People are currently not shooting back, and people are currently being murdered in the streets
A small enough number that they can all be listed by name. You're correct, it's a plan that is working incredibly well. A handful of people have died, and those handful of deaths have resulted in protests by millions of people. The reason that those millions of people are willing to protest is that the people being killed are clearly blameless.
If someone died in a shootout with ICE, it's much less likely that millions of people would turn out to protest their death. Thousands maybe, but not millions. For millions to show up you need a clear example of "good guys" and "bad guys".
then admit that the current government is painting the victims as terrorists
Yes, the government is trying to create its own "good guys" and "bad guys" narrative because, as I said, it works. But, they are utterly failing in the attempt to paint these people as bad guys because they're being killed while unarmed and not fighting back.
So why do you think your narrative is any stronger than the one that the president and many popular news media outlets are complicit in
Because "my" narrative is clearly supported by all the video evidence that is being collected by hundreds of people with their phones out. If people weren't there with their phones out documenting things, then the Trump admin's narrative would probably win. But, instead of guns, people are using cameras, and it's working.
Especially when you personally are telling people not to watch the objective footage
I'm telling people that they don't need to traumatize themselves by watching footage that literally millions, if not possibly billions of other people have already watched. Their additional eyeballs on that footage isn't going to do anything.
The world is watching the US right now
Yes, and the world has sympathy with the protesters because the protesters are unarmed while the ICE goons are armed. If the protesters started shooting, the world would quickly lose sympathy with the protesters. Instead they'd just sigh and think "great, the Americans are trying to solve everything with guns again".
I’m feel like I’m losing my mind!
It might be good for you to unplug and stop subjecting yourself to the constant news cycle then. Don't watch all these videos, just take care of your own mental health.