To give you some sense of how over the top this operation was, ICE gave Fox News DRONE FOOTAGE of the operation, showing a cavalcade of armored vehicles through the streets of Pasadena to serve a search warrant on a guy whose offense was stapling fliers on power poles with information about LEOs.
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A fascinating overreaction. It's horrifying, don't get me wrong...
But how much did that manhunt cost? That must've been hundreds of thousands- if not more- dollars to catch one unarmed guy.
This speaks to some incredibly bad strategic thinking on ICE's part.
Nice to know these motherfuckers never change.
They're more interested in winning gloriously and with flare and demonstrating their superiority than they are in actually...well- winning.
There's a weakness to be exploited.
Granted, in this case ICE's budget might as well be unlimited, they'll give them whatever they need to enact these ludicrous operations...BUT.
There's only so much equipment and manpower even they can field at once, especially since they do not have unanimous support.
Too bad the message is 'we are extremely thin-skinned'.
More interested in shock and awe and glory than in...well- winning.
Remember the higher they are the farther they'll fall. It's no coincidence that we speak of toppling a dictator. SMASH!
Donaldo delenda est
My ancestors survived multiple genocides here.
It’s not so simple.
But if I could afford to get everyone out, I still would.
https://bsky.app/profile/reichlinmelnick.bsky.social/post/3lo5c4lq2ik2x
Unbelievable.
https://bsky.app/profile/thomashoman.bsky.social/post/3lo5eighacs2z
That’s 50 miles
https://bsky.app/profile/patsweetpat.bsky.social/post/3lkg5qazrn22h
It's public info, just like the names and emails of everyone who works at DOGE
Based on the Asian guy's vibe, I wonder if he got tricked into thinking he'd help people and now he's a Nazi. I wish they'd all quit.
Stay safe
Do you think a judge might consider if denying a warrant is worth ICE arresting them, even if there is no chance of being convicted for doing their job?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Rose
Again, if you're too afraid or embarrassed for people to know what you do for a living then you should quit.
I would think they would be hard pressed to show intent to threaten, intimidate, or incite violence but who knows these days
They’ve always been open White Supremacist gun fuckers.
/s
https://www.FiftyFifty.One
It's pretty funny that they're literally showing a person's location and threatening them with armored vehicles and drones and shit while claiming to be threatened by lost dog fliers.
If it was 'Gay Tyrany' or 'Trans Tyrany' or 'Sharia Tyrany' then obviously they would object.
But these fools believe that they'll get to round up all the 'undesirables' and their faces won't be eaten by this version of Cristofascist Tyrany
I am extraordinarily curious what law they eventually allege the guy violated. Harassment? Threats? What crime could this even be? I am genuinely unsure.
Once the law fails them as a cudgel, it is only an obstacle to ICE, who will further establish their internal narrative for ignoring it.
Next time, they simply shoot the guy.
Let's see what ICE eventually charges this guy with. He'd better get some good lawyers. They're throwing the book at him.
and I don’t know how we stem this tide.
the crime being mild is WHY they would unleash apocalypse on one man — the show of force is one point
bullying people is all the go pee party is about —all it has
and his crimes will likely be “destruction of property” or “assault” etc. the usual two big claims
Gang
Stapler
Yes, it’s nuts, but all of it is nuts
They're blatantly ignoring due process and the constitution and have been for months, and giving them any benefit of the doubt harms whatever rule of law you still have.
So many fellow inmates, so many guards, so many tricky staircases, so many areas just out of view from working CCTVs, and so many "thoughts of self-harm" suddenly appearing out of the blue and acted on.
If I were libsoftiktok, I’d be watching this anxiously.
That’s the key—watch out for cont’d expansion of ICE powers
On the contrary, the text is warning the community about the threat posed by these goons operating under an illegitimate administration.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/119#b_1
Also, seems unethical to me to have ICE execute a warrant when they have a clear self-interest in the result. I know this isn't unusual, but seems like we should have a system that avoids this.
When right wing accounts post similar information about prominent people associated with left issues (trans rights etc.) we have no problem assuming they are doing it to intimidate.
https://bsky.app/profile/evilmagnus.bsky.social/post/3lo5cy6hras2x
Also what judge signed this warrant?
I wonder if he meant 119, as above? If so, @opulenceihazit.bsky.social would be right.
there you go
If sharing information about the identity of law enforcement officers is criminalized…you literally are trying to ensure that you have a secret police.
They can choose to not testify, but I think the criminal case would be tossed out without sworn testimony.
Of course, they’re probably going to try to race him out of the country overnight.
The lesson is to protest harder.
Good Trouble wins again.
2025 needs to be completely desaturated so people can really feel the 1940s vibe we've got going on.
Overwhelm their ability to oppress.
A few SWAT teams turn up at people's houses, and the rest will be cowed into keeping silent.
Are they going to arrest everyone with ops of this scale?