The image is a still from a video taken by Hunter Demster who was told he would have to move 25 feet away or face misdemeanor charges due to a TN law that went into effect in July.
The Tennessee law is similar to those passed in Indiana and Louisiana, which two federal courts have ruled unconstitutional due to the laws’ vague nature in allowing police broad discretion to create buffer zones.
National Guard members were seen patrolling a popular commercial area after arriving in Memphis on Friday and there have been reports of an increase in immigration raids and stop-and-frisk policing.
On Monday October 13, 2025, the DOJ released the following numbers and reasons for arrests of over 800 individuals (including 17 juveniles) in Memphis:
• Warrant pickups - 297
• Administrative (Immigration) - 161
•Firearms Arrests - 94
•Narcotics - 79
•Homicide - 6
•Probation/Parole - 2
•Sex Offenses - 34
•130 unexplained "other" charges
62 "known gang members" were also reportedly identified in the operation.
Oh silly, this isn't 1945!
Nothing like that.
Our brutality is far cleaner.
It's an informational autocracy!
No, it's not 1945, it's 1933.
People who make that mistake probably really need a reminder that todays fascist USA is not exactly like it was in Germany back then.
Snark aside, the video seems to make an important point, and I will watch all of it. The 1st minute reminds me of Hypernormalisation.
And please go to a sub called THE POLICE PROBLEM and watch some of the recent clips of masked goons abducting people in droves. There's nothing clean about it.
OK, I watched the video now. She makes an important point but I think it would be wrong to paint it as an either/or situation: many forms of autocracy have always been present, though the weighting has certainly shifted.