dems said defund the police was a bad slogan. so dems went ahead allowed pd to continue to militarize and then cashed those checks from defense contractors.
the us is a police state. now, the secret police (ice) are the most well funded le agency, and our police forces are their escorts. this doesn’t go away with trump. we’ll be fighting this brand of brutal authoritarianism for decades. if dems hadn’t liked our slogan, really wish they would have helped us come up with a better one instead of just bending over and letting agencies once meant to serve and protect morph into a permanent paramilitary occupation.
HaxanWriter on
Yes! This is how you fight back. Face these Nazis down and never back down. Never.
PixelPotionsSs on
NGL, the power of community is next level in NYC 🔥 Solidarity at its finest!
Oh so when ICE shows up in masks with no ID and forcibly apprehends people that’s legal.
But not when civilians do it. Gotcha.
Ex-maven on
Smart. This is needed everywhere they go, and I hope they document every violation of constitutional and human rights.
thewayoutisthru_xxx on
I’ve posted this elsewhere, but I’ll say it again- ICE doesn’t understand how hard this is going to be for them in NYC, esp Manhattan.
Putting aside that new Yorker are badasses, the physical layout alone of Manhattan is going to make these “swoop in” style raids really hard. There’s tons of traffic. There’s no way to “sneak in” for a sweep, and there’s nowhere other than the HQ to stage. There’s no way ice can grab someone and easily speed away, there’s too much normal traffic and the streets aren’t built for speeding anywhere.
Plus, basically anywhere in NYC can turn into a protest at a moments notice. Unless you’re far out in the outer boroughs, at any given time somewhere between dozens and literally thousands of people can see you if you’re on the street. A few people with whistles can drum up a protest very, very quickly, especially in this environment. I know this article says people were called to arms to protest, but honestly it also looked like a lot of random people on the street who joined in, growing numbers and chaos.
Finally, back to my original point, new Yorker are badasses. This city was built on immigrants, *and* new Yorker are used to living their every day lives in service of our community. You can be the biggest asshole on earth but if you choose to live in NYC, you’re more community minded than huge swaths of the country. Early COVID was a prime example of this- we went into 100% lockdown overnight. The densist city in earth stayed home because we care about not only ourselves, but also our neighbors. Even COVID skeptics knew better than to be that asshole outside.
I am really, really hoping that Zohran uses his position as the literal boss of the nypd to ensure that they are not complicit in the crimes we are seeing ice commit, but even if they keep assisting, the swell of new Yorkers isn’t something to be messed with.
BRD73 on
How did they do it?
Ok_Bookkeeper_3481 on
I love New York and New Yorkers! Way to go, fam!
cliffordnyc on
People showed up in a New York minute.
msackeygh on
When Democrats are back in control, we need to abolish ICE entirely.
14 Comments
Heros.
dems said defund the police was a bad slogan. so dems went ahead allowed pd to continue to militarize and then cashed those checks from defense contractors.
the us is a police state. now, the secret police (ice) are the most well funded le agency, and our police forces are their escorts. this doesn’t go away with trump. we’ll be fighting this brand of brutal authoritarianism for decades. if dems hadn’t liked our slogan, really wish they would have helped us come up with a better one instead of just bending over and letting agencies once meant to serve and protect morph into a permanent paramilitary occupation.
Yes! This is how you fight back. Face these Nazis down and never back down. Never.
NGL, the power of community is next level in NYC 🔥 Solidarity at its finest!
aMeRiCaNs ArEn’T dOiNg AnYtHiNg
https://www.fidf.org/ rumors they got their ranks in ice with IOF soldiers
[removed]
Oh so when ICE shows up in masks with no ID and forcibly apprehends people that’s legal.
But not when civilians do it. Gotcha.
Smart. This is needed everywhere they go, and I hope they document every violation of constitutional and human rights.
I’ve posted this elsewhere, but I’ll say it again- ICE doesn’t understand how hard this is going to be for them in NYC, esp Manhattan.
Putting aside that new Yorker are badasses, the physical layout alone of Manhattan is going to make these “swoop in” style raids really hard. There’s tons of traffic. There’s no way to “sneak in” for a sweep, and there’s nowhere other than the HQ to stage. There’s no way ice can grab someone and easily speed away, there’s too much normal traffic and the streets aren’t built for speeding anywhere.
Plus, basically anywhere in NYC can turn into a protest at a moments notice. Unless you’re far out in the outer boroughs, at any given time somewhere between dozens and literally thousands of people can see you if you’re on the street. A few people with whistles can drum up a protest very, very quickly, especially in this environment. I know this article says people were called to arms to protest, but honestly it also looked like a lot of random people on the street who joined in, growing numbers and chaos.
Finally, back to my original point, new Yorker are badasses. This city was built on immigrants, *and* new Yorker are used to living their every day lives in service of our community. You can be the biggest asshole on earth but if you choose to live in NYC, you’re more community minded than huge swaths of the country. Early COVID was a prime example of this- we went into 100% lockdown overnight. The densist city in earth stayed home because we care about not only ourselves, but also our neighbors. Even COVID skeptics knew better than to be that asshole outside.
I am really, really hoping that Zohran uses his position as the literal boss of the nypd to ensure that they are not complicit in the crimes we are seeing ice commit, but even if they keep assisting, the swell of new Yorkers isn’t something to be messed with.
How did they do it?
I love New York and New Yorkers! Way to go, fam!
People showed up in a New York minute.
When Democrats are back in control, we need to abolish ICE entirely.