Ericka SimoneJul 15

So an alliance of 20+ tow truck operators have come together in #LosAngeles. They’re having people follow ICE vehicles around, actively reporting their locations.

As soon as ICE parks their car ANYWHERE, usually improperly… the tow trucks quickly swoop in, tag the ICE vehicle for illegal parking, and tow their cars away as quickly as possible. LAPD is letting it happen, unchallenged.

They’re estimating over 30+ ICE vehicles being towed in the last week alone.

I love LA.
I really do.

Show threadEricka SimoneJul 15

“Oh well I fact checked”
Bitch no you didn’t.

Stop playing in my fucking face. You people are so desperate to dismiss the actual LIVED EXPERIENCES OF A BLACK WOMAN BECAUSE SNOPES SAID SO?

It’s happened 3 times in Pasadena ALONE in the last WEEK. I can come up with more screenshots and videos if you’d like to play dumb and disrespectful.

It’s not a rumor. It’s an active fucking movement. Stop believing snopes over PEOPLE OF COLOR TELLING YOU WHATS HAPPENING.

Show threadEricka SimoneJul 15
Another one, just in case anyone else still wants to play in my fucking face.
Show threadOriel Jutty Jul 15
@ErickaSimone "Work trucks towed by ICE" is not the same thing as "ICE vehicle towed by some tow truck operator". Do you have more faces I can play in?
Show threadEricka SimoneJul 16

@barubary on the bed are ice work trucks.

If you’re a fucking nazi, just say that so we can embarrass you.

Show threadOriel Jutty Jul 16
@ErickaSimone That's the opposite of what the caption says. (And what even are "ice work trucks"?)
Show threadEricka SimoneJul 16

@barubary in the comments of her video, she clarifies what she means. You can literally see ICE BRANDED TRUCKS ON TOW BEDS.

Are you okay? Here. Since you hate black people so much and can’t be bothered to check my profile for multiple screenshots, here’s a white woman telling you exactly what she’s doing. I’ll post the direct link to her video since clearly, you’re having issues with comprehension.

Show threadOriel Jutty 

@ErickaSimone Found it! The slideshow you got that screenshot from is https://www.tiktok.com/@gemgem526/photo/7526195999300177183.

"In the comments of her video, she clarifies what she means"? My sister in Christ, that video only has 4 comments (as seen in your screenshot) and none of them are by the uploader. (I've attached a screenshot below.)

The full description reads:

Here is two pictures of work trucks that are being towed by ice. The drivers of the vehicle were working and they decided to take them in because they’re criminals. You know criminals who work hard pay their taxes raise their kids and do good things for the community.. I mean that could be anybody that could be your neighbors or whatever and the only thing that’s different is their skin color and the fact that they’ll actually work. I know more white people in the south without jobs that live off the government than I do Hispanics. #fypシ゚viral🖤tiktok☆♡🦋myvideo #hispanicsatwork #hispanics #lazypeople #pickfirlds #tx #dallas #ididnotvoteforthis #trumpsucks

Which confirms what was apparent from your screenshot: These are some company's work trucks. ICE came, arrested the drivers, and had the trucks towed. This all happened in Dallas, TX, nowhere near Los Angeles. (I've attached the full pictures below as well.)

Jul 17 at 7:46pmWeb
Show threadOriel Jutty Jul 17

@ErickaSimone Let's count the direct lies you've told me:

  • "I'll post the direct link to her video" ­– You never posted a link (and it's not a "her").
  • "on the bed are ice work trucks" – Nope.
  • "You can literally see ICE BRANDED TRUCKS ON TOW BEDS" – No, you can't. And since when does ICE use a diagonal green stripe as branding? I can't quite make out the company name, but it clearly doesn't say ICE.
  • "in the comments of her video, she clarifies what she means" – There are no comments by her and there was no need to "clarify" anything; the video description is quite clear.
  • "he blocked me" – I never did.

    • From where I'm sitting, it looks like you jumped on TikTok, searched for something like "ice trucks towed", and posted screenshots from the first three videos you found without checking anything. Which is why these screenshots look so unrelated to your main story of "an alliance of 20+ tow truck operators in Los Angeles is actively following ICE vehicles around to immediately tow them".

    • The first video says it shows an ICE vehicle getting towed for illegally blocking access to St John's hospital. Does not seem unlikely, but you don't need a horde of ICE hunters for that to happen. (Also, it says Oxnard, not LA, but I'm not familiar with the geography there. Maybe it's around the corner?)
    • The second video doesn't actually show anything happening; it's just a caption saying someone got paid enough to pay rent for reporting illegally parked ICE vehicles. Funny, maybe true, but says nothing about a tow operator alliance following ICE around. (It also doesn't mention a location.) You don't know the video creator and didn't bother to check their profile, so you misgendered them. Repeatedly.
    • The third video (actually a two-picture slide show) is completely out in left field. It claims to show ICE towing some work vans after having arrested the drivers in Dallas, TX. There is no connection to Los Angeles or ICE vehicles being towed.

    When I pointed out the issues with the last video, you immediately jumped down my throat. You called me a Nazi, said I hated black people, said I had issues with comprehension (hah), and doubled down by just making shit up: The ICE branding (that doesn't exist), the video creator's "clarifying" comments (that don't exist), and me blocking you (never happened). Keep in mind, I never even questioned your original post. All I did was point out that one of your screenshots didn't support your story because it showed something unrelated. You could've simply said "oh yeah, I misread the description, my mistake" and stopped posting that picture.

    It seems you've decided to interpret any sort of questioning or criticism as a personal attack, then generalize from "attacking" you to hating all black people. Because clearly the only reason someone would not immediately agree with everything you say, no matter what, is because they hate black people. Yeah, right.