📢🗽⚖💙 23m ICE just kidnapped protesters in Chicago, then shrugged and relea

[riversedge]

The first post shows ICE-police shoving somone face down into the back of a van.
I do not know when Ice released the person?? or if brought him to a detention center or not.




CALL TO ACTIVISM
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🚨BREAKING: Masked agents grabbed U.S. citizens protesting ICE in Chicago and shoved them into an unmarked van.

“Who are you? You’re kidnapping them!” witnesses screamed.

ICE says they detained 3 protesters - and released them without charges. WTF.

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ICE just kidnapped protesters in Chicago, then shrugged and released them. Nothing says “freedom” like unmarked vans and intimidation.

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[Irish_Dem]

1. ICE itching to do a Kent State.

[moniss]

14. Yes and we all know it's coming and

the murders of the people in the boat from Venezuela emboldened Crumb the 1st. He has long thirsted for the taste of blood and it has frustrated him how Netanyahu and other maniacal leaders are able to slake their thirst for blood so openly while he hasn't. COVID gave him a taste of knowingly and purposely ending lives but he wants to slake his thirst by way of direct orders to use violence.

[Irish_Dem]

17. Trump and Putin are sadists. They get off on maiming, torturing, killing people.

And they will kill as many people as it takes to get what they want.
Money, power, revenge.

[liberalgunwilltravel]

24. This is the work of Stephen Miller

And Tom Hohman. They should be the ones tasting their own blood.

[sop]

34. Miller's still young, he'll be around for a while, people won't forget, his time will come.

[popsdenver]

16. We sure don't want to think

about what the Border Patrol and U.S. Military are doing on the Mexican Border without media supervision.......(should say Left Wing Media)

[Irish_Dem]

21. We know what they are doing on Trump's orders.

[SheltieLover]

2. Kick

[LR3]

3. Fascism

And our media refuses to call it what it is

[Maru Kitteh]

4. WHERE THE FUCK IS THE MEDIA? ? ? WHERE? ? ?

End-stage capitalism SUCKS.

[barbtries]

26. right there on the ground,

a citizen with a phone. legacy media is not coming to save us. We the People need to save ourselves.

[Attilatheblond]

31. Time for me to get a new power back up for my phone

The one I have is multi-featured and weighs more than the regular power back ups.

It's what EVERYONE should be getting for Christmas, or birthdays for fall babies.

[barbtries]

32. I have 2

brand name Charmast and they can power up a variety of devices. I take them everywhere when i travel and indeed when i protest, one just in case.

[Attilatheblond]

41. Just ordered a second for me. The one I have is heavier, but it will charge via solar in addition to plug in

Need the lighter one for daily protests as I am not a spring chicken and need to cut down on what's in my backpack. But the solar powered one that does some other tricks is handy for trips/camping or longer use.

Daughter got one of those portable megaphones for protests and such.

Seeing more and more people with rollerator walkers at our local protests. The olds can join in and people take turns sitting in the chair option.

[barbtries]

44. Now that the summer is nearly over,

I feel really good about doing a bunch of protesting. During the summer in NC i had the fear that I would collapse while marching. I did make a few though, including NO KINGS in San Diego.

it's our best chance at saving democracy, I am convinced that this is true.

[Attilatheblond]

45. I am in Arizona. Drier than NC until just lately, but HOT

Got the biggest flag available in town here and carry it to make my own shade.

[barbtries]

49. i love that.

i spent a summer commuting to Phoenix for work and the heat was brutal. I think I'd need a hat with a built in misting device or lined with ice cubes or something. As it stands I rarely make it through the entire march, my legs begin to hurt or the heat and the sweat is too miserable.

I'm very hopeful, and what's happened in Chicago and DC seem to validate this, that with the onset of cooler weather people will be on the streets in greater and greater numbers, more often, flexing our power.

[Maru Kitteh]

48. Unfortunately, too few people will believe it is really happening if it

is not addressed by legacy media. The ones who are still reachable won’t. believe it if it’s not being reported on the nightly news by the big 3. There are still a not insignificant number of people that are in fact reachable when reality is placed in front of them on the TeeVee.

The clamor online will have to come to a deafening roar apparently, to the point it cannot be ignored, for the legacy media to call this out. Or, perhaps the democracy will crumble entirely and they won’t have to worry about it anymore.

[barbtries]

50. Independent Media is stepping up.

what you say is lamentable but it will have to be overcome for democracy to be restored.

Legacy media has failed us for years and continues to do so.

there is no point in time when democracy will not be the goal - if it's a few months or several generations. I may not see it again in my country in my lifetime, but I will likewise ever stop advocating for it, until I die. This is for future generations at this point.

https://barbtries.substack.com/p/alternative-media

[riversedge]

5. ICE later confirmed that it was their agents who detained the protesters--claiming they were "impeding federal operation

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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻
@LongTimeHistory
Masked men disappear U.S. citizens into an unmarked van—for protesting ICE in Chicago.

"Who are you? Where are you taking them?" people cry out. "You are kidnapping them!"

Agents attacked at least 3 protesters using batons—pinning them face down into concrete according to witness Bianca Paiz.

ICE later confirmed that it was their agents who detained the protesters—claiming they were "impeding federal operations."

All 3 individuals were finally released without charges in downtown Chicago, Illinois. #DemsUnited

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[Attilatheblond]

42. Ice men 'claim' a lot of things. That's why we ALL need to be ready to video.

Thinking of putting my phone on a lanyard so I have it out & ready; no digging into my backpack needed.

[Timewas]

6. Simple

Scare tactics, do as we say or this can happen to you..

[sop]

35. "Step out line, the man come and take you away.."

[republianmushroom]

7. trumpy and GOP land of the free. (sigh)

[Midnight Writer]

8. Lawsuits. There are grounds for several in this one incident.

If masked people grab civilians and refuse to identify themselves, folks should call the local cops and report a kidnapping. Get police involved, press charges, make damn sure there are police reports filed.

I know the cops will not arrest each other, but official police reports are powerful documentation to be used in civil suits. Police reports should also contain the ID of the ICE agents.

Flood the courts with lawsuits. If ICE has to pay out hundreds of thousands or more for every civilian they rough up or kidnap without cause then people are going to start waking up. If ICE agents are held personally liable, they will think twice before they grab people without cause and forcibly shove them into vans.

ICE cannot help but break the law. They have thousands of new hires with no experience or qualifications, and they are being briefly "trained" under the supervision of rabid hate-monger Tom Homann. They are going to be acting illegally because A) they don't know the law and B) they are being trained to dehumanize people and C) they are being taught they are unaccountable and untouchable.

[Qutzupalotl]

10. Yes. since they won't identify themselves,

maybe a class action suit is in order. Victims have no other recourse.

[riversedge]

25. Agree, as Trump basically has the resource--and MONEY from us tax payers for his evil deeds. Law

suits will take money -big donors should be chipping in LOTS.

[hamsterjill]

29. I couldn't recommend this enough! Thank you.

Great advice. Also, people need to film the license plates of the vehicles involved.

[Boomerproud]

9. Why am I only seeing this on DU or twitter?

Just a rhetorical question since we all know the answer. I don't see how it can get worse, but I don't want to think about that.

[BidenRocks]

11. Where is that thin blue line?

The LAPD union supported dropping Kamala's protection details saying their time is better spent on the street.

Would that street have a Winchells next to a Home Depot?

We know their loyalties are to maga and chump so treat them accordingly.

Have you noticed that officer involved shootings aren't one or two rounds, but full clips from multiple officers. No more aiming.

[DBoon]

33. Here is the Police union's official statemen:

The board of directors of the Los Angeles Police Protective League, the union representing LAPD officers, had blasted the decision to offer Harris special protection, and weighed in again on Saturday.

"Every now and then common-sense prevails and we are happy to report that the Metro officers assigned to protect the multi-millionaire failed presidential candidate are back on the street fighting crime," the union said in a statement provided to City News Service. "Maybe Ms. Harris can start a GoFundMe campaign instead of mooching off Los Angeles taxpayers."

https://abc7.com/post/los-angeles-police-stop-providing-protection-kamala-harris-trump-rescinded-secret-service/17759675/

They deserve to be called pigs

[pfitz59]

12. Terror is the objective, not 'law enforcement'.

These actions have one purpose. Scare the shit out of average folk.

[LisaM]

13. Good Lord.

On top of everything else, these ICE agents are going to be messed up for life when this finally ends. They are going to be a danger to society and to themselves.

[newdeal2]

15. Fuck them

That goon in the Sox cap looks like a scared boy. They deserve to be prosecuted when this all turns back on them. They can rot in prison for all I care.

[LisaM]

27. Yeah, nothing good will come of it.

They will be impossible to normalize back into society. I am not saying they don't deserve what they get. I think they will be a permanent menace.

[oberle]

19. There should be a Nuremburg trials for ICE agents and other fascists in the government

[Hekate]

39. Nuremberg trials ONLY happened because one nation LOST A WAR AGAINST THE REST OF THE WORLD

If America does that — i.e. declares war on the rest of the world, gets the shit bombed out of itself, and loses that war definitively — only then we will see “Nuremberg Trials. “

Every so often I feel impelled to say this. External judgment on our behavior on that scale is not going to happen unless troops of other nations swarm over us and win, and remain.

Otherwise, only we can solve this problem.

[Joinfortmill]

18. We will win this battle, and it is a battle. And these bums will never work again. Mask or no mask there are records.

[quakerboy]

20. they did it under trump 1.0

And then everyone ignored it and there were no consequences when democrats took back the white house.

Now its happening again. Im shocked.

[MagickMuffin]

22. AirTags should be placed on these unmarked vehicles

Use technology to our advantage. Have a fund just to collect money for the resistance.

Then find out where they go.

[rickford66]

37. This sounds like the best way to track these people.

Protestors should start carrying them.

[TommyT139]

51. Until you know otherwise

...you should assume AirTags can be tracked back to the owner.

Edited to add:
The following paragraphs are snippets from this page
https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-find-out-if-an-airtag-is-tracking-you-and-what-to-do-about-it/

Receive an alert if an AirTag is tracking you
iPhone users:
If you own an iPhone and it detects an AirTag, your phone might alert you with a notification saying "AirTag found moving with you." This will only occur if the following conditions are met:

The AirTag is separated from its owner.
Your iPhone is awake.

Android devices running Android 6.0 or newer have built-in unknown tracker alerts that notify you if an AirTag or similar tracker is detected to be moving with you. Older Android device users can download Apple's free Tracker Detect app from the Play Store to scan for AirTags and play a sound to locate them, too.

...
If you locate an AirTag, use your iPhone or any NFC-enabled smartphone to view its details:

Hold the top of your phone near the white side of the AirTag.
Tap the notification that appears to access a webpage showing the AirTag's serial number and the last four digits of the owner's phone number.

(Emphasis added.)
And this is what any person can do.

[MaineBlueBear]

23. Following illegal orders is still a crime

[hamsterjill]

28. When people record these things, they need to record the license plate of the vehicle.

I realize they can change plates, but it's an additional item that could help document.

I can't believe this shit is happening in American, but it's going to become more and more commonplace.

[Keepthesoulalive]

30. All protest movements have been met with resistance from the powerful

They must be ready for arrest and other intimidation tactics. They have to keep fighting and we must be the people who witness and support them. One girls picture brought the confederate monuments down.

[aggiesal]

36. Not Ice-police, it's Ice-stapo. There, I fixed it. n/t

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[SSJVegeta]

38. Assault and battery, false arrest -among a lot of other things

[Zackzzzz]

40. This is kidnapping.

This is so frightening.
****Really, this is kidnapping.****
I am telling you,
the man in the blue shirt
looks no different than a kidnapper
except he has a mask on.
This is a new reality in all of our lives.

[MLWR]

43. This is TERRORISM.

[womanofthehills]

46. This is evil and sick

But wearing masks sets a super dangerous precedent- criminals can wear the same masks and kidnap people.

I see why no one wants to visit US - you can just get abducted by a masked man and just disappear forever. Glad I live in a small town.

[Freethinker65]

47. This is an old video. Did NOT happen this week

It did happened and is very upsetting, but it did NOT happen this week. Please considered removing the post or editing to include the date it happened.

I live in Chicagoland and have been on edge since Trump's war on Chicago meme. One of the detention centers is a few miles from my house. I saw this same video on BlueSky and was fortunate to have read the comments indicating it was not a new video,