Gabrielle Canon
Fri 6 Jun 2025 22.19 EDT

The Department of Homeland Security conducted raids on multiple locations across Los Angeles on Friday, clashing with the crowds of people who gathered to protest.

Masked agents were recorded pulling several people out of two LA-area Home Depot stores and the clothing manufacturer Ambient Apparel’s headquarters in LA’s Fashion District. Immigration advocates said the raids also included four other locations, including a doughnut shop.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Newsome doesn’t have the balls, but their Gov election is next year…

    They need to bring state charges against ICE agents on these incidents, or trump will keep ordering them to get rougher.

    Cali can’t afford a neoliberal as governor for this shit.

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      2 days ago

      You may be underestimating Newsom’s hatred for Trump. Newsom and McDonnell, the Chief of Police, have clearly stated that they will not be assisting ICE.

      McDonnell

      He’s also threatening to withhold federal taxes if Trump does not pay out for the wildfire aid. California has a $4.1T GDP, which is almost double Texas, the second place state. They have an annual federal surplus of $80B+, which almost cancels out Virginia’s sizable annual deficit on our nation.

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        Not true. LAPD is not cuffing the immigrants, but they are defending ICE during the arrests and attacking protestors.

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      3 days ago

      the use of grenades is legal for ice, but not for the military and intentionally so, so that they can’t be prescuted for using them against american civilians.

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        I have no idea why you latched into grenades specifically, but that is not their only means of violence and they’re grabbing random people and not using due process.

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          the grenades are the clearest sign that they’re meant for this style of oppression since they’ve explicitly permitted to be used by the police, but not soldiers.

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    In this, the former USofA. The “powers” that be use brute force and threats to attempt to control the communities they wish to ‘correct’. The constitutional rights granted citizens have been suspended until loyalty to said “powers” is sworn. The communities will have to govern themselves if they wish to remain safe, as the current conventions have proven themselves ‘more bully than service’.
    Organize now, the former structure has collapsed, any current order is based on brute force and threats as all of these examples show us.

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    3 days ago

    democrats, for the most part, lie or back down. Frey in Minneapolis said it wasn’t an ice raid. f*ck ‘em all (Bernie and AOC are exempt for now)

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    Soon, peaceful protesters will be gunned down, and Frank Freeway will shrug, oh well they were violent anyway cause I heard it on The News.

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    3 days ago

    because ICE was not capitalized, I thought we were having an elemental war.

    ice agents use pepper spray and smoke grenades, what did they forget the fire bullets and dirt whips?