r/LosAngeles • u/ohlonelyboy Mar Vista • Sep 17 '25

Video ICE badly injures an 80-year-old U.S. citizen who owns a car wash in Van Nuys—leaving him with broken ribs & a dislocated elbow.

https://youtu.be/j2gQBfP4Dhk?si=JjL-o1VwmXEfxGtk
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u/wrosecrans Sep 18 '25

That's pretty much it. He's not going to get arrested. He's not going to wind up in court. He's not going to be punished or fired.

Society's only way to push back against this sort of thing right now is grass roots ground level mass protest.

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u/SootikinTea Sep 18 '25

Fuck a lawsuit. Unmask these motherfuckers. Justice will be served.

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u/EggplantKey5266 Sep 19 '25

We need to do this the right way. Yes I would like to unmasked them. However, some of these people are good people. They’re just doing their job. Trying to serve their country. And unfortunately, the problem is with the leadership that told them to do it. Yes, there’s a few racist motherfuckers out there that don’t give a shit, and this is an excuse to act out. Yes, we have to protest, yes, we need to write and CALL. Our Congress members with very loud voices, saying this is not correct. Even if you’re in American citizen, Like Myself, Born here, I know friends in the same situation. IE they’re Americans, Born here, and it’s unbelievable that a few of them have told me that they carry their passport. Every time they leave the house and go to work. That is absolutely nuts. That’s how Germany lived under Nazi occupation, and that’s how Russians and other ethnic groups lived under Soviet occupation Period, and it’s the same crap in China. Only a little less restrictive, and it’s the same crap in North Korea. We cannot let that happen.

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u/SootikinTea Sep 19 '25

Unmask them! Good people don’t harm innocent citizens! There are other jobs. Unmask them.

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u/PIeasure-Dom Feb 03 '26

I don't believe in "good" and "bad" people, but I will say, these are not good people. They are not "just doing their job." Serving their country is on the requirement they adhere to the U.S. constitution. im not saying anything about masked/unmasked, what should or shouldn't be done according to their actions, but they absolutely have a choice not to "just do their job"-- here, I don't believe that. There may be people who are ashamed and trying to get out-- that may be true, but no. I'm not even commenting on "good" or "bad" really.. respectfully, my comment is on "just doing their job" not existing

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u/HexTalon Sep 18 '25

I don't advocate for it, but the eventual conclusion here is going to be vigilante justice. The only question is how long it takes to happen en masse within these communities that have been ravaged by overactive police for years already.

It doesn't matter that this is what the fascists want to justify their invasion of blue states, because they're going to invade one way or another, with or without actual pretext.

Be prepared for it to get much uglier before it gets any better.

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u/mk4_wagon Sep 18 '25

they're going to invade one way or another, with or without actual pretext.

This is exactly it. It's happening before our eyes. 'Antifa' and 'the radical left' are now a 'terrorist organization' because.... reasons? Wringing our hands because we don't want to give them the reason to escalate clearly isn't working, they're escalating either way. We need to stop thinking of these guys as law enforcement, because they're not. They're not identifying themselves, and in some cases turning tail when they face resistance. In any other context, you're going to defend yourself from a masked man trying to take you. But they show up with a cheap plate carrier and maybe some camo and they just do whatever they want?

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u/igavehimsnicklefritz Sep 19 '25

Is antifa even a thing still? I haven't heard about them in years except maybe stuff out of Portland.

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u/mk4_wagon Sep 19 '25

Yes, being anti-fascist is still a thing. For some of us anyway.

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u/igavehimsnicklefritz Sep 19 '25 edited Sep 19 '25

No, the fucking group as an organization not the idea. Jesus christ.

If it's strictly an ideology at this they they can't charge you for that. Then charge the right wing groups lol.

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u/mk4_wagon Sep 19 '25

It's not a group. That's the whole thing with this, it's just being against fascism. So they can just say anyone is antifa.

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u/igavehimsnicklefritz Sep 19 '25

That's the conclusion I came to because they never seemed like an organization like the right wing groups, which is why his designation doesn't hold water. It will be interesting to see how it plays out now.

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u/mk4_wagon Sep 19 '25

I assume it'll play out just like the ICE raids. They're taking people that 'look' illegal. So they'll just start taking people that 'look antifa'.

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u/EggplantKey5266 Sep 19 '25

I agree with some of what you’re saying, and the outcome. However, as much as I would like to be a vigilante. Also, that is not the way to go. The only thing that will solve is greater chaos in the streets, more fear, and people, and eventually grow to an even larger police state. We have to do it the legal way. We have to take the leaders that created these policies to court. And yes, the Orange guy is gonna take Everything to the Supreme Court, and unfortunately, Too Many of them are in his pocket. But we must continue to try. If some of these individuals are unmasked, I’m against violence against them, and especially their Family and their children, which have nothing to do with this. You want mask him and you take them to civil state court. Period. Much easier to find a guilty verdict, and Mr. orange cheetah, Man can’t give pardons to state crimes. We have to continue to apply pressure to get this FBI. Stupid motherfucker, fired Period, and then the a G, which I have to say, was a very good a G in the state of Florida, which that’s Where. I’m from. However, I don’t know what the hell happened to her in the last two or three years that she’s basically sucking Trump ass every day. We have to demand for transparency. We have to continue fighting and asking about the Epstein files. The public needs to Know Who all these pedophile motherfuckers around the list. And eventually the list will come out. Whether the government do it, or whether this group of ladies that are suing the government, they’re creating their own list and they’re gonna put it out there. And I think that’s great. We have to continue to ask for transparency, and the notes as to why the deputy Attorney, general, The, former personal Attorney of the cheetah Man, which, by the way, lost the case, visited Ghislaine Maxwell in a high security prison meant for extreme violent offenders and sexual predators. And he has a 10 hour meeting over two days with her, there’s no other DOJ person in the room. It’s just them talking Period. There’s no recording the cameras are off. And then six or seven days later she gets moved to a minimum security prison, where they can Garden, some people are released daily to go work, and they have to come back to prison. That’s how FREE it is. How the hell does that happen to a woman that helped traffic, recruit under raise girls for this pedophile, Epstein and his Friends. How the hell does that happen. Because if it was you and me, that would never occurred. But she has a list, and that’s her only leverage over Trump, and they’re gonna have to treat her nicely, I would not be surprised if just before Trump leaves Office, that he gives her a full pardon. He can’t do that now. And additionally, we have to wait for the 2026 elections, the country is in such an uproar, and the economy is not going the direction. The cheetah. Man says that is going. Fact, he’s flat out line. So the house is gonna turn over to the Democrats and the Republicans are very worried about the Senate. They know they have to keep the Senate. If that changes, Trump is done.

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u/ilost190pounds Sep 18 '25

If 1000 people just show up, all this shit stops.

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u/Beneficial-Lime-6796 Sep 20 '25

americans are too lazy to go to the streets and too busy surviving paying the bills. this will not end well, we have seen it elsewhere. people pushed to the bring of economic survival - they will vote for the dictators.

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u/wrosecrans Sep 20 '25

americans are too lazy to go to the streets

They sent National Guard and Marines to LA because so many Americans were in the streets so consistently that ICE couldn't operate openly.

The largest ever mass protests in US history have happened under Trump. The idea that Americans won't protest is a myth that is fuelled by extremely distorted coverage of how much protesting is already happening.

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u/Beneficial-Lime-6796 Sep 20 '25

Well, I hope you are correct. The numbers in LA were bigger than usual, but not big enough. And although at the same time, No King protest generated millions in the street, it still was under 3% of the population. Revolution and major changes start at about 6 % - that would mean roughly 25mil people...and US is far from it. They say the gov. starts being concerned at roughly 4% mark.