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sheshe2

(92,169 posts)
Sat May 10, 2025, 12:09 AM May 10

I Stand with Ras Baraka



Op-Ed: Elected officials and judges are ‘duty-bound’ to strongly resist ICE excesses
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka decries ‘Trump administration’s heavy-handed attack on undocumented people’


Perhaps the greatest gift the United States has given to the world is the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, which protect the civil liberties of all people on American soil.

Whether they flew across the Atlantic from Europe for vacation, or waded across the Rio Grande from Mexico for safety, the U.S. Constitution applies to everyone on our land.

This needs to be urgently remembered and loudly vocalized by all Americans who believe the Constitution is the bedrock of our democracy, as the Trump administration ratchets up its sweep of undocumented people.

As ICE agents carrying long guns and outfitted for war illegally shake down people to show papers as proof of their identity and immigration status, we need to arm ourselves with the document Patrick Henry called “an instrument for the people to restrain the government.”
https://www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/04/newark-mayor-ras-baraka-decries-trump-administration-ice-heavy-handed-attack-on-undocumented-people/
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I Stand with Ras Baraka (Original Post) sheshe2 May 10 OP
Recommended. H2O Man May 10 #1
Deuxcents May 10 #2
Fuck the Masked ICE Jack Booted Brown Shirts Cha May 10 #3
Agreed. sheshe2 May 10 #9
Kick for Mayor Ras Baraka. 💙 Cha May 10 #10
Thank you, Cha. sheshe2 May 10 #11
You're Welcome, she.. Some OPs need Cha May 10 #12
Let us all be Ras Baraka! PortTack May 10 #4
Message auto-removed Name removed May 10 #8
He was on a public sidewalk when these goons pulled him out of the crowd and arrested only him. SunSeeker May 10 #5
I know! sheshe2 May 10 #7
Kick SheltieLover May 10 #6
Thank you! sheshe2 May 10 #13
On Rev Al now n/t malaise May 10 #14
Watching! sheshe2 May 10 #15
Ty for posting, She! SheltieLover May 10 #16
I just read that! sheshe2 May 10 #18
The US Constitution: Use it or lose it... AntiFascist May 10 #17

Cha

(311,249 posts)
3. Fuck the Masked ICE Jack Booted Brown Shirts
Sat May 10, 2025, 12:25 AM
May 10

look at what is in Charge... The Putin Puppet Vicious "Victim" Out to get Revenge on Everybody.. Act like a real Though Dictator.

Leaders like Newark Mayor Ras Baraka are our World Class Heroes!

Thanks, she

sheshe2

(92,169 posts)
9. Agreed.
Sat May 10, 2025, 10:16 AM
May 10

Look at that picture! Six…six men to escort the handcuffed Mayor to jail. The crime, protesting on a PUBLIC sidewalk! I am so angry!😡

Response to PortTack (Reply #4)

SunSeeker

(55,869 posts)
5. He was on a public sidewalk when these goons pulled him out of the crowd and arrested only him.
Sat May 10, 2025, 02:34 AM
May 10

Last edited Sat May 10, 2025, 03:29 AM - Edit history (1)

We need to find out who gave these goons the order to arrest Mayor Baraka. That was clearly their mission.

sheshe2

(92,169 posts)
7. I know!
Sat May 10, 2025, 10:09 AM
May 10

The liars were spreading the story that he STORMED the facility…which was of course BS!

I agree with you, their goal was to arrest him!

SheltieLover

(68,582 posts)
16. Ty for posting, She!
Sat May 10, 2025, 05:40 PM
May 10

I hope he has filed suit!

Last I heard a couple of wks ago, tsf's admin had 226 suits against them. At that point, it averaged more than 2 per day.

AntiFascist

(13,299 posts)
17. The US Constitution: Use it or lose it...
Sat May 10, 2025, 05:44 PM
May 10

The 2nd Amendment allows for utilizing a well-regulated state or local force to defend against Federal forces with guns trampling on our rights and freedoms.

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