Letter: George Orwell was right

George Orwell was right? Tod Blanche appeared on Meet The Press (1/25) telling moderator Welk that the public cannot believe what we're witnessing on the filmed ICE violations. Instead, we should believe the administration's assessment. He insisted that local law enforcement in Minneapolis is not supporting ICE in its efforts to police the city. But federal intervention was never requested by the mayor nor by the governor. Why would any law enforcement department aid ICE when the federal purview is not local policing? Blanche blamed the mayor and governor for the killings in Minneapolis. He said protestors had no right to yell at ICE, that they were impeding ICE's function. Interestingly, the US Constitution guarantees the rights of peaceable assembly and protest, it does not prohibit "yelling." Not only do Trump and his authoritarian acolytes want to control what we see and hear, but they want to post and control their own narratives. "1984" is a little late but George Orwell was right.