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Oluwadamilola Ogooluwa Bamigboye, 24, and Rekeya Lionesha Lee Frazier, 23, were hit with federal charges after agents approached Bamigboye regarding an alleged student visa overstay. According to the account, the encounter quickly spiraled when Frazier got behind the wheel and drove away with one of the agents still inside the vehicle, heading toward a police station.

Bamigboye, meanwhile, reportedly took off on foot and ran into a nearby store.

The pair later pleaded not guilty and were released on bond. Bamigboye also cited PTSD connected to a kidnapping he experienced in Nigeria, adding another layer to an already bizarre chain of events.

Frazier’s identity brought an additional connection that caught public attention. She is the sister of Darnella Frazier, the teenager whose cellphone video documented the 2020 killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and became a defining piece of evidence in the national reckoning that followed.

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[-] valar@lemmy.ca 224 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Oh, does ICE not like being kidnapped? Well well well

[-] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 43 points 2 weeks ago

I'm shocked that microdicked-fragile-male-ego-snowflake didn't start firing indiscriminately and murder 13 people. He mustve feared for his life

[-] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 160 points 2 weeks ago

An unidentified man climbs into my car and starts demanding things of me, you better fucking believe I'm panicking. The fact that they stayed on the line with 911 and drove all the way to the police station with a masked gunman is crazy.

I know trump chose this course of action, inducting tens of thousands of untrained racists into federal positions, to sow discord, but by Jove is this stupid.

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 62 points 2 weeks ago

masked, armed, kitted out like paramilitary. darn right im stepping on the gas and getting away from whatever molestation is planned but the criminals attacking me.

[-] SarahValentine@pawb.social 113 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Frazier’s identity brought an additional connection that caught public attention. She is the sister of Darnella Frazier, the teenager whose cellphone video documented the 2020 killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and became a defining piece of evidence in the national reckoning that followed.

There it is. That's it right there. Fucking petty fascist scum don't like being recorded.

[-] TheFogan@programming.dev 72 points 2 weeks ago

It's so fricking insane though with what's said to have been done... a masked person with a gun hops into your car, and you bring them to a police station. That's... consideration beyond any reasonable action... a point of restraint so absurdly wholesome erroring so far on the side of not killing a potential attacker.

Though realistically of course it's going to be a greyer area. stand your ground protects you if you KILL a teenager with no without confirmation that they are armed or have any risk to you. But bringing someone who absolutely has the ability to end your life at a moments notice that you can't identify to the police so everything can be confirmed and sorted out, probably won't have the same level of protections.

[-] ShredderFeeder@shredderfood.net 70 points 2 weeks ago

Well THAT wasn't on my bingo card...

Good on 'em... Nazi's should fear for their lives... Always.

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 65 points 2 weeks ago

Seems like an open and shut case of self defense to me.

[-] meco03211@lemmy.world 38 points 2 weeks ago

What is missing from this story is how the agent ended up in the vehicle. Pretty sure that's not an effective way of getting someone out of a vehicle.

[-] Manjushri@piefed.social 16 points 2 weeks ago

I'm assuming that the agent was searching the vehicle when Frazier jumped back in the car and drove off. The other one took off on foot. However it happened, the situation shows just how incompetent ICE agents are.

[-] SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 36 points 2 weeks ago

ICE runs around larping like the cartel members they're supposed to be deporting, bound to happen.

[-] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 19 points 2 weeks ago

Maybe you shouldn't be in a car that could be driven away? Seems like basic stuff.

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This is the way. Just don't get caught next time.

[-] 0ndead@infosec.pub 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This is an old story. IIRC correctly, this happened in the beginning of the Minneapolis siege.

[-] Ioughttamow@fedia.io 10 points 2 weeks ago

Turnabout is fairplay

[-] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago

And I thought I picked a hard name for my son to spell...

[-] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago
[-] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

Not that hard...

[-] kokesh@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

People, start shooting those masked fuckers.

[-] jtrek@startrek.website 4 points 2 weeks ago

Now, now. It's illegal to call for violence against the state in the US, or enough people believe it is that it might as well be.

We're a conservative country. That means hierarchy. The people above can do what they want.

[-] Takeshidude@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Hit 'em with the old Uno reverse card

[-] GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

How the turns table!

[-] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

Well well, how the turntables...

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