While the United states Armed Forces (private mercenaries) are stationed at 737 bases, in 130 nations around the world, defending “all freedom-loving people everywhere in the world,” Ryan Steinkamp and Brian Minnehan, Des Moines, iowa statute enforcement officers, trail Domeco Fugenschuh for several minutes and pull him over on a contrived “traffic” (a legal term for goods, services, or persons in commercial “transit”) infraction after Fugenschuh rendered an obscene hand gesture for perceived harassment.
[added 1/2/2026] Thanks to John Whitehead for this entry.
Subsequent Events:
References:
Des Moines police denied qualified immunity for 2018 traffic stop
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2024/02/05/des-moines-police-qualified-immunity-2018-traffic-stop/72479796007/
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