Saturday, January 24, 2026

F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns

The New York Times is reporting that FBI Special Agent Tracee Mergen resigned after bureau leadership in Washington pressured her to discontinue a civil rights investigation into the ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Good.

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FBI supervisory agent Tracee Mergen in Minneapolis resigned after FBI leadership in DC pressured her to discontinue an investigation into ICE agent Jonathan Ross, who shot & killed Renee Good. An investigation following an agent-involved shooting death is commonplace. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u ...

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-- Joyce White Vance (@joycewhitevance.bsky.social) Jan 23, 2026 at 7:52 PM

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FBI SA Tracee Mergen was Supervisor of the Public Corruption Squad in the Minneapolis field office which also handles civil rights cases. Mergen left the FBI "in part due to the pressure on her to reclassify/discontinue the (Renee Good) investigation." An FBI source said Mergen "would not bow to pressure" from leadership. Her squad was also involved in the ongoing probes into public benefits fraud in Minnesota.

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Jonathan Rosshole is a lowlife homicidal thug, callous destroyer of lives and careers. In the Middle East he would be described aptly as a "harami.' Karma never loses an address and we must all enfaust Jonathan Rosshole with a wretched miserable life for wreaking so much pain, anguish, and devastation upon innocent people.

The next non-Republican president should immediately dismantle DHS and ICE as his/her first official act on 20 Jan 2029.

#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-01-24 03:14 AM

ICE has at least shot another person.

Is he dead?

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2026-01-24 11:40 AM

Trump's Gestapo could shoot a woman in the head in Minneapolis and not be investigated for anything, much less prosecuted.

They just proved it.

#3 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-24 11:43 AM

ICE is begging to be murdered. And Trump is begging them to be murdered so that he can do martial law.

#4 | Posted by Zed at 2026-01-24 11:50 AM

They'll get what they want.

#5 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-01-24 11:55 AM

They'll get what they want.

#5 | Posted by LegallyYourDead

What they want is to be able to kill us in the streets in large numbers.

This is paradoxically no reason to retreat. There is strength in numbers.

Anyone else feel like you are watching the movie "V"?

#6 | Posted by Zed at 2026-01-24 11:59 AM

Anyone else feel like you are watching the movie "V"?

#6 | POSTED BY ZED

Only it's not the People who are wearing masks.

But yes they are disappearing folk just like in the movie.

Unlike in the movie the People have not exerted their power.

Yet.

#7 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-01-24 12:10 PM

What's to investigate? Back the blue people look at the evidence and it supports their narrative. Communist dirtbags look at the same evidence and it supports their narrative.

#8 | Posted by visitor_ at 2026-01-24 12:20 PM

Anyone else feel like you are watching the movie "V"?

#6 | Posted by Zed at 2026-01-24 11:59 AM | Reply | Flag: Yup.

The female "V" Commander swallowing the white rat whole around 10:55 PM compelled us all to watch the next episode.

#9 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-01-24 12:23 PM

What's to investigate?

Oh dear! Your ignorance is showing again!

Why investigate?

Investigating officer-involved shootings (OIS) is critical to maintain public trust, ensure accountability, and enhance officer and public safety through policy improvements. These investigations, which are often high-profile, provide transparency, allow for the identification of training deficiencies, and help prevent future incidents.

If you do not wish to maintain trust with the community, ensure accountability and enhance officer and public safety then definitely do NOT investigate this OIS.

#10 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-01-24 12:30 PM

#6 | #9 I was thinking more along the lines of V for Vengeance.

#11 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-24 12:31 PM

I thought he was referring to "V for Vendetta".

#12 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-01-24 12:34 PM

#12 Thanks, Donnerboy... That's what I meant!

:-)

#13 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-24 12:38 PM

#9 C0RI0LANUS says, "The female "V" Commander swallowing the white rat whole around 10:55 PM compelled us all to watch the next episode."

If I remember correctly, the commercial break immediately following that scene was something about the other white meat, or something like that.

:-)

#14 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-24 12:40 PM

This rogue FBI agent wanted to have her own self managed "civil rights" investigation. It's not needed and she is being premature. The Good shooting is being investigated by the authorities authorized to do this type of investigation. It will take about six months. It's chaotic and counter productive to have many entities doing their own investigations especially when the extraneous ones have agendas.

#15 | Posted by visitor_ at 2026-01-24 12:42 PM

#15 | Posted by visitor_

Your talk with Jesus is going to be epic.

But I'll put in a good word for you.

#16 | Posted by Zed at 2026-01-24 12:50 PM

The now dead man had seven ICE agents on him.

#17 | Posted by Zed at 2026-01-24 12:51 PM

Hi A Friend:

I never saw "V for Vengeance," so I missed the reference.

As promised from the other day, here is an Ed Sullivan vignette.

Ed Sullivan, who could make or break any performer in the US, despised racism and fought with CBS executives frequently over their apartheid policies.

From testimony and memoirs, here is one significant posthumous revelation from the immortal Master of Ceremonies.

Ed Sullivan regretted putting Lawrence Welk on his show.

Over several decades, Lawrence Welk never employed a Person of Color for his orchestra. No black musicians ever made it past an audition, despite their talents or skills. Watch any of his shows on YouTube. Probably no Persons of Color in the audience either.

When this white supremacist bandleader went on the Ed Sullivan Show and saw black musicians in the CBS studio, Welk remarked: "They don't look traditional," a codeword used by racists and Ed Sullivan quietly bristled.

Afterwards Ed Sullivan secretly regretted giving the vile Lawrence Welk more national prominence on his highly-watched TV show which validated Welk's blatant racism to the American people.

#18 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-01-24 01:01 PM

The now dead man had seven ICE agents on him.

#17 | Posted by Zed at 2026-01-24 12:51 PM | Reply | Mafioso thugs are more professional

I posted this on Lee the Agent's thread, so forgive the redundancy:

"All those "trained" gorillas couldn't restrain one man.

The FLETC "two-man jam" applied correctly would have worked on this poor guy. There is also a technique where one properly trained agent could do it.

One of the ICE goons is seen punching the deceased in the face. That's a FLETC "No-no" and a street brawl or UFC technique.

Watch the cowards scatter like cockroaches after hearing a gunshot.

Completely unprofessional mob of dangerous runamoks."

#19 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-01-24 01:05 PM

#18 As Donnerboy pointed out, I really meant "V for Vendetta" (not Vengeance).

I should have known since I've only seen it dozens of times since its release in 2005 (including a recent cross-Atlantic flight, watching on my tablet).

My bad! ;-)

Ed Sullivan was definitely an unsung hero, but one of many, many people in entertainment who definitely practiced what they preached.

The vignette you provided is gratefully appreciated.

Thanks.

#20 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-24 01:12 PM

#19 Mafioso thugs are more professional

Leave the gun, take the cannoli **

** which was actually an unscripted improvisation by Richard S. Castellano (playing Clemenza). Coppola, of course, left it in the final version. Thankfully!

#21 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-24 01:15 PM

"As Donnerboy pointed out, I really meant "V for Vendetta" (not Vengeance)."

When I can't remember the names of movies I just blend all the pot I smoked.

Though I lately I have learned we are still breathing in the lead from all the unleaded gas we burned.

Did you know we exposed ourselves to more lead than the Roman's? (which likely lowered their overall IQs by roughly 2.5 to 3 points.)

Roman daily life involved a constant, low-level intake of lead that was much higher than pre-industrial levels, but lower than the peak pollution levels seen during the 20th century.

Fast forward to now ...

In 2025 and early 2026, the Trump administration took significant actions to weaken Clean Air Act regulations, including revoking California's authority to set stricter vehicle emission standards, granting industry exemptions, and halting the consideration of health benefits in air quality rules.

Approximately 170 million Americans"roughly half the U.S. population"were exposed to dangerous, high levels of lead in early childhood, particularly those born between 1950 and 1981. During the peak of leaded gasoline usage (1960s-1980s), average blood lead levels (BLL) were 3 to 5 times higher than current safety standards, causing an estimated cumulative loss of 824 million IQ points.

NOW we know where MAGA originated.

#22 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-01-24 01:27 PM

blend = blame

#23 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-01-24 01:28 PM

Lead was used as an anti-knock agent from 1920s on. What year were you born Donner? Asking for a friend.

#24 | Posted by visitor_ at 2026-01-24 02:21 PM

#22 And at least half of those estimated cumulative loss of 824 million IQ points can be traced directly to shrimptacodan, fortfisher, oneironaut, visitor_, bellringer, lfthndthrds, thebull, and billjohnson.

#25 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-24 02:23 PM

#24 Flag: 2090 called. They're reporting that you're dead and that you wasted your time on earth

#26 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-24 02:25 PM

#25 Honorable mention: visitor_

#27 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-24 02:26 PM

Approximately 170 million Americans "roughly half the US population were exposed to dangerous, high levels of lead in early childhood, particularly those born between 1950 and 1981. During the peak of leaded gasoline usage (1960s-1980s), average blood lead levels (BLL) were 3 to 5 times higher than current safety standards, causing an estimated cumulative loss of 824 million IQ points.
NOW we know where MAGA originated.

#22 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-01-24 01:27 PM | Reply

And massive amounts of accumulated particulate lead exposure in people from the proliferation of firearms.

Thanks NRA!

Historical Sidenote:

Conscription and the Korean and Vietnam War didn't help Americans fight lead exposure either.

Marines and Soldiers wear earplugs on the ranges, not nose plugs with fine air filters.

"Ready! Fire! Aim!"

"Breathe deep the gathering gloom, intellect fades in every room...."

#28 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-01-24 02:34 PM

What's to investigate? Back the blue people look at the evidence and it supports their narrative. Communist dirtbags look at the same evidence and it supports their narrative.

#8 | Posted by visitor_

It's f(*&ing pathetic how programmed stupid turds like you are.

As you defend and deflect for a classical fascist regime you continue to chirp the caricatured nonsense in bold as if it ever held water.

You're a piece of s*&^, visitor. I hope you live long enough to suffer the consequences of what you're supporting now.

#29 | Posted by jpw at 2026-01-24 02:34 PM

Visitor couldn't define communism if his life depended on it.

#30 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-01-24 02:42 PM

You have a point JPW. I should have used more inclusive language so that all of the drudge lefties would feel included. Communist dirtbags and their smooth brained useless idiot sycophants look at the same evidence and it supports their narrative.

#31 | Posted by visitor_ at 2026-01-24 02:46 PM

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