A video recorded last week has ignited outrage online after it captured ICE agents violently arresting two brothers in South Norwalk, Connecticut, in broad daylight without producing a warrant. The men, identified as Ricardo Chavez and his brother, reportedly hold legal status to live and work in the United States.

The footage (credit @alwaysfilmthepolice) shows plainclothes ICE agents forcibly detaining the men in a public area. Witnesses say the agents refused to provide identification or present a warrant when asked, instead resorting to physical force and a taser to subdue the brothers before hauling them away. They also allegedly damaged their vehicle.

Community members who know the Chavez family insist that both men are law-abiding residents with valid documentation. “They work, they pay taxes, and they belong here,” said one South Norwalk resident who witnessed the arrest. “This was nothing short of a kidnapping.”

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        9 hours ago

        We aren’t the ones who could have simple not funded ICE.

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          9 hours ago

          And so, you’re fine with what’s happening under Trump. Yes, we get it.

          Just own that, and stop weasling.

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            8 hours ago

            Would you point to anything I have said that suggests I’m fine with what’s happening under Trump?

            No, pointing out that the dems chose to enable this is not being fine with what’s happening under Trump. Funding the gestapo being bad when the dems did it does not make it good when Trump does it.

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              7 hours ago

              Fine as in, when considering that either Kamala or Trump would be president, you don’t care which one got in, and the results we’re seeing would be the same either way.

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                7 hours ago

                I absolutely do care, hence why I point out what needed to be done to change the outcome.

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                    And doing fuckall to improve your constituents material conditions for 4 years while also facilitating genocide, sending the police to kick the shit out of the politically activated kids, you know the ones who phone bank and get all their friends to vote, funding ICE, etc is exactly how you make sure people won’t vote for you.

                    Nothing I did encouraged the dems to do these things. Instead I encouraged the democrats to do the things they needed to do to win, while every lib demanding we vote blue no matter who 2 years away from the election helped them maintain the delusion the dems could win while telling their base to eat shit.

                    It would have been so easy too, all the dems had to do was not include ICE or Israel funding in the federal budget, or just refuse to dispense the funds, or order the head of ICE Biden appointed to fire everyone and spend the funds on something worthwhile, and suddenly the republicans symbolize returning this great evil the democrats just ended. But they had no interest in stopping any of that shit, and now here we are.