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riversedge

(79,939 posts)
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 12:01 PM 2 hrs ago

The child has his hands in the air. An agent runs up and hits him in the head with a pistol. Then two agents tackle him

The kid does has his hands in the air when attack by ICE




Jesus Freakin Congress
@TheJFreakinC
🚨BREAKING: ICE/Border Patrol are now pistol-whipping 16-year-olds and smashing their heads into the curb.

In the video, an agent illegally tries to detain an unaccompanied minor, in Long Beach, California.

The child has his hands in the air.

An agent runs up and hits him in the head with a pistol. Then two agents tackle him and force his head down against the curb.

After the child is already on the ground, pinned by two armed adults, another agent brings out a K9, for what reason exactly?

Then one agent puts his knee on the child’s neck while another handcuffs him, even though he’s not resisting at all.

Unaccompanied minors are supposed to be handled through child-welfare procedures, not slammed into concrete by armed agents.

Using a gun as a weapon is deadly force. You don’t get to use deadly force on a child who is standing still with his hands up. And putting a knee on someone’s neck while they’re restrained is a textbook violation of use-of-force rules and basic constitutional rights.

ICE/Border Patrol agents are brutalizing people for sport, they are executing people because they can, trafficking children, and if they aren’t stopped no one will be safe.


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The child has his hands in the air. An agent runs up and hits him in the head with a pistol. Then two agents tackle him (Original Post) riversedge 2 hrs ago OP
Out of the 100's of police videos I have watched not once has the handler SamKnause 1 hr ago #1
I think the intent is clear. They want us to see that the dog is just one slip of the leash away from biting someone. patphil 14 min ago #31
ICE is sadistic evil scum. dalton99a 1 hr ago #2
Yes ICE is evil scum, Dave Id 58 min ago #16
They brought a guy to the ER in MN with a cracked skull Easterncedar 1 hr ago #3
Oh my God mahina 33 min ago #23
To think this is all going on, and that D. Spaulding 1 hr ago #4
The cultists are in denial, for sure. Diamond_Dog 1 hr ago #9
Just how effing stupid does one have to be to believe that all these protesters are being paid? MIButterfly 5 min ago #32
MAGA cultists do not care. Their attitude seems to be that anyone not a citizen deserves hatred and violent injury. Lonestarblue 49 min ago #20
Don't you mean "anyone not White"...? regnaD kciN 28 min ago #26
Is this our new reality? pandr32 1 hr ago #5
The ugly America from the 1950s has resurrected. Baitball Blogger 1 hr ago #6
Please launch Miller into the sun orangecrush 1 hr ago #7
That's too quick maxrandb 50 min ago #19
At least these assholes are not wearing masks, so identify them, already. jeffreyi 1 hr ago #8
Not ICE. I think that might be your typical cops or a DEA bust. progressoid 1 hr ago #10
This is Long Beach CA. Law passed against masks wearing ICE. nt LittleGirl 18 min ago #29
Unchecked Trumps America will soon be counting dozens of deaths a week until NoMoreRepugs 1 hr ago #11
covid taught them people can be numb to 1000's dead cynical_idealist 1 hr ago #12
K9 patrols need to be banned Old Crank 1 hr ago #13
Why the police dog? milestogo 1 hr ago #14
Correction: NO ONE IS SAFE NOW who is not clearly magat. They will niyad 1 hr ago #15
Utterly sickening karin_sj 57 min ago #17
Untrained Gestapo Smilo 50 min ago #18
Good point at least the Gestapo was trained in their brutality these goons do what comes naturally. gordianot 32 min ago #25
Somehow we have to figure out a way to these videos and stories PUBLIC so the public can see them. bluestarone 47 min ago #21
Why is the uniformed female cop just standing there doing crowd control? sop 44 min ago #22
Maybe post it to some other platforms mymomwasright 33 min ago #24
One day these animals. Duncthechonk 27 min ago #27
They should be lucky enough liberalgunwilltravel 21 min ago #28
Regarding the dogs not a texan 18 min ago #30
ICE are the new child traffickers Clouds Passing 5 min ago #33
There needs to be a reckoning...soon. Joinfortmill 4 min ago #34
People will fight back pfitz59 2 min ago #35

SamKnause

(14,811 posts)
1. Out of the 100's of police videos I have watched not once has the handler
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 12:08 PM
1 hr ago

been able to control their dog.

They should not be allowed to have dogs or horses.

patphil

(8,801 posts)
31. I think the intent is clear. They want us to see that the dog is just one slip of the leash away from biting someone.
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 01:49 PM
14 min ago

Dave Id

(252 posts)
16. Yes ICE is evil scum,
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 01:05 PM
58 min ago

So is president Trump who has to power to stop this, but won't. He thrives on the pain of 'others'.

Easterncedar

(5,720 posts)
3. They brought a guy to the ER in MN with a cracked skull
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 12:12 PM
1 hr ago

And facial injuries and claimed he had done it himself running into a brick wall. The medical staff said there were injuries on both sides and the back of his head, so no. The guy was a legal immigrant, now disabled. They finally unshackled him from the hospital bed and ultimately just let him go.

D. Spaulding

(473 posts)
4. To think this is all going on, and that
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 12:14 PM
1 hr ago

more people aren't just absolutely outraged by it, is what really has me concerned about our country.

Diamond_Dog

(40,002 posts)
9. The cultists are in denial, for sure.
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 12:22 PM
1 hr ago

They believe what right wing media tells them - that these people getting assaulted were paid terrorists, “obstructing law enforcement” and therefore brought it on themselves. It’s sickening to defend this performative thuggery, on children, yet.

MIButterfly

(2,262 posts)
32. Just how effing stupid does one have to be to believe that all these protesters are being paid?
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 01:57 PM
5 min ago

It just boggles my little mind. Of course, a lot of what those dumbasses believe boggles my little mind.

There are some incredibly stupid people in this country, either flat-out stupid; willfully ignorant; or easily led.

Lonestarblue

(13,323 posts)
20. MAGA cultists do not care. Their attitude seems to be that anyone not a citizen deserves hatred and violent injury.
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 01:13 PM
49 min ago

I think very few of the cult even know that migrants who have applied for asylum are in the country legally until they have a hearing and are either granted asylum or remanded for deportation. They don't care about the law and reality, they just enjoy seeing black and brown people get hurt or killed.

pandr32

(13,881 posts)
5. Is this our new reality?
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 12:15 PM
1 hr ago

I hope our protests, growing into a movement, finally wear down some of the financial backers to this criminal regime. We must save others from becoming victims. We must stop this brutality.
We are supposed to protect children and vulnerable people. We are supposed to embrace and model civilized behavior.
W are heading out today to a quickly put together protest. We all should!

maxrandb

(17,256 posts)
19. That's too quick
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 01:13 PM
50 min ago

His suffering on earth should only be surpassed by his suffering in hell.

I'm thinking testicular cancer that has spread to his bones, but when they do an ultrasound, one of the tumors is a teratoma tumor that registers a heartbeat. No treatment, or pain medication that might damage that heartbeat.

When he dies after several years and goes to hell, he learns the only medical treatment available is to have rats gnaw the tumors out.

Sorry, read one too many horror novels.

progressoid

(52,752 posts)
10. Not ICE. I think that might be your typical cops or a DEA bust.
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 12:24 PM
1 hr ago

Ice have masks. These "officers" showed their faces and they have a canine as well.

NoMoreRepugs

(11,859 posts)
11. Unchecked Trumps America will soon be counting dozens of deaths a week until
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 12:33 PM
1 hr ago

the populace becomes docile and obedient.

Impossible?

Think back 6 months ago to where we are now.

karin_sj

(1,342 posts)
17. Utterly sickening
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 01:05 PM
57 min ago

These bastards have to pay for their evil, unconstitutional, immoral acts. They are disgusting beyond words.

gordianot

(15,755 posts)
25. Good point at least the Gestapo was trained in their brutality these goons do what comes naturally.
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 01:31 PM
32 min ago

A sixteen year old was beheaded for his protest his two older cohorts were imprisoned after a trial survived the war. Ice is much worse than the Gestapo they kill on a whim and giggles. Pistol whipping is often fatal. If we can survive there needs to be trials for the Ice goons.

bluestarone

(21,560 posts)
21. Somehow we have to figure out a way to these videos and stories PUBLIC so the public can see them.
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 01:15 PM
47 min ago

Some will care some won't BUT NONE of this is reaching public eyes and ears. HOW can we accomplish that?

sop

(17,829 posts)
22. Why is the uniformed female cop just standing there doing crowd control?
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 01:18 PM
44 min ago

Clearly, this was excessive force. She should have stepped in to protect the minor being brutalized, no matter what the reason for his arrest.

liberalgunwilltravel

(1,114 posts)
28. They should be lucky enough
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 01:42 PM
21 min ago

To live that long. This escalation of violence only leads in one direction. I just hope there are enough real patriots to save our republic from these monsters.

not a texan

(83 posts)
30. Regarding the dogs
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 01:44 PM
18 min ago

I was stuck by other videos of the lack of training and control these agents have over some of the dogs. I saw dogs panic on their leash when gunshots and crowd control munitions were used. Are these dogs rejects from other training programs. Are they just like the humans involved, not the pick of the litter?

pfitz59

(12,467 posts)
35. People will fight back
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 02:00 PM
2 min ago

Inevitable. Ironic. Adter 250 years we're full circle. Fighting a mad king.

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