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A video recorded last week has ignited outrage online after it captured ICE agents violently arresting two brothers in South Norwalk, Connecticut, in broad daylight without producing a warrant. The men, identified as Ricardo Chavez and his brother, reportedly hold legal status to live and work in the United States.

The footage (credit @alwaysfilmthepolice) shows plainclothes ICE agents forcibly detaining the men in a public area. Witnesses say the agents refused to provide identification or present a warrant when asked, instead resorting to physical force and a taser to subdue the brothers before hauling them away. They also allegedly damaged their vehicle.

Community members who know the Chavez family insist that both men are law-abiding residents with valid documentation. “They work, they pay taxes, and they belong here,” said one South Norwalk resident who witnessed the arrest. “This was nothing short of a kidnapping.”

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[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 233 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

I have no idea how not a single ICE agent has been killed yet?
Apparently the good guy with a gun is a myth.

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 170 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Because they don't try this shit with people who look like they can hit back, most of those have real arrest warrants on them so they can leave that for local and state cops to deal with and just focus on ambushing students and day laborers and people with small children

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 85 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Same comment:

I have no idea how not a single ICE agent has been killed yet?
Apparently the good guy with a gun is a myth.

I am low key shocked that some group of vigilantes hasn’t straight up ambushed a pack of ICEheads yet.

[–] redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 1 week ago (3 children)

That's a poor strategy and most people understand that on some level. Either because of the civil rights movement and understanding the value of the moral high ground or because people understand they want violence to declare martial law. That just isn't the play.

Also Luigi isn't a myth.

[–] azertyfun@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I won't comment on whether political violence is the right thing to do, but if you think the civil rights movement was peaceful you've been taught some disgustingly whitewashed history. Ever heard of the Black Panthers? They got in firefights with the police all the time, even though many would later pretend that MLK was the only and unanimous voice for all of America's oppressed.

Also the whole Civil Rights movement can be traced to the Civil War, instigated in part by people like John Brown whose whole thing was massacring slavers in the name of God.

This rewriting of history of America as a nation of peaceful citizens who got their Rights by Asking Nicely fucking pisses me off.

[–] bilb@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

MLK was the only and unanimous voice for all of America’s oppressed.

And MLK himself is extremely whitewashed. His focus on economic justice and anti-imperialism are typically left out of the stories told about him in media. As well as the fact that he was broadly unpopular with Americans in his time.

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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 90 points 1 week ago (5 children)

The fuck is the point of 2a if not to resist this?

[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 65 points 1 week ago (2 children)

For many Americans, I think the reason for their support of 2A is so they can help the fascists against the rest of us. Most 2A supporters that I've met are not what I'd call good people. For the rest of us, it's hard to find someone willing to die in the hail of bullets that will certainly follow the first shot of the resistance.

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[–] arin@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago (7 children)
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[–] Chivera@lemmy.world 72 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Surely the don't tread on me people are fuming and about to patrol the streets to keep their communities safe, right?

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago

Don't Tread on me people are perfectly fine with other people getting tread on.

[–] ssroxnak@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago

ICE isn't going to their communities

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[–] flandish@lemmy.world 69 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (38 children)

Reminder: nazis are worthless pieces of trash. Who could possibly still pull out of this mess with major life changes and yadda yadda.

Nazi COPS are not saveable. They are monsters.

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[–] callouscomic@lemmy.zip 68 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

This is eventually going to result in a new Black Panther or Guardian Angel group like the 60s/70s.

Will be interesting to see these masked pieces of shit face some actual competition brandishing fucking rifles.

[–] humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yup, then martial law and suspended elections. It’s almost like their plans are publicly available.

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[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 week ago (5 children)
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[–] pieman@lemmy.ml 48 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Watching this shit happen in America from afar really is a mind fuck. I continue to fail to understand how Trump can still have any support is beyond me. The facism is just so god damn blatant at this point

[–] TheMinister@sh.itjust.works 42 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Racism. The answer is racism. His white supremacist supporters love watching masked secret police beat the shit out of brown people. Then they’ll blame the next closest person when the food stops being produced and the farm food all rots on the vine

[–] Will8250@lemmings.world 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I saw a bumper sticker the other day that resonated with me "Stop pretending your racism is patriotism"

It reminded me of something an African American woman said to me during college more than 20 years ago "I always watch out for people that love to fly the American flag because you never know what that really means."

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[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 47 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Alleged ICE agents. They haven't identified themselves, can we really say they're federal agents?

[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 36 points 1 week ago

End qualified immunity! Any politicians that want a future in government should be call for this.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 31 points 1 week ago (38 children)

Well Harris wasn’t progressive enough for me so this is okay so we can show the democrats we’re sick of them.

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[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Remember in 2019 when Hong Kong protestors called the US for help?

Yeah... about that... 👀

(I saw the image and I immediately thought of Hong Kong)

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[–] VeryVito@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 week ago

I’m quickly running out of chewing gum.

[–] rothaine@lemmy.zip 21 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Anyone have a link to the video? Trying to save all of these since they tend to disappear

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[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (9 children)

It’ll keep happening until we all show up with baseball bats.

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[–] tomenzgg@midwest.social 18 points 1 week ago

We should bring back tarring and feathering.

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