Poor kid had no idea what was happening. Can we just take a moment to address what was actually going on in the background of this video? We had multiple people just blaring their horns (assuming car horns). To show discontent? To show solidarity? Because the lives of a family being torn apart was an inconvenience to them carrying out their day?
Then we had a guy just repeating “Child endangerment” while standing behind a barrier recording on his phone. That child was 100% in danger when the vehicle they were traveling in was seemingly rammed from behind. In very little danger when surrounded by armed enforcers and will no doubt be in considerable danger again when thrown to the wolves of ICE(kids). If I truly felt a child was in danger I would have marched right through the mob in order to help said child. Regardless of the chances of getting shot or beaten. Crying wolf from the sidelines doesn’t help anyone at all!
We had someone suggesting that the detainee should kneel down while being forceably restrained and carted off… At first I thought this may have been citizen advice to “stop resisting” but it appears it was the opposite and someone was suggesting a better way to resist. Seriously, WTF? Cross the barrier and kneel on front of the officers in order to make yourself a hindrance. No doubt you’d be slapped with trumped-up charges but that’s the price you pay in order to let everybody know that you don’t agree with this. Don’t encourage others and let them deal with the consequences while you pat yourself on the back and sleep soundly in your own bed at night.
Then we had multiple people approach the vehicle while it was being driven away to get some closeup shots of the masked enforcers abducting the child, some complaining that they couldn’t get a clear shot of the child as they had covered their face…
Is this what passes as a counter-ICE protest these days? For shame.
Ahhh, thanks for shedding light on the car horns. That makes a lot of sense.
My point about the guy yelling child endangerment is highlighted in this video. No one is acting on it. (Hopefully because the child isn’t in active danger while the guy is yelling it)
If you were to shout child endangerment in most parts of the world people would be acting on it. I fear that if some even less scrupulous individuals decided to abduct in an area prolific in ICE activity no one would bat an eye at someone legitimately calling that a child is in danger :/
I may just be holding people to unrealistic standards for the most part… I agree I’d rather people be doing ANYTHING to counter rather than simply ignoring it.