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Jack Valentino

(4,375 posts)
Tue Jun 17, 2025, 11:03 PM Jun 2025

I think we ought to form an independent citizens' police force-- armed and in street clothes & masks, with no ID or

proper arrest warrants--- to apprehend these CRIMINAL ICE agents, hustle them into an unmarked van to an undisclosed location, with no outside contact whatsoever for an indefinite period of time--- and see how THEY like it!!!!

I'm only half-kidding, here....

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I think we ought to form an independent citizens' police force-- armed and in street clothes & masks, with no ID or (Original Post) Jack Valentino Jun 2025 OP
2nd Amendment....? Pachamama Jun 2025 #1
Some of the GQP-controlled states have made it incredibly easy Jack Valentino Jun 2025 #3
A "well-regulated militia," unlike the Proud Boys... AntiFascist Jun 2025 #9
Correction noted Pachamama Jun 2025 #11
States such as California already have such militias... AntiFascist Jun 2025 #13
Cannot be Federalized!!!! Pachamama Jun 2025 #14
We? Go for it Srkdqltr Jun 2025 #2
It would be interesting to watch. intrepidity Jun 2025 #4
Sounds kinda like - werdna Jun 2025 #5
I say "we" strictly in a rhetorical sense--- I am too old for any such activities, Jack Valentino Jun 2025 #6
Wanna see things change quickly? HarryM Jun 2025 #7
When in doubt there's always... littlemissmartypants Jun 2025 #8
There were some fake "ice agents" who robbed some people. kerry-is-my-prez Jun 2025 #10
Arrest Krasnov dlilafae Jun 2025 #12

Jack Valentino

(4,375 posts)
3. Some of the GQP-controlled states have made it incredibly easy
Tue Jun 17, 2025, 11:16 PM
Jun 2025

to carry guns, even concealed handguns without so much as a permit----
so what's good for the orange blob worshipping sycophants is good for the REAL Patriots!

concealed is better, since we wouldn't want to tip them off that we are coming for them....


Of course we wouldn't want to have to shoot anyone, we would want them to come along quietly---
just as they want the undocumented to come along quietly...

Not sure where we should keep them detained---
maybe an unknown warehouse in Los Angeles.....

Or BOSTON--- the cradle of liberty!




AntiFascist

(13,732 posts)
9. A "well-regulated militia," unlike the Proud Boys...
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 02:19 AM
Jun 2025

but this would preferably be a state militia under the command of a governor.

Pachamama

(17,540 posts)
11. Correction noted
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 04:19 AM
Jun 2025

Could there then constitutionally be an armed militia that is regulated and under the control of the Governor?

AntiFascist

(13,732 posts)
13. States such as California already have such militias...
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 11:29 AM
Jun 2025

California has the California State Guard, but it is primarily there to support the National Guard when the need arises. According to their website:

The CSG is officially recognized under the California Military & Veterans Code § 550, having been activated as the State Defense Force of California on January 2nd, 1941. The CSG cannot be federalized and remains under the Governor’s command through the state’s Adjutant General. The CSG comprises both prior and non-prior service members who volunteer their time and talents to serve the state.

https://stateguard.cmd.ca.gov/public/


Also

Throughout its history, the CSG has adapted its structure and role, but its mission to safeguard California has remained unchanged.

Jack Valentino

(4,375 posts)
6. I say "we" strictly in a rhetorical sense--- I am too old for any such activities,
Tue Jun 17, 2025, 11:40 PM
Jun 2025

AND I DID say I was "half-kidding"---

But only half.


As things are going now, it seems only a matter of time
before they start shooting people---

INDEED, that has begun in Minnesota, although that was not ICE-related....




At that point, all bets are off.



HarryM

(444 posts)
7. Wanna see things change quickly?
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 01:36 AM
Jun 2025

We should make sure that they are 90% people of color, arm them with AR15 type weapons, and call them the Black Leopards!
Guaranteed that the racists would go into hiding, and start making laws against AR15s and such, just as they did in the 1960s.

NOTE - Upon reading the posts here, I realize that what I am stating was just what the Black Panthers did. So what I am saying is that it should be repeated, only this time we take better precautions, so that nobody gets killed.

littlemissmartypants

(31,666 posts)
8. When in doubt there's always...
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 02:14 AM
Jun 2025

The poisoned lunch special option. Some well placed botulism or any other deadly bacteria in the mashed potatoes at an ICE watering hole buffet and why would anyone believe it isn't an RFK, Jr. FDA failure.

Anyone want to start a How To...grow your own bacteria workshop? Who here hasn't had a food borne illness that made them wish they were dead?

The ICE appreciation lunch would be epic!

kerry-is-my-prez

(10,207 posts)
10. There were some fake "ice agents" who robbed some people.
Wed Jun 18, 2025, 03:25 AM
Jun 2025

I was wondering when this was going to happen. Gee - a bunch of men dressed in black, masks covering their faces, no uniforms, no ID’s or warrants - what could possibly go wrong with that sort of thing going on. It was the first thing that popped into my mind - some people could really take advantage of that situation. If I were a criminal, that would be very tempting.

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