"The ultimate goal is to create a watchlist of anti-ICE protestors, which the Trump administration believes are part of an organized network of domestic terrorists." Yes to the first claus, Hell No to the second clause. They know there is no organized network of domestic terrorists and that ordinary Americans are using their First Amendment freedoms to observe and report them, as you reference near the end of this article. That scares them because they know that most of what they do on a daily basis is illegal. Great work on getting that video, Ken. And I love the lady's laughing response with "Are you crazy?"
If they start arresting and charging people who film ICE as domestic terrorists, they're going to need a much bigger boat. They thought murdering Renee Good would scare people off from protesting, but all it did was create a ton of new protesters. This is the mindset of patriarchy, that the threat of violence and punishment is a deterrent against righteous indignation. More people will film them, and then film them arresting the people who were filming them before. Abusive bootlickers think everyone thinks like they do, that we all worship and crave power, and it will lead to their ultimate downfall.
I suspect that if they arrest folks who film them with their phone, they are hoping to get additional information from the phones they will confiscate.
Remember the phrases:
"I do not consent to be searched.
I do not consent to have my car searched.
I do not consent to have my phone searched
I demand to see a lawyer.
I refuse to speak without my attorney being present.
ICE is ignoring most of those. Now they're just bashing down peoples' doors at home. If this isn't fought back against, these new powers the Trump Regime is arrogating to itself will be turned to other uses under future Presidential Regimes.
That's even scarier than I thought. I hope people close to the victims can document the damage/ vandalism being done to these doors and present their invoices to their Member of Congress. There is no reason people should have to shoulder the expenses caused by ICE/ DHS or what have you...
And if they refuse to pay, maybe some ICE vehicle have to get similarly damaged in retribution.
Yeah. I know. our people say don't give him an excuse. At this point, it looks like he may well invoke the Insurrection Act whether or not!.
Always remember: if you take your phone to a protest, make sure you enable a passcode instead of using your thumbprint or face. They can and will make you unlock it with your face or thumb.
better reminder, take a burner phone that is disconnected from any accounts associated with your id. cracking the encryption on any android or iphone device takes about as long as it takes someone at dhs to call the corpo and ask for the backdoor key.
I understand. A lot of scary, hateful stuff is going on in the world right now, and it's hard to see the cracks in their poorly thought out agenda... But I promise, they're there, and that's how the light gets in. Keep fighting the food fight, my friend, and please don't give up hope. We can and will win this.
The DT regime has convinced its tens-of-millions of MAGA followers that anybody who doesn’t support their views must be ‘anti-American’ and therefore should be treated as if they are enemies of the state. That is a consequence of DT’s malignant narcissism which has resulted in the spreading of his paranoid worldview.
I would like to say a few words here. I live in France. This has not come here yet BUT I suppose it is not too long before it does.
When the US became the US it was always about money and greed. Never changed and the citizens of US never cared what was happening in other countries (in the name of Democracy).
Well you know now. Record these facist faces and put their faces on the internet.
The Palestinians did this and many Israelis have been indicted and refused citizenship in other countries.
ALL these ICE people with their family's should not be allowed to emigrate when things get tough.
Yes, it was, and still is. Only wealthy landowners could vote until they invented racism to prevent poor whites from running away with their "property." They allowed just enough people to have a tiny bit of privilege, and it's still the same. We're saving those videos for the ICC.
I felt safer and had more freedom [as a woman] living in a communist country, a country overtaken by a dictator, and a country governed by sharia law...crazy
If it is illegal for us to record ICE and other thugs and it is NOT, then it also has to be illegal for *them* to record *us*, right? (What's good for the goose is good for the gander...?)
Except that they threaten to put us on a domestic terrorist list, with all the implications that might entail according to them: Imprisonment? deportation? black list to prevent us to get on a plane... Who knows?
We are not threatening to put them on a domestic terrorist list (although they should be). But if and when they misbehave, we do want them to get tried and punished if they are guilty.
As someone else noted, they can't lock up *all* of us.
My computer runs Linux with a Brave browser. Today the browser informed me that some outfit with a long URL but beginning with "INS" wanted to establish a link with the computer. Brave mentioned that this could be dangerous. I refused the link and deleted it. FYI.
The downhill slide began with 9/11. Homeland Security came into being, terrorism was the watchword and here we are with government agents taunting citizens, pointing guns at them if not firing them, remaining masked all the while under the direction of the President of Punishment who uses government agencies to go after any person or group he decides should be a target.
He seems to have stopped pretending there is a threat called antifa and is now satisfied that it is ok for him to be emperor without apology. Think of his statement that his sense of morality will guide him so there is no need for international law. We have the bull not just in the china shop but in charge of law enforcement with no respect for the law, a bull that sees red being waved in front of him whichever way he turns.
My sense is that those who strongly support everyone having guns and who were not hesitant to say they would shoot anyone coming on their property (the "castle doctrine") are the very ones likely to sign up for ICE to go intrude on the property of others, in particular with this latest agency ruling that in effect says, "we don't need no stinkin' warrants".
This is very much a rural vs urban invasion despite the statistic that over 80% of Americans live in urban areas. In a democracy it would be crazy for some fraction of 20% of the electorate to go after the 80% of the cities but it sure looks like the case.
This is all so divorced from reality (and the Constitution) that I can't process it. Like, look at this nonsense I just read via NBC. Contrast that with average, everyday people protesting in huge numbers. Do they think they're just going to re-create as all as terrorists? "In a statement to NBC News on Thursday evening, a DHS spokesperson criticized Friday’s protests saying, 'The fact that those groups want to shut down Minnesota’s economy, which provides law-abiding American citizens an honest living, to fight for illegal alien murderers, rapists, gang members, pedophiles, drug dealers, and terrorists says everything you need to know.' "
"The ultimate goal is to create a watchlist of anti-ICE protestors, which the Trump administration believes are part of an organized network of domestic terrorists." Yes to the first claus, Hell No to the second clause. They know there is no organized network of domestic terrorists and that ordinary Americans are using their First Amendment freedoms to observe and report them, as you reference near the end of this article. That scares them because they know that most of what they do on a daily basis is illegal. Great work on getting that video, Ken. And I love the lady's laughing response with "Are you crazy?"
If they start arresting and charging people who film ICE as domestic terrorists, they're going to need a much bigger boat. They thought murdering Renee Good would scare people off from protesting, but all it did was create a ton of new protesters. This is the mindset of patriarchy, that the threat of violence and punishment is a deterrent against righteous indignation. More people will film them, and then film them arresting the people who were filming them before. Abusive bootlickers think everyone thinks like they do, that we all worship and crave power, and it will lead to their ultimate downfall.
I suspect that if they arrest folks who film them with their phone, they are hoping to get additional information from the phones they will confiscate.
Remember the phrases:
"I do not consent to be searched.
I do not consent to have my car searched.
I do not consent to have my phone searched
I demand to see a lawyer.
I refuse to speak without my attorney being present.
Am I free to leave? if not:
What is the charge?
ICE is ignoring most of those. Now they're just bashing down peoples' doors at home. If this isn't fought back against, these new powers the Trump Regime is arrogating to itself will be turned to other uses under future Presidential Regimes.
That's even scarier than I thought. I hope people close to the victims can document the damage/ vandalism being done to these doors and present their invoices to their Member of Congress. There is no reason people should have to shoulder the expenses caused by ICE/ DHS or what have you...
And if they refuse to pay, maybe some ICE vehicle have to get similarly damaged in retribution.
Yeah. I know. our people say don't give him an excuse. At this point, it looks like he may well invoke the Insurrection Act whether or not!.
So be ready for that!
Always remember: if you take your phone to a protest, make sure you enable a passcode instead of using your thumbprint or face. They can and will make you unlock it with your face or thumb.
better reminder, take a burner phone that is disconnected from any accounts associated with your id. cracking the encryption on any android or iphone device takes about as long as it takes someone at dhs to call the corpo and ask for the backdoor key.
Oh, good point! I'll have to revert to my passcode. Right now, I'm using my finger (and not even the middle one!
I’m just crying a lot these days. And filming ICE.
A bit of good news: the government owned INTEL stock is down
I understand. A lot of scary, hateful stuff is going on in the world right now, and it's hard to see the cracks in their poorly thought out agenda... But I promise, they're there, and that's how the light gets in. Keep fighting the food fight, my friend, and please don't give up hope. We can and will win this.
I see the morons are watering down the word "terrorist" like they did "antisemetism"
And will have the same results unfortunately
Jesus, these big, tough guys are really a bunch of pussies.
The DT regime has convinced its tens-of-millions of MAGA followers that anybody who doesn’t support their views must be ‘anti-American’ and therefore should be treated as if they are enemies of the state. That is a consequence of DT’s malignant narcissism which has resulted in the spreading of his paranoid worldview.
So everyone is a domestic terrorist now? I hope they have enough pigs and cells to lock up the whole country lol
I would like to say a few words here. I live in France. This has not come here yet BUT I suppose it is not too long before it does.
When the US became the US it was always about money and greed. Never changed and the citizens of US never cared what was happening in other countries (in the name of Democracy).
Well you know now. Record these facist faces and put their faces on the internet.
The Palestinians did this and many Israelis have been indicted and refused citizenship in other countries.
ALL these ICE people with their family's should not be allowed to emigrate when things get tough.
Yes, it was, and still is. Only wealthy landowners could vote until they invented racism to prevent poor whites from running away with their "property." They allowed just enough people to have a tiny bit of privilege, and it's still the same. We're saving those videos for the ICC.
Good.
We should all wear masks.
A good start.
Wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh over your face'll drive 'em wild . . . .
I felt safer and had more freedom [as a woman] living in a communist country, a country overtaken by a dictator, and a country governed by sharia law...crazy
If it is illegal for us to record ICE and other thugs and it is NOT, then it also has to be illegal for *them* to record *us*, right? (What's good for the goose is good for the gander...?)
Except that they threaten to put us on a domestic terrorist list, with all the implications that might entail according to them: Imprisonment? deportation? black list to prevent us to get on a plane... Who knows?
We are not threatening to put them on a domestic terrorist list (although they should be). But if and when they misbehave, we do want them to get tried and punished if they are guilty.
As someone else noted, they can't lock up *all* of us.
My computer runs Linux with a Brave browser. Today the browser informed me that some outfit with a long URL but beginning with "INS" wanted to establish a link with the computer. Brave mentioned that this could be dangerous. I refused the link and deleted it. FYI.
My bad. The URL actually contains the sequence "ns result:IonInpputStreamReady@resource://devtools/shared/security/socket.js:296:20"
i hope in addition to linux you got a vpn and wipe your cookies. anonymity online is becoming increasingly impossible.
The downhill slide began with 9/11. Homeland Security came into being, terrorism was the watchword and here we are with government agents taunting citizens, pointing guns at them if not firing them, remaining masked all the while under the direction of the President of Punishment who uses government agencies to go after any person or group he decides should be a target.
He seems to have stopped pretending there is a threat called antifa and is now satisfied that it is ok for him to be emperor without apology. Think of his statement that his sense of morality will guide him so there is no need for international law. We have the bull not just in the china shop but in charge of law enforcement with no respect for the law, a bull that sees red being waved in front of him whichever way he turns.
My sense is that those who strongly support everyone having guns and who were not hesitant to say they would shoot anyone coming on their property (the "castle doctrine") are the very ones likely to sign up for ICE to go intrude on the property of others, in particular with this latest agency ruling that in effect says, "we don't need no stinkin' warrants".
This is very much a rural vs urban invasion despite the statistic that over 80% of Americans live in urban areas. In a democracy it would be crazy for some fraction of 20% of the electorate to go after the 80% of the cities but it sure looks like the case.
Ken, I think you're one of the best front line journalists we have. You're kinda like Capa. You get there first, with the most and the best.
Thanks Peter!
This is all so divorced from reality (and the Constitution) that I can't process it. Like, look at this nonsense I just read via NBC. Contrast that with average, everyday people protesting in huge numbers. Do they think they're just going to re-create as all as terrorists? "In a statement to NBC News on Thursday evening, a DHS spokesperson criticized Friday’s protests saying, 'The fact that those groups want to shut down Minnesota’s economy, which provides law-abiding American citizens an honest living, to fight for illegal alien murderers, rapists, gang members, pedophiles, drug dealers, and terrorists says everything you need to know.' "
I thought the Govt. was run by pedophiles!
Which dhs spokesperson?
Continue to take pictures of ICE.........if you can get pictures of their faces we can continue to put them on data. The Palestinians did this.
Every ICE agent has a girlfriend/wife????
They can hide behind their masks all they want, it's totally possible to identify the part of their face *not* covered. I mean, look at Jonathan Ross.
Pretty eyes. A bit unusual. Why bother with the mask.