Anonymous, unidentifiable laughing masked men without warrant grabs man in church lot, points rifle at pastor

[Demovictory9]

Church Leaders Shaken After a Man Was Detained in Their Parking Lot - The New York Times https://share.google/UG5w7HYa5XJ4wNT8Z

The Rev. Tanya Lopez, senior pastor of Downey Memorial Christian Church, said she was in her office on Wednesday when three SUVs with tinted windows pulled up to her church. Then, Ms. Lopez said, five men, some wearing badges and tan bulletproof vests that said “POLICE,” rushed out of the vehicles and detained a man in the parking lot.

The men, Ms. Lopez said, refused to identify which agency they worked for, and they did not share their names or badge numbers when asked. Their vehicles had out-of-state license plates. They also did not provide a warrant, she said.

They took the man into a black SUV. And, Ms. Lopez said that as she shouted instructions in Spanish to the man inside the vehicle, an agent drew a rifle at her.

“It came across as essentially a final warning, to step back,” Ms. Lopez said, adding that the men then laughed at her and “started cracking up.”



She said she did not know the man and believed him to be someone just passing by the church at the time.

[Demovictory9]

1. "This gentleman just shouted, 'The whole country is our property.'"

The Rev. Al Lopez, an administrative pastor at the church, said that he tried to question the men in the parking lot, and told one of them that church leaders did not want them on church property.

“This will stand in my mind,” Mr. Lopez said. “This gentleman just shouted, ‘The whole country is our property.’”

[Irish_Dem]

3. Trump believes everything belongs to him.

He owns the entire country.

[tanyev]

4. That really supports the theory that many ICE "agents" are deputized Proud Boys or J6ers.

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No matter how corrupt, most trained law enforcement officers are not going to behave the way we are seeing so many ICE agents behave.

[DSandra]

9. Also backs the idea that ICE is Trump's Gestapo

[groundloop]

10. YEP.... tRump's personal terror squad.

And who the hell is going to stop them tRump controlling the DOJ?

[sop]

2. Immigrant Patrols, the 21st century version of Slave Patrols.

[Mr.Bee]

5. Fun With Terrorism

NT

[Farmer-Rick]

6. They are raiding churches

Is nothing sacred? Not to pedo Trump humpers.

[Hieronymus Phact]

7. No face, No Badge,

You're not a cop!

[xmas74]

8. Jess Piper was talking about something similarl

In Missouri a few months back.

Some guy with no ID claimed he was ICE and tried to abduct someone who he thought shouldn't be here.

I think this is going to happen more in the near future. I've already noticed people posting about doing something similar on local social media groups, under pseudonyms of course.

[BBbats]

11. It happened in Philadelphia PA.

Someone wearing an ICE jacket went into a business zip tied a person & made off with $1000.
Don't have the details in front of me but it made the local news.
You can buy ICE jackets,vests,hats & T Shirts..I've seen them online & in shops & flea markets.