Boycott US

They’re really targeting California as a whole now. The state that supported the union so much over history. Republicans must really feel jealous that it is the richest state.

So an unelected figurehead of the federal government has come to my state, had a senator I voted for arrested over asking a question which is his civic duty to ask, and has now made threats at removal of my elected govenor as well as an elected mayor of one of the cities here.

At which point would these actions be considered tyrannical enough to provide a decent argument for a use of the 2nd amendment in court?

Senator Alex Padilla (D-Ca), interrupted and arrested while asking questions of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem related to ICE. She's the former South Dakota governor who spent $5 million of her state's COVID money on a tourism campaign. You might remember the dept of Homeland Security was created (along with the term "homeland") by George "Dubya" Bush after 9/11, as "not a whole new agency" but a reorganization of parts of existing agencies, to coordinate their work (to protect Freedom™). Their budget this year is $107 billion. Sound like a whole lotta coordinatin' goin' on.

Apart from the obvious "arresting a senator for asking questions" thing, is whatever's happening on this picture standard procedure for arresting an unarmed, unthreatening person in the US? It looks like they're arresting a terrorist or a dangerous suspect

Im really excited for the next election when the Dems force us to vote between Newsom and whatever mentally unstable nazi the republicans find, and we lose every branch again...

It has always been this way. If you were a Hunter S. Thompson reader. You knew this way back. If you read about the real American history. You would know that the military was and has been used against Americans by terrible leaders. Just look at the Veteran Camps during the great depression. Requesting their war payments. Patton was sent in to clear them out. America has always been like this. It's never been a good place for most people. Where I grew up. The sheriffs office committed a mass murder against striking coal miners in the 1800's. This country is not a good place. Never has been.

So when they turn to the camera guy at the end they repeatedly keep saying you're not allowed to record due to FBI rights. That is something I've never heard before.

Unless they are trying to refer to something from the Patriot act the FBI has the same rights as everyone else.

The dumb woman talking said “liberate the city from socialists”. Doesn’t it bother Americans that a person in her position, is so fucking dumb she doesn’t even know what socialism is?

It reminds me of Putin saying they’ll save Ukraine from nazis.

Who did they handcuff?

E. Alex Padilla

For those like me who didn’t know what exactly this was about, here’s a video of the incident:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=FrOf4_uXKmk&t=30s

Since the 2001 Patriot Act, the USA trashed their last gram of freedom.

Whoever told you that, is your enemy

Maybe now that they're getting arrested too, the Dems will actually do something.

Maybe.

I watched this on a few sources. One had better audio than the others, and you could hear one of the "deputies" muttering quietly to the others that they were being filmed. I wonder how much more escalated and violent this might have been if they hadn't had that realization that they were being recorded.....

More of us than them, imagine what we can do together. Give them the boot!

Every one of those officers needs to face serious consequences. If they can’t go after trump, go after all these toadies who are willing to play stormtrooper

"liberate this city from the social & burdensome leadership" sure sounds like an attempt to take over a city by a federal employee.

Moff Noem anyone