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What to Do if ICE Invades Your Neighborhood (www.wired.com)

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With federal agents storming the streets of American communities, there's no single right way to approach this dangerous moment. But there are steps you can take to stay safe—and have an impact.

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[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

People are very deliberately not doing that. The idea (for the moment) is to use civil resistance to limit what ICE can accomplish while not provoking a gun battle where the federal government can outgun any local group

[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Animal costumes and chants are not going to end this.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You and two buddies with rifles won't either. It takes wining Congress. Right now animal costumes which causes pepper balls to fall to the ground instead of bursting are doing more for us than guns

[–] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Do you think the Democrats will stop any of this?

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

When they are now longer in the minority, yes

[–] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What do you hope they will do?

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm expecting a cut to ICE funding do that they are not staffed to launch military occupations of cities

[–] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Don't you want arrests? Investigations? Indictments? Arrests?

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Those require executive power. It can't come from congress

[–] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

Impeachment was left off my list.

[–] RivverRavven@beehaw.org 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Civil resistance isn't working. The trump government is stomping all over you. Defend yourselves FFS. "Don't tread on me".

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

It's working fine. ICE morale and recruitment are both in the toilet, and it seems like every day we get more incidents of ICE actually being driven off by increasingly savvy local resistance. Meanwhile, every documented incident of unjustified ICE thuggery is driving public opinion further against ICE.

Honestly, it's working far better than I would have dared hope. But, as soon as protesters start shooting ICE, public opinion will swing back the other way, and Trump will finally have his justification to fill the streets with actual military.