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This is politics with a punch. Ringside Politics with Jeff Cruere starts now. Good day, everyone. Jeff Cruier here. Welcome to Ringside Politics on Real America's Voice. We're going to be jam packed today on the program. Heavy coverage of what is currently going on in Minneapolis. We've got all kinds of focus we're going to be giving on that in the program today. Got some great guests going to be joining us to discuss that and other topics including the possibility of US Intervention in Iran. But let's get started with thanking all of our friends joining us on Pluto TV channel 240, Dish Network, channel 219, the Roku channel, Roku Vizio, all the platforms associated with the Real America's Voice app, AmericasVoice News, Samsung TV Plus, Channel 1175, Freecast Channel 106, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV and our friends online on Getter and True Social. Welcome aboard. 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They do it on their own because these blue states and these blue cities won't do it. So kudos to them. You know, with the economy the way it is, boy, I still recommend diversifying. That's why I recommend Birch Gold. There are a lot of things out of our control, out of our president's control. We need a safe haven for our savings. That's why Birch Goal is my recommendation help you convert a IRA or 401k into an IRA and physical gold. The best news doesn't cost you a penny. How about that? That's awesome. So all you got to do is text America to 989-898 and they'll send you a free info kit for you to get started. Don't forget, folks, protect your savings today with Birch Gold. Text America to 989-898 and get your free info kit today. All right, some of the hot topics that we're following on this program today, of course, what's going on in Minneapolis. We've got live shot of what is happening there. These protests have been accelerating. An individual was shot earlier this morning at about 9 o'clock Central Time. He approached ICE agents with a weapon and two magazines, according to Department of Homeland Security officials. They got into a struggle and he was shot and killed. After that incident, protesters started gathering, screaming at ICE agents, yelling at them, throwing things at them. The agents have deployed tear gas to disperse the crowd. More protesters are arriving. This happens just, you know, two weeks, two plus weeks after the shooting of Renee Goode, another individual who was doing what she shouldn't have been doing with ICE agents. So this is a very problematic situation going on in many in Minnesota. Here is the incident of what happened with the gentleman that we're showing you right now, this 51 year old person who was shot and killed because he came at ICE agents with a weapon and they have distributed photos of the weapon, the handgun that he had with him. And you know, you don't approach agents in a confrontational, violent manner. You don't approach agents with a firearm and try to utilize that firearm. I mean, something is going to happen to you like what happened to this person. Now, of course, the protesters all see this as a way to attack ice and they consider, you know, ICE the enemy. Well, what ICE is trying to do is, of course, implement what we, you and I, the American people voted for in November 2024. You know, President Trump when he ran for office all the way, starting in 2016 and 2020 and 2024, one of his biggest issues was controlling immigration, securing the border. ICE is implementing the will of the people. ICE is implementing what we voted for. So this is the will of the American people that these protesters, that these Democrats are trying to thwart. And these incidents wouldn't be happening if these protesters would be abiding by what these ICE agents are telling them to do. They are just trying to follow the law. The American people wanted folks that are here illegally to be deported. That's what these ICE agents are trying to do. Some of these folks, about 70% of them have a criminal past, many of them very violent. So you're here illegally, that's a crime. Then you have other crimes that you're committing. Some of these PO folks are pedophiles, some are murderers, some have been involved in rape and human trafficking. And that's what ICE is trying to do, remove these people from neighborhoods. There should be celebrations all over our country from people welcoming ice, thanking ICE for what they're doing, thanking President Trump, cleaning up cities, cleaning up neighborhoods. But instead, what do the Democrats do? They embrace people like Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a guy who was a gang member, spousal abuser, human trafficker, trying to make sure that he stays in our country. They're applauding the actions of Renee Good when she was impeding an ICE investigation operation. And I'm sure they're going to applaud this 51 year old person who had a weapon on him and could have killed ICE agents. So the left celebrates criminals, celebrates those who are here illegally, goes after people that are putting their lives on the line every day. These ICE agents, these family members of ICE agents, my heart goes out to them. My prayers are with them. They're being doxed, they're being targeted, Some of them are in hiding and they're, they're trying to harass them at hotels that they stay in. These protesters, many of them are lunatics and are criminals themselves. So I'm calling on President Trump, I've been calling on President Trump to invoke something called the Insurrection act, which will allow him to deploy federal troops there to bring a handle on what is going on in, in that city and to try to bring some law and order to Minneapolis. Because here's the problem, folks. The governor is making things worse. The mayor is making things worse. He's the guy who said, get the F out of the city. The mayor that is irresponsible that is, in my, in my opinion, disgusting. These people are making things much, much worse in their city, in their state. They're trying to evade responsibility for the fraud that was involved in their state, the Somalia fraud that Nick Shirley and others uncovered, trying to divert attention to ICE and lead protests against it because they don't want to pay the political price and maybe criminal charges for what happened with all this waste, fraud and abuse involving the Somali population in the state of Minnesota. So now they're latching onto this, using it as a campaign to demonize ICE and the Trump administration. So I think the president needs to look at options such as trying to bring law and order to the great state of Minnesota by deploying federal troops. And that can be done by invoking the Insurrection Act. The last time it was done was in 1992 by President George H.W. bush after riots in Los Angeles, the Rodney King riots, if you remember those. All right, lot to get to as we roll on. We've got some great guests going to be checking in with us right here on Ringside on Real America's Voice. Jeff, career with you. We'll be right back. All right, we're back, folks. And of course, we're covering so many different issues here today, but focusing primarily on what is going on in Minneapolis. Just to recap, you know, several weeks after what happened in Minneapolis, the, the shooting involving Renee good and the 37 year old died as a result. You had massive protests after that. And today, this morning, an individual was shot and killed by ICE agents. He had a weapon with two magazines. The agents felt obviously threatened by the situation and the person has been killed. Don't have a name of the 51 year old man, but it has led to a protest. Tear gas has been deployed. We've had an unlawful assembly called. So the ICE agents on the ground trying to restore order there. And obviously it's a chaotic situation made worse by local leaders that are encouraging protesters and the fact that you have a lot of the police and National Guard that really have been ordered to stand down and not really help arrest some of these individuals that are committing crimes and attacking ICE agents. Well, let's bring on our first guest and a gentleman who is very familiar to our viewers here in the Ringside Politics program. He's a legal analyst, author and former assistant U.S. attorney. He wrote a great book called Postgate, very knowledgeable, involved in the whole Watergate scandal that led to the downfall, of course, of President Richard Nixon. Let's say hello to our friend John o' Connor, who's joining us here in the program today. And John, how are you, sir? Welcome. Hey, John, are you with us? Can you hear us?
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There you are. How are you, sir? All right, let's, let's go back to John if we could, in a little bit try to get that connection worked out. And we want to hear from John on a variety of issues, and he can also give us some of his legal expertise on what is going on in Minnesota. So we've got another guest that we can bring on now. Now, you heard my Ringside Politics Web poll question, where I'm asking, what should we do in Iran? I mean, the options are all the way from nothing to supporting the CIA for a regime change, supporting Israel, humanitarian aid for the protesters, military aid for the protesters, or US Military involvement? Well, someone that knows a lot about it. She's a former Iranian political prisoner. She's a board member for the US foundation for Liberty and Human Rights. Amirah Hasami is with us. And, Amirah, how are you? Welcome.
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I'm fine, thank you. Thanks for having me.
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Well, thank you for joining us. And my heart goes out to all the Iranian people dealing with this brutal regime. You suffered tremendously a political prisoner. You want to tell us about that experience and what you had to endure?
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I was in solitary confinement for over a month and spent a few months in prison for just my activism, not against the regime. You know, I was just reading and researching women's rights. But the regime, when it's on verge of collapse in it thinks that every single organization is against it. So it put us in prison. And in prison, I realized that the only way to deal with this regime is to join resistance and support the main Iranian opposition, the mek. So that was an experience that made me very passionate about the cause and the goals that the MEK is following to overthrow the regime.
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So this regime has been in place since the downfall of the Shah. So we're looking at 47 years, incredibly. Amira. And does it what percentage of the people in Iran support the, the radical Islamic regime, the, the Ayatollah? How many? What percentage of people actually subscribe to that kind of Islamic theocracy?
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This regime wasn't, it wasn't legitimate from the beginning because when people overthrew the Shah's dictatorship, they wanted freedom and democracy. But Khomeini came and kind of hijacked the revolution and did not provide what people revolted for freedom. So from the beginning, people, students especially, and they resisted and they, they protested this regime and they wanted their Rights. And that's why from the beginning, we have a lot of, you know, overcrowded prisons. And many people were executed in 1981. You know, that was the beginning of a bloody era, right with the people and regime. So many people were executed. A lot of political prisoners end up in 1988 massacre, which were 30,000 political prisoners, most affiliated with the main Iranian opposition group, the mek, were hanged in a matter of two or three months. So the people from the beginning did not want this regime. So it's not something new, but somehow because of, I guess I would say the failed policy of the Western countries that they try to appease the regime, they try to somehow try to work with reformers inside the country. So it didn't work. But people, if you want to give me a percentage, if I want you, if I want to, you know, a percentage is very, very low. It's less than 5% or so.
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So 95% want change. They want freedom. They want this regime to be overthrown. Now, remember, I'm sure you were supportive of the 2009, the green movement there, where you had an uprising, but that was brutally repressed. They didn't seem to get much support from the outside countries. This is happening and now maybe even bigger than what you had in 2009. And you do have a president that is lending his moral support and he could be lending military support soon because this was a president that knocked out their nuclear facilities just a few months ago. So if you were advising President Trump, what would you advise him to do with the situation in Iran right now?
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I would say that what we see right now is a culmination of decades of organized resistance against the regime. So what we saw recently was spontaneous. As you mentioned, there were 2009 uprising that started with where is my vote? It was like a political demand. And then we had multiple rounds of uprisings in the recent years. So I would say that there is an organized resistance inside Iran, which is led by the MEK affiliated resistance units. And Iranian people want change and they want the whole regime to go. They don't want to work with one faction of it or the other faction.
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So what should President Trump, what should the US Role be to try to accelerate the movement toward change and reform and getting rid of this horrible regime, which is the number one funder of terrorism around the world. So you're not. They're not only killing their own people, they're killing innocent people all over the world because they support terrorism. So what should our role be? I've got A poll question right now at my website, career.net asking that very question. You're the expert. So what would you say?
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I would, I would welcome, you know, fairness against the regime. And that's what we have been asking for decades. We have to put sanctions on the regime. We have to hold the regime accountable for the massacre, for the atrocities that it's doing against the people, for the crimes against humanity. You know, the regime has committed crimes against humanity. It's not the first time. So we have to hold the regime. We have to close all the loopholes. We have to cut the financial help that the regime is getting. We have to, you know, cut down the old revenue that the regime is gaining. So we have a lot of things that.
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Should there be any military, any military involvement at all, in your view?
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I would believe the Iranian resistance and inside, you know, there is a very well organized opposition and they are capable of changing the regime. We have to recognize, you know, that's very important thing. You have to recognize the right of the Iranian people to overthrow. As you may know, there is a resolution in the Congress exactly asking for that. So if the administration can implement the recommendation that this policy is given, that would be great. So it's called hre.
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So you're talking about sanctions, supporting the regime by supporting the protesters by putting sanctions on the regime, cutting off their revenue and encouraging the protesters within side that country to succeed in overthrowing it without getting any military involvement. Okay, so my final question. Go ahead.
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Yeah, I just wanted to say that the National Council of Resistance of Iran does have a very clear platform. And this entity is led by a woman, Mariam Rajavi. So it has a clear platform for overthrowing the regime. And what comes after that one? So we now.
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What about the Shah's. What about the Shah's son? He has been mentioned as a possible successor. A lot of people are supportive of the monarchy. Others are not. What say you, Homer?
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I do not think anybody in Iran is supporting monarchy. The people of Iran rejected monarchy in 1979. It'll be absurd and, you know, very ridiculous to ask people to choose one person as monarch. You know, the Iranian people want freedom and democracy and monarchy is in.
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And that's what we want. That's what we want for the people of Iran, freedom and democracy. And we hope and pray that that's going to happen soon. Thank you so much for being with us. Thank you for your work and in opposing this dictatorial terroristic regime in Iran that hopefully is seeing its last days. All right, quick time out. More Ringside politics coming your way. We've got scenes now of what is going on in Minneapolis. So we're following the the uprising there. These protests that have been occurring since the shooting earlier this morning of a 51 year old who was armed and in a confrontation with ICE agents. He wound up being shot dead, but he did have a weapon, two magazines with him. And this is an ongoing situation. We're covering it throughout the program. Let's take care of some business quick timeouts. We'll be right back.
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Welcome back. Of course, covering what's going on in Minneapolis today and wanted to share with you some of the comments that the mayor of Minneapolis had to say. He's a guy, of course, who said to get the F out of Minneapolis to ice. He's been acting, in my view, an atrocious manner, not as a leader, someone who has really poured gasoline on this fire. And he also was a horrible leader during the George Floyd riots back in 2020. And of course, the city burned down. Much of it hasn't even been repaired, replaced, restored since then. So let's check out some of what Mayor Jacob Fry had to say this morning. Let's check it out. Just saw a video of more than six masked agents pummeling one of our constituents and shooting him to death. How many more residents, how many more Americans need to die or get badly hurt for this operation to end? How many more lives need to be lost before this administration realizes that a political and partisan narrative is not as important as American values? Let's bring on our guest who can give us some insight into what's going on. He's a legal analyst, author. Former Assistant U.S. attorney John O' Connor is with us. And John, how are you?
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Jeff.
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Good to have you on the program, sir. Thanks for being with us.
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Pristine times.
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Yeah. So, John, let's talk a little bit about what's going on there. Of course, you have ICE agents that are being attacked by protesters. They are trying to implement US Law. They're trying to arrest people that are Here illegally. They're following through on the will of the American people. We voted for this by electing President Trump, yet these protesters are trying to stop it. The local and state authorities aren't helping. They're encouraging the protesters. So it is a very, very difficult situation for these ICE agents to be in. What's your analysis, John?
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As Mayor Fry said, a political narrative, partisan political narrative is not as important as American values. But who is it that's trying to put a partisan political narrative on this simple situation of enforcing our laws? It's the leftists who are coming in, first of all, before this, to have sanctuary cities and sanctuary states. And then secondly, which makes it a case that you do not have detainers. So you can't use the process of allowing local law enforcement to help bring you and cooperate with you and bring you lawbreakers. You have to do it yourself through your federal agents. And you don't have local backup because the police do not help you help the ICE agents. So therefore, you need more ICE agents. And so therefore you have a situation in which ICE has to come into places like Minneapolis. And then, of course, there's the protests that are putting fuel on this fire. This whole thing is caused by this really juvenile leftist deal that if you are enforcing the immigration laws, there's something terrible about you. So it's too bad that this is happening. But on the other hand, we've got a situation in which should law enforcement, merely because there are protests like this, should they therefore turn tail and run? It's not a good sign. It's not a good activity. If you reward this activity.
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And we're going to have on a former police sergeant to give us some more insight in a few minutes. But I want to ask you about the question a lot of people have been wondering, John, should the President invoke what's called the Insurrection act, and you correct me if I'm wrong, which would give him the authority to send in federal troops to restore order. Last time it was used was in 1992 by President George H.W. bush to restore order after the Rodney King riots there, and has been used many times in the past by different presidents. Eisenhower, Kennedy, certainly Lyndon Johnson utilized a number of times, even Ronald Reagan utilized at once. Is that, you think a wise course of action or not, John?
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Legal course of action? There's no doubt about it that you can use the Insurrection act when local law enforcement is not adequate to keep law and order. There's no doubt about that. That's one of the reasons you call in the federal militia. Now, is it a wise thing to do is another matter. I think, in a way, right now, just. And I think President Trump is wise not to take the bait right now and let this thing play out and hopefully dissipate. But it's legal. I'm not so sure it's wise, because I think that's what the. These other folks would like. They'd like to see the National Guardian so they can claim, oh, it's more Gestapo tactics. This is Hitler again. So that's my only hesitation here. At the same time, I don't think that I should turn tail and run. I think it's a good idea to let this thing play out like a fish on a hook. Let them swim for a while. They can't protest every day. It's costing somebody a lot of money to finance these protesters. Some of them are working for free, of course, but many are not.
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And, John, let me ask you this. Is there anything that these ICE agents are doing that is illegal in any way? Do these protesters have any basis for their radical response to what ICE is doing?
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As a matter of fact, I think the ICE agents are very restrained. I can tell you this in a regular law enforcement basis, you don't come up. If I came up and started throwing things at a police officer, even in the very cool lefty town of San Francisco, I think I'd find myself in jail, wouldn't I find myself thrown in a paddy wagon? Very forcefully. And so the ICE agents are being very restrained, and I don't think that they're acting wrongly. Anytime there's a situation like this, they can use reasonable force. And if confronted by deadly force, of course they can. They can respond with deadly force. Not only can, they should respond with deadly force, so when there's a shooting, the question is, is there a reasonable apprehension that the agent's life is in danger? Or for that matter, is deadly force necessary to prevent serious harm to other people? So that's really the issue in all these things, is the reasonable belief of the officer. So I see nothing. There's nothing wrong with what they're doing. And as a matter of fact, they're being very restrained. This whole thing is being set up by these protesters. And. And that's terrible about our country right now, Jeff.
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Yeah, and it's the same thing that happened in the summer 2020, when you had outside groups funding these protesters and then burning down cities. And, you know, in that case, the president was very restrained as well, didn't invoke the Insurrection Act. And many people thought he should have back then. He's taken your advice so far, hasn't. We'll see if that continues. Hopefully this can dissipate. John, as always, we appreciate you. Thanks so much for joining us. We're now going to get another perspective. Someone who is founder and CEO of 911 At Ease International. He's also a retired Santa Barbara, California Police Sergeant. Mike McGrew is with us here on the Ringside Politics program. Hey, Mike, how are you? Welcome.
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Thank you for having me here.
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Mike, you see what's going on in Minneapolis that we're covering today. Law enforcement there seems to be in a no win situation. The leadership there doesn't want them involved. These ICE agents are being attacked. How do you think the local police are handling it, Mike?
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Well, I think it comes down to what you said about leadership having been involved. I was involved in the Rodney King riots back in the 90s and I saw how leadership ended up agitating that situation and creating chaos in all the greater Los Angeles area. And we weren't prepared for that because the leadership didn't want us to be prepared for that. And now you look at this situation here and you've seen the different shootings and you've seen people come to conclusions that somebody was murdered. You know, very hard worked when they don't know all the facts, they don't know what's happening in the case. Also, you know, conversely, on the other side, you know, people need to be careful about saying that a shooting was a good shoot before the investigation's done. So, you know, these are things that you have to take seriously. It takes time to investigate them and then you move forward so that you do get the public trust. But with Minneapolis, you know, I've seen, you know, back when after the death of George Floyd, I was there, I saw how four square blocks of the city was taken over and the police did not go in. Saw how a precinct was burnt down and, you know, there just wasn't a lot of support from their leadership of that.
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Well, and it reminds me of the, the mayor of Baltimore back during the Freddie Gray riots who said that they wanted to give the protesters, quote, space to destroy. And then of course, you know, they had burnings in Baltimore. You had it in Ferguson. You had it after Trayvon Martin, you had it after George Floyd. Now we're going to see it here expanding. And police are sort of caught in these situations where you have progressive mayors, they want to, you know, protect their city, telling them one thing, these protesters that are going Crazy and attacking property and people. And in this case, they're going after ICE agents. You know, I remember back in the George Floyd riots, Minneapolis lost a lot of police officers. Remember, there was a defund, the police movement. Kamala Harris was raising money for the people that were put in jail for that. And I don't think, Mike, and you can correct me if I'm wrong, police departments across the country ever recovered from that. I know in my city of New Orleans, we're 500 officers short of where we should be. I know in Minneapolis, there are hundreds of officers short of where they should be. So this is a very tough situation for law enforcement, isn't it?
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Absolutely. Minneapolis lost a third of its department, and they never recovered. And what happens when that occurs is that the job becomes even that much more dangerous for the officers who are enforcing the law because they don't have backup. It becomes more dangerous for the community because you don't have the proper resources doing the police work out there. And so it's been a very difficult time since 2020 to recruit when there's a negative, just a broad brush that tries to paint all police officers is bad, or that it's not a noble profession. For 31 years, I worked with people of amazing courage, character, restraint, compassion. Those were the people that I work.
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And you see tens of thousands of those acts happen every single day throughout this country. You may not see it on the media, you may see one or two controversial things happen, but people need to know that the folks who are serving, they do it not doing it for the money. They're doing it because they have servants and they really care about their community.
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Well, I mean, I'm looking at these ICE agents. I mean, they're literally putting their lives on the line. They're being docs, they're being attacked. I mean, their families are being put in danger. And they're doing this to uphold the law and follow through on the wishes of the American people that voted for these deportations in the last election. And for that, they're being you know, called every name in the book, and they're. They're really in jeopardy themselves. So this another tragic incident occurring. As you say, we got to get to the bottom of it with an investigation. But let me just conclude by this. And we got to go, Mike. But when you were there in California after Rodney King riots and they did implement the Insurrection act and troops did come in, did that help quell the riots?
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You know, it was so bad that we went to a military base and Then we were dispatched out to different difficult parts of the Los Angeles area. And the part that I was in, we were told that we could not arrest anybody because the jails were full and that the only person we could arrest was somebody who shot at us. So the rules of engagement became like, you know, completely. It was so foreign to everybody that was out there. We did the best for the folks that were there. I mean, I do have to say that I was completely impressed that the neighborhoods I was in, 90% were good people, 10% were the ones that were destroying the neighborhood. And so, you know, it was hardening to see people come out, thank us for being there. But when the military came in, they weren't prepared. They didn't even have bullets. And so we were still kind of on our own. So, you know, I don't know that that would be the case.
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So it really did. Yeah, I think they would come in more prepared this time. But that's interesting, that perspective because you certainly lived through it. And thank you for your service. Thank you so much for joining us and look forward to visiting with you again. Retired Sergeant Mike McGrew with us here on the Ringside Politics program. Let's take a break. Quick timeouts. A lot more coming your way as we're covering the ongoing situation in Minneapolis, the protests and the very disturbing attacks on ICE continuing by some of these radicals. So we'll cover it a lot more when we come back right after this. Foreign welcome back. Continuing our coverage of what is going on in Minneapolis. So the mayor made comments where he blamed ICE agents for, quote, pummeling one of our constituents and shooting him to death. He denounced the impunity of federal agents operating in Minneapolis. Governor Tim Walls called on President Trump to pull ICE out out of Minneapolis and allow Minnesota to lead an investigation into the shooting. Which what DHS is saying is that the man had a handgun and two magazines. He approached the Border Patrol officers, quote, in a violent manner. He resisted when the officers tried to disarm him. An agent shot him in self defense. So obviously this has led to more protests and the leaders or just pouring gasoline on the fire there in Minnesota. To add some more perspective to this, we've got on a podcast host and author, we interviewed him before about his great book about Elon Musk. He's also a spokesperson for Save Our Cities. Let's welcome back to the program Dennis Neil, who's with us here on the Ringside Products Program. Hey, Dennis, how are you?
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Hi, Jeff.
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Sorry to be here for this particular incident and of course, there's nothing, all details known, but I think that there's one assumption, if I may broach with you, and that is when something like this happens, I think that the federal agents that are involved are operating out of fear, feeling in danger. I don't think there's any federal agents out there looking to kill immigrants, illegal immigrants, in any way. And yet the local officials sometimes seem to take a posture that acts as if that might be so. Remember, we just saw in Portland, Oregon, it was only a week ago, perhaps, that there was a shooting of two people. Every major city official and local official and state legislators got out there hours later. Our thoughts and prayers go to the families. And it turned out they were two affiliates of this violent Venezuelan gang. They were wanted in a couple of previous shootings, and even the. The Portland police had them under investigation. So there's this assumption by local officials that the federal. Federal officials are always bad and somehow malevolent in this. And I don't know that's what's going on.
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But. But I would say, Dennis, you see it in blue cities, in blue states, in red states like here in Louisiana, when we had ICE here, the governor welcomed them. I mean, we had cooperation. We had people taking selfies with these agents. And Commander Bevino, he said there were only one attack on an ICE agent during all the time that they were here. You go to Minneapolis and it's constant attacks. And the local officials have a much different posture. But, Dennis, didn't President Trump run on this platform that we were going to increase deportations and remove the people that are here illegally that were let in by Joe Biden? Don't ICE agents have to do this to implement that policy? Isn't this the will of the people?
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They're enforcing the law and the will of the people. And I saw stunning numbers the other day that said Clinton, during his eight years, deported 20 million. I think it was Obama, in his eight years, deported something like 12 million? Trump has been able to report deport perhaps one and a half or 2 million, and yet there's all this uproar. It's more. Is it because of Trump, or is it because they really think that these people who came here illegally, who followed no rules, that they deserve to just be here because they were able to get here? It's just an outrage. I got married to a Canadian, okay? It took us two years to get approval for her to come over here and. And join me. And then it took 25 months to get a green card that then lasted only 24 months, okay, she followed the rules. But all of these millions of people are supposed to come here and suddenly they're noble heroes and victims of, of, of whatever place they came from, right? Instead of the fact that they are opportunistic rule breakers who have no respect for the law and, and a certain portion of them are hardened criminals, right?
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And, you know, when, when we reward people for doing that, it's a slap in the face to your family and so many others who had to follow the law, go through the process, wait in line, do it the right way, and now these people are breaking laws, getting rewarded for it. And now when we're trying to enforce the laws and remove them, you have attacks on, on ice. I mean, it's got to be one of the most dangerous jobs in America today to be an ICE agent. Dennis.
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Sure.
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And not just your own danger of being assaulted, but danger of being sued, danger of being fired, danger of getting caught in some kerfuffle. There would be no kerfuffles. There would be no shootings if protesters stood down, stage a parade, separate, don't go to where they're in enforcement actions and get in their face. And I mean, this guy, we know the latest shooting, he was armed. He had magazines or clips, apparently, and he comes to them in an aggressive way, and they can see that you're armed, and it's a tense situation. That's no way to be. Well, Chris Rock, I saw this on the X platform.
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Jeff.
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Chris Rock years ago, put out a funny film where he's a news commentator standing there getting, explaining. If you want to avoid getting your butt kicked by police, don't do this, don't do this, don't do this.
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Right.
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Guy could have learned from that video.
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Well, you know, it's a sad situation that he's dead, but, but certainly ICE agents have to protect themselves. And if you're coming at them with a, with a weapon, it's going to be a bad result. Dennis Neal, thank you so much. Appreciate your insights. We have, of course, been following the situation in Minneapolis. We'll continue to do that right here on Real America's Voice. Check in with Real America's Voice for the latest coverage of ongoing developments in Minneapolis. And we'll see where this leads. But prayers for the people there and certainly hope that order is restored and prayers for the ICE agents that are dealing with a lot of threats against them and their families. All right, I want to encourage all of you to check us out during the week on Ringside Politics, the radio show on wgso@wgso.com I want to give a big thank you to all of you for joining us and all our different platforms and our great team in Denver for the fantastic work that they do for us all the time right here on Real America's Voice. All right. Check out career.net for our poll, and we'll see you next Saturday for another edition of Ringside Politics, right here on Real America's Voice. Have a great week, everyone. We'll see you later. This is an iHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human.