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In reply to the discussion: Trump's troops detain a Black lawyer in D.C.--swarmed by 20 officers just .... [View all]KentuckyWoman
(7,264 posts)36. My neighbor won't speak out in public or online
Her husband is a naturalized citizen in the 1950s, from Canada. Whitest white guy you ever met. Old enough that he legit needs a walker outside because the wind is blowing. She's even afraid conversations in their home will get picked up by one of the many devices in the house with microphones built in and they'll come drag him off as retribution, strip his citizenship away and send him off to some torture prison.
I used to think she was being a little hysterical, not to her face of course, but now... not so sure.
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Trump's troops detain a Black lawyer in D.C.--swarmed by 20 officers just .... [View all]
riversedge
Aug 25
OP
Not just a madman. He's nothing w/o the willing legions of brownshirted scumbags.
RockRaven
Aug 25
#14
Understand the sign-up/salary funds are attractive, but I know I would rather
allegorical oracle
Aug 26
#59
My gardener/irrigation specialist is a naturalized citizen whose son is a US Army veteran.
Hekate
Aug 25
#13
Hope is better than despair, but see #7, papers are no shield from emboldened bastards.
RockRaven
Aug 25
#15
That is why I will only show them to someone in an office, in person, and I will not leave without them.
OldBaldy1701E
Aug 26
#53
In Arkansas you can order out certified birth certificates and probably others.
LiberalArkie
Aug 26
#71
We need to carry a hammer to smash our phones when the nazis demand we turn them over.
Irish_Dem
Aug 26
#57
ICE is an organization that needs 6 fist-swinging arm-pumping thugs to take down a small gardener...
Hekate
Aug 25
#5
I'm hoping that an attorney -- even a corporate attorney -- didn't actually say he was going to press charges.
rsdsharp
Aug 25
#6
Not on his own, but it is used for a victim deciding whether they want authorities to proceed
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 26
#60
Well, it obviously happened since it's on video. But he may be experiencing a mental crisis.
SunSeeker
Aug 25
#38
This is a really sad story, on so many levels. He appears to be having a mental health crisis.
SunSeeker
Aug 25
#30
Not only those who assaulted him, but also trump and his administration need to be sued
lostincalifornia
Aug 25
#34
Covington & Burling, the white shoe law firm where former attorney general Eric Holder serves as senior counsel
elleng
Aug 25
#40
'He was in a white neighborhood and looked uppity' will be federal policy soon.
Torchlight
Aug 26
#58
I can't see anything except reports from 3 weeks ago about his conflicts with his former law firm,
pnwmom
Aug 26
#66
People in a mental health crisis can do things that would get police attention and//or intervention..
pnwmom
Aug 26
#70