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VIDEO: Mount Pleasant Resident Chases Away Plain-Clothed ICE Agents (www.youtube.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/politics@sh.itjust.works

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This is a satisfying watch. I thought everyone could use a feel good after all of this depressing shit today.

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[–] Networkcathode@piefed.social 22 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

The woman has ‘pointing at naked people in Abu Ghraib’ energy about her

Edit - the ice woman

[–] tpyo@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Please forgive me; I'm having trouble parsing this message. The 'pointing at naked people in abu gharib' leads me to think you feel the woman behind the camera is victimizing the people on camera

I'm not being obtuse, I'm just very much missing the point

(Edit* clarifying my comment)

[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I thought "the woman" was referring to the ICE agent in the video.

[–] tpyo@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh that makes more sense. Thank you; sometimes I have a hard time connecting the dots. I presume you're correct

[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 weeks ago

I could be wrong, as it's super easy to read it the way you did. I just hope my reading was the correct one.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 17 points 3 weeks ago

She's got some real northeast attitude.

[–] Fern@piefed.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I don't understand how they can tell they were plain clothes ICE? What are the ways to notice?

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 17 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I don't know for sure, but my guesses are:

They're a small community and they would have noticed them before because they stand out.
This is where the sign was taken down and ICE put a dildo there, so they're on high alert.
Cops and sometimes military, walk a certain way.

[–] Pavidus@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Completely ignoring questions was the tell for me. Law enforcement knows exactly what can be done by volunteering info, so they are trained to shut the fuck up. Your average person with no intentions has no problem with discourse, or simply telling you to fuck off.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, the camera person was a real pitbull too. I'm not sure if they were trying to say they weren't ice or what at some point. She kept dogging them without any confirmation until they threatened to arrest her. That camera was helping her keep at them.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

ICE put a dildo there,

Is this standard MO

[–] Fern@piefed.world 1 points 1 day ago

I've been dying to know the answer to this.