silence7@lemmy.world to California@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-219 days agoImmigration Agents Clash Again With Protesters in Los Angeles | Federal agents carried out more workplace raids, squared off with protesters, using what appeared to be tear gas & flash-bang grenadeswww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square48linkfedilinkarrow-up1229arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz
arrow-up1227arrow-down1external-linkImmigration Agents Clash Again With Protesters in Los Angeles | Federal agents carried out more workplace raids, squared off with protesters, using what appeared to be tear gas & flash-bang grenadeswww.nytimes.comsilence7@lemmy.world to California@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-219 days agomessage-square48linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz
First-person accounts of the attack and ISIS-style drive-through-a-crowd attack that ICE carried out can be found here: Thread 1 Thread 2
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·19 days agoIf Cali doesn’t step up, federal agencies will keep targeting them
minus-squaresilence7@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up35arrow-down1·19 days agoUnfortunately local cops are in favor of killing citizens.
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down2·19 days agoCops work for cities, counties, and the state… Politicians can give them orders, and if the bosses don’t follow, they can be replaced. Just because neoliberals act like they can’t do anything about cops, doesn’t mean they can’t.
minus-squaresilence7@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·19 days agoThe sheriff is his own elected official, and you can’t run for the position unless you’re a cop.
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-219 days agoSo cut funding… But the issue is the LAPD, not the LASD. Stop acting like norma have to be followed by one side, you don’t fight fascism with one arm tied behind your back
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·19 days agoDoesn’t LAPD have jurisdiction inside the city?
minus-squaresilence7@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-219 days agoYeah, but a bunch of today’s events were in the county, not the city, and the county sheriff are the ones that are most willing to hurt people. Edit: Gov Newsom is deploying the CHP. Hopefully they have orders to keep the other cops from going on a murder rampage
minus-squarePunnyName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·19 days agoThey can also not go home at night, too.
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·edit-219 days agoThey’re only doing aerial surveillance. Newsom and McDonnell, the Chief of Police, have clearly stated that they will not be assisting ICE.
minus-squaresilence7@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·19 days agoThe national guard showed up this morning after being federalized against a governor’s wishes for the first time since school desegregation
minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-219 days agoThey were dispatched the same way in Portland and DC during his first term using a loophole found by Barr. https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-barr-used-loophole-deploy-national-guard-u-s-cities-ncna1236034
If Cali doesn’t step up, federal agencies will keep targeting them
Unfortunately local cops are in favor of killing citizens.
Cops work for cities, counties, and the state…
Politicians can give them orders, and if the bosses don’t follow, they can be replaced.
Just because neoliberals act like they can’t do anything about cops, doesn’t mean they can’t.
The sheriff is his own elected official, and you can’t run for the position unless you’re a cop.
So cut funding…
But the issue is the LAPD, not the LASD.
Stop acting like norma have to be followed by one side, you don’t fight fascism with one arm tied behind your back
Doesn’t LAPD have jurisdiction inside the city?
Yeah, but a bunch of today’s events were in the county, not the city, and the county sheriff are the ones that are most willing to hurt people.
Edit: Gov Newsom is deploying the CHP. Hopefully they have orders to keep the other cops from going on a murder rampage
They can also not go home at night, too.
They’re only doing aerial surveillance. Newsom and McDonnell, the Chief of Police, have clearly stated that they will not be assisting ICE.
The national guard showed up this morning after being federalized against a governor’s wishes for the first time since school desegregation
They were dispatched the same way in Portland and DC during his first term using a loophole found by Barr.
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-barr-used-loophole-deploy-national-guard-u-s-cities-ncna1236034