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[–] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm surprised that there hasn't been any violent response to those individuals. I'm not advocating for violence, but if I were to encounter unidentified vehicles with unknown people attempting to abduct others in broad daylight, which clearly resembles kidnapping, I could foresee a potential escalation in the situation. Did that happen anywhere?

[–] besselj@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm betting that this administration is trying to get it to happen so they can use it as their Reichstag fire

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's why they sent the troops into LA. They want escalations to justify further removing our rights.

I suspect this is also the reasoning behind bombing Iran. Do they get extra powers during a war?

[–] redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 week ago

I heard of a group of ICE agents kidnapping another group of ICE agents and the onlookers didn't know which was real. Spiderman meme immediately came to mind

[–] Zier@fedia.io 7 points 1 week ago

DON'T ACTUALLY DO THIS! It's not legal. I was thinking that someone needs to kidnap some of them and make them reveal exactly who they are, and publish their faces. I read someplace that people were guessing that they were bounty hunters because, allegedly, ICE is paying them $1500 a person to turn people in. Not sure if that is true.

[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago
[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

LAPd has been corrupt for decades, what do they have to fear. And also a lot of them are gang members too