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[–] SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 228 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Terrorism perpetrated by the state. They brought what looks like 20+ jackbooted thugs to arrest one man. This is meant to terrorize supporters of the anti-ICE movement. I don’t want to get banned for promoting violence against the “federal agents”, specifically assassinations, so I won’t suggest such things here. Not calling for that.

[–] Buske@lemmy.world 60 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You are not promoting violence, You are upholding the law of the land.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 38 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They are promoting community defense

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[–] BassTurd@lemmy.world 32 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

If an unannounced person enters your home, I encourage you to use any and all powers available to end their life to protect yours. Anyone that doesn't want to dodge bullets can knock first. It's really a pretty straightforward principle.

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[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This community is on midwest.social so you’re fine. The Nazi sympathizers that declare any anti-Nazi action “promoting violence” are on lemmy.world.

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[–] redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com 161 points 1 week ago (3 children)

At no point does anyone in the story attempt to justify the explosive breach. They were looking for a guy who was in a car accident with feds and let go.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 73 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The justification is intimidation.

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[–] Plaidboy@sh.itjust.works 68 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nor do they justify the armored personnel carrier... Talk about over the top. Obviously intentionally over the top to intimidate.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 17 points 1 week ago

And all they ever accomplish when trying to show force is to look like scared little bitches.

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[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 82 points 1 week ago (5 children)

America is at war with America.

[–] mienshao@lemm.ee 46 points 1 week ago (2 children)

FTFY: ICE terrorists and trump traitors are at war with America.

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[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago

Everyone who lives at the home is a U.S. citizen, Ramirez said.

Yup

[–] Buske@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This isn't exclusive to America, This is an international ring.

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[–] medicsofanarchy@lemmy.world 72 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If they do this for a simple collision, can you imagine how ICE would react if, while they're off arresting people, a group tipped over their cars? I mean, such a disturbing event would only take about four or five people, which would be terrible. I hope it never happens, especially more than once.

[–] uranibaba@lemmy.world 36 points 1 week ago (6 children)

ICE claimed that he rammed their vehicle, and that others threw stones and their car. So not a simple collision, from their official point of view. Though that does not justify what happened here.

I also wonder why this even is a case for ICE and not the police.

[–] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 82 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

ICE also claims Narciso Barranco stood his ground and assaulted officers with a weedwacker when he was clearly fleeing on the video. Their claims are worth as much as the toilet paper square I wiped my ass with this morning.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well depending on your diet, that square could have been fertilizer, so I'd say it was considerably more valuable than any claims made by ICE.

Don't undersell your own shit.

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

Hey, with enough will power and fed up people, an ICE agent could also be used as fertilizer.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 7 points 1 week ago

My Christian relatives are big fans of the Bible, supposedly.

I believe there's something in there about "from dust we were made, to dust we return" (paraphrased) so it would even be biblical, as long as we dry and pulverize the fertilizer!

This is sounding better and better. I do want a much bigger garden so I can grow more of my own food...

[–] frunch@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They won't even show their faces or credentials yet we're also supposed to take their words as gospel truth

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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

In a statement Friday afternoon, a Customs and Border Protection spokesman said, “Jorge Sierra-Hernandez was arrested because he rammed his car into a CBP vehicle, causing significant damage and obstructed the work of our agents and officers during course of a law enforcement operation. During this incident, agents were assaulted, and additional rioters threw rocks and other objects at our personnel. Anyone who actively obstructs or assaults law enforcement, including U.S. citizens, will face consequences which include arrest.”

ICE are lying bastards and their time is up.

[–] Senal@programming.dev 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I also wonder why this even is a case for ICE and not the police.

Same reason the Mafia or the Cartels don't call the police when something goes down.

If you don't take care of it yourself how will people know not to fuck with you ?

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[–] parody 9 points 1 week ago

Sounds like a little obstruction so they went militant, you can imagine the blood pressure in the room where they were discussing it

Ramirez said her boyfriend tried to stop the Jeep, but unintentionally hit the truck.

ICE and police lack any credibility, it's a creative writing exercise.

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[–] jimjam5@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago

Ice-tipping, I love it.

[–] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 55 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

In a statement Friday afternoon, a Customs and Border Protection spokesman said, “Jorge Sierra-Hernandez was arrested because he rammed his car into a CBP vehicle, causing significant damage and obstructed the work of our agents and officers during course of a law enforcement operation. During this incident, agents were assaulted, and additional rioters threw rocks and other objects at our personnel. Anyone who actively obstructs or assaults law enforcement, including U.S. citizens, will face consequences which include arrest.”

In which case it is the jurisdiction of the local police to investigate a traffic collision

This is not a CBP case

[–] eddanja@lemmy.world 53 points 1 week ago (2 children)

My friend and I had this awesome ski trip planned for Colorado. We changed our plans last night to go to Canada instead.

[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Based on how the skiing has been the last few years out here, youre better off going to Whistler anyways. Even without ICE terrorism and its impact on our ability to serve tourists

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 47 points 1 week ago

I don't know what's more terrifying, the actions of ICE or the faces of the local news anchors as they report on literal fascism in their own city.

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 44 points 1 week ago (4 children)

It's not going to be long before these people start acting like medieval warriors who invade villages, ransack them, and have their way with it's people.

[–] arin@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago

They already did in 2017. We had ice raping minors in detention centers

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[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 44 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So...Border Patrol is operating more than 100 miles from a land border. Yeah, they're using the loophole of counting international airports as "borders" afterall. Yay.

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

This is different from terrorism...how?

[–] entwine413@lemm.ee 15 points 1 week ago

Because it's state sanctioned.

[–] mienshao@lemm.ee 37 points 1 week ago

ICE terrorists deserve to be drawn and quartered.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 36 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

... have the Feds not bombed a private residence for a long time?

I know of 1985 but I'm sure this is a more regular occurrence.

There must be a list, but I can't find it on Wiki.

(To clarify if unclear, the explosives used in this case was to damage the door, not to bring down the building.)

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 12 points 1 week ago

Cops have used explosive door breaching devices for a while now. I haven't turned up a ton of citations, but there's this essay from the Arkansas Criminal Justice Institute, where a seargent discusses the pros and cons of explosive breaching.

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago (6 children)

These pieces of shit deserve cancer. They really do. Slow and miserable cancer.

[–] arin@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

No they need to be immediately stopped

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

I hope they all get ass cancer.

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[–] peteyestee@feddit.org 32 points 1 week ago (4 children)

If you met a Nazi today would you murder them?

[–] NotBillMurray@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Proactive self defense

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[–] TheBeege@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (2 children)

In case anyone gets suspicious like I was, the domain name seemed... odd to me. I expected something more like losangeles.nbc.com or something.

But I did a WHOIS lookup and confirmed the company that registered it is NBCUniversal, which is the legal name of the company.

I also saw KTLA reporting this, but I didn't bother to check them. So yeah, seems like real news, for better or worse.

I hate that we need to check these things now on top of all the shit going down

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[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

The SS and NKVD would be proud of the ICE masked clowns.

[–] nthavoc@lemmy.today 18 points 1 week ago

SWAT doesn't even use plastic explosives when breaching a regular door unless it is a special circumstance. These idiots just showed up and played gravy seals cowardly hiding behind cars for cover, blasting doors open for a fucking minor fender bender! They didn't even list charges so all kinds of constitutional rights were brazenly violated. But fuck it, they got a blank check on tax payer funds to cosplay being tactical shit heads. They even fucked those tactics up announcing to the entire neighborhood they were coming.

[–] three_trains_in_a_trenchcoat@piefed.social 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I wonder what the breaking point will be? I worry that we're still a long, long way from it.

[–] DoubleSpace@lemm.ee 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I worry that too many people assume the US is special and will successfully reject fascist rule. I think there's a good chance that we're stuck with this for a couple generations.

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