
That is what is happening. Duly passed laws are being enforced. There is no good answer to this question, so every politician will dodge it, change the subject, or claim it isn't the law. That reaction is an answer in itself.
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