Would community defense organizing be good?

  • disregardable@lemmy.zip
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    9 months ago

    Personally I’d just comply. They’re thugs, not law enforcement. They’ll hurt you and there will be no recourse available. If they’re there for someone else, I’d probably comfort that person and ask if there’s someone they’d like me to call.

  • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
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    9 months ago

    First, contact as many people as you can, especially local ICE watch orgs. A lot have hotlines which you may be able to find with a web search. Next start recording. Delay as long as possible. Ask for a warrant, stay calm and maybe try to negotiate as a stall tactic. This will hopefully give community members time to arrive and record or hopefully apply pressure if they are brave and numerous enough. It is possible to intimidate and drive them back with enough numbers.

    All else fails at this point I would not fight back and allow yourself to be arrested. Most citizens being arrested right now are being released. The courts are slow but still upholding the law for now. If you are not a citizen then your options might not be as good. Fighting back is likely to get you injured or killed but if you have an escape route it could be worthwhile, especially if you can escape in areas where motor vehicles can’t go. Their level of fitness is generally low so they can’t give chase for long, and as long as you’re not high profile you might be safe once you get away, though you’ll likely need to lie low somewhere.

    If you’re asking what to do about the current political situation in a broader sense then I have different answers.

  • dan1101@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I think groups of openly armed citizens patrolling the streets would be a huge deterrent to ICE. These guys are violent bullies when they operate against unarmed people, but I doubt they are willing to mess with a mass of armed defenders.

    But if the military continues to go along with Trump then this just may escalate things.

  • fennesz12@feddit.dk
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    9 months ago

    I’m from Denmark, and reading this thread is really scary. What the hell is going on over there?

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      9 months ago

      the people behind a 5 decade long plan to build amerikkka finally feel secure enough to take off their masks

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      9 months ago

      The federal government is sending masked agents to brutalize and terrorize people is cities that are adversarial to their agenda.

      It’s bad.

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        8 months ago

        Just think those old black and white films of whimsical aviation fails. That is what they are in real life. We’ll see how history plays out. Not usually too well for these types. Just bad optics overall.

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      9 months ago

      Full Nazi takeover and not enough resistance although the ICE agent shooting Renee Good in the head three times has gotten some people to react.

  • da Tweaker@feddit.orgBanned
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    9 months ago

    Do a nazi thing, like a hitler salute. That way they get confused, and could possibly see you as one of them.

    Second idea: wear an explosive belt at all times, now you can get all of them, and if youre lucky even the bomb expert and negotiator.

  • chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    If we reached the point where they came into my house I’d be fucked no matter what, so I’d take as many as I could with me. No use in making my death meaningless.

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    9 months ago

    You either contribute to the United States’ brain drain so that the economic situation collapses, or you use the second amendment.

  • bigmamoth@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Dont use advice found on the internet that come from keyboard warrior. Comply with the law and nothing will happen to you

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        8 months ago

        do it your way. tell me how 2000 thousand wrongfull conviction on nearly 300 year give you exclusive right ?

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            8 months ago

            well if you wanna prouve me right the best way is to assault law enforcement and that the justice say it was justified. Idk how you wanna dot it but tell me if you do

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              8 months ago

              No, it’s not that. You’re definitely wrong. Slaves being bought, sold and abused were complying with the law, and that did not work out for them. People of Japanese ancestry were complying with the law when they were moved into concentration camps during WWII, and that was not okay. Just complying with the law is not going to protect you from harm. To add to this, black people had to fight against the law for almost a century in order to get recognized as equal to white people. Women had to protest and non-comply with the law in order to get recognized as equal to men. So active non-compliance is practically a requirement for things to change for legally marginalized people.

              The real problem with explaining it all is that every time I see someone going hard to defend the absolute dumbest, room-temp IQ, stance on a situation, it’s usually you, or like 3 other people. I don’t even have to read your name to know a post belongs to you, the absolutely backwards crap you post has it’s own very unique style that lasts substance or tact. I don’t think you could be convinced that you are wrong, despite the preponderance of evidence that you couldn’t be further from the truth.

              • bigmamoth@lemmy.world
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                8 months ago

                No, it’s not that. You’re definitely wrong. Slaves being bought, sold and abused were complying with the law, and that did not work out for them. People of Japanese ancestry were complying with the law when they were moved into concentration camps during WWII, and that was not okay

                Can u have an exemple that happened when you were born ?

                Just complying with the law is not going to protect you from harm.

                Agree in theory butt you push the argument to an extreme that make no sens.

                To add to this, black people had to fight against the law for almost a century in order to get recognized as equal to white people. Women had to protest and non-comply with the law in order to get recognized as equal to men.

                Again can u take an exemple that happened from where your were born ?

                So active non-compliance is practically a requirement for things to change for legally marginalized people.

                Can u describe who is the marginalized ppl in that case ?

                I don’t think you could be convinced that you are wrong, despite the preponderance of evidence that you couldn’t be further from the truth.

                yeah cause it s well known that your chance to be a victim of police violence dont dramaticaly increase when you refuse to complie. The real problem with explaining it all is that every time I see someone going hard to defend the absolute dumbest, room-temp IQ, stance on a situation.

      • bigmamoth@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        did anybody fought the nazi in your familly ? you know the real nazi not just ppl you call name when you disagree with them on the internet.

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          8 months ago

          Only Nazis believe that Nazis are “people you disagree with” so besides your long history of evil positions, that’d be more evidence you’re a Nazi.

  • Triasha@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    That’s a calculation each of us has to make personally. If you are white, a citizen, have people that rely on you, and are wealthy enough that they can fight a legal battle for you, maybe don’t resist and hope for the best. If you are none of those, and you think you might get sent to a concentration camp or Africa, maybe defend yourself as best you can.

    Good luck to everyone.