A loose coalition of dozens of grassroots organizations whose cellphone-toting members are broadcasting immigration arrests in real time over social media to millions of followers has taken shape across the region.
These groups post and repost the locations of arrests, organize spontaneous protests, help families find information about relatives who have been detained and set up donation drives when needed.
It’s difficult to measure the direct effect these actions have had since Trump’s immigration crackdown, but affected families say the outpouring of support is immeasurable.
A pastor from the Los Angeles church posted a video last week of an Iranian husband and wife being arrested by federal agents on a west L.A. street. The woman suffered a medical emergency during the encounter, which was filmed by the pastor and shared widely on social media.
Activists who saw the video rushed to the hospital where the woman was being treated and recorded interactions with federal officials inside and outside the medical facility.
The atrocities of Gaza are being broadcast live, and it would seem that the internet is yet again acting as a spotlight. It would seem that while the imperial boomerang returns home, it is followed sharply by the messenger of resistance. It’s hard to say how much of this is simply the natural reaction to these events in our current time, and how much of this is informed by the Internets role in making Gaza visible.
The question I have is, how long until these services begin to capitulate to the state and down rank or shadow-ban these kinds of broadcasts?
The question I have is, how long until these services begin to capitulate to the state and down rank or shadow-ban these kinds of broadcasts?
Immediately the moment someone fires a gun back at and kills one of these feds. They’ll say that they caused the death and are putting other lives at risk and threaten them heavy-handedly and they’ll all fold like cards or be targeted by other elements of the state. Some will obviously fold far before that.
With the 20x increase in the ICE budget incoming, it seems clear that LA is going to be the testbed for an occupation and ethnic cleansing campaign.
Can we get to the ‘shoot ICE agents for being pigs AND nazis’ stage of resistance please?
Are there organizations set up to hide and protect people who do that? Then we won’t get any of that resistance outside of the suicidal
If the first person to do it can survive the moment itself, I’m interested to watch a “It was self defense, I had no way of knowing they weren’t random gang members” court case play out
Especially if it’s genuine, and it’s some everyday carry chud who sees a group of masked Hispanic guys kidnapping someone and goes “Oh my god it’s MS-13!” and opens fire
Especially if it’s genuine, and it’s some everyday carry chud who sees a group of masked Hispanic guys kidnapping someone and goes “Oh my god it’s MS-13!” and opens fire
I feel like it’s just a matter of time right? Especially since like 60% of ICE agents are Hispanic.
Feels inevitable tbh
