America’s Media Can’t Handle the Truth About What Happened in Minneapolis and Cities Around America — And the Crackdown Has Officially Begun

Editor’s Note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own.

By Notorious VOG

Let’s stop lying to ourselves — America does not have a media system capable of telling the truth about what’s really happening right now. We have cable news networks like CNN and MSNBC recycling the same sanitized script about “law enforcement only using lethal force when lives are in danger,” as if repeating it enough magically turns it into truth. That talking point used to get nodded along with while Black and brown communities were the primary victims of state violence. But reality has a way of kicking down the door, and now more Americans are waking up because the system isn’t just targeting “them” anymore. It’s expanding. It’s evolving. And it’s pointing in every direction.

Yesterday, it was Black & brown people being killed by law enforcement, today, it was a middle age white woman in Minneapolis.

Today’s ICE shooting in Minneapolis is a flashing siren warning everybody what time it is. This wasn’t about public safety. This wasn’t about order. This was federal power flexing its muscle in the streets of America — aggressively, publicly, unapologetically. And let me be crystal clear: it will not stop in Minneapolis. This is not an isolated event. This is a preview. It’s coming to your city, your neighborhood, your front door if this trajectory continues.

And while all this unfolds, the media behaves like a loyal PR arm instead of a watchdog. They repeat the old clichés, avoid the uncomfortable truth, and hope the public keeps swallowing it. But Americans aren’t stupid. They’re watching. They’re feeling the shift. And once everyday citizens realize the system of force, fear, and intimidation isn’t just aimed at “other people” — it’s aimed at them — the political divide won’t matter as much as their instinct for freedom.

Let’s stop calling this a “militarized state in progress.” That language is too polite. We are watching an increasingly aggressive, heavily armed, politically shielded law enforcement machine tighten its grip on this country. Oversight is disappearing. Accountability is becoming optional. And instead of challenging this dangerous “new normal,” too many journalists are polishing talking points while democracy gets quieter and compliance gets louder.

This isn’t simply about policing. This is about power — who holds it, how they wield it, and how easily it can be used to silence, intimidate, and control. Minneapolis is proof. The message is loud:

If the media won’t tell the truth, the people will learn it the hard way.

And when Americans finally push back, it won’t be because they’re Democrats or Republicans. It’ll be because they remembered they’re supposed to be free — and freedom doesn’t live under the boot of unchecked force.