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In reply to the discussion: Two people in little Cape Coral Florida hauled away by ICE for making threats. [View all]kerry-is-my-prez
(10,249 posts)4. They tore out the families cameras, taped over them, and turned them around.
https://www.gulfcoastnewsnow.com/article/dhs-raid-cape-coral-immigration-florida/69203938
CAPE CORAL, Fla.
A family's home in Cape Coral was raided by federal officers and cameras were covered during a Department of Homeland Security raid to serve a warrant to detain a man accused of making threats online Thursday morning.
This happened at a home on Chiquita Boulevard around 6 a.m. Gulf Coast News spoke to Anna Giancola, who owns the home and said they were awakened by Homeland Security putting a hole through their door.
"This is the country we live in nowadays," Anna said. "So, we don't knock on the door and say, hey, I got a warrant for your arrest. Let me just shoot at your door and put a tank in your front yard and go in and break in and scare the living daylights out of your family."
Anna said she did not receive a warrant until a hole was put in the door. According to Homeland Security, they had a warrant to detain Joseph Giancola Jr., her father, who was accused of making threats online.
The Department of Homeland Security confirmed that a search warrant was executed and Giancola was detained for threats made to ICE.
CAPE CORAL, Fla.
A family's home in Cape Coral was raided by federal officers and cameras were covered during a Department of Homeland Security raid to serve a warrant to detain a man accused of making threats online Thursday morning.
This happened at a home on Chiquita Boulevard around 6 a.m. Gulf Coast News spoke to Anna Giancola, who owns the home and said they were awakened by Homeland Security putting a hole through their door.
"This is the country we live in nowadays," Anna said. "So, we don't knock on the door and say, hey, I got a warrant for your arrest. Let me just shoot at your door and put a tank in your front yard and go in and break in and scare the living daylights out of your family."
Anna said she did not receive a warrant until a hole was put in the door. According to Homeland Security, they had a warrant to detain Joseph Giancola Jr., her father, who was accused of making threats online.
The Department of Homeland Security confirmed that a search warrant was executed and Giancola was detained for threats made to ICE.
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Two people in little Cape Coral Florida hauled away by ICE for making threats. [View all]
kerry-is-my-prez
Nov 2025
OP
They tore out the families cameras, taped over them, and turned them around.
kerry-is-my-prez
Nov 2025
#4
The expected reaction should be a couple of cops or FBI agents knocking on the door and questioning the grandpa.
kerry-is-my-prez
Nov 2025
#7
It's not smart to be making threats but if they haul away every grouchy old man in Florida.
kerry-is-my-prez
Nov 2025
#23
Defending a tank destroying a home on suspicious postings online is not defensible.
58Sunliner
Nov 2025
#30
Funny how only threats against the regime are investigated and charged these days. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Nov 2025
#36
There is no picture or video of any TANK. "Anna" said "tank" and you swallowed it. Your 2 minute video has nothing. . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Nov 2025
#8
Sorry. My mistake. I did not notice you were not the original poster. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Nov 2025
#13
You're fine. You were right to point it out. Your post might be a bit harsh, but it is within bounds :) . . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Nov 2025
#22
Tank? Link? I suspect you are exaggerating unnecessarily for no good reason. Tank? . . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Nov 2025
#3
No you can't. There is a ram, but NO TANK in your video or the other one. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Nov 2025
#15
Thanks for posting it, but you can't see the vehicle and it does not support OP's sensational claim of "tank"
Bernardo de La Paz
Nov 2025
#17
I see a vehicle, which looks like some armored thing, at 2:22 into the video.
sinkingfeeling
Nov 2025
#18
Thanks. There is some kind of vehicle at 2:22, but it is definitely not a tank. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Nov 2025
#19
I've seen photos of armored trucks/cars with tops that flip open used by ICE in Chicago.
kerry-is-my-prez
Nov 2025
#24
People often use "tank" as a generic term for any similarly shaped armored vehicle.
hunter
Nov 2025
#27
Yes they do and it is a mistake. Thx for anecdote. Winston Churchill promoted their construction in WW1. . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Nov 2025
#28
We do know it was not a tank. A poster proved it. Police riot vehicle is radically different from a tank
Bernardo de La Paz
Nov 2025
#32