- cross-posted to:
- news@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- news@lemmy.world
Then, unlike the typical driveway clearing they did previous nights, officers began to push the crowds farther into the neighborhood by several blocks. As protesters loudly wondered why they were being asked to step back on public city streets, officers methodically marched the crowds down two separate streets on either side of the ICE facility: South Bancroft Street and South Moody Avenue.
Federal officers were flanked by videographers, toting professional equipment and wearing high-visibility vests. They filmed from behind the lines of officers, capturing the show of force. At least two drones swept over the scenes.
The march continued for roughly 15 minutes. They pushed the crowd on Bancroft down to its intersection with South Bond Avenue. There, after a pause, they dropped tear gas and other chemical munitions at protesters’ feet and legs. Officers then marched back to the ICE building in a similar, stuttered fashion, punctuating each stop with gas and volleys of pepper balls.
My favorite part was right at the end:
By 10:30 p.m., the earlier crowd grouped in front of the ICE building appeared to have doubled in size.
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fuck the national guard.
might be unpopular and get downvoted, but fuck all of them - they are trash people.
The national guard aren’t the ones doing this AFAIK. Their primary function is helping after disasters. Mussolini just wants to show force and instigate violence. The murder of Republican Goebbels by a fellow neo-nazi wasn’t the incitement they hoped it would be, so now they are back to trying to turn protests violent to justify their next step, martial law.
wasn’t the incitement they hoped it would be
I have my social media pretty tuned-up and locked down. The only nonsense I’ve seen about Kirk lately was some 20-somethings talking about how holy rollers were going to spread Kirk’s message about truth, and bring more people to jesus. While that’s some alarmingly twisted mental gymnastics at work, it’s about as pacifistic a response as possible considering the personalities involved. If that’s what’s really going on out there, then yeah, all their attempts to shape optics on this have failed.
to justify their next step, martial law.
Oddly, this gives me hope. It suggests that they don’t have full control of the media just yet, and are still trying to manufacture popular consent. El presidente missed a golden opportunity to lean into the pandemic and do this to enforce quarantine, and he’s been struggling to seize another opportunity even close to that scale.
They need to fear for their lives.
Then, and only then, will others decide to not risk deployment.
It’s either inciting violence or stomping out dissent. Either way, I’m pretty sure the escalation of force is to cast doubt on the lawmakers in defiance of Trump’s decree.