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clevergrrrl

(145 posts)
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 04:22 PM Jan 13

If ICE Agent Jonathan Ross isn't arrested, prosecuted and sent to jail

Then this country will erupt into mass civil disturbance.

and that is what Trump wants.

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If ICE Agent Jonathan Ross isn't arrested, prosecuted and sent to jail (Original Post) clevergrrrl Jan 13 OP
I'll believe it when I see it. RockRaven Jan 13 #1
Nothing is ever the last straw. Irish_Dem Jan 13 #2
he hasn't been yet, and civil disturbance hasn't happened yet. Do you have a timeline in mind? WhiskeyGrinder Jan 13 #3
I think this is the build up clevergrrrl Jan 13 #6
Who will do something else "that'll have the nation on fire"? WhiskeyGrinder Jan 13 #8
The regime... 2naSalit Jan 13 #12
Why would they "need something" when it's clear they can act without provocation? WhiskeyGrinder Jan 13 #13
I think we're talking... 2naSalit Jan 13 #16
Derek Chauvin was arrested 4 days after killing George Floyd hot2na Jan 13 #4
I have said before, Codifer Jan 13 #5
maybe they got tired of being told they weren't protesting correctly or were protesting the wrong things WhiskeyGrinder Jan 13 #7
You're mistaken. johnp3907 Jan 13 #14
I am sorry. Codifer Jan 13 #18
This is a heavy duty civil war sized problem. Klarkashton Jan 13 #9
You are correct. That is exactly what Trump wants! Climate Crusader Jan 13 #10
I love the frog costumes. progressoid Jan 13 #11
He will do it anyway. Most of his incidents are false flag. Blue Full Moon Jan 13 #15
No, it won't. BlueTsunami2018 Jan 13 #17
What if he is tried and the jury doesn't convict? MichMan Jan 13 #19
Apparently so. Igel Wednesday #20
lol no it won't BannonsLiver Wednesday #21
trump can't jail or murder all of us! Escalate now, not later. (nt) Duncan Grant Wednesday #22

RockRaven

(18,802 posts)
1. I'll believe it when I see it.
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 04:27 PM
Jan 13

Everybody else who has pointed to a last straw so far has not been correct. Someone may be right some day, but what are the odds that day is today?

clevergrrrl

(145 posts)
6. I think this is the build up
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 04:36 PM
Jan 13

the rest of the winter and spring a people are gonna be pissed off and feeling helpless. They'll do something else that'll have the nation on fire for the summer. Then they'll point to "lawless Democrats" to try to sway the election. It's pretty obvious.

2naSalit

(100,365 posts)
16. I think we're talking...
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 05:34 PM
Jan 13

About two 'theys'.

We the people will be on fire as the gestapo continue to ramp up the outrageous behavior and harming more people in more brutal ways as they have been because they WANT US TO ERUPT so that the great orange satan and icebarbie can send out all the troops and tell them kill whomever at will. That is what I think the OP is talking about.

It is what we're seeing though the regime would like to step it up to full on assault every day, everywhere.

hot2na

(454 posts)
4. Derek Chauvin was arrested 4 days after killing George Floyd
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 04:30 PM
Jan 13

And the state of Minnesota arrested him. Lets hope they get justice again, in spite of the obstruction by the federal government.

Codifer

(1,174 posts)
5. I have said before,
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 04:30 PM
Jan 13

if this murder had happened in 1969 every university and college would immediately empty into the streets in protest.

Or am I mistaken about the perceived apathy on campuses now?

WhiskeyGrinder

(26,501 posts)
7. maybe they got tired of being told they weren't protesting correctly or were protesting the wrong things
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 04:40 PM
Jan 13

Klarkashton

(4,798 posts)
9. This is a heavy duty civil war sized problem.
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 04:43 PM
Jan 13

Just imagine a shootout between those ice bastards and the local cops trying to arrest any of those fuckers.

Climate Crusader

(151 posts)
10. You are correct. That is exactly what Trump wants!
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 04:50 PM
Jan 13

A reason to trigger the Insurrection Act and stop the 2026 Elections.

I'm convinced that what is what he was trying to do on Jan 6 2021, but the cops were patient and did not begin shooting folks which would have given Trump the optics and excuses he needed to find a reason to delay the certification.

I'm so proudd of the left for the patience that has been shown so far (really? Frog costumes), and hope that we continue to fight in the courts and at the ballot box. Patience.

progressoid

(52,655 posts)
11. I love the frog costumes.
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 05:04 PM
Jan 13

And dinosaurs. Saw a LOT of them at the No Kings rally. My favorite was the inflatable sugar glider.

BlueTsunami2018

(4,892 posts)
17. No, it won't.
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 05:38 PM
Jan 13

A third of the country is in full support of the murder, another third is mad about it but won’t really do anything and the final third has no idea or doesn’t care.

Ross isn’t going to face any charges. The crime scene was disrupted and purged, the perp removed to a safe place with the help of the government and the administration has declared ICE immune from any prosecution. A go fund me has already raised well over half a million dollars and counting for Ross who will go on to live a life he never would have had if he hadn’t murdered that innocent woman.

There’s no justice in this country. And no one knows how to fight for it anymore.

Sorry for the bad news.

MichMan

(16,726 posts)
19. What if he is tried and the jury doesn't convict?
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 06:45 PM
Jan 13

Is a mass civil disturbance warranted just because people disagree with the outcome?

Igel

(37,406 posts)
20. Apparently so.
Wed Jan 14, 2026, 01:54 AM
Wednesday

If the law doesn't side side with the masses, then, in a democracy of laws and not men/mobs, well, the mobs rule and democracy must be as the founders feared--rule of mobs.

That's bad. But the strange fruit of society that some, apparently, want.

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