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jbeamyesterday at 7:16 PM1 replyview on HN

> They menace and threaten "people just out and about in the neighborhood"? It is hard to engage in good faith when you are baldly making statements that are completely unsupported.

There are no shortage of videos showing ICE agents on roaming patrols in Minnesota -- and elsewhere -- menacing anyone they come across who appears undesirable. All you have to do is not look away.

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/880/what-is-your-emergency


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andrewlayesterday at 8:12 PM

Would you mind linking to some of the videos? You link here to an episode of This American Life featuring 911 calls.

While disturbing to listen to, without context, I don't hear anything to substantiate the claim of ICE agents menacing anyone they come across.

All the videos I've seen, [1], [2], [3], for example, from a quick check, are ICE reacting unprofessionally and with excessive force against people who are deliberately attempting to obstruct or interfere with them. Let's not play games here and say that they are menacing innocent people walking down the sidewalk. That's not to say that these assaults are justified or appropriate, but let's start the conversation in a good faith position, and not make up bullshit about ICE walking around menacing innocent bystanders.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5aK7o6fEJg

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5w05TcQIVQ

[3] https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tOaJAd3lkdM

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