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M.A. Rothman
Video link: https://x.com/MichaelARothman/status/2015496453934952776
𝗝𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗦 𝗢’𝗞𝗘𝗘𝗙𝗘: 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗪𝗔𝗦 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗥𝗚𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗭𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗟
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘍𝘢𝘳 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘵 “𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵.”
O’Keefe says he has dealt with cartel situations in the desert — and what hit him today wasn’t just anger… it was 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦.
He says the agitators in Minneapolis had 𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 everywhere — city, suburbs, even 30 minutes out — and that hotel staff were signaling to them, making it impossible to shake the tail once his cover got blown.
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦.
He says they switched locations 𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗘𝗘 times. Still tailed. Still surveilled — even while leaving Wayzata.
Then comes the part that should terrify any normal person: he says he walked into what looked like a fully autonomous zone — 𝗻𝗼 police presence — and claims the police were told to leave.
𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘻𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘕𝘰 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦.
When he identified himself as press, he says they threatened press directly:
𝘐 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘬*𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦.
Ice bottles thrown. One hit the Marine with him. He says they patted the Marine down like they were the authorities and tried to confiscate weapons. He says they were set to destroy their vehicle before they even got to it.
And here’s the most important part — O’Keefe says his anger isn’t even aimed at the agitators. It’s aimed at the people who refuse to face what this is.
𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘺. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴.
He calls it a warning about where we’re headed — and he nails the psychology: fear makes good people retreat inward, focus on money and family, and let evil go unchallenged.
Then the line that explains everything happening right now:
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧.
That’s why they intimidate. That’s why they threaten. That’s why they chase journalists.
They fear sunlight.
And he closes with a warning shot aimed at the system itself: if prosecutors refuse to hold fraudsters and violent mobsters accountable, he says he’s serious about investigating the prosecutors.
This is not “normal.”
This is not “activism.”
This is what it looks like when order collapses and mobs start acting like the state.