A man was choked on the floor of a Charlotte restaurant by Border Patrol agents — and thousands of Americans invented a knife to justify it.
My newest oped on on the lies Americans tell themselves to excuse state violence.
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Civil rights attorney. Longtime public defender. Dad. Executive Director, Zealous. Fighting everyday to share the truth about public health & safety.
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- Filming and documenting ICE activities and arrests is the most American thing you could do. The pinnacle of First Amendment protected action.Suzie rizzio @Suzierizzo1Armed Customs & Border Patrol agents stopped a person right in front of a polling place in Key Largo which is prohibited in Florida. It’s where people from different National Origins come to vote. A bartender was able to record the whole thing & he says it was deliberate.020611.7K
Armed Customs & Border Patrol agents stopped a person right in front of a polling place in Key Largo which is prohibited in Florida. It’s where people from different National Origins come to vote. A bartender was able to record the whole thing & he says it was deliberate.832.4K3.9K57.7K- Filming and documenting ICE activities and arrests is the most American thing you could do. The pinnacle of First Amendment protected action.CantStopPoppin @CantStopPoppinResidents in a Stockton neighborhood reported hearing a woman crying and shouting Sunday night, October 25, as federal immigration agents allegedly took her husband into custody. The incident reportedly occurred at approximately 9:30 p.m. near Ralph Avenue and Belleview Street. Witnesses said the woman could be heard shouting, “They’re taking my husband!” as agents detained the man.0619961
Residents in a Stockton neighborhood reported hearing a woman crying and shouting Sunday night, October 25, as federal immigration agents allegedly took her husband into custody. The incident reportedly occurred at approximately 9:30 p.m. near Ralph Avenue and Belleview Street. Witnesses said the woman could be heard shouting, “They’re taking my husband!” as agents detained the man.514231.9K- Filming and documenting ICE activities and arrests is the most American thing you could do. The pinnacle of First Amendment protected action.60 Minutes @60MinutesA Texas father who had lived in the U.S. for 25 years with no criminal record was finishing his night shift as an Uber driver when immigration agents detained him. Without being able to speak to his lawyer or a judge, he was put on a plane and sent first to Ghana, a country where he had no ties. He was then sent to his home country, despite a determination by a U.S. immigration court judge that he could not be deported there due to likely persecution.09212.1K
A Texas father who had lived in the U.S. for 25 years with no criminal record was finishing his night shift as an Uber driver when immigration agents detained him. Without being able to speak to his lawyer or a judge, he was put on a plane and sent first to Ghana, a country where he had no ties. He was then sent to his home country, despite a determination by a U.S. immigration court judge that he could not be deported there due to likely persecution.18.9K3.5K21.8K12.4M- Filming and documenting ICE activities and arrests is the most American thing you could do. The pinnacle of First Amendment protected action.Devin Nunes' Cattle Dog 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🇺🇸🇨🇦 🇦🇺 @Kaos_Vs_ControlICE crashes into pedestrian then lie about it, Woodland Police Dept dispute them06301.3K
Devin Nunes' Cattle Dog 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🇺🇸🇨🇦 🇦🇺@Kaos_Vs_ControlICE crashes into pedestrian then lie about it, Woodland Police Dept dispute them3125246911.1K- Filming and documenting ICE activities and arrests is the most American thing you could do. The pinnacle of First Amendment protected action.CantStopPoppin @CantStopPoppinVentura, CA, community unites, stopping ice thugs from kidnapping a mother and father trying to go to work0614958
- Ventura, CA, community unites, stopping ice thugs from kidnapping a mother and father trying to go to work743913K
- Filming and documenting ICE activities and arrests is the most American thing you could do. The pinnacle of First Amendment protected action.Joe Walsh @WalshFreedomPredatory ICE gangs roaming neighborhoods, abducting people of color. More likely to have criminal records, violent histories, or be rapists or child predators than the people they arrest. A badge cannot excuse constitutional abuse. helps people understand their rights and prepare for ICE encounters. People fund free access for immigrants without direct legal help through Fund it. Share it. Demand accountability.07281.2K
Predatory ICE gangs roaming neighborhoods, abducting people of color. More likely to have criminal records, violent histories, or be rapists or child predators than the people they arrest. A badge cannot excuse constitutional abuse. helps people understand their rights and prepare for ICE encounters. People fund free access for immigrants without direct legal help through Fund it. Share it. Demand accountability.10745990322.9K- Filming and documenting ICE activities and arrests is the most American thing you could do. The pinnacle of First Amendment protected action.Joe Walsh @WalshFreedomPredatory ICE gangs roaming neighborhoods, abducting people of color. More likely to have criminal records, violent histories, or be rapists or child predators than the people they arrest. A badge cannot excuse constitutional abuse. helps people understand their rights and prepare for ICE encounters. People fund free access for immigrants without direct legal help through Fund it. Share it. Demand accountability.07131.5K
- Filming and documenting ICE activities and arrests is the most American thing you could do. The pinnacle of First Amendment protected action.Congresswoman Sara Jacobs @RepSaraJacobsU.S. citizen Ricardo Gonzalez was brutally detained by ICE in Long Beach while he yelled for help and said his arm was broken. This is a pattern of abuse and violence from ICE. No one is safe and our communities are being terrorized. We need ICE out.14211.6K
U.S. citizen Ricardo Gonzalez was brutally detained by ICE in Long Beach while he yelled for help and said his arm was broken. This is a pattern of abuse and violence from ICE. No one is safe and our communities are being terrorized. We need ICE out.2.1K78231106K- Filming and documenting ICE activities and arrests is the most American thing you could do. The pinnacle of First Amendment protected action.CantStopPoppin @CantStopPoppin08241.7K
- Filming and documenting ICE activities and arrests is the most American thing you could do. The pinnacle of First Amendment protected action.CantStopPoppin @CantStopPoppinICE WARNING ⚠️ 10/24 756am Portland OR- Vehicle leaving Macadam ICE Facility Report sightings to PIRC 888 622 151066261.4K
- ICE WARNING ⚠️ 10/24 756am Portland OR- Vehicle leaving Macadam ICE Facility Report sightings to PIRC 888 622 151067252.4K
- Filming and documenting ICE activities and arrests is the most American thing you could do. The pinnacle of First Amendment protected action.Devin Nunes' Cattle Dog 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🇺🇸🇨🇦 🇦🇺 @Kaos_Vs_ControlJust in case anyone can’t understand what’s going on, person was able to get inside his house before ICE got to him as shown by the disappointed look of the female ICE agent. The other agent offscreen then tells the immigrant “I’ll get you” like the fucking scumbag he is.101761.2K31.9K
- Devin Nunes' Cattle Dog 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🇺🇸🇨🇦 🇦🇺@Kaos_Vs_ControlJust in case anyone can’t understand what’s going on, person was able to get inside his house before ICE got to him as shown by the disappointed look of the female ICE agent. The other agent offscreen then tells the immigrant “I’ll get you” like the fucking scumbag he is.27429339.6K
- Filming and documenting ICE activities and arrests is the most American thing you could do. The pinnacle of First Amendment protected action.Police The Police 2.0 @PoliceThePolic1🚨 Masked ICE agents swarm the camera, flashing handcuffs and flexing authority. Taxpayer-funded intimidation is a disgrace. A badge is not a blank check for bullying, and abuse must never become the norm.26281.6K
🚨 Masked ICE agents swarm the camera, flashing handcuffs and flexing authority. Taxpayer-funded intimidation is a disgrace. A badge is not a blank check for bullying, and abuse must never become the norm.9317765718.3K- Filming and documenting ICE activities and arrests is the most American thing you could do. The pinnacle of First Amendment protected action.CantStopPoppin @CantStopPoppinAtilio Portillo, a United States Citizen from Charlotte, North Carolina, when the ICE broke his truck windows, pointed a gun at him, and abducted him on Wednesday, 10/21/26, despite him yelling over and over that he is a citizen, per the Charlotte Observer120471.9K
- Atilio Portillo, a United States Citizen from Charlotte, North Carolina, when the ICE broke his truck windows, pointed a gun at him, and abducted him on Wednesday, 10/21/26, despite him yelling over and over that he is a citizen, per the Charlotte Observer101081684.9K
- Filming and documenting ICE activities and arrests is the most American thing you could do. The pinnacle of First Amendment protected action.Rep. Pramila Jayapal @RepJayapalOnce again, ICE is lying, instead of holding officers accountable for violent incidents. This video from @David_J_Bier shows ICE agents dragging this man down, nearly ripping his shirt off and grabbing the back of his neck. There is no place in our society for ICE’s cruelty.011441.8K
Once again, ICE is lying, instead of holding officers accountable for violent incidents. This video from @David_J_Bier shows ICE agents dragging this man down, nearly ripping his shirt off and grabbing the back of his neck. There is no place in our society for ICE’s cruelty.88317943423.2K- Filming and documenting ICE activities and arrests is the most American thing you could do. The pinnacle of First Amendment protected action.amNewYork™ @amNewYorkICE agents posed as NYPD officers to arrest Haitian migrant in his Brooklyn home, neighbors say00101.2K
amNewYork™@amNewYorkICE agents posed as NYPD officers to arrest Haitian migrant in his Brooklyn home, neighbors say
5310818634.5K- Filming and documenting ICE activities and arrests is the most American thing you could do. The pinnacle of First Amendment protected action.Malena-PRO-CHOICE🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @tweetMalenaDian Zhao Lin is a business owner of a popular Chinese restaurant in Mount Morris, NY, the birthplace of Francis Bellamy, author of the Pledge of Allegiance. ##VoteEarlyDay He was brutalized by Trump's ICE thugs! The terror caused by #ICELawlessness is evident to all who have eyes, but I also want to talk a little about the economic impact. Did you know that a quarter of a trillion dollars of your taxpayer dollars are going to pay for this cruelty & terror? Over 10% of undocumented immigrants are business owners or self employed. That number shoots up far higher when you include people Trump has taken out of status by ending TPS & those targeted by Trump's ICE thugs that here with legal status and work visas. 21% of immigrants are business owners! According to the Cato Institute, which is a conservative think tank, immigrants reduced the budget deficit by $14.5 trillion between 1994-2023. According to the Center for American Progress, there will be a $4.7 Trillion loss from these deportations. So you can tell uncle MAGA that these deportations and crimes against humanity, while they might excite his sick & sadistic racist tendencies, they're gonna fk our country economically in the long run. You may or may not want to use those exact words. 🔥3582144.2K
Malena-PRO-CHOICE🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny!@tweetMalenaDian Zhao Lin is a business owner of a popular Chinese restaurant in Mount Morris, NY, the birthplace of Francis Bellamy, author of the Pledge of Allegiance. ##VoteEarlyDay He was brutalized by Trump's ICE thugs! The terror caused by #ICELawlessness is evident to all who have eyes, but I also want to talk a little about the economic impact. Did you know that a quarter of a trillion dollars of your taxpayer dollars are going to pay for this cruelty & terror? Over 10% of undocumented immigrants are business owners or self employed. That number shoots up far higher when you include people Trump has taken out of status by ending TPS & those targeted by Trump's ICE thugs that here with legal status and work visas. 21% of immigrants are business owners! According to the Cato Institute, which is a conservative think tank, immigrants reduced the budget deficit by $14.5 trillion between 1994-2023. According to the Center for American Progress, there will be a $4.7 Trillion loss from these deportations. So you can tell uncle MAGA that these deportations and crimes against humanity, while they might excite his sick & sadistic racist tendencies, they're gonna fk our country economically in the long run. You may or may not want to use those exact words. 🔥161321558.5K- Filming and documenting ICE activities and arrests is the most American thing you could do. The pinnacle of First Amendment protected action.CantStopPoppin @CantStopPoppinICE just snatched an immigrant man right off Auburn Street in Portland, Maine.Agents in tactical vests rolled up in a white van and handcuffed him while he was just standing there in an orange hoodie. Bystanders immediately stepped up, pulled out their phones, and confronted the agents directly.22341.8K
- ICE just snatched an immigrant man right off Auburn Street in Portland, Maine.Agents in tactical vests rolled up in a white van and handcuffed him while he was just standing there in an orange hoodie. Bystanders immediately stepped up, pulled out their phones, and confronted the agents directly.2432605.3K
- Filming and documenting ICE activities and arrests is the most American thing you could do. The pinnacle of First Amendment protected action.David J. Bier @David_J_BierConstruction companies are installing fences around private property to keep out ICE agents but agents trespass anyway21142K
Construction companies are installing fences around private property to keep out ICE agents but agents trespass anyway31601638.3K- Filming and documenting ICE activities and arrests is the most American thing you could do. The pinnacle of First Amendment protected action.LongTime🤓FirstTime👨💻 @LongTimeHistoryICE violently drag U.S. citizen out of car—in front of his pregnant wife & daughter. Nearly break backseat glass window all over 1 year old girl. "He’s from here," wife tells them. "Our little girl is here—and I'm pregnant." All while wife is trying to show agents their IDs. Agents open the door and yank the husband and father out of drivers seat. Then 3 agents pin him to the ground and jump on his back. Agents blame the family they just victimized for being "difficult." Incident occurred in Donna, Texas. Elzorroysupandilla doesn't have an account on this platform—so posting first full length, English translated, and credited video here to help raise awareness.7331553.6K
ICE violently drag U.S. citizen out of car—in front of his pregnant wife & daughter. Nearly break backseat glass window all over 1 year old girl. "He’s from here," wife tells them. "Our little girl is here—and I'm pregnant." All while wife is trying to show agents their IDs. Agents open the door and yank the husband and father out of drivers seat. Then 3 agents pin him to the ground and jump on his back. Agents blame the family they just victimized for being "difficult." Incident occurred in Donna, Texas. Elzorroysupandilla doesn't have an account on this platform—so posting first full length, English translated, and credited video here to help raise awareness.1.2K4.4K6.3K334K- Scott HechingerRT @ScottHech: Remember this any time you catch “news” programs running fluff pieces on police officers playing with children, dancing at a BBQ, handing out gifts, or playing basketball in communities of color. It’s all copaganda intended to make police forces seem like saints.060671
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