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DHS: Filming Cops, ICE Officers Is a 'Violent Tactic'
The DHS has been hyping assault stats for weeks, making it sound like there’s an actual war on ICE officers. The reality was much more underwhelming: the 700% increase touted in press release…
Hardly worth remarking on, especially since ICE enforcement activities have exponentially exploded during the same time period as the agency does everything it can (legal or not) to hit Trump advisor Stephen Miller’s 3,000-arrests-per-day quota. Presenting context-free stats and referring to any protest as “violent” aids and abets Trump’s martial law plans for the nation by justifying the administration’s decision to send a few thousand soldiers to Los Angeles, California. Protesters on bicycles, skateboards, or even “on foot” are framed as potential “scouts” conducting reconnaissance or searching for “items to be used as weapons.” Livestreaming is listed alongside “doxxing” as a “tactic” for “threatening” police.
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