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Edit: Article about what happened: https://sanfernandosun.com/2025/06/25/pacoima-tamales-vendor-suffers-a-heart-attack-during-ice-raid/
This is turning into a promotion for violence. I won’t be able to watch this thread so I’m going to lock it.
That’s some evil shit. Leave the nice tamale lady tf alone.
I bet those tamales were delicious and cheap.
Speaking up isn’t going to do anything. It’s like walking up to your bully and politely asking them to stop hurting you.
Take a wild guess what ICE, MAGA, and fascists respect? If you answered anything other than “violence” you are part of the reason why this is allowed to happen.
History shows that when just 3.5 percent of a population—about 12 million Americans—engage in peaceful protest, their demands become nearly impossible to ignore. This is particularly relevant today, as Americans continue to defend due process and health care rights amid a rise in authoritarian policies.
But what is happening in Hong Kong is they come up with a slogan, which is translated as Do Not Split, which is, we know that some people are willing to be confrontational with riot police.
And when they are, that’s going to cost the state in terms of not only resources, but it’s going to cost the state in terms of political capital and support. And we know that there are some people who are not willing to do that. And we are going to abide by the protocol of Do Not Split, which means that we’re not going to criticize them openly, and they’re not going to criticize us openly.
If we’re the pacifists, we’re not going to have them criticize us for being sort of like, I don’t know, limpid or flaccid or not courageous or whatever. And we’re not going to criticize them for being more confrontational. And the thing is that the support is also tacit.
Remaining illegally in the country is a crime. When you say not a criminal, it’s not just not a violent criminal. Easy enough to say she’s not a violent criminal.
She may have been here legally or even a US citizen. They’re not making that distinction anymore. Shit, they’re even saying natural born citizens aren’t legal.
