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'Fed up' crowd in Massachusetts swarms ICE agents attempting to arrest mother [View all]

Source: The Independent

Harrowing new video footage reveals the moment a mob of angry Massachusetts residents descended on federal immigration agents and attempted to thwart their operation to detain a woman with her family.

Neighbors spotted Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials intercepting a mother who was with her teen daughter and her newborn baby at about 11:15 a.m. Thursday on Eureka Street in Worcester. The father was detained by ICE on Wednesday, according to the local immigration justice network LUCE.

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The dramatic video footage, which has since gone viral online, was captured by a witness at the scene and shows the woman clinging to her infant child as ICE agents attempt to arrest her.

A swarm of 25 locals gathered, with one heard demanding to see identification and a warrant and calling to stop the chaos. “We don’t have to show you anything,” an ICE agent reportedly told the crowd.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ice-arrest-mother-video-massachusetts-daughter-b2747948.html

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'Fed up' crowd in Massachusetts swarms ICE agents attempting to arrest mother [View all] groundloop May 9 OP

Gestapo Ferrets are Cool May 9 #1

Nazi Gestapo Irish_Dem May 9 #9

This is what its going to take Bayard May 9 #2

Yes calling out the Ice Nazis. Irish_Dem May 9 #11

Yes, Hundreds of thousands of citizens. Magoo48 May 9 #31

To include constituent meetings stollen May 10 #55

That's how revolutions begin C_U_L8R May 9 #3

This is how to stop this coup on our country and democracy Grim Chieftain May 9 #22

REPUBLICAN Gestapo! Call them what they are!! n/t Cheezoholic May 9 #4

Four flat tires would allow plenty of time for the community to arrive en masse and do some detainment of their own. NBachers May 9 #5

I was just thinking about that! Of course I've seen it on TV and the movies but it seems Maraya1969 May 9 #7

Stabbing tires is actually difficult. bluescribbler May 9 #14

I usually carry a big screwdriver to remove wheel covers as my car's valve stems are hard to reach Attilatheblond May 9 #16

I've got some pruning shears that would probably work, too! littlemissmartypants May 9 #29

Good bdamomma May 9 #52

Anti-ICE volunteer patrols in San Diego. . . DinahMoeHum May 9 #6

This is what happens when you leave good people no choice. Buddyzbuddy May 9 #8

My mind keeps flashing to that scene from Milagro Bean Field War Attilatheblond May 9 #19

Sounds like a good idea. Buddyzbuddy May 9 #45

I got such a horrific case of the flu A back in March, which I am STILL recovering from... Trueblue Texan May 9 #46

Yeah, we got that nasty flu in our house too, and everybody was vaxed to the max. Attilatheblond May 9 #50

People will start shooting because Congress and judicial are doing nothing travelingthrulife May 10 #56

I agree with that statement. Buddyzbuddy May 10 #60

Goddam Gestapo Hekate May 9 #10

But they ARE required to identify themselves if asked radical noodle May 9 #40

You know that & I know that, but this is an admin that makes its own rules & is lawless Hekate May 9 #41

Yes, I know radical noodle May 9 #43

Break the ice angrychair May 9 #12

All the more reason to VOTE!!! calimary May 9 #17

This cannot be stated enough. sop May 9 #26

Massachusetts knows a thing or two about starting a rebellion bucolic_frolic May 9 #13

In Worcestor Nasruddin May 9 #15

........................... bdamomma May 9 #53

It's starting. Mr. Evil May 9 #18

Resisting the Fugitive Slave Law Cirsium May 9 #20

I agree, but DownriverDem May 9 #21

Then let him. orangecrush May 9 #25

I have a friend that is rather steely in her demeanor. littlemissmartypants May 9 #30

Your options are resistance and rebellion, or learning to love the taste of the boot. Grokenstein May 9 #34

He will... either of his own volition or at the prompting by Miller, et al... slightlv May 9 #49

The GOP evangelical party say they are Christians bronxiteforever May 9 #23

They ripped a baby from its screaming mothers arms orangecrush May 9 #24

Just like Shitler did in his first reign of t(error). Remember babies in cages? Yeah, not that long ago. OMGWTF May 9 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author littlemissmartypants May 9 #27

. littlemissmartypants May 9 #28

The local bastard cops helped! asm128 May 9 #33

If they don't identify as law enforcement then what is stopping self-defense" or "defense of another" argument? Gore1FL May 9 #35

there were local police there stillcool May 9 #44

Citizens on one side BidenRocks May 9 #36

Gestapo. Martin68 May 9 #37

Gee 60 Minutes where are you? twodogsbarking May 9 #38

60 min is a magazine show iemanja May 9 #47

OK then. Where are you CBS? Rip that too if it pleases you. twodogsbarking May 10 #54

Did you do a search of CBS News articles iemanja May 10 #59

I did not search. twodogsbarking May 10 #61

ICE was lucky they didn't get beaten to a pulp MichMan May 9 #39

Or Abstractartist May 10 #57

the American schutzstaffel incarnate. Godot51 May 9 #42

This message was self-deleted by its author COL Mustard May 9 #48

Call them Out!!!!!! bdamomma May 9 #51

If they do not show ID azureblue May 10 #58