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Greeley Miklashek, MD's avatar

Thanks for the documentation and restraint. Fighting hate with more hate just doesn't get us anywhere as a nation. Your courage will be remembered and is much appreciated. ICE, not so much. Have a blessed night and a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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Martha Ture's avatar

Hmm. A federale telling a protestor that a phone needs to be returned. This implies that the fed believes that a protestor possesses the phone or knows where it is. On what basis?

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Closer to the Edge's avatar

Protesters believe the counter-protesters were off-duty ICE agents. Why would either of them have a federal phone?

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Barb Marto's avatar

Hmm - sure hope the phone is found by the ‘right’ people - the ones who connect with Closer to the edge.

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Barbara Ewart's avatar

That moment when you realize you could have been duped by a pseudo counter-protestor, but instead, ICE confounded itself by admitting it had a pair of goons to provoke violence!

Sometimes, a cellphone is just that. Sometimes it's evidence of an insidious plot to make an amoral point.

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Julie Van Osdel's avatar

Thank you for bringing honesty, humanity and integrity to every story.

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Jed's avatar

It really smacks of subversion when the largest donors openly discuss plans to replace democracy with a CEO dictator, as the administration creates a military specifically designed to attack justice, disrupt domestic tranquility, undermine the general welfare, and remove liberty from the public, and then engage in undercover incitement of violence against peaceful protestors to remove their first amendment rights.

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chez lui's avatar

Thanks for the excellent coverage of the event. I am stunned but not surprised. It is a disturbing development.

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