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I hope the staff spat in their food

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[–] toeknee@piefed.social 4 points 21 hours ago

I hope all their future meals taste like piss and flies

[–] Cruel@programming.dev 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It is unclear who the individuals arrested are or what the reason was for their arrests

Wow great reporting. Didn't contact the restaurant or anything. Just writing about videos people post on social media.

[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

That is unfortunately SO much media these days. We should demand better, the media is the fourth pillar and its corruption and failure is to blame as much as anything else.

[–] northernlights@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

Not even telling us if they paid their bill, so i'm guessing not. Just ate for free then arrested them.

And they also arrested the people who hired these Illegal staff members right? Right?

[–] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago

Ah, so that explains a few things. A place I went to get some food yesterday, had the front doors locked. Someone had to let me in. Every time I've ever been there, it's usually busy Being vague just in case ICE were to read this.

[–] AlexLost@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Simple response: Don't feed the animals.

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Oh you feed them you feed them the off menu special.

That actually reminds me of a story.

So in 2002 I worked at a place where the old owner still owned the property and he would come by to collect his rent cheques. German fellow, old guy.

He told a story once about growing up in Nazi Germany, he was very young at the time but old enough to remember it things.

In the town he grew up in, it was a small town, turns out one day the local butcher and his wife had the SS show up and take them off to be executed.

What they found it was Gestapo officers kept going missing in the area and everyone thought that they were taken to be questioned. No no it turned out that the old couple, who's children had long left the town and had lived elsewhere, were snatching Gestapo officers and then butchering them and selling them by turning them into sausages.

He said the sausages tasted completely normal and everyone was quite surprised how good the sausages were given the fact they they were all eating human sausage

[–] northernlights@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean they're pigs, must be pork.

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago

Long pork as they say

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 254 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (6 children)

That's some Tarantino villain level bullshit.

[–] hayvan@piefed.world 60 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Tarantino wishes he could come up ridiculously evil shits like those.

[–] ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago

This is similar to the beginning of Inglorious Basterds. The milk scene.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 day ago

Nice Guy Eddie: C'mon, throw in a buck!

Mr. Pink: Uh-uh, I don't tip.

Nice Guy Eddie: You don't tip?

Mr. Pink: No, I just kidnap them afterwards.

[–] kambusha@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 days ago

Or Rodriguez: You really must try this because it's “puerco pibil”. It's a slow-roasted pork, nothing fancy. It just happens to be my favorite, and I order it with a tequila and lime in every dive I go to in this country. And honestly, that is the best it's ever been anywhere. In fact, it's too good. It's so good that when I'm finished, I'll pay my check, walk straight into the kitchen and shoot the cook.

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[–] Nomorereddit@lemmy.today 4 points 1 day ago

I have midwest crisis fatigue and so Does most of america.

[–] rayyy@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] crimes_of_ICE@lemmy.4d2.org 29 points 1 day ago

If anyone wants to help document their crimes, check out https://crimesofice.org/ :)

[–] DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 21 hours ago

WE need the Charmed Ones to curse those ICE Agents. Luckily, there's an Instant Karma Spell in the show (s04e03):

"Let Cruelty, pain and evil ways Follow this villain through all his days Reverse the torment, he creates To turn on him a crueler fate' (Just change 'villain' to 'ICE Agent')"

[–] Rhoeri@piefed.world 96 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Why those nazi terrorists aren’t being denied service everywhere they go is beyond me.

[–] BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works 47 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

Probably because they're often not clearly identifiable as law enforcement, let alone ICE. ~~Can't~~ It's not good business to deny service just because they look the type that might be ICE.

Edit: People seem to be misunderstanding my intentions here. Businesses should totally refuse service to anyone clearly showing to be ICE or acting in a racist way. Fuck them.

I'm saying that it's not in their best interest to deny service to middle aged white guys / rednecks because they look like they might be in ICE. They'd go out of business.

[–] mangaskahn@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They certainly can, law enforcement isn't a protected class. It might be bad for business, but nothing is stopping anyone from denying service to LEOs

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 19 points 1 day ago

@BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works is saying they_don't_ clearly identify as cops when showing up to eat

[–] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Republicans have literally fought tooth and nail to be able to refuse service to anyone (in their case, LGBTQ people, disabled people, and black people) which absolutely can and should be used to the fullest extent against them.

[–] BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My stance is fuck ICE, but not people who are possibly ICE. Judge people based on how they act and the message they send, not based on which race and age group they belong to

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[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 12 points 1 day ago (6 children)

If they're going to stereotype people to detain them there's nothing wrong with stereotyping them back. It won't kill them to pack their own lunch.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Define the type? Middle aged white dude? Maybe fat, maybe not. Maybe bald. Maybe not?

Most don’t have visible Nazis tats.

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[–] Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Hypothetically, how would the police determine who on the staff accidentally added rat poison to their dish if there were no witnesses?

[–] SippyCup@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Realistically, all of them would be considered guilty of the crime by simply being in the kitchen when it happened.

A conviction hungry DA would use the same laws that apply murder charges to the guy who drove the car. If it happened, and you could have theoretically known it was going to happen, and you still participated in any conceivable way, you also legally committed the crime.

This is one of the many ways this country persecutes black and brown people to feed the prison labor industry.

[–] Butterpaderp@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Working in a kitchen isn't a felony though, nor is serving food normally. Now, if someone said they spit in the food and you knew about it but still served it, that could be a felony. If that 'spit' turned out to be rat poison and killed a guy, that's felony murder.

There has to be a level of participation before felony murder happens. If you knew about something bad happening and did nothing to stop it. But, they have to be able to prove that you knew about it, or at least convince the judge/jury

Agree with you about it being used disproportionately on non-white though, there's some fucked up felony murder charges out there.

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[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 4 points 1 day ago

Head chef, venue manager, and operator are all likely to face criminal charges for something like that. Regulators do not fuck around, least here in aus

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 69 points 2 days ago (2 children)

They're butthurt that they couldn't eat at a Mexican restaurant in last few days (sound on for best effect)

[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 57 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Maybe instead of heckling them out of restaurants, we should use those moments to record them removing their masks so we can connect them to their crimes?

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[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 48 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So these dangerous criminal aliens were perfectly safe while preparing and serving them food and running the restaurant, but became dangerous as soon as they closed up for the day?

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

Snowflakes probably couldn’t handle the pico. And that’s just embarrassing.

[–] elbiter@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

At least I hope the staff spit on their food.

[–] 58008@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Evil. Gimme a better term and I'll use it. But for now: evil.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

evil implies the only way to beat them is to be "good'. it demonizes them into being monsters, which is no different than what they do.

a better term is reprobate.

an unprincipled or depraved person

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[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 48 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I hope the staff put extra "special sauce" in their food at least. Disgraceful nazi fucks.

[–] mumblerfish@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago

Like the chumbawamba song

When ~~fine society~~ ICE agents sits down to dine
Remember that someone is pissing in the wine

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago

Hope someone doxxes these bastards. Presumably they had to take the masks off to eat.

[–] locahosr443@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Boogers and cum

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

So they got booed out of one Mexican Restaurant and arrested a bunch of people at another in a fit of petty revenge?

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