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How One Guy Crowdsourced More Than 500 Dashcams for Minneapolis to Film ICE

‘We have to make sure people are watching. We have to make sure we’re keeping track of our community members.’
How One Guy Crowdsourced More Than 500 Dashcams for Minneapolis to Film ICE
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When self-employed software engineer Nick Benson put out the call for dashcams online, he thought he’d get maybe 10 people to donate. More than 500 have shown up on his front porch in suburban Minneapolis. “The state apparatus, of course, has cameras everywhere,” Benson told 404 Media. “The citizens will also benefit from having the same cameras around to document what's going on and making sure that everything is on the up and up.”

In early January, the Trump administration sent 2,000 federal agents and officers to the Minneapolis area. DHS has said hundreds more are on the way. Earlier this week, President Donald Trump threatened Minnesota with a “DAY OF RECKONING & RETRIBUTION” in a Truth Social post.

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