And no, it doesn’t make ICE thugs because they arrest people who resist or become violent. It’s their job.
You are correct. Arresting someone who resists or becomes violent does not make an ICE agent a thug. Real and professional police officers do that all the time, while respecting the constitutional rights of the people being arrested.
What makes an ICE agent a thug is the lack of training they have and their willingness to follow orders that trample on the constitutional rights of those they engage with. In that, it is ICE committing the crimes and you can mark my words, people are really, really, really pissed about that.
That's why you see HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS of people signing up to be ICE watchers. That's why you see MILLIONS of people protesting in the No Kings protests. And it's why citizens like me are already communicating with the Democrats who are expected to take the House and maybe the Senate to crack down hard on the criminals who trampled our Constitution into the ground instead of abide by and uphold it.
The RAGE is building well beyond the tolerance and compromise shown before. Democrats are super angry about Garland's foot-dragging in prosecuting Trump. They are super angry at the Democrats who tried to navigate the middle ground and give Trump the benefit of the doubt. They are super angry at the generals who obeyed Trump's illegal orders to murder people in boats. The "I was just following orders" defense the generals and pilots will give will fail, just like that defense failed for the Nazi criminals. Those officers were supposed to act as a check against constitutional travesties. They failed to do that and their crimes (murder) will be punished.
There is a STRONG groundswell of rage developing among all but the most die-hard and pig-ignorant Republicans (a minority becoming increasingly weak).
In Nazi Germany, the people remained silent. In the US today, they are taking to the streets by the millions and there will be no forgiveness and no quarter given to the fascist leaders and thugs who have created the state of things today.
These people are acting insane because they have bought into an insane leader. In the months and years ahead many of them will deny they ever supported Trump for will find some excuse for doing so. That will make no difference for those, those who committed crimes under the Trump rules and violated the constitutional rights of human beings who held them.
I am literally losing sleep over the sight of toddler children being unconstitutionally arrested and deported. That is inhuman in every sense of the word. To hell with the Nazi thugs doing such things. To jail with them all. Masked "agents" in our streets? No way! No more!
