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    Holy smokes, it’s totally wild that this is happening at all. We’re seeing people actually go out en masse and directly interfering with ICE. That’s huge. I love to see it.

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        Yeah, peaceful resistance will probably be handled a bit differently by the cops if everyone in the crowd has a shotgun over their shoulder. Without even brandishing or using them, just knowing that they’re there changes the equation a lot. Reminds me of that part of Winter on Fire (a documentary on the 2014 Maidan protests) when the protestors have had enough and declare that they’re going to march on the capitol building as armed protestors, and the president can choose to be there or not. After months of shooting and killing unarmed protestors, the cops fucking bailed immediately.

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          There’s a reason they’re using 6-12 officers to arrest one middle-aged mother. They know the communities they enter hate them and they are terrified of bystanders ganging up on them or worse, ambushing them with firearms.

          I don’t think there is a “peaceful show of force” in this scenario. The second a cop sees a civilian carrying a long arm walking up to them, pistols are leaving their holsters and they’ll start screaming commands just like they’re trained. The first shot fired is inevitable from there.

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            There’s also a reason they haven’t gone after actual gang members that might be armed. They’re arresting the people that show up to their immigration appointments and have diligently updated their address whenever they moved.

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            The first time I had a gun pulled on me (heh first time gj America) was a cop while was playing with a laser pointer in a church parking lot. I was like 13.

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              The comment I replied to appeared to suggest that if everyone together brandished firearms at the cops as a show of force, the cops would simply slink away in fear without a shot being fired or anyone being further hurt. Something I would not count on.

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                It really, really, really depends on numbers. You get obviously more people with long guns (not even brandishing, just having them sling over) than there are cops who firmly let them know that they should get scarce, then yeah, that’s exactly what will happen. Cops have been taught to “go home at the end of the day”, whatever it takes, and that typically means eight of them shooting one suspect 200 times. That math changes REAL quick when it’s an armed crowd.

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          Cops are fucking coward/bully ( same thing i know ) that why protest need to crank up the fear factor if they dont fear the fascist will continu there is no peaceful solution to this america is at war with himself but only the axis of evil is fighting for now

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            Right wing ideologies inherently depend on fear.

            They are all cowards who will crumple under the first signs of resistance.

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    At some point they risk re-enacting that scene with the little girl in “V for Vendetta” where the people have finally had enough with the brownshirts and swarm them. As they deserve IMO.

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    A) ICE had to call the local PD to bail them out. That’s significant, as it shows the government doesn’t have the manpower to maintain their terror campaign without local support.

    B) The City Manager’s statement doesn’t seem to condemn the crowd at all. The statement (or at least what’s quoted) only criticizes ICE. Given that about 25 citizens were ready to throw hands at federal agents, that feels huge.

    C) Worcester has a statue of a guy fucking a turtle in the center of town. Not relevant to the story, but I have to bring it up whenever Worcester is in the news. I hope you enjoy it (though the turtle clearly didn’t).

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    So I watched a video of it and as soon as the “police department” (as in not ICE) showed up and said to disperse cuz this is an unlawful protest, everyone stopped blocking the ICE vehicle. yt link - nypost - aprox 10 min no commentary

    IDK How I’d react in this situation so I’m not critical of the human reactions here ,but wtf, unlawful protest!! What a weak threat! Is speaking out and fighting against fascist unlawful action happening RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU an unlawful protest? No. Would I be brave enough to face the bullshit consequences? Probably not, if I’m being honest with myself. But we need to recognize when the threats are also unlawful bullshit at least, right?

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    unknown liquid… sounds so sinister doesnt it. Bitch cops love to make press releases to steer public opinion with absolute contrived nonsense. It’ll be water or soda. It always comes out that they were exagerating and lying to help their contrived self serving fantasy story.

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    ICE will get someone killed. Either they pull the trigger or someone actually uses the 2nd amendment.