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red dog 1

(32,687 posts)
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 04:38 PM Jan 19

Man taking a shower arrested by ICE in his underwear in freezing weather after trashing his house.

ICYMI — In negative degrees weather they took a LEGAL naturalized citizen out in his underwear, after trashing his house.

They released him an hour later.

The cruelty is the point. (From @thejfreakinc.bsky.social )

The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) 2026-01-19T16:06:42.218Z
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Man taking a shower arrested by ICE in his underwear in freezing weather after trashing his house. (Original Post) red dog 1 Jan 19 OP
OMG that's horrible 😡 TommieMommy Jan 19 #1
Kick dalton99a Jan 19 #2
There is literally an Amendment ( or 2 ) purr-rat beauty Jan 19 #3
The Hmong people have been legal refugees in MN since the 70's senseandsensibility Jan 19 #4
They're not white? maxsolomon Jan 19 #7
ICE-IS strikes again. 😡 Dave Bowman Jan 19 #5
Bastards Lulu KC Jan 19 #6
I read this and wonder does DU know about a planned general stike against this administration that begins January 23? ShazamIam Jan 19 #8
Link? Details? Pinback Jan 19 #11
Here's a link to tomorrow's "Walkout" red dog 1 Jan 19 #20
Much obliged. Pinback Jan 19 #23
I just checked on it, and have posted the link in the body of this post, apparrently it is for Minnesota and I thought ShazamIam Jan 19 #18
Google "Amid ICE crackdown, a call for Minnesota shutdown January 23" red dog 1 Jan 19 #19
When this is over, every member of ICE should be arrested Orrex Jan 19 #9
Someone should break in and trash their homes, PatSeg Jan 19 #12
No doubt he could have proven his citizenship while they were in his house 70sEraVet Jan 19 #10
And what was the point of trashing his house? PatSeg Jan 19 #13
Law Suit right now. Botany Jan 19 #14
This is fucking terrorism. Initech Jan 19 #15
Trump wants citizens to take up arms pfitz59 Jan 19 #16
These evil... GiqueCee Jan 19 #17
One day Figarosmom Jan 19 #21
St. Paul mayor 'livid' after ICE wrongly targets family friend, escorts him undressed into cold mysteryowl Jan 19 #22

senseandsensibility

(24,400 posts)
4. The Hmong people have been legal refugees in MN since the 70's
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 04:55 PM
Jan 19

after they helped the CIA during the Vietnam War. Most are legal naturalized citizens and the younger ones were born here. Why are they ICE targets?

maxsolomon

(38,393 posts)
7. They're not white?
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 05:35 PM
Jan 19

Anyone foreign-born is a target that needs to prove their right to be here to ICE, likely more than once.

Pinback

(13,542 posts)
11. Link? Details?
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 06:19 PM
Jan 19

I guess I’ve been living under a rock, because this is the first I’ve heard of this. Will be happy to participate. Please share any info you have.

ShazamIam

(3,055 posts)
18. I just checked on it, and have posted the link in the body of this post, apparrently it is for Minnesota and I thought
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 07:20 PM
Jan 19

it was a U.S. thing and I guess I wanted it to be a national thing.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/minneapolis-ice-general-strike

red dog 1

(32,687 posts)
19. Google "Amid ICE crackdown, a call for Minnesota shutdown January 23"
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 07:25 PM
Jan 19

But the big event is the Free America Walkout tomorrow, January 20.
https://freeameri.ca

PatSeg

(52,545 posts)
12. Someone should break in and trash their homes,
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 06:20 PM
Jan 19

smash their vehicles, terrorize their families, and humiliate them in front of neighbors and family. Do all these agents totally lack any kind of empathy? When I see these videos, I can feel it happening to me or my family.

70sEraVet

(5,347 posts)
10. No doubt he could have proven his citizenship while they were in his house
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 05:52 PM
Jan 19

But they had to make a show of trotting out an elderly WET man, dressed only in boxer shorts in -9 degree weather. I couldn't see in this video, but was he in bare feet as well?
These guys wear masks for a reason -- pay back is such a bitch!

PatSeg

(52,545 posts)
13. And what was the point of trashing his house?
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 06:22 PM
Jan 19

They completely trashed that apartment building in Chicago and destroyed the tenants property. Is anyone getting compensated for all this mindless destruction?

Botany

(76,686 posts)
14. Law Suit right now.
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 06:39 PM
Jan 19

Get this in front of a judge, a good trial attorney, and a jury. The federal government will try to settle ASAP.

ICE is unneeded bullies many of whom are
right wing thugs many who were J-6th shits or one of the 150,000 bad cops who were fired and Trump expunged their federal records.

Expose ICE, Noem on the Range, and Trump & company for who they really are.

pfitz59

(12,514 posts)
16. Trump wants citizens to take up arms
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 07:14 PM
Jan 19

So he can invoke the insurrection and act and declare Martial Law. His goons want to precipitate a Civil war so they can gun down 'libtards; and 'atheists'.

GiqueCee

(3,618 posts)
17. These evil...
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 07:15 PM
Jan 19

... bags of dog shit have to be put down. Figuratively speaking, of course. Spending years in high security with REALLY tough guys will help them see the light. And make 'em go foo-foo in their tutus. They deserve to experience the same humiliation they so delight in inflicting on innocents.

Figarosmom

(10,393 posts)
21. One day
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 07:29 PM
Jan 19

They will do this to the wrong person. Some MAGA gun nut who will open fire and barricade himself in or some high up republican relative.

mysteryowl

(8,710 posts)
22. St. Paul mayor 'livid' after ICE wrongly targets family friend, escorts him undressed into cold
Mon Jan 19, 2026, 07:31 PM
Jan 19

The windchill was below-zero when ChongLy Scott Thao, 57 — wearing only boxers and Crocs, with a blanket draped over his shoulders — was handcuffed and ushered outside by federal agents agents who broke open his door.

The Jan. 18 incident in St. Paul stoked fresh outrage about ICE’s tactics as its agents spread across Minnesota. Thao is a U.S. citizen with no known criminal record in Minnesota.

St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her, who is a family friend of Thao, called the aggressive actions of federal immigration enforcement agents unjustifiable and said she’s livid about what happened.

According to an online fundraiser started by sister-in-law Louansee Moua, agents pointed guns at the family while Thao’s 5-year-old grandson was napping on the sofa and “woke up crying in fear, witnessing armed officers storm his home.”

https://www.startribune.com/st-paul-mayor-livid-after-ice-wrongly-targets-family-friend-escorts-him-undressed-into-cold/601566974
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