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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.”

Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20250820120402/https://thenerdstash.com/masked-ice-agents-smash-car-beat-and-arrest-local-father-without-warrant-in-connecticut-another-day-in-dystopian-hell/

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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 81 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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

[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 61 points 1 day 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.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 6 points 22 hours ago

They are also simply not in their neighborhoods.

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[–] arin@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (6 children)

That's what the 2a is for. Resistance.

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[–] zebidiah@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I always thought the whole point of 2a was to shoot POC... But I'm not an American so maybe the nuance is lost on me

[–] NeilBru@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

I am an American "person of color" (gods, what stupid phrase... fuck this newspeak) who owns firearms (at home; I live abroad currently).

Here's the exact verbiage of the 2nd Amendment:

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Interpret that as thou wilt; we've been arguing about it since about 1791.

For what it's worth, I'd amend the amendment to include this snippet from Marx, just to confuse us all even more:

Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary.

[–] minnow@lemmy.world 12 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

I don't disagree about anything you said, just a quick note because it's a term that's worth understanding:

"Newspeak" is a concept based on the dumbing down of language in order to make communication more difficult and complex concepts almost impossible. It's not just new words or phrases. If it's not damaging our ability to think and communicate, it's not Newspeak. For this reason, "politically correct" alternatives (like "POC"), as well as increasingly specific terms (like "omnisexual" or "demi girl") don't qualify as Newspeak because they either continue the existing ability to think and communicate or enhance it by being more exacting about the concepts involved.

I'm not trying to be pedantic, it's just important to me that people understand what Newspeak really is because the fascists really are trying to implement it as a means of reducing resistance against them. My favorite example is "climate change" which was a term introduced by right wing think tanks to undermine the more accurate (and more alarming) term "global warming." And it worked.

Anyway, again I don't disagree with your points, so please carry on!

[–] rothaine@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 34 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] null@lemmy.nullspace.lol 13 points 1 day ago

Yeah but she supports genocide or something.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (17 children)

If 4 years of bullshit leads to a stronger opposition party that can learn from this and make sure it never happens again, great. That's admittedly a big bet against heavy odds but one can hope.

People forget this is the second time trump has been president. The Democrats had 4 years to prepare to prevent what we're currently living with. And they came up with a plan, they chose a doddering senile old man as their candidate then when it became obvious that he was a doddering senile old man they replaced him midstream with his deeply flawed and uncharismatic VP. And she lost, wow, I'm shocked.

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 6 points 20 hours ago

alot of them are also just dressing up as ice, not employed by them too.

[–] flandish@lemmy.world 65 points 1 day ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (32 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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[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 35 points 1 day ago

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

[–] VeryVito@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 day ago

I’m quickly running out of chewing gum.

[–] griff 3 points 1 day ago

Iceholes doing god’s work, as ever

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