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Not because they are white, but because I could see protesting ICE and just ending up in this kind of situation. Trying to drive away, helping someone who is knocked down, standing still.
They don't need a reason, do they?
UpInArms
(54,264 posts)Terrorism is a mechanism to change who we are and what we do.
I refuse to not stand for good and pretti
Dave Bowman
(6,827 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(26,585 posts)Maninacan
(228 posts)Small town cops jumped out of the bushes with guns drawn on me in a city park. Staked me out cause car was parked suspiciously between 2 yellow lines in a parking area. If one of them had tripped and shot me they would have had to make up a story why they shot a 16yr old kid on a quiet Sunday morning.
I do not trust cops at all. Have seen them be Johnny on the spot in emergencies but have never trusted any of them again.
pwb
(12,502 posts)And push a woman to the ground I will come to her aid. So there's that.
Mike Nelson
(10,940 posts)... I would have swerved away and not tried to "run over" the ICE, even though I don't agree with what they are doing in MN. I would have probably rushed over to help the woman shoved by ICE, especially if we'd had a chat earlier and I knew she was not a "domestic terrorist." I did attend BLM protests, but none of the ICE ones. I am not impressed with people saying "they shouldn't have been there," at all. I would be there. My country, my community, my right to protest. Yes. Absolutely.
mr715
(3,106 posts)I like to think I am. I don't know if I am.
To your question, yeah, I'm a cis white male 42 years old in academia. And I found out the other day that my university's police is cooperating with ICE.
livetohike
(24,053 posts)I just heard from friends in Mpls that their son was in the city for the protest on Friday (they were at a protest in the suburbs). He was taking a pic of an ICE vehicle and two thugs got out and pushed him to the ground. He wasnt hurt.