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Protesters Confront ICE, Military in Los Angeles Park Raid

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Protesters confront ICE, military in Los Angeles Park raid

Protesters gathered in LA after hundreds of federal agents and military personnel launched an immigration raid in MacArthur Park.
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ederal agents and military personnel flooded Los Angeles's MacArthur Park on Monday, prompting swift backlash from protesters and a public rebuke from Mayor Karen Bass.

Border Patrol agents on horseback joined the immigration crackdown in the sanctuary city, as demonstrators gathered in growing numbers and objects were reportedly thrown at government vehicles.

Bass shared a video of the military response in MacArthur Park on X, formerly Twitter.

"Minutes before, there were more than 20 kids playing — then, the MILITARY comes through," Bass wrote. "The SECOND I heard about this, I went to the park to speak to the person in charge to tell them it needed to end NOW."
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So the military are being used as police.
 
Hamish Howl said:
It does not look to me like the military is being used to guard federal facilities in this case, or to protect federal agents. They are being used as police.
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I don't understand what they were doing. They weren't actually pushing civilians out of the area, as indicated by the guy with the camera up close, and really even the one making the posted video. They weren't dispersed enough to do cop things like demand ID cards or birth certificates or whatever on earth would count as proof an Angeleno isn't an immigrant. They had four horses together like they were making an apocalypse video. I have no idea, but I'd guess there's a chance they were doing their stated mission by coming to defend some kind of space around an ICE activity not shown.

Please note that showing up to film the "police state" up close, with a camera, and doing so successfully, is less a demonstration of their fascism than of their continuing respect for individual rights. It is vital NOT to immediately tar and revile everybody involved as an oppressor, if they in fact refrain from oppressing. Feed the wolf you want to win.
 
bythoughts said:
I don't understand what they were doing. They weren't actually pushing civilians out of the area, as indicated by the guy with the camera up close, and really even the one making the posted video. They weren't dispersed enough to do cop things like demand ID cards or birth certificates or whatever on earth would count as proof an Angeleno isn't an immigrant. They had four horses together like they were making an apocalypse video. I have no idea, but I'd guess there's a chance they were doing their stated mission by coming to defend some kind of space around an ICE activity not shown.

Please note that showing up to film the "police state" up close, with a camera, and doing so successfully, is less a demonstration of their fascism than of their continuing respect for individual rights. It is vital NOT to immediately tar and revile everybody involved as an oppressor, if they in fact refrain from oppressing. Feed the wolf you want to win.
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From my second link:

In the video, several armed federal agents appear to be making their way through the park’s sports courts, some even on horseback, sending the families away.
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Spare me the bullshit.
 
I will be very disappointed if trump doesn't manage a million deportations per year bare minimum
 
Jezcoe said:
Homan said that they are going start doing this stuff in NYC next.

Shit is going to pop off this summer.

They are wanting it.
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Of course they are. They've been wanting a massacre for months.

Stephen Miller is probably half blind from wanking to the idea.
 
Again, if ICE was sweeping known gang controlled areas instead of arresting construction workers, maids and dishwashers, I think they would enjoy wide support from both Republicans and Democrats alike.
But Cudahy is a mecca for tens of thousands of illegals in Los Angeles with long rap sheets and membership in either White Fence or 18th Street gangs and Cudahy has been quiet so far, not ONE SINGLE ICE raid yet.

COWARDS...they are in full military battle gear and have access to weapons and equipment that would make SWAT jealous but they're terrified of facing down gang bangers, the people Trump promised to get rid of.
 
Jezcoe said:
Homan said that they are going start doing this stuff in NYC next.

Shit is going to pop off this summer.

They are wanting it.
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Yep. Between this and the online trolling, these idiots are looking to kick off something they should really reconsider, but because they're idiots they won't.
 
Checkerboard Strangler said:
Again, if ICE was sweeping known gang controlled areas instead of arresting construction workers, maids and dishwashers, I think they would enjoy wide support from both Republicans and Democrats alike.
But Cudahy is a mecca for tens of thousands of illegals in Los Angeles with long rap sheets and membership in either White Fence or 18th Street gangs and Cudahy has been quiet so far, not ONE SINGLE ICE raid yet.

COWARDS...they are in full military battle gear and have access to weapons and equipment that would make SWAT jealous but they're terrified of facing down gang bangers, the people Trump promised to get rid of.
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That’s exactly what they’re trying to do.

Someone did read the studies done for Obamas deportations and the truth is quite complicated.

But generally speaking, the local economies of places that saw a lot of deportations didn’t actually improve and there weren’t more jobs for Americans, in fact there was less as local goods and services for the higher population declined in the wake of less people.

This is a deliberate strategy to weaken the economies of blue states and cities.
 
Jetboogieman said:
That’s exactly what they’re trying to do.

Someone did read the studies done for Obamas deportations and the truth is quite complicated.

But generally speaking, the local economies of places that saw a lot of deportations didn’t actually improve and there weren’t more jobs for Americans, in fact there was less as local goods and services for the higher population declined in the wake of less people.

This is a deliberate strategy to weaken the economies of blue states and cities.
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Because the Confederates have never not been at war with the republic.
 
Were they hoping to grab kids playing a soccer game or something and felt they needed a small unit of military forces to take a soccer team or something?

 
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