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sboatcar

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5. We don't back down because they're here to kidnap our neighbors and hurt our community
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 06:34 PM
Feb 11

Maybe in other places people might back down and go home after the media coverage is gone, but not here, we care about our neighbors, and a threat to one of them is a threat to us all.
And like the Salon article says, the ice guys are tracked from the moment they leave the whipple building, people take down the plates, see which way they go when they exit, and then there are people standing on corners all around town keeping an eye out, and dozens, if not hundreds of people risking their safety and risking arrest following them around in vehicles, whether its just to observe or warn people. Then anywhere they stop, a crowd of people with cameras out and whistles in hand comes running.
This is what needs to happen everywhere that ICE is going. If we can do this in the dead of winter, in subzero temperatures, anyone can do it. If they meet resistance like this everywhere, eventually they're going to run out of people willing to do it.

That all being said, I hope that one day soon I don't have to have a go bag with my bodycam, gas mask, bullhorn, and all that ready to go at a moment's notice, but until that day comes, I'm going to be ready. I hate that this is what we have to do, and I want to get a good night's sleep without being awakened by the sound of whistles indicating that they are attempting to kidnap someone in my neighborhood, but doing nothing isn't an option.

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