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question everything

(52,147 posts)
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 10:23 PM Feb 5

Twin Cities tow truck driver returns abandoned vehicles to families after ICE arrests

Juan Leon had only been running his tow truck business, Leo's Towing, for a few months when he noticed a pattern that kept repeating itself. Cars were being left behind across the Twin Cities metro area – parked on streets, in parking lots, sometimes for days at a time. The owners were gone, and in many cases, they had been arrested by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Seeing there was a need for someone to help out, help clear the streets and get the people back their vehicles. So we stepped up and started doing it," Leon said. By late December, Leon and his small towing crew decided to do something about it – all thanks to observers calling in and reporting these vehicles.

"Families reach out to us. If the family isn't reaching out, we'll find a way to get inside the vehicle and we'll bring it back to their house and put it in a safe spot," Leon said.

They began picking up vehicles and returning them to the families of those arrested – free of charge. Donations began pouring in all across the country, supporting Leon's cause, but not without a cost to their personal safety.

"When they doxxed me, they put all my information out there," Leon said. "For the last three weeks, we have been getting nothing but death threats."

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/twin-cities-tow-truck-driver-returns-abandoned-vehicles-ice-arrests/

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Twin Cities tow truck driver returns abandoned vehicles to families after ICE arrests (Original Post) question everything Feb 5 OP
Remind me... dickthegrouch Feb 5 #1
He's a saint MustLoveBeagles Feb 5 #2
Right? sboatcar Feb 5 #3
It's how MAGAs respond to actual kindness and being a decent human being. Lonestarblue Feb 6 #16
Thank you, Juan Leon. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Feb 5 #4
A good dude. Joinfortmill Feb 5 #5
There are many more good people than not. mysteryowl Feb 5 #6
As if we needed even more confirmation of the evil nature of the RWNJs in this country, now they are not...... FadedMullet Feb 5 #7
And, as expected: "we have been getting nothing but death threats." Grins Feb 5 #8
There is no FBI now orangecrush Feb 6 #17
Kick BlueWaveNeverEnd Feb 6 #9
Good stuff. n/t flvegan Feb 6 #10
Death threats just for returning cars to families whose loved one was taken away? Martin Eden Feb 6 #11
Well they can boast about how many holes they put in a malaise Feb 6 #12
Even more holes in their claim to be good Christians and patriots Martin Eden Feb 6 #13
And then some malaise Feb 6 #14
Guess it comes from their fawking deplorable "leader" a kennedy Feb 6 #15
When it comes to their deplorable leader stealing the next election, I say Martin Eden Feb 6 #18
Resistance takes many forms. yellow dahlia Feb 6 #19

dickthegrouch

(4,532 posts)
1. Remind me...
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 10:41 PM
Feb 5

Who are the violent criminals????

This is not a pattern of incompetence.
JUDGES: You are on the hook for STOPPING this. Your complicity is being noted.

FadedMullet

(927 posts)
7. As if we needed even more confirmation of the evil nature of the RWNJs in this country, now they are not......
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 11:46 PM
Feb 5

....satisfied with hurting immigrants but need to terrorize those trying to help them

Grins

(9,459 posts)
8. And, as expected: "we have been getting nothing but death threats."
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 11:51 PM
Feb 5

Aren’t they adorable?????

He should file an individual complaint for each call to the FBI

Martin Eden

(15,634 posts)
11. Death threats just for returning cars to families whose loved one was taken away?
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 06:42 AM
Feb 6

How friggin deplorable can MAGAts get?

Martin Eden

(15,634 posts)
13. Even more holes in their claim to be good Christians and patriots
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 09:08 AM
Feb 6

Inflicting pain and grief on the vulnerable, and boasting about it while serving a tyrannical regime that is shredding the Constitution created by America's Founders.

a kennedy

(36,000 posts)
15. Guess it comes from their fawking deplorable "leader"
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 10:40 AM
Feb 6

Oh, and fawk him. 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬 🤬

Martin Eden

(15,634 posts)
18. When it comes to their deplorable leader stealing the next election, I say
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 10:55 AM
Feb 6

NO FAUX-KING WAY!

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