The Act Of Killing (2012)

https://kolektiva.media/w/kce86ukPyZ9FfwVMYLGKty

“Terrorist”: How #ICE Weaponized 9/11’s Scarlet Letter

#SpencerAckerman on how the politics of #counterterrorism led to ICE and #CBP completing their transformation into a #DeathSquad — and why the agencies are unreformable.

The Intercept Briefing
February 6 2026

"The word 'terrorist' wasn’t coined on September 11, 2001, but the defining event of the early 21st century ushered it in as the United States’ go-to term for demonizing outsiders and dissenters alike. The so-called “war on terror” transformed the way the U.S. wields power at home and abroad, enabling mass surveillance and a crackdown on the right to free speech. It became reflexive for the U.S. to disparage immigrants and protesters as supporters of terrorism.

"President Donald Trump has embraced this model and manipulated it for his own ends, as author Spencer Ackerman points out. The #Trump administration often peddles spurious accusations of #terrorism against the targets of its #ImmigrationRaids."

Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2026/02/06/spencer-ackerman-9-11-terrorists-ice/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/7VepO

#NineEleven #USPol #ICESucks #DomesticTerrorist #CriminalizingDissent #TrumpSucks #MurderPatrol #BorderPatrol #Profiling #RacialProfing #DefundICE #DefundDHS #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity

True Journalism.

Thank you Bellingcat.

https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01/25/alex-pretti-analysing-footage-of-minneapolis-cbp-shooting/

#Bellingcat #alex_pretti #ice #deathsquad

Death Squads - wikipedia #DeathSquad

Although the term "death squad" was not widely used until the activities of such groups became widely known in Central and South America during the 1970s and 80s, death squads have been employed under different guises throughout history. The term was first used by the fascist Iron Guard in Romania. It officially installed Iron Guard death squads in 1936 in order to kill political enemies.[3] It was also used during the Battle of Algiers by Paul Aussaresses.[4]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_squad

Trump’s acting it out in RT,🚨creating his own private, unaccountable, masked army
( #DeathSquad) *actively terrorizing American citizens & being used to punish the cities & sts of any pols who dare stand up to him or call him out.

Petty revenges:🚨cut off $Bs in childcare/other low-income funding to CA/CO/IL/MN/NY in direct violation of the law & the CON bc those sts’ leaders: temerity to defy him.

Rs: should distance themselves from DT -but: kompromat, threats...
#USPol
https://www.alternet.org/alternet-exclusives/trump-impeach/