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sboatcar

(798 posts)
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 11:34 AM Jan 11

I never thought in all my life that I'd be wearing a whistle around my neck at all times

So I can warn my neighbors or anyone else who's around that a government secret police snatch squad is prowling the neighborhood. Its awful, it needs to stop.

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I never thought in all my life that I'd be wearing a whistle around my neck at all times (Original Post) sboatcar Jan 11 OP
How to alert when ICE shows up. 2.5 ways. usonian Jan 11 #1
Exactly, those are for after the fact. sboatcar Jan 11 #3
;-{) ICE COLD KILLERS Goonch Jan 11 #2
I've had one on my keychain ever since carjacking became a thing dickthegrouch Jan 11 #4

usonian

(24,116 posts)
1. How to alert when ICE shows up. 2.5 ways.
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 11:47 AM
Jan 11
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220928069

1. https://stopice.net/
STOP ICE RAIDS ALERT NETWORK
NATION-WIDE MOBILE ALERT SYSTEM

over 511,120 total subscribers
Report.

2. https://iceout.org/en/
People over papers. National map.
Report.

2.5 https://www.iceblock.app/
ICEBlock
See something, tap something

ICEBlock Removed
Following pressure from the Trump administration, Apple has removed ICEBlock from the App Store.


Please, Lord Trump, may I have another?

Those who downloaded it before Cook buckled can still use it.

And yes, a whistle works locally.

sboatcar

(798 posts)
3. Exactly, those are for after the fact.
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 11:51 AM
Jan 11

What's been happening recently is they show up, a bunch of goons jump out of their SUVs, grab someone, wrestle them into a car, and then leave. The only thing we can do is blow the whistles and try to gather a crowd to document and (maybe) block them from leaving for a bit. Its better than nothing, but it still feels pretty helpless.

dickthegrouch

(4,392 posts)
4. I've had one on my keychain ever since carjacking became a thing
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 12:28 PM
Jan 11

And I separated the car key from the house keys so that if it took multiple hours to get home they couldn’t ransack my house at the same time.

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