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Federal agent during violent DC arrest: “Liberals already ruined” this country (www.thehandbasket.co)

submitted 1 day ago by j_roby@slrpnk.net to c/politics@beehaw.org

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During the agents’ violent attack on a delivery worker Saturday morning in DC, bystanders repeatedly demanded the agents share their badge numbers. One of them—his face fully obscured by a black balaklava—eventually shot back, “Do I have to answer to you?”

“You guys are ruining this country. You know that, right?” one bystander said to the agents at one point during the incident. An agent, ironically clad in a rainbow face mask, replied “Liberals already ruined it.”

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Last week on stage at the Netroots conference in New Orleans, I spoke with Congresswoman Delia Ramirez (D-IL) about ICE: specifically that she believes it should be abolished. It’s a stance that’s considered far left, but after witnessing ICE and other federal agents in DC this week, abolishing ICE should be the baseline Democratic position.

“ICE is a terrorist organization,” Ramirez told me. “It needs to be defunded and needs to be abolished.”

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[–] belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org 6 points 1 day ago

Ice is the american Schutzstaffel

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 day ago

This is what we get for electing a black guy as president... Gotta have their "retribution". Fucking losers.

[–] TehPers@beehaw.org 27 points 1 day ago (2 children)

At this point ICE shouldn't just be abolished. Everyone who is and has ever been in it should be investigated and tried where possible.

[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 11 points 1 day ago

Basically just the Gestapo at this point.

Thats not even hyperbole.

[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

We're going to need at least three years ... shit only gets worse from here.

[–] finitebanjo@piefed.world 7 points 1 day ago

It is technically sooner if we flipped all 20 GOP senate seats in 2026, but fat chance thinking any of the US Voters who elected him have learned their lesson: they're probably not even paying attention to the news at all.