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Re: ICE Whistleblower interview with CBS interrupted by government agents

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Post by VeronicaJJ123 » Fri, Jun 29, 2018, 9:42 PM UTC

onemoresoop wrote: post #4

Lies, deception, intimidation, what's next? Is this America of the 21st century?

That is precisely how USA has operated in 19th and 20th century too. Intimidating people you dont like is always.

Re: ICE Whistleblower interview with CBS interrupted by government agents

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Post by rad_gruchalski » Fri, Jun 29, 2018, 10:18 PM UTC

masonic wrote: post #18

rad_gruchalski wrote: post #17

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The Land Of Free.

The USA is terrible. Don't come here.

I like coming over to the US. Generally a very nice country. But it does have some issues, for sure.

Re: ICE Whistleblower interview with CBS interrupted by government agents

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Post by gulaschadasical » Fri, Jun 29, 2018, 10:40 PM UTC

alexandercrohde wrote: post #9

tl; dr: 1. ICE [Immigration Control] planned to raid Oakland for illegal immigrants. 2. Somehow, Oakland's mayor found out and warned the community (Oakland, SF, and California are very pro-immigrant). This obviously gave opportunity for some immigrants to elude the raid. 3. Feeling undermined, Jeff sessions claimed that "ICE failed to make 800 arrests" because of the mayor's statement. 4. James Schwab, who this arti…

re: #4, He states 232 out of 1000 in this article, and claims the 'outright lie' was that the mayor was letting people go. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/former-ice-spokesman-sp...

Re: ICE Whistleblower interview with CBS interrupted by government agents

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Post by bassman9000 » Sat, Jun 30, 2018, 12:38 AM UTC

masonic wrote: post #18

rad_gruchalski wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Land Of Free.

The USA is terrible. Don't come here.

The fact this thread, its topic, exists means it can't be that bad. I find your comment ironic.

Re: ICE Whistleblower interview with CBS interrupted by government agents

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Post by dang » Sun, Jul 01, 2018, 4:33 AM UTC

masonic wrote: post #18

rad_gruchalski wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Land Of Free.

The USA is terrible. Don't come here.

Nationalistic flamewar is not welcome on Hacker News. Please don't post like this again.

Re: ICE Whistleblower interview with CBS interrupted by government agents

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Post by dang » Sun, Jul 01, 2018, 4:34 AM UTC

rad_gruchalski wrote: post #17

llukas wrote: post #7

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In US they put you on a no fly list and set credit score to 0.

The Land Of Free.

Please don't post unsubstantive comments here.

Re: ICE Whistleblower interview with CBS interrupted by government agents

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Post by tastythrowaway » Fri, Jul 06, 2018, 7:47 PM UTC

cfadvan wrote: post #14

tastythrowaway wrote: post #11

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Yes. 20th as well.

People seem to easily forget the American government reaction to the civil rights movement, anti-Vietnam War movement, and so much more. Violence, coercion, intimidation and breaking its own laws without consequence are the American modus operandi. How did fire-hosing, beating, jailing and murdering black people not prove this? How about tear gas and dogs being let loose on protesting students? The conduct of the FBI…

Yes, and it's a little... hypocritical? For a nation that is self-congratulatory to the point of nausea in it's rebellious origins, our institutions will repeatedly overextend themselves to prevent people from effecting positive disruptive change.