r/LosAngeles • u/TheGhostyBear Downtown • Jan 14 '26
News ICE Kidnapping in Little Tokyo, 1/14/2026 12:10 PM at the Miyako Hotel.
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ICE agents grabbed someone at the Miyako and then left, were later spotted on 7th/Main and by Maraville station in east LA.
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u/alienbonobo Jan 14 '26
How these people sleep at night is beyond me
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u/Hollowpoint38 Downtown Jan 14 '26
Oh dude, they fully believe in what they're doing. Half this country rallies behind this.
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u/New_Simple_4531 Jan 14 '26
I1/3rd believe in it, 1/3rd hate it, and I1/3rd dont give a shit.
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u/Hollowpoint38 Downtown Jan 14 '26
And since 40% or so of eligible voters don't vote even during presidential cycles, maybe it's even worse.
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u/New_Simple_4531 Jan 14 '26
When I talk to non-voters their excuse is often "But both sides are equally bad". That fucking infuriates me. Like, how dumb are you to think that? Im not saying the dems are perfect, but at least there wouldnt be masked kidnapping thugs.
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u/wrosecrans Jan 15 '26
In recent polls, a clear majority of Americans are strongly negative on ICE. This stuff has risen above the usual noise floor and the usual rules of thumb about people being checked out are out the window at this point.
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u/crossteyes Jan 15 '26
And 100% is illegal. Not identifying who they are. No due process. Then these fuckers defy court orders.
Anyone that supports this activity, please explain your position in light of the illegalities being committed.
If you do support this, you realize anything goes for anyone, you included, and you are okay being treated the same way?
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u/GTFOBiden Jan 17 '26
Amazing right? They’ll stand behind René but not behind the parents who lost their child to an illegal immigrant. Fucking stupid ass beings-crude by man enough is enough!
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u/crossteyes Jan 18 '26
Not a valid comparison. The government's ice purposely killed a person, a citizen.
In the other case the government created rules which allowed a situation to occur. The intent to kill was not there.
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Jan 15 '26
I used to be on the not give a shit side about politics in general. This is the clearest example of its time to give a shit because it’s just unbelievable at this point. Many will say “welcome here you just got here” and I did to be fair
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u/ocbro99 Jan 14 '26 edited Jan 14 '26
ICE, along with much of this administration, is rotten to the core. They are inept humans who believe that aggression and violence are acceptable in modern society. We would truly be better off if less people thought this way. They’re the same men who are abusive at home, while believing they are raising a family. $50k is a great motivator to get these loser POS to work for the current government.
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u/Warhamsterrrr Jan 14 '26
They sleep like babies with smiles on their faces, because they can do what they enjoy, and nobody will do a thing.
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u/EmptyBudget469 Jan 18 '26
Exactly. Many are the Prez rejects proud boys and the other January 6 criminals. He probably gave them pardons if they would become ICE!
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u/TheOnlyRealAsshat Sunland Jan 15 '26
Easy:
They enjoy hurting people and their control over them in the same way you enjoy your partner's face.
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u/Away_Attention3854 Jan 14 '26
There are pieces of shit in the world that don't know they are pieces of shit. They think they are gods children .
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u/AbeFromanEast Jan 15 '26
The former leader of the Proud Boys is now an ICE agent. He sleeps very well at night.
Beating brown people is what he gets up for in the morning.
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u/Direct_Recording7020 Jan 15 '26 edited Jan 15 '26
The governor should declare state of emergency and deploy the National Guard to protect California residents from the Gestapo
Why is it that only the Trump administration can activate the National Guard to terrorize its citizen, but we can't use the same to protect said citizens. Are the states militia not meant to protect us from the derangement of the federal govt?
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u/bunnyzclan Jan 15 '26
Newsom doesnt have the balls to start a constitutional crisis by ordering the CA National Guard to apprehend and prevent ICE from doing raids.
Instead he'll just tweet some more.
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Jan 15 '26
What is happening is all the dems are waiting for mid terms and hoping elections stay fair enough that dems can retake the government in 2027.
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u/EnidEllie Jan 18 '26
When people say Martial Law, what they don’t explain is the President has the authority to federalize the states’ National Guard, making them part of the federal chain of command. So if Newsom deploys the NG, POTUS can and, likely would, federalize them. The National Guard isn’t meant to protect citizens from the federal government, unfortunately. Our check for that is Congress and he has Congress licking his boots.
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u/EnidEllie Jan 18 '26
Bottom line: no one is coming to save us. We have to fight back. It doesn’t have to be physically with violent force although in some cases it may happen.
We have leverage- our bodies as the work force. If we had a nationwide general strike, corporations would change their tune and demand an end. We are capitalism first and democracy second. Unfortunately, most of us can’t imagine not working- no money, no stability, how do we feed our children? How do we keep the lights on and the rent paid?
This doesn’t end with our lives staying comfortable or even necessarily survivable. We are living the beginning of the downfall of a country. It’s not a hypothetical anymore. We’re in it.
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u/BennyDelTorito Jan 14 '26
Especially the fucking nopaludo sellouts doing this to their own people.
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u/crossteyes Jan 15 '26
Especially anyone doing this to anyone. It's all wrong all the time there are no cases of worse.
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u/Durian881 Kindness is king, and love leads the way Jan 15 '26
They sleep very well. It's the best job they ever wanted. A dream come true and they finally found their meaning in life.
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u/GTFOBiden Jan 17 '26
Very well actually. When your kid is r**** or k***** by an illegal immigrant check back n let us know how ya feel then. Oh you say they’re going after the innocent just working with no criminal history? Ah coming here illegally is breaking the law my dear Karens n Kevin’s. God help us.
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Jan 14 '26
I think they want another Minnesota incident in a couple of different states so Trump can declare martial law before the midterm elections
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u/Doginthesun Jan 14 '26
Since when has he needed an excuse to do anything horrible?
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u/poppin-n-sailin Jan 14 '26
They don't but most Americans are convinced it won't escalate if they do nothing. its super funny lol. despite everything they still think it won't escalate if they do nothing lol. hilarious.
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u/writermusictype Jan 15 '26
The doing nothing as we watch Minneapolis making the biggest scene possible when this happens in their neighborhoods is an indictment on the people of LA. Sorry not sorry
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u/khadrock Hollywood Hills Jan 15 '26
Completely agree. There were only 2 or 3 of them. Talk to other bystanders and fucking band up!
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u/writermusictype Jan 15 '26
Right! Even that video the other day in Silverlake where they met exactly zero resistance from neighbors. I knew the individualism was strong here (and certainly not with everyone obviously) but it's disheartening. Bravery inspires more bravery
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u/VoidVer Jan 15 '26
What do you suggest people do differently. Would you honestly have gotten involved physically knowing these guys can execute you with impunity?
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u/writermusictype Jan 15 '26
A perfect example that just crossed my feed: https://www.reddit.com/r/chaoticgood/s/Z8UNAtgihu
People physically fought back and others fought with their wallets to advance the cause.
Asking "what can we doooo 🥺" is an unserious question when examples are all around, respectfully.
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u/VoidVer Jan 15 '26
Not what I said. Expecting people to mob armed secret police in defense of a stranger is not reasonable.
Your video does not show this group physically wrestling with the ICE agents over a person they are detaining.
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u/writermusictype Jan 15 '26
And I didn't say anything about mobbing them. The people in the video put their bodies on the line to literally physically block them so that the person they were targeting would not be taken.
That is but one way or option for resisting. There are many others, some requiring more aggression and risk and some not. But my answer to your original question of what I think people should do remains: literally just something to attempt to protect the vulnerable. Examples for what that looks like abound on this very app.
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u/EnidEllie Jan 18 '26
I think it’s accurate to say “we can’t expect” anything. Some people, for whatever personal, neurological reasons are risk-adverse. That being said- most of the population is risk-adverse due to a lifetime of unchecked capitalism making our lives impossible, at the very least uncomfortable, to exist without working the majority of our hours, days, years for the machine. I think there are many who would make the risk leap if they are not alone. When they see others being brave, it empowers them to be brave. Minnesota is the perfect example. Journalists have interviewed people out protesting who say they have never ever protested anything. They’ve never put themselves on the line. So I agree, no, we can’t expect anyone to do anything and that’s a hard pill to swallow. Freedom means freedom. Individually to join or refrain and we must allow and respect that choice. But freedom is also not free, as the saying goes, so we must look to the people who choose to join and encourage those on the fence.
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u/khadrock Hollywood Hills Jan 15 '26
Exactly. Minnesota is showing us what we need to do. They're not gonna stop, and they're not gonna get easier to fight as time goes on.
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u/writermusictype Jan 15 '26
I suggest they/we do what we've been seeing the people of Minneapolis do for a week straight. There are videos everywhere. Does it look fun? No. Are people getting seriously harassed and hurt? Yes. But acting like there's no other option but to just let our neighbors get taken away and allow fascism to continue to take hold without any sort of resistance is dishonest at this point. I understand that bravery often comes at great personal sacrifice, but it's choice that is being made daily by ordinary people and we have the proof. The other choice is cowardice, which anyone is free to make but it should be called what it is.
We fight by everyone deciding to do something. If you can't directly fight or do good, then identify the people trying to do good and help them. Whether that's financially or donating your time in some way. Everyone has to say to themselves "I can't just sit here" and actually mean it and then find something they can do. Tweeting through it with righteous indignation isn't going to get it done.
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u/bi-cycle Jan 15 '26
You are entirely correct
Tired of seeing the "what to do" comments and even worse "just wait until November" that one would make me laugh if it wasnt so sad
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u/Sensitive_Command688 Jan 15 '26
If we're not good little boys and girls, they might start going door to door in warantless raids, kidnapping people and shooting others in the face.
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u/crossteyes Jan 15 '26 edited Jan 15 '26
The answer is always the same murder Rene Goode or anyone and get arrested /go to jail. Lethal force is unacceptable in almost every possible scenario.
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u/OseBapo Jan 17 '26
They need footage to run all over Fox News to rile up the violence they have used from the beginning to justify atrocity
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u/fkeverythingstaken Jan 15 '26
When maga loses the midterms and doesn’t vacate their seats, I hope more Americans recognize that it’s democracy no longer exists
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u/iskin Jan 15 '26
No, Trump wants someone to kill an ICE agent or multiple agents so he can have martial law in the US by midterms.
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u/MocaJoka Jan 14 '26
Bastards. They should not be able to hide their faces. We should be able to see them.
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u/ClassicCake3398 Jan 14 '26
It’s only a civil lawsuit for that bill California passed if it even goes to that. I wondered how it could be enforced, if at all
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u/Adorno_a_window Jan 15 '26
It’s insane that they hide their faces - sci-fi dystopia come to life.
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u/Ghost_taco West Hollywood Jan 14 '26
They're grabbing anyone that isn't white.
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Jan 14 '26
Asians are next. There's a story out of Minnesota where the homeowner claims ice came to her door and asked her to point her Hmong and Asian neighbors.
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u/pathsofrhymes Tujunga Jan 15 '26
Jesus I didnt realize so many Vietnamese folk voted for him until I started working with them. They really have crazy conservative ideals instilled in their culture.
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u/Nightnightgun Jan 15 '26
You just described a few zip codes in Santa Ana/Westminster. It's batshit how so many of them are all IN on Maga as if they're not next.
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u/bunnyzclan Jan 15 '26
We took in like every hardline right wing conservative Vietnam had to offer during the war. Theres nothing to be surprised nor is it "cultural" like you're insinuating.
Its like going why is every Cuban in Miami conservative. It's not culture.
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u/Minute-Cod9484 Jan 15 '26
Almost all the vietnam refugees were far-right or conservatives who didn't like the left wing socialist government.
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Jan 16 '26
There is a reason most of east and Southeast Asia have authoritarian governments. These people only vote for Rs because they think US will overthrow their homeland’s government, but failed to realize that it will just result in more generational bloodshed. My father is like this, but he’s anti-MAGA because he recognize the same tactics the communists used.
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u/Budilicious3 Jan 16 '26
Yeah and they all voted R for the same stupid reason. "Because I hate Biden." Are you fucking kidding me? Lmao.
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u/Radraganne Jan 15 '26
Literally. Three Oglala Lakota tribal members have been disappeared. It doesn’t get any further from illegal immigration than indigenous.
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u/Coretron Jan 15 '26
"Homeland Security refused to release more information unless the tribe 'entered into an immigration agreement with ICE.'"
JFC... If you ever want to see your tribe members again you have to make "an agreement" with ICE. These are US citizens!
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u/DingleBerrieIcecream Jan 14 '26
It works like this. They go there because they have some information about someone who has overstayed their visa and is in their records. Once they’re there and get that person, they also start asking everyone around who they suspect of being immigrants for proof of their citizenship. So while it could be argued that one person initially might have reason to be questioned by immigration, it becomes a foot in the door to ask or harass another 20 or 30 people in the vicinity.
It’s fucked and not at all what our constitution allows.
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u/ECircus Jan 14 '26
Yeah, their "reasonable suspicion" becomes that they are already there on official business, and you are brown with an accent.
Completely illegal.
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u/bryan4368 Jan 14 '26
Did you forget the Home Depot raids? They pulled up in a moving truck and grabbed everyone that was non white
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u/ExcitementNo9603 Jan 14 '26
There criteria is whoever of color looks the most vulnerable in the moment or is taunting them. That’s the only criteria.
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u/ScaredAndAnxious226 Jan 14 '26
Whoever voted for this …
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u/Hollowpoint38 Downtown Jan 14 '26
Well in LA we have a 16% voter turnout for local off-cycle elections. Last national election I think like 50 million eligible voters didn't bother to vote nationwide?
In California the mail-in ballots are default and postage is free. Yet we still can't get people to vote.
So it's not just voting for this, but also not voting against it that is the problem. And until we stop with the rallies and the nonsense and focus on getting voters engaged to actually go vote when the time comes this will never stop.
We live in a society where a criminal record means no good job and no good place to live. Those stakes are too high for people to just "rise up." We have to win through process. And that means taking 3 minutes to fill out a ballot and put it in the mailbox.
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u/lurkhardur Jan 14 '26
Not sure what you're getting at. Trump already lost California, so more of them voting against him wouldn't make a difference.
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u/Hollowpoint38 Downtown Jan 14 '26
Getting a mayor that works better than Bass? You guys get upset at LAPD but the mayor appoints the Chief. Other states have been able to work out deals with the White House to get less of this ICE presence. Didn't SF work out some deal on something recently and Trump backed off?
We need some real leadership. Bass isn't it.
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u/lurkhardur Jan 15 '26
I agree that Bass is too conservative and in the pocket of LAPD. But putting the ICE raids on her is just deflecting. Do you also think the mayor of Minneapolis is responsible for Renee Good’s murder?
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u/TherapistOfOP Jan 15 '26
It was between bass and that billionaire fuck though...not much of a choice
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u/Hollowpoint38 Downtown Jan 15 '26
Not responsible as in their fault, but responsible if they didn't do everything possible to keep the ICE raids out. We know if you kiss Trump's ring and make public overtures then he leaves you alone. The Japanese PM did that and got on Trump's good list instantly. They had briefings telling her not to contradict him in public and make sure to compliment him. Easy win.
Have these mayors done that? If they haven't, then yeah they bear some responsibility for not doing everything they can to effectively govern.
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u/Frosty_Dinner_6593 Jan 15 '26
Low voter turnout reveals more than just low participation on election day, it reveals the need for political participation on a mass level. for activation of people realizing that their daily lives are at stake. that's one of the things that has been systematically suppressed in this country, especially through mccarthyism and red scare tactics where anything having to do with fundamental human rights is inherently deemed subversive and "too out there"
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u/aquma Jan 15 '26
not nearly enough heckling and filming. How are we even resisting, people?
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u/gobblegobblebiyatch Jan 15 '26
People still have shit to lose. It's when you don't.
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u/JohnnyBoy11 Jan 16 '26
So all those people in MN dont have nothing to lose?
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u/gobblegobblebiyatch Jan 17 '26
They do. It's why we haven't risen anywhere to the level of protests in more authoritarian states (see Iran). Violent resistance is met with violent crackdown.
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u/UrbanPlannerholic Jan 14 '26
Racist MAGA scum.
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u/eyesoftheunborn Jan 14 '26
Yeah but what about Hunter Biden's laptop and Hillary's emails and and Kamala's weird laugh and and and that time Obama wore a tan suit and let's not forget Trump's cameo in Home Alone 2? If Trump is a pedophile, would they really allow him to be in a movie scene with a CHILD? In the words of Kevin McCallister: "I don't think so."
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u/rareburger Jan 20 '26
Weird that immigration enforcement is only a problem when America decides to do it...it's not like every other nation in the world doesn't have strong immigration laws but then again...reddit.
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u/blankensh Jan 15 '26
Are we all just gonna stand there and watch as one by one we are all taken. The numbers are not going to be greater than they are today. When the community comes together in numbers that’s when they leave. There are literally thousands of people on this block every Wednesday, we need to drive them out as a community anytime we see this happen. 2 or 3 ICE pussies can kidnap anyone they want but when +20 are up against you they will nope out every time. Why? because they have no fucking spines without their guns etc. They’re the ones who created this war-like environment of fear we live in now and it can be used both ways.
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u/mangedukebab Jan 14 '26
Gestapo was like : “Are you Jewish?” Now ICE is like : “Are you a US citizen?”
And Palantir is the new yellow badge inspector
Shame on those latinos and black people (and other minorities) who work for ICE
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u/ablik Jan 14 '26
My friend and I were just shopping at the store next door yesterday afternoon. It was quiet and peaceful, just random pedestrians and vehicles out and about.
Would they have nabbed my friend too? Fuck these assholes for making our neighbourhoods unsafe for anyone.
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u/LALawette Jan 15 '26
Right across the street from the Museum covering our horrid history of Manzanar.
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u/seamooon Silver Lake Jan 14 '26
I wouldn’t be surprised if they just start going door to door at this point. They have pathetic jobs
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u/Automatic-Unit-8307 Jan 14 '26
That’s what they are doing in MN, knocking door to door looking for Asians and asking Asians for papers
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u/traveling__lady Jan 15 '26
I saw a video last week that the vice Pres said they were gonna go door to door.
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u/Automatic-Unit-8307 Jan 14 '26
Did they go after an Asian guy or still kidnapping anyone that looks Hispanic? What a world. Are we all supposed to carry Birth certificate now when we leave?
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They've been grabbing Chinese people in LA and NY. Even if you carry your docs they don't care. The claim is that their face recognition app supersedes any and all documentation.
FUCKING BULLSHIT. I'm so fucking pissed off. Fuck these domestic terrorist fucks.
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u/r21174 Jan 15 '26
You know what i see thru most of this vids. Its mostly old men,women, teens, short people cursing out the ICE. But not 1 large built male making any noise or help. Are they all on ICE squads??????
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u/ASwagPecan Jan 14 '26
They'll be begging for the same due process that they're depriving others of during their court dates.
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u/herewegoagain1024 Jan 14 '26
The passivity from bystanders is sad. I get it but shit is depressing to see
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u/TheGhostyBear Downtown Jan 14 '26
In their defense, standing and filming is the safest thing you can do. The government holds a monopoly on violence, so much as shoving an officer will land you in a prison for an enormous amount of time. Not everyone is ready to take that kind of risk… yet.
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u/EyeChihuahua Jan 14 '26
It’s terribly difficult because that is what they want. If Renee Good had gotten out of her car and shoved that ICE officer the administration would have had such an easy time spinning the narrative. We’re still in a place, hopefully, where the increasing unpopularity of all this can flip over on this administration and wipe them out. I’ve been impressed by the lack of violence from protestors honestly.
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u/LosIngobernable Angeleno Jan 14 '26
This. I doubt the person we’re replying to would even try anything physical.
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u/WombatKiddo Jan 14 '26
That’s why they performed a public execution last week. Which was defended by the president without any investigation.
Who’s going to stand up to that?
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u/surftherapy Jan 14 '26
Did you not just witness that woman be murdered by ICE in Minnesota like the rest of us did?
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u/Battieosheel Jan 14 '26
what they supposed to do? intervene and get capped in the face?
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u/Hollowpoint38 Downtown Jan 14 '26
Not even that, but if you get charged with a federal crime, you're basically locked out of most of the job market. And no good apartments will rent to a criminal.
So you can be perfectly alive and healthy but now you're broke and couch surfing.
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u/dannylosangeles East Los Angeles Jan 15 '26
You can't really DO anything. The best you can do, is document, post, and never shut up about it. This can't ever be allowed to be the new normal.
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u/EatTheBeat East Los Angeles Jan 14 '26
I totally agree. Eventually we're going to have to put our own bodies on the line. Which is easier said than done.
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u/imagigearz Jan 14 '26
Craziness. I was just in LA last week. I live in the Orlando area. ICE is bullshit here as well. It's so fucked up. FUCKTRUMP
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u/DyMiC_909 Van Nuys Jan 15 '26
And all people do is fucking stand there.
Do something. Fucking help the kid. Fuck. There are so many of you versus how many agents? I would've been yanking that car door open or something.
This is going to keep happening until we start fighting back hardcore and not letting them take our neighbors. This is ridiculous. I get the whole thing with people being in shock and not knowing what to do... but I think we're kinda past that because we've seen this so many times now. It's time to do something about it.
Sorry for my passion and anger... but I'm tired of seeing this and worrying that my friends or myself are next, and nobody is gonna help us, either.
It's time.
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u/TopAway1216 Jan 14 '26
I will catch a ban if I say how we really need to deal with these little Nazi thugs. But honestly, I bet everyone in Little Tokyo agrees with me.
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u/SecretRecipe Jan 15 '26
How do they know where to go? Are they operating off of tips?
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u/Altruistic-Beach7625 Jan 15 '26
Are Americans really as milquetoast as republicans think they are?
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u/grandpabento Jan 15 '26
This is already bullshit, but to do this in Little Tokyo where similar tactics were used to detain Japanese Americans without due process just adds to the complete depravity that this Administration and the heartless cowards who work for them have. Absolute monsters, the whole lot of them.
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u/Dismal_Contact_6855 Jan 15 '26
I thought it was illegal for them to cover their face with a mask. What happened to the “no secret police act”?
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u/TheGhostyBear Downtown Jan 15 '26
Federal authority supersedes state + local, it was always an unenforceable law to score cheap political points during a crisis.
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u/Lofi_and_Chill9019 Jan 15 '26
When he pulls out the baton on thr lady just recording. Thats just pathetic. That asshat was looking for any excuse to do whatever the fuck he wants.
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u/PrizeFront8677 Jan 15 '26
DHS is a terrorist organization of the United States. Teach your kids about that instead of lying to them about Santa Claus.
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u/SoCalChrisW Orange County Jan 14 '26
The juxtaposition of the "FUCK ICE" spray painted on the crosswalk in the foreground that's visible for a bit at 1:20 is so fitting :(
These people are disgusting.
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Jan 15 '26
Welcome to Gestapo America. We faught against Nazi Germany and so many our hero died for it now we doing just acting as Nazi with straight face believing that it's the right thing. Go fk yourself.
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u/hitbyapuck Jan 17 '26
Honestly, do you actually know these people are innocent or maybe there is more to this. Just a thought. I know you don’t care.
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u/mercilessink Jan 19 '26
Went there yesterday and now there's a security guard in front of the hotel (not sure to whose benefit though).
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u/octobahn Jan 30 '26
This country is cooked....so overcooked. And, we're funding it with our hard-earned money.
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