NYC youth baseball coach confronts ICE: ‘I may die here, but they will not take one of these kids'

[CaughtInThe]

You sane people understand the evil we're fighting?



"“We were just practicing, finishing up a practice and I went to shoot some hoops. And next thing I knew, we just see these guys coming in their uniforms,” Wilder, who has coached baseball in New York City for 20 years, told Scripps News Group.

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"Upper West Side. The bastion of liberalism," he said. "I would’ve never thought that was going to happen up here.”

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While confronting the officers, Wilder said he kept calm and directed the boys under his care to retreat into a batting cage, putting himself between them and the agents.

“There's only one way to get into the cage, so my whole thing was I can control that. I was in front of the entrance and that's when I just said, you know, I may die here, but they will not take one of these kids,” he said.

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Wilder assumed the kids were approached by ICE agents because they were racially profiled. His baseball academy mostly serves boys with immigrant family backgrounds.

“Our kids are from Dominican Republic, Africa. Our kids are from Central America. We have some kids from Haiti. But they're all American kids," Wilder said. “All the kids that they saw up here that day were born in this country.”

NYC youth baseball coach confronts ICE: ‘I may die here, but they will not take one of these kids'

A New York City baseball coach said he confronted immigration agents who questioned minors at a park: "I may die here, but they will not take one of these kids."

www.wcpo.com

 

[CaughtInThe]

 

[Callen]

Who would have ever thought it necessary for Americans to carry their passports with them for fear they will stopped and interrogated because they are brown?

AI Overview


Some American citizens have reported carrying passports to avoid issues with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or border control, especially due to heightened immigration scrutiny and fears of being mistaken for undocumented immigrants, a trend highlighted in the media following the Trump administration's efforts to crack down on immigration. While US citizens are not legally required to carry identification like a passport, some feel compelled to do so given the current political climate and reported instances of citizens being detained or questioned at the border.

 

[CaughtInThe]

Who would have ever thought it necessary for Americans to carry their passports with them for fear they will stopped and interrogated because they are brown?

AI Overview


Some American citizens have reported carrying passports to avoid issues with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or border control, especially due to heightened immigration scrutiny and fears of being mistaken for undocumented immigrants, a trend highlighted in the media following the Trump administration's efforts to crack down on immigration. While US citizens are not legally required to carry identification like a passport, some feel compelled to do so given the current political climate and reported instances of citizens being detained or questioned at the border.

People are having to carry their papers.

But those of us who call them Nazis are overreacting.

 

[Old 'N Chill]

You sane people understand the evil we're fighting?



"“We were just practicing, finishing up a practice and I went to shoot some hoops. And next thing I knew, we just see these guys coming in their uniforms,” Wilder, who has coached baseball in New York City for 20 years, told Scripps News Group.

...

"Upper West Side. The bastion of liberalism," he said. "I would’ve never thought that was going to happen up here.”

...

While confronting the officers, Wilder said he kept calm and directed the boys under his care to retreat into a batting cage, putting himself between them and the agents.

“There's only one way to get into the cage, so my whole thing was I can control that. I was in front of the entrance and that's when I just said, you know, I may die here, but they will not take one of these kids,” he said.

...

Wilder assumed the kids were approached by ICE agents because they were racially profiled. His baseball academy mostly serves boys with immigrant family backgrounds.

“Our kids are from Dominican Republic, Africa. Our kids are from Central America. We have some kids from Haiti. But they're all American kids," Wilder said. “All the kids that they saw up here that day were born in this country.”

NYC youth baseball coach confronts ICE: ‘I may die here, but they will not take one of these kids'

A New York City baseball coach said he confronted immigration agents who questioned minors at a park: "I may die here, but they will not take one of these kids."

www.wcpo.com

Thanks for posting this. Much respect for Wilder, a true patriotic American with a spine. Wishing for safety for those children and their families.

 

[CaughtInThe]

Thanks for posting this. Much respect for Wilder, a true patriotic American with a spine. Wishing for safety for those children and their families.

He's what real men use to look like.

Everyone sane will need to have his courage.

 

[Breeze]

"Wilder assumed the kids were approached by ICE agents because they were racially profiled. His baseball academy mostly serves boys with immigrant family backgrounds."
Of course they were approached because they were racially profiled.

“Our kids are from Dominican Republic, Africa. Our kids are from Central America. We have some kids from Haiti. But they're all American kids," Wilder said. “All the kids that they saw up here that day were born in this country.”
As far as MAGA is concerned, if they are brown and/or black, it doesn't matter that they were born in this country --- which makes them Americans the second they were born here (that damn pesky constitution) --- they need to be rounded up and shipped out to another country whether they have ties to that country or not.

 

[Tangmo]

I saw the video at the link on the news the other day.

I don't know who's worse, the Icestapo goons and thugs or the citizens who turn and look the other way to avoid getting involved.

This fascism is not like the Vietnam War when 100,000 people marching in the streets of numerous cities was common, regular and the norm. There were sit-ins, teach-ins, speakers, music and song. Opponents were serious and committed.

Here and now masked fascists are pouncing on people walking down a street and dragging 'em off while citizens look the other way so they don't get involved. Democratic party mayors and governors are urging people to stay away from Icestapo and National Guardstapo out of fear for martial law -- to stay home or just go about our business.

The military's red line is the '26 midterm voting and election -- democracy -- but that's still a long way off with a lot of evil to come yet.