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Sein Vater hatte seit mehr als 30 Jahren an dieser Waschstraße gearbeitet, ohne Aufenthaltsgenehmigung, aber geduldet, brav hatte er seine Steuern gezahlt. Der Sohn meint, die Gicht in den Beinen seines Vaters habe diesen vermutlich daran gehindert, schnell genug wegzurennen. So läuft das dieser Tage in #LosAngeles: Gesichtslose Trupps ohne Identifikations-Abzeichen nehmen Arbeiter von dunkler Hautfarbe mit, und die Familien suchen dann tagelang in den Lagern der Einwanderungs- und Zollbehörde #ICE nach ihnen.
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Tatsächlich unterscheidet die ICE-Häscher nichts von Kidnappern: keine Abzeichen, keine Durchsuchungsbeschlüsse, keine offiziell gekennzeichneten Fahrzeuge. Selbst Kinder führen sie in Handschellen ab.
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Ich dachte anfangs, es gehe „nur“ um Ausländerfeindlichkeit, um „Amerika den Amerikanern“. Tatsächlich aber baut sich Trump hier eine Art Privatarmee auf, 30 000 Mann stark, die anders als die Polizei nicht den üblichen Beschränkungen unterliegt. Minnesotas demokratischer Gouverneur vergleicht sie deshalb mit der Gestapo. Sie nennen keinen Grund, wenn sie jemanden festnehmen; sie brauchen keinen Durchsuchungsbefehl, wenn sie Menschen aus Erntefeldern und Waschstraßen zerren, und man kann sich nirgends über sie beschweren, weil sie sich nicht ausweisen.
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/meinung/usa-ice-einwanderung-gefaengnis-protest-li.3284910 #DonaldTrump #Trump #Faschismus
Süddeutsche Zeitung · Trumps Hatz auf Einwanderer löst Widerstand ausBy Michaela Haas

For some reason people really like my jacket Sam.

He's sentimental as he's the only thing I still own from before I was #homeless and served me well enough I thought to name him.

He was 30 dollars at #walmart and I could have made more as several people have asked if they could buy him since I got to #losangeles. When I first got him my boss said he was awesome. People tried to steal him at #shelters and he always came back to me.

I want to be buried with him.

#Journalists among at least 13 arrested during #immigration-related protest in #CincinnatiOH

Police in #CovingtonKY, said those arrested had refused to comply with orders to disperse.

By John Seewer | The Associated Press

"Police in Cincinnati arrested at least 13 people, including two journalists, after demonstrators protesting the #immigration #detention of a former hospital chaplain blocked a two-lane bridge carrying traffic over the #OhioRiver.

"A reporter and a photography intern who were arrested while covering the protest for #CityBeat, a Cincinnati news and entertainment outlet, were among those arraigned Friday morning in a Kentucky court.

"Other journalists reporting on protests around the U.S. have been have arrested and injured this year. More than two dozen were hurt or roughed up while covering protests against #ImmigrationRaids in #LosAngeles.

"A Spanish-language journalist was arrested in June while covering a #NoKings protest near #AtlantaGA. Police initially charged Mario Guevara, a native of El Salvador, with #UnlawfulAssembly, #obstruction of police and being a pedestrian on or along the roadway.

"A prosecutor dropped the charges, but Guevara had already been turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and is being held in a south Georgia immigration #DetentionCenter. His lawyers say he has been authorized to work and remain in the country, but #ICE is trying to deport him.

"Video from the demonstration in Cincinnati Thursday night shows several tense moments, including when an officer punches a protester several times as police wrestle him to the ground.

"Earlier, a black SUV drove slowly onto the Roebling Bridge while protesters walked along the roadway that connects Cincinnati with Kentucky. Another video shows a person in a neon-colored vest pushing against the SUV.

"Police in Covington, Kentucky, said those arrested had refused to comply with orders to disperse. The department said in a statement that officers who initially attempted to talk with the protest's organizer were threatened and met with hostility.

"Among the charges filed against those arrested were rioting, failing to disperse, obstructing emergency responders, criminal mischief and disorderly conduct.

"Reporter Madeline Fening and photo intern Lucas Griffith were charged with felony rioting and several other charges, said Ashley Moor, the editor in chief of CityBeat.

"A judge on Friday set a $2,500 bond for each of those arrested.

"The arrests happened during a protest in support of #AymanSoliman, an Egyptian immigrant who worked as a chaplain at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. He was detained last week after he showed up for a routine check-in with ICE officials at their office near Cincinnati.

"Protesters met in downtown Cincinnati on Thursday in support of Soliman, then walked across the bridge carrying a banner that read '#BuildBridgesNotWalls.'

"Covington police said that 'while the department supports the public’s right to peaceful assembly and expression, threatening officers and blocking #CriticalInfrastructure, such as a major bridge, presents a danger to all involved.' "

Read more:
nbcchicago.com/news/national-i

NBC Chicago · Journalists among at least 13 arrested during immigration-related protest in CincinnatiBy John Seewer | The Associated Press