silence7 to CaliforniaEnglish · edit-21 month agoImmigration Agents Clash Again With Protesters in Los Angeles | Federal agents carried out more workplace raids, squared off with protesters, using what appeared to be tear gas & flash-bang grenadeswww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square44linkfedilinkarrow-up1228arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1226arrow-down1external-linkImmigration Agents Clash Again With Protesters in Los Angeles | Federal agents carried out more workplace raids, squared off with protesters, using what appeared to be tear gas & flash-bang grenadeswww.nytimes.comsilence7 to CaliforniaEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square44linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
First-person accounts of the attack and ISIS-style drive-through-a-crowd attack that ICE carried out can be found here: Thread 1 Thread 2
minus-squaregivesomefuckslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down2·1 month agoCops work for cities, counties, and the state… Politicians can give them orders, and if the bosses don’t follow, they can be replaced. Just because neoliberals act like they can’t do anything about cops, doesn’t mean they can’t.
minus-squaresilence7OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·1 month agoThe sheriff is his own elected official, and you can’t run for the position unless you’re a cop.
minus-squaregivesomefuckslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·edit-21 month agoSo cut funding… But the issue is the LAPD, not the LASD. Stop acting like norma have to be followed by one side, you don’t fight fascism with one arm tied behind your back
minus-squareAbouBenAdhemlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoDoesn’t LAPD have jurisdiction inside the city?
minus-squaresilence7OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-21 month agoYeah, but a bunch of today’s events were in the county, not the city, and the county sheriff are the ones that are most willing to hurt people. Edit: Gov Newsom is deploying the CHP. Hopefully they have orders to keep the other cops from going on a murder rampage
Cops work for cities, counties, and the state…
Politicians can give them orders, and if the bosses don’t follow, they can be replaced.
Just because neoliberals act like they can’t do anything about cops, doesn’t mean they can’t.
The sheriff is his own elected official, and you can’t run for the position unless you’re a cop.
So cut funding…
But the issue is the LAPD, not the LASD.
Stop acting like norma have to be followed by one side, you don’t fight fascism with one arm tied behind your back
Doesn’t LAPD have jurisdiction inside the city?
Yeah, but a bunch of today’s events were in the county, not the city, and the county sheriff are the ones that are most willing to hurt people.
Edit: Gov Newsom is deploying the CHP. Hopefully they have orders to keep the other cops from going on a murder rampage