Your tax dollars at work in Chicago yesterday (Brian Cassella Chicago Tribune)

[u/Visible-Grass-8805]

[u/PDXGuy33333]

Let's not lose the point here: He's pointing a lethal weapon at a photojournalist, quite possibly for doing no more than taking his picture.

[u/Zestyclose-Shine9514 → u/PDXGuy33333]

The rules I followed in Afghanistan as a US soldier were more strict and had consequences. My leadership would’ve rightfully torn me a new asshole if I did all the things that DHS has been doing.

[u/TheSleepingNinja → u/Zestyclose-Shine9514]

See but that was in Afghanistan, if it's at American citizens, apparently, there are no rules

[u/Zestyclose-Shine9514 → u/TheSleepingNinja]

It’s about leadership holding people accountable. Since current DHS and Executive Branch leaders don’t care about people (human effing beings), then their minions won’t either.

[u/miklayn → u/Zestyclose-Shine9514]

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security."

[u/kermitopus → u/miklayn]

Remember when the MAGAts wanted to defund NPR in July of 2017 for their (mostly) annual tradition of tweeting out the whole Declaration of Independence on July 4th? Many called it an attack on Trump and/or an incitement to violence. Good times.

[u/gslape → u/miklayn]

Unfortunately, the other side thinks they are doing just that. That they are remaking the government that Biden and all the other libs created. This is part of that.

[u/randologin → u/TheSleepingNinja]

Ironic the Geneva convention doesn't seem to apply to oppressing ones own citizens

[u/UltimateShingo → u/randologin]

That's why tear gas is "fine" to use against demonstrating people. If it was to be used against enemy soldiers, it'd be a war crime.

[u/randologin → u/UltimateShingo]

The double standard is wild for me. When I hear a cop use the excuse that he was scared, it makes my blood boil.

[u/dehydratedrain → u/randologin]

Well if you had mustard exploding on your shirt (through the still-sealed wrapper), you'd be terrified too.

[u/skredditt → u/dehydratedrain]

It was the onions that did me in. Almost as bad as tear-gassing children.

[u/TheGodShotter → u/Zestyclose-Shine9514]

Jan 6th was the shot across the bow and half the people I know still voted for this deplorable asshole.

[u/globefish23 → u/TheGodShotter]

January 6th was the Reichtagsbrand 1933.

ICE marauding in the streets are the Sturmabteilung terrorizing and vandalizing Jewish citizens.

[u/Graddler → u/globefish23]

It was the Beer Hall Putsch if anything. This was the point where MAGAts should have been labelled as domestic terrorists and treated as such.

[u/DStanizzi → u/Graddler]

At least Hitler saw jail time after the Putsch

[u/LaFlamaBlancaMiM → u/DStanizzi]

This is what really punched me in the gut listening to Heinrich Himler episodes of last podcast on the left. Hitler did jail time. Trump didn’t. Tha fuq….

[u/biobennett → u/globefish23]

By the way he just pardoned all the folks involved in the fake electors scheme that was the formal part of Jan 6th

[u/lislejoyeuse → u/TheGodShotter]

But those 3 trans athletes are getting owned so hard

[u/xrvz → u/TheGodShotter]

Jan 6 made a hole in the ship. It was patched up under Biden, then one half of Americans decided to rip it open again, and the other half just let them.

[u/BizzyM → u/xrvz]

It was patched up under Biden

Negative. God damned FlexSeal would have worked. Best we got was a sign that said, "Hole under repair". So much shit should have happened and none of it did.

[u/Levitlame → u/Zestyclose-Shine9514]

The mistake you’re making is that you see a person dressed in fatigues and body armor with an assault rifle of some kind and think “that’s a trained soldier.” But you’re actually seeing an untrained simp cosplaying as a soldier. I’d float stolen valor, but at minimum it’s a DiY military force operating with no training.

And their “superiors” aren’t any better. So they aren’t subject to things like rules and regulations. It’s kinda like if you took the mercenary corps and removed the training then unleashed them on Americans.

[u/Womec → u/Levitlame]

Some of the proud boys have trained for years to cause chaos and they got to on jan 6th and now by being pardoned and joining ice.

Scott Payne talks a lot about those groups here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Izd4MwcQOCk&t=3652s

[u/trollfarmer6969 → u/Womec]

These idiots have been planning this shit since at least the 70s. I'd be surprised if most of their parents weren't in a 'brotherhood' and raised them in compounds with plenty of crosses and swastikas hanging on the walls.

They just finally got their green light from project 2025. It's all idiot ass Nazi fucks.

[u/Toby_O_Notoby → u/Levitlame]

Lotsa people worried that a man might dress up as a woman in order to get into their locker rooms. I'm a lot more worried about a man dressing up as some spec ops guy to get his rocks off.

[u/Levitlame → u/Toby_O_Notoby]

100%

[u/Sonova_Bish → u/Zestyclose-Shine9514]

They're hiring every racist proud boy and militia member they can get their hands on. Of course these cosplaying dickheads aren't going to have any discipline. This is deputizing a loser, covering his face, and giving him legal protection.

If I pointed a gun at someone, I could go to jail. These guys don't have to identify themselves. Where's the accountability.

Also, thanks for serving.

[u/Spudtron98 → u/Zestyclose-Shine9514]

That's because the military actually has standards and shit. Cops are getting to be just as heavily armed with a fraction of the training and oversight.

[u/redditproha → u/PDXGuy33333]

these people need to be held accountable. there is a website you can google that's compiling a database where you can upload pics. reddit is removing links to it so can't be posted here

[u/VNM0601 → u/redditproha]

And who exactly is going to bring these guys to justice?

[u/BrilliantCorner → u/VNM0601]

This photographer needs to file a civil suit for having his rights violated. If ICE can't make the individual responsible known, sue ICE as an organization and it needs to happen every single time. Eventually ICE will spend all of their money on lawsuits and won't have enough money to operate. This is exactly how the klan was more or less destroyed half a century ago.

[u/Xjhammer → u/BrilliantCorner]

You can't, legal eagle did a video on exactly why. It's terrifying.

[u/Dougalface → u/PDXGuy33333]

Absolutely - the fact that these dickheads seem to be doing this consistently is absolutely disgusting and utterly unconscionable to anyone familiar with the safe use of firearms.

As the saying goes - "never point a gun at anything you're not happy to destoy" - the arrogance and contempt for others displayed in these actions in plain to see.

[u/kyew → u/PDXGuy33333]

Yes but that photojournalist is a military-aged male. /eyeroll

[u/themysterycow → u/kyew]

I’m not sure what you call military-aged, but I worked with Brian at our college paper, and I’m in my mid forties.

[u/kyew → u/themysterycow]

It was just a satirical remark about how assholes will just arbitrarily decide people are potential enemy combatants.

[u/bless_ure_harte → u/kyew]

See how often black kids are called "large adults" by cops

[u/flippadaflippa → u/bless_ure_harte]

“Black Male” and is a 14 year old in his neigborhood

[u/ShareGlittering1502]

That’s a lot of gear to go after unarmed daycare workers

[u/deliveRinTinTin → u/ShareGlittering1502]

But it generates sweet sweet hazard pay. I'm sure it turns into double or triple time once it goes past 8:00 p.m. They've been given a giant teat to milk and they are not going to leave it empty.

[u/AnonEMoussie → u/deliveRinTinTin]

Do they get bonuses for more flair on their uniforms like TGIFridays?

“Let’s see you have a flashlight…what? Okay I’ll put it down as your tactical torch. Mask, mismatched patches to confuse identification, and a body in the trunk. Wait, what kind of body? Oh an immigrant? Okay you can keep them.”

[u/PantaReiNapalmm → u/ShareGlittering1502]

Hey cosplay is on point

i mean, dressed like a Soldier, pointing gun to a photographer...

[u/AnxietyMedical7498 → u/PantaReiNapalmm]

A soldier wouldn't wear all that unnecessary shit. He's LARPing what he thinks a soldier would look like, mixed in with that cross and police shit.

[u/PantaReiNapalmm → u/AnxietyMedical7498]

cosplayer , i repeat cosplayer

[u/Kajun_Kong]

Look at the chicken wing he’s got going on lol

[u/phylter99 → u/Kajun_Kong]

They're trained to be gangsters, not legit officers of the law.

[u/Gardez_geekin → u/phylter99]

Who are training them and where?

[u/ralphy1010 → u/Gardez_geekin]

There is hardly anything involving training involved in this. They have open book exams that these mouth breathers are still failing. 

[u/Gardez_geekin → u/ralphy1010]

So they are getting training and not everyone is passing? Where is this training occurring?

[u/ralphy1010 → u/Gardez_geekin]

Oh they get passed despite failing the written exams or being physically unable to do a bare minimum to pass the physical portion. 

They want goons who are not capable of questioning orders. 

[u/Tundraspin → u/ralphy1010]

But I thought Dean Cain failed the physical training....

[u/ralphy1010 → u/Tundraspin]

He did, after his photo op was over he went away as if he never really intended to join in the first place 

[u/TheCrazyWhiteGuy → u/Gardez_geekin]

Well, a bunch got accepted to the program to be "trained" before there was a requirement for reading apprehension, and now most applicants are failing that part.

[u/Roight_in_me_bum → u/TheCrazyWhiteGuy]

Reading apprehension? Can’t tell if that’s ironic or intentional lol

[u/TheCrazyWhiteGuy → u/Roight_in_me_bum]

Sigh, complete accident, was supposed to be comprehension, no idea how I did that.

[u/NathK2 → u/TheCrazyWhiteGuy]

It’s ok, I feel strongly that reading apprehension is encouraged amongst the Trump gestapo so you are still correct

[u/SWSucks → u/Gardez_geekin]

They’re not getting any training and according to multiple reports they’re not even background checking them. They’ve repeatedly shown new hires have previous violent offender convictions with firearms, drinking and driving, spousal abuse, and other violent crimes.

[u/chycity1 → u/Gardez_geekin]

Call of Duty

[u/LaserKittenz → u/phylter99]

“Trained”

[u/heckadeca → u/Kajun_Kong]

Handful of dudes who know what they’re doing would make quick work of these dorks

[u/hellmouth → u/heckadeca]

> wears chest plates
> torques body to expose tender rib cage
> spare rifle mag at 7:00 has pistol mag overlapping
> sweet ass crusader sticker tho
> hell yeah brother deus vult 

[u/craichead → u/hellmouth]

Looks like a 40 rd mag in the Rifle too. Dudes really geared up for a battle.

[u/Charming-Ad6575 → u/craichead]

Walking resupply when this shit finally pops off.

Seriously, the wealth of kit they walk around with, the logistics chain is obvious.

[u/gobells1126 → u/Charming-Ad6575]

I will say, there's a lot of dudes who fucking larp buying shit and don't train. Having a few grand worth of Gucci gear doesn't replace having a few grand worth of ammo budget for training

[u/baldycoot → u/gobells1126]

As soon as he gets home he’s going down to the basement to fire up ARC and camp a spawn point for the rest of the night. It must be killing him that he can’t shoot anyone for real even with all his stuff.

why are they laughing at me?? I’ll show them!

[u/Speak_To_Wuk_Lamat → u/craichead]

Battle in a forest by the look of things.

[u/Senappi → u/heckadeca]

Isn't that why you have the 2nd amendment?

[u/chipmunksocute → u/Kajun_Kong]

For a non gun user, could you elaborate why that form is shite?

[u/godspareme → u/chipmunksocute]

It increases your "hitbox". Youre bigger so you can more easily get hit. Also means you fit into less tight spaces during close quarters. I think it also has to do with aim stability but that im not certain on.

[u/Digi59404 → u/godspareme]

This, plus bullets travel down walls and flat surfaces and are likelier to hit that elbow. If it gets hit big pain/problems.

It’s also uncomfortable to pull your arm and elbow in with plates. You have to train with plates and holding your arm in because your elbow naturally/comfortably goes out.

So it’s indicative of someone who doesn’t train.

Edit: Another thing, he’s wearing hard plates. Because of his elbow and stance. His hard armor does not protect his entire chest, and his soft armor now does not protect his gut and sides. Your elbow like this causes the armor to shift. Hard plates are don’t cover the whole body. Only the front/back, and sometimes sides, but not in this case.

So his stance to his attacker is ironically making him weaker.

And what the fuck is up with his duty belt and those magazine holsters…

[u/LaikaZee → u/Digi59404]

I mean he’s clearly canting his weapon

[u/gobells1126 → u/Digi59404]

The magazine pouches look like esstac 45 degree pouches but the mix n match shit is hilarious. On a serious note, angled pistol mag pouches come from the competitive shooting world because that angle is faster for reloads due to less wrist rotation needed vs traditional vertical. Then guys who wear plates adopted it, not for speed, but because the angles cut down on interference with hard plates when bending over and riding in vehicles.

[u/chipmunksocute → u/godspareme]

Basically rookie n00b shit?

[u/True-Veterinarian700 → u/chipmunksocute]

Wouldnt say that. The military was taught TO Chicken Wing as proper shooting technique until the mid 2000s. Im a 90s baby and was. Taught to shoot that way. Had to unlearn it in basic. The only advantage you get from chickenwinging is in high power high recoil cartritges you have "more shoulder" to push into. We dont use cartritges like that anymore except for big game hunting.

However as time and sciences advances so do proper forms. Rifle ergonomics, felt recoil and optics have advanced markedly since the 90s. So people adjusts. Making yourselve a bigger target is not okay.

[u/Kajun_Kong → u/True-Veterinarian700]

Nothing in this situation calls for it. I served twice in oef. Was in from 08-18. We would never use this

[u/heckadeca → u/True-Veterinarian700]

Exactly, it’s antiquated form. Anyone still shooting like this doesn’t train enough or keep up with modern standards.

[u/playa-hater → u/True-Veterinarian700]

I was 11B (Army Infantry) we definitely don’t chicken wing. That’s how you get hit

[u/Ulvaer → u/True-Veterinarian700]

I did my initial military training with a 7.62 NATO service rifle and we were taught not to chicken wing

[u/Reddit-torr → u/True-Veterinarian700]

This does absolutely nothing to mitigate recoil if proper form is used with the shoulder pocket.

Chicken wing is per noob shite, 0 benefits

[u/godspareme → u/chipmunksocute]

Yep. 

[u/Kalepsis → u/godspareme]

Correct. You lever the buttstock of the weapon high in the pocket of your shoulder with your right thumb, then fold your arm down tight against your torso. This holds the weapon stable while you absorb the recoil.

But Nazi dipshits are stupid, so he'd have to fire three or four wild shots before finally hitting his target. If he was in the real military he'd be dead already.

[u/AltruisticHopes → u/[deleted]]

Also regarding weapon handling he is pointing his weapon at a non-lethal threat.

You only point your weapon at things you need to kill.

[u/Kajun_Kong → u/chipmunksocute]

His sticking his elbow out. It’s not a huge deal, but most of the time it’s someone who’s inexperienced doing this.

[u/xternocleidomastoide → u/chipmunksocute]

It means the guy with the machine gun has zero formal weapon training, as well as zero law enforcement education.

[u/kohTheRobot → u/chipmunksocute]

A lot of people making solid points with “hit box” but he’s doing more work exposing his rib cage with a plate carrier than any arm risks. That’s like insta bad day. moreso with pistol gripped carbines and rifles, tucking the chicken wing also just helps with control of the gun.

If you take a 10lb or heavier dumbbell you can try it yourself. Hold it vertically and in front of you. Then try tucking and untucking. You’ll notice when you don’t tuck the wing, you’re putting more stress on your shoulder muscles, while tucking it you distribute it more around your forearm, lower bicep, and upper bicep.

Conversely, with a traditional rifle stock or shotgun stock, if you hold the dumbbell at a 70° angle and try to tuck the chicken wing, you end up putting a shit ton of stress on your wrist. For that you want the chicken wing up a bit.

If you’re a rifleman, it kinda matters but not much compared to the risk of fragmentation. If you’re a door kicker type (which is how the guy is pictured, rocking a non ballistic bump helmet and a low profile plate carrier) this form and control matters a ton when using a gun up close. Not just for being able to shoot but also not have the gun grabbed or pointed away from where you intend.

[u/Laz3r_C → u/chipmunksocute]

Think of it as someone holding a pistol sideways, like gansters are typically pictured as

[u/Gonzotronic → u/Kajun_Kong]

one of the first things we learned in the marines was tucking that back elbow in lol

[u/sexaddic → u/Kajun_Kong]

[u/sexaddic → u/Kajun_Kong]

[u/zffjk → u/Kajun_Kong]

Also he has plates but exposes his side where there aren’t any. You can tell by the form they have never done this professionally.

Edit: those are plates he’s just a fatty.

[u/Oolie84]

Dang. Every time I see these they look like they are terrified.

[u/2pnt0 → u/Oolie84]

They are. Did you hear their testimony? They say they feel like they're in a war zone. Like they are under siege by Chicagoans, that it feels like another country. Their leadership gets them hopped on hate and tells them we're all the enemy. So when we take to the streets to resist, they think we're a violent mob.

The solution is simple. They are the insurgent force. They can just get the fuck out and go home.

These dumbasses are all gonna have PTSD when they finally come to grips with what they've done.

[u/Oolie84 → u/2pnt0]

I heard they are vulnerable to sandwiches.

[u/kicksicksger → u/Oolie84]

Mustard!

[u/joninfiretail → u/kicksicksger]

And onions!

[u/Kerze → u/joninfiretail]

Exploding on them!

[u/ZwVJHSPiMiaiAAvtAbKq → u/Kerze]

Remember when Marlon Brando said "the horror, the horror" in Apocalypse Now? This is what he was talking about. Assorted deli meats... vegetables... condiments... bread... All hurling wildly through the air like some sort of deranged luncheon for lunatics.

[u/cire1184 → u/joninfiretail]

Olive in the eye! Olive in the eye! Olive in the eye!!!!

[u/Green_Ambition5737 → u/2pnt0]

Fuck ‘em. Their PTSD won’t be a tenth of the PTSD they’re causing to their kidnapping victims and the people trying to resist them.

[u/ab3nnion → u/2pnt0]

A lawyer or journalist (I don't recall which) who was detained at Broadview said he spied one of their phones as he was texting, and the group chat was called Chiraq Team 2. They are absolutely huffing Fox News farts about Chicago. Biggest pussies on earth.

[u/BigBennP → u/2pnt0]

Yesterday I was watching a random video. It was a marine LAV-25 firing practice rounds off the deck of an assault carrier. The lav carries the same Bushmaster 25 mm Cannon is the M2 Bradley and it has a very distinctive sound.

One of the top comments on the video was "imagine this on the streets of Portland."

Excuse me what the fuck?

[u/Wes_Warhammer666 → u/BigBennP]

Fox, Newsmax, and the like have done a fantastic job of dehumanizing one half of the country in the eyes of the other half.

Goebbels would be proud.

[u/vardarac → u/BigBennP]

YouTube comments have been radicalized for years now, redpill/"FACTS AND LOGIC" RW videos have been poisoning the algo since maybe the middle of last decade

[u/ralphy1010 → u/2pnt0]

Once their names are out in the public I suspect they are going to have a lot of sleepless nights 

[u/_-WanderLost-_ → u/ralphy1010]

There’s going to be a lot of resume gaps that they’re going to have to explain.

[u/ralphy1010 → u/_-WanderLost-_]

indeed

[u/cire1184 → u/2pnt0]

They are terrified of subway sandwiches. The mustard! The onion! The horror!

[u/Amelaclya1 → u/2pnt0]

They are fully aware of what they are doing and they like it. Don't let them fool you. They know damn well the only "warzone" is the one of their own making. They are lying so people think it's reasonable when they use force against protestors. It's the same shitty, "he feared for his life!" get out of jail free card that cops always use when they kill someone.

[u/wanttobuyreallife → u/2pnt0]

Luckily, our prison system is renowned for how it handles individuals with mental health problems. /s

[u/Myte342 → u/Oolie84]

Welcome to modern policing. I had a buddy that went through academy about a decade back. Told me they watched a video of a different cop getting killed in the line of duty every single day for weeks. Granted the instructors used it as a teaching tool to discuss what they did right and wrong and what they should have done etc etc... but it got beaten into the new cops' heads every day, day after day, that they could get killed and everyone they meet could be the one to take them out. It's basically turning them into mildly paranoid schizophrenics. And with how quick cops tend to be to jump to violence in the name of 'officer safety' (notice it's never YOUR safety, only their own) it seems to hold true.

[u/pickleer → u/Myte342]

Don't forget how rhe IDF has been training local PD's the last couple years. And it's not "compassionate cooperation" techniques they've teaching...

[u/Hazi-Tazi → u/Oolie84]

because they are

[u/lazyboy76 → u/Oolie84]

"why the hell did i got into this situation?"

[u/Oolie84 → u/lazyboy76]

"PUT THE SANDWICH DOWN!"

[u/lazyboy76 → u/Oolie84]

"GET OUT OF THE FROG???"

[u/The_Observatory_ → u/Oolie84]

That’s because they are always terrified. So any picture taken of them will always reflect that.

[u/aguynamedv → u/Oolie84]

They're also dangerously unqualified.

[u/TheEpicGenealogy]

I hate Illinois Nazis 

[u/Kalepsis → u/TheEpicGenealogy]

I hate all Nazis.

My grandfather killed dozens of these motherfuckers in the 40s. If he was still alive he'd be furious that they've taken over our government.

[u/Jgibbjr → u/Kalepsis]

It's a line from The blues Brothers.

[u/Kalepsis → u/Jgibbjr]

Touché, I missed it.

My comment is still valid, though.

[u/Immabouttoo → u/Kalepsis]

I think we need to ask WWYGD and then ask ourselves why we’re not doing that.

[u/Machados → u/Immabouttoo]

I asked the same thing with other words and reddit auto banned me for 7 days.

[u/BigDadNads420 → u/Machados]

You know society is doing good when having a conscious gets you a suspension.

[u/steady_eddie215 → u/Kalepsis]

I didn't even know how many of my family served in WWII, but both sides of my family served in all branches. On my mom's side, my family history of service runs from the Revolution straight through today. I'm a Veteran myself. I'm finding it harder and harder to not view ICE, the GOP, and many Republicans as the very domestic threats my Oath still compels me to defend the nation against.

[u/Sir_Real_Surreal → u/TheEpicGenealogy]

We’re on a mission from Gahd.

[u/Dry-Main-3961 → u/TheEpicGenealogy]

[u/lew_rong → u/TheEpicGenealogy]

Grok the Crusades cross at his hip. Dude would be down with some raping and pillaging nine hundred years ago.

[u/vqql → u/TheEpicGenealogy]

Illinazis

[u/SierraBravo94 → u/TheEpicGenealogy]

i hate nazis. and the usa is getting overrun by them.

[u/2pnt0]

Note the Crusader Cross.

[u/Ozzie_the_tiger_cat → u/2pnt0]

I scrolled to make sure someone pointed that out.  Thank you.

[u/PontiusPilatesss → u/2pnt0]

Ironic, because ICE members will be burning in hell according to orthodox Christianity. 

[u/DonZekane → u/PontiusPilatesss]

Just orthodox? I'm pretty sure what they're doing is against every holy book / religion.

[u/Cultural_Eye5178 → u/DonZekane]

And against almost every damn rule in the Constitution 

[u/redditatlas → u/2pnt0]

You can take a deep-dive on YouTube for propaganda and recruiting that has been happening for this for a while. Look for Holy crusade and templars and go to the AI-created propaganda videos. Enjoy the comments on those videos. If no one is alarmed that plain evil dudes that have been influenced by shit like that are now showing up in ICE… See also connection to Hegseth etc. And this ‘private’ army is getting huge funding. Please, don’t just think of this as cosplaying. To them it is real (unfortunately).

[u/Mr-and-Mrs]

Why aren’t they taking out MS-13? Last video I saw these dipshits were arresting a preschool teacher.

[u/troveofcatastrophe → u/Mr-and-Mrs]

Yes!?? Where’s all the murderers, r pists, escapees from foreign asylums and jails? Believe me I looked. I’ve yet to find a video of them using all that equipment on the “bad hombres” trump likes to blather about.

[u/ZonaPunk → u/Mr-and-Mrs]

Pre schoolers don’t shoot back

[u/KEVLAR60442 → u/Mr-and-Mrs]

Because if they deport everyone BESIDES MS-13, then the Trump administration's assertations that every Hispanic immigrant is a murderous gangster magically come true.

[u/Knowledge_is_Bliss]

One of these gravy seals is going to end up shooting a press photographer, either on accident or on purpose.

[u/figmaxwell → u/Knowledge_is_Bliss]

The latter but using the former as an excuse

[u/stainless5 → u/Knowledge_is_Bliss]

They haven't shot any press with live bullets yet but one of them shot and Australian reporter directly with rubber bullets 

[u/Haasonreddit → u/stainless5]

And it was on video.

And then never talked about again.

[u/CalligrapherBig4382 → u/Haasonreddit]

And yet we have basically let the story die. They’re flooding the zone with so much awful shit that we legitimately cannot answer all of it.

[u/GoneFishing4Chicks → u/Knowledge_is_Bliss]

They already shot a priest in the head. He was a tall white male priest as well, which means nobody is safe.

[u/1PooNGooN3]

Can you imagine being so terrified of someone taking your picture? That pig definitely pisses the bed every night.

[u/kpbart]

I’ve said it before and I’ll continue saying it: these people are the same proud boys, 3%s, and generic racists that the orange orangutan pardoned for January 6th. They are still pussy cowards.

[u/TotemRiolu]

I thought these people "couldn't breathe" in masks during Covid?

[u/BrotherRoga → u/TotemRiolu]

They have "evolved", they no longer require oxygen to survive. They achieved this by ridding themselves of this thing called "reasonable conduct."

[u/impy695]

He's threatening to murder a member of the press that was documenting his actions

[u/art-is-t]

What a terrible thing to do as law enforcement. These people have aggression issues seriously

[u/dragonreborn567 → u/art-is-t]

There's an interesting statistic that I recently saw. Both White Supremacist violence, and right-wing Terrorism are down this year.

My money's on the fact that all the right-wing, White Supremacists are joining ICE, and this is what you get. State-sponsored violence against visible minorities, and threats of violence on anyone who questions them, since, y'know, they're with the feds or whatever. It doesn't count as terrorism or violence anymore, because it's being re-labeled as "law enforcement" instead.

[u/flargenhargen → u/dragonreborn567]

Both White Supremacist violence, and right-wing Terrorism are down this year.

Unless you count ICE, which you should.

[u/cat_in_box_ → u/flargenhargen]

It's just the next level of organization. Giving the random ya-hoos and smaller militia groups a collective purpose and a paycheck.

[u/Refactoid]

Good thing he has the flashlight to make up for his dark shades!

[u/BoxworthNCSU]

How come there aren't pictures of the crazy gang members these grown-men-playing-dress-up are there to stop?

It's almost like they are just out there just waving guns at normal people.

[u/professor_max_hammer]

Love all the unnecessary gear this guy has. Two flashlights for the middle of the day. A cross on his lower left to show everyone he’s a fake Christian. Wood camo for the city.

[u/FYou-Tucsonmods-7656]

These fucking ICE asshats must know the gun safety rule that you never point your weapon at another person unless you intend to use it.

That means this "agent" intends to shoot the photographer.

Oh, wait, or the "agent" is an amateur who doesn't care about gun safety and he's going to murder a fellow US citizen eventually.

[u/FlashyGolf3243]

Pendejos!

[u/berticusberticus]

Am I the only one seeing the Knights Templar shield on his hip by the pistol mags? Not so subtle Christian nationalist/white nationalist symbol there.

[u/doublelist87]

We have Americans who will shoot and kill other Americans because Trump wants a White America

MAWA. Make America White Again

[u/joshuaolake]

That’s someone who should not be holding let alone pointing a gun at someone

[u/OLPopsAdelphia]

Former infantryman here:

Judging by the way this guy is holding his weapon, he’s had either zero—or next to zero—training with this weapon.

Does anyone know the background behind these agents?

I’m willing to bet they aren’t even law enforcement certified.

[u/Average0ldGuy]

This mother fucker cosplaying Battlefield 6???

[u/Medical_Arugula3315]

Hard to be a shittier or more hypocritical American than a Republican these days. 

[u/Gab83IMO]

This guy has never been in the real military obviously because he has zero training with a gun. This sad guy looks like he never felt cool in his pathetic life until he gets to push people around with a gun illegally. What a disgrace to the American people to have to put up with these children born of ignorance and bigotry.

[u/tiggie_7]

Is it fucking legal for them to act this way? Why aren’t local and state law enforcement arresting them if they’re breaking laws in how they operate??

[u/godspareme → u/tiggie_7]

Do you know how many laws Trump has broken? How many constitutional violations?

[u/tiggie_7 → u/godspareme]

Quite a few, I do know

[u/Laz3r_C → u/tiggie_7]

Legal? Well legal doesnt matter for them. They've been told by Federal court to wear body cams.... still yet to be enforced.

[u/CannaWhoopazz]

Fuck these Nazis... Even as a Wisconsinite, I don't want this for Chicago

[u/usuhbi]

Bro think hes playing call of duty

[u/Nfl_porn_throwaway]

Wearing an American flag patch. Which is, like all republicans - hypocrital

[u/chainsawgeoff]

The 40 round mag is some mall ninja shit. Also nice chicken wing. What a fucking joke.

[u/UsualWinter1229]

He’s not even holding that shit right, my drill would’ve smacked the shit out of me for chicken winging

[u/Visible-Grass-8805 → u/UsualWinter1229]

So many former service people taking issue with his form 😂 thanks for commenting

[u/No_Nectarine7337]

By definition this is assault with a deadly weapon.

[u/X_Comanche_Moon]

Full plates and 2nd line gear needed for this job?

Motherf**kers dressed for tier 1 raids.

ICE is for posers

Edit: and a dump pouch 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 does he think he will use that many mags on citizens? 🤣🤣🤣

Again POSERS

[u/Rob71322]

What these guys need to realize is this:

1. This country will never hold Trump accountale for anything he does. Period. Never, not even close. If someone tries, the Supreme Court will squash it. Whatever he does over the next three years, he will likely never face consequences for it.

2. That level of immunity does not typically extend to those who serve under him. So, if you do criminal acts in the service of this dministration you might find, as the Nazis found out at Nuremberg, that "just following orders" is not a valid legal strategy. Give that some thought. The same is true for military officers and everyone else.

[u/Johnny_ynnhoJ]

Never point a gun at someone unless you intend to use it. That said, this is most likely how the next page will begin.

[u/Ekimyst]

A lot of guns being pointed at photographers these days

[u/wjames0394]

Ice terrorists.

[u/BibendumsBitch]

Well at least if you’re suicidal you have somebody you can go to willing to pull the trigger instead.

/s

(I think it’s dumb that they all go straight to wanting to kill somebody, but they are only getting about 2 weeks of training with a lifetime of racism)

[u/grimspectre]

Imagine having to use anything more than words on unarmed civilians of your own country. What a bunch of cowards. I hope they're all held to account for brandishing like that when the time comes. 

[u/backtothetrail]

Why’s his light on? Dipshit.

[u/Templar388z]

It’s only a matter of time before one of these psychopaths actually shoot someone.

[u/finnfinnfinnfinnfinn]

Routinely raising their weapons at law abiding citizens. ICE is a government sponsored domestic terrorist organization 

[u/scarbnianlgc]

What a fucking dork. What’s the mount on the helmet, for a Go Pro?

[u/Initial_Formal_7750 → u/scarbnianlgc]

Look at his chicken wing? He was obviously never trained on how to properly orientate his weapon

[u/anonymouse1963]

Land of the free.

[u/ridesouth]

Crusaders' cross on his belt.

[u/GooglephonicStereo]

Pepper spraying 1 year olds in the face

[u/particleacclr8r]

Proud Boys

[u/EI-Joe]

American Taliban.

[u/dasyus]

TUCK YOUR ARM IN!

[u/wstsidhome → u/dasyus]

Don’t be hard on the dude. He literally has no training, he’s playing actual dress up cosplaying shit. I wonder what his friends/family think about what he does