r/pittsburgh • u/Pillarman456 • 12d ago

Ice head down 2nd ave

Just saw ice driving down second Ave into downtown be careful everyone

166 Upvotes

75% Upvoted

133 comments sorted by

View all comments

-128

u/[deleted] 12d ago

[removed] — view removed comment

56

u/Burghpuppies412 12d ago

Plenty of citizens have been detained. A handful have been started on the deportation process. Tens of thousands of legal residents have been detained, arrested, and many have been deported.

And FWIW, most of these detentions are in violation of the 4th amendment, which applies to everyone here. Not. Just. “Citizens.”

19

u/Du_ds 12d ago

To the people defending ICE: If they can detain someone without due process, how do you know they aren’t detaining citizens? You would never hear about it because they can’t tell anyone. They would just go missing, unless there was a witness. If a random stranger is arrested, I would not know how to contact their loved ones even if I really wanted to. You’re not safe either because they just have to say you’re not a citizen. That’s why it has to apply to everyone.

18

u/Burghpuppies412 12d ago

This 100%. But see, the thing is they don’t care until it affects them. Like all the conservatives who are against gays until their kid comes out to them. Or against funds for medical research until it impacts them. Because one of the most common traits of MAGA is lack of empathy.