President Donald Trump called for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to be imprisoned Wednesday morning amid his administration’s deployment of National Guard members to Illinois’ largest city.“Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers!” Trump wrote on his social media platform ...
  • NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip
    35·
    6 days ago

    Oh wow. I wasn’t aware that Broadview had apparently received legal permission from the governor and was deputizing people on the street to ensure they would face no consequences for anything they do.

    You know. As opposed to people who have decided tyranny is worth risking everything to fight back against.

    (Also, I was not aware of active armed resistance with most of what I hear being VERY isolated cases alongside the normal “peaceful” resistance. Which is the other aspect of what is being discussed here).

    • Triumph@fedia.io
      51·
      6 days ago

      Ah, you’re one of those “unless people are doing what I think they should do, their actions are useless” ones.

      • NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip
        13·
        6 days ago

        … No?

        I am one of those “actually respond to the discussion” kind of people.

        The minute JB removes protections for federal agents from ICE, DHS, and the FBI, and declares them guilty of state level treason, and is willing to deputize people to go after them, I’ll be more than happy to assist

        Let’s drill down on that.

        The minute JB removes protections (…) I’ll be more than happy to assist

        Heavily implies the previous poster is not doing shit.

        willing to deputize people to go after them, I’ll be more than happy to assist

        Implies they aren’t talking about protesting and are instead talking about violence.

        Your post

        There’s a whole lot of people acting, in Broadview for example. They’ve been hit with rubber bullets, pepper balls, and tear gas multiple times; live rounds at least once there, definitely elsewhere in the metro area; and people still show up every day. Trump keeps putting more boots on the ground on US soil. When shit pops off, it’s going to make Kent State look like a pillow fight.

        Seemingly describes action as (mostly) peaceful protest. Which… I have Thoughts on the effectiveness of it and am increasingly feeling like it was a decades long trap, but I also regularly work with the people organizing those and encourage people to get involved.

        To be clear: People need to be aware there are consequences to peaceful protest as well. Your face WILL be recorded and plenty of the olds who marched for civil rights and the like semi-regularly get “checked in on” by local law enforcement or find themselves getting “enhanced screening”.

        The personal and societal consequences need to be considered. And it is very valid to be wary of sticking your neck out. Which is WHY those “parade protests” still serve a big role.

        But it is also important to understand the difference between “I can’t afford to get fired” and “I want to be protected while I engage in violence”.