J.P. Stewart3h ago
Greg Knauss

It is very funny that ICE didn’t change anything about their MO for the airport deployments.

The dude is wearing plate armor with a bunch of shit tactically stuck to it, to stand behind a Black woman sitting in a chair, doing the actual work, without getting paid.

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Show threadColes Street Pothole3h ago
@gknauss He probably copied his fucking homework after hers in fifth grade, too.
Show threadGreg Knauss3h ago
@ColesStreetPothole No, see, that’s impossible, because he graduated the fifth grade last year.
Show threadGreg Knauss3h ago
@ColesStreetPothole Argh. “He never got to the fifth grade” is funnier. That’s going to bug me all day.
Show threadColes Street Pothole3h ago
@gknauss See? This is how they win. We care too much.
Show threadZenHeathen 🇨🇦3h ago
@gknauss @ColesStreetPothole "Are you smarter than an ICE agent?"
Show threadNine Oh Real3h ago
@gknauss At least he ain´t cloaked
Mentioned because of - err -reasons.
Show threadytscorp3h ago
@gknauss
This brings up a good point...does DHS expect unpaid TSA to train paid ICE?
Show threadGreg Knauss3h ago

@ytscorp Ha ha, no, of course not.

ICE won’t have any training.

Show threadytscorp3h ago
@gknauss
Then what the hell are they doing there? Putting on a show?
Show threadderptron3h ago
@ytscorp @gknauss Yep.
Show threadDonald Ball3h ago
@ytscorp @gknauss That’s all any of them are doing, in fact.
Show thread2xfo2h ago
@ytscorp @gknauss
I think ICE is a tactical reality program (I hope it gets cancelled next season)
Show threadA Republic, while we kept it2h ago
@ytscorp @gknauss My understanding is that ICE are supposed to do unskilled jobs like guarding exits, to free up TSA agents to do skilled work like reading X-rays.
I've also heard that there aren't actually that many jobs that don't require TSA training, so ICE won't be able to do much.
Show threadA Republic, while we kept it2h ago
@ytscorp @gknauss I just hope they manage not to assault or kill anyone.
Show threadCoach Pāṇini ®2h ago

@arensb @ytscorp @gknauss

When the low bar for success is “don’t murder anyone”

Show threadMatt Hall2h ago

What if... And bear with me... What if, they just moved some money from ICE to TSA? Same department. Bound to be some type of precedent.

How the hell is ICE funded _anyway_ when the budget with the funding is being held up?

@paninid @arensb @ytscorp @gknauss

Show threadA Republic, while we kept it1h ago
@401matthall @paninid @ytscorp @gknauss I've been wondering the same thing. The hypothesis that makes the most sense to me is that they want to say "See? It's the evil Democrats causing long lines in airports!"
Show threadMary Clark41m ago
@arensb @401matthall @paninid @ytscorp @gknauss ICE has billions from the Bigly Bill passed last year. Some of that money could be moved temporarily to TSA. But as said above, T and Republicans think the long lines and people's anger will pressure Dems into giving up.
Show threadA Republic, while we kept it22m ago
@MaryClark @401matthall @paninid @ytscorp @gknauss Plus, doesn't ICE have a bigger budget than Canada's entire military? They could probably pay for all of TSA out of their Friday pizza lunch budget.
Show threadA Republic, while we kept it1h ago
@paninid @ytscorp @gknauss 'Murkah!
Show threadsu_liam54m ago
@paninid @arensb @ytscorp @gknauss When ICE fails to hurdle even that most underground of bars…
Show threadA Republic, while we kept it25m ago
@su_liam @paninid @ytscorp I think there are a lot of underground bars where ICE aren't welcome.
Show threadGender David Copperfield1h ago

@arensb they already failed at not assaulting anyone (saw some airport kidnap footage earlier)

@ytscorp @gknauss

Show threadytscorp1h ago
@old_angry_queer @arensb @gknauss
Is ICE wearing masks at the airports, or were they in this assault?
Show threadA Republic, while we kept it32m ago
@old_angry_queer Goddammit. #FuckICE
Show threadBebadefabo3h ago
@gknauss at least they're not wearing masks in the airports so we can collect pictures of their faces for our records
Show threadÓscar Morales Vivó3h ago

@gknauss She'd better not take the chair for granted 😒

(jk in case it wasn't obvious f those guys)

Show threadElle O. Vee Eee3h ago
@gknauss He's not even wearing duty boots.
Show threadMichael Vilain3h ago

@gknauss I keep wondering what local cops and airport police were gonna do when ICE agents showed up at airports wearing masks and full tactical gear. Especially when it's in a state or city that's outlawed law enforcement from wearing masks.

Will the masks come off or will there be a room full of tased and zip-tied ICE agents awaiting transport to the local county lockup?

How will they feel about the full body cavity search that was promised but still kept on wearing the mask?

What happens when prior arrests and warrants are discovered on booking?

Hijinx are ahead.

Show threadderptron3h ago

@mvilain @gknauss The cops in those states won't enforce those laws. From what I understand they've said as much in WA. Cops don't give a shit what the law actually is.

All that's going to happen if the feds show up with masks is that we'll all go, "Oh, looks like the cops are all up to more illegal shit again."

Show threadSandman3h ago
@gknauss Be sure to take pictures of their uncovered faces AND their tattoos.
Show threadNochem ben Shlomo3h ago

@gknauss

We are all safer when ICE criminals are learning a good job, rather than kidnapping and killing people

Show threadDiane3h ago

@gknauss

Ah I see he's really channeling his slave patrol ancestors there.

Show threadgrrl_aex3h ago

@gknauss

Armed thugs standing around bored to death and looking for something exciting to do to justify their existence.

what could possibly go wrong?

Show threadLazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈2h ago

@kitkat_blue @gknauss "Come Visit The USA!"

lol, nope

Show threadHot Dog Water2h ago

@gknauss

I would shit* my fucking pants the whole time with that nazi prick bitch standing behind me.

*- also known as Ted Nugenting yourself

Show threadthriftwicker25m ago
@GGMcBG @gknauss Egg farts. Nonstop.
Show threadToni Aittoniemi2h ago
@gknauss The point is to get people used to having an armed secret police present everywhere.
Show threadRalfMaximus2h ago

@gimulnautti @gknauss

Huh. Trump DID say he was gonna start placing ICE at airports; this was just ahead of schedule.

Good loitering practice for the midterm polling centers.

Show threadPeter Brown1h ago
@ralfmaximus @gimulnautti @gknauss also the headline is about ICE today, not his TACO in Iran
Show threadFeloniousPunk2h ago
@gknauss It also feels like they are there to make sure the unpaids are working.
Show threadKeen Grasp2h ago
@gknauss Now that's some real US tradition. Another proud soldier serving in Operation Get Behind The Darkies.
Show threadderptron2h ago

@gknauss They're also doing the whole don't wear anything identifying and refuse to respond when grabbing people out of the airport to who knows where.

When trying to find the video again found an article:

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/ice-agents-sfo-video-22091953.php

Show threadJade P.2h ago
@gknauss A snapshot of America. Source: Most of my department at work is black women. Upper managers get bonuses. My immediate supervisor lives in apartment with roommates. I hope the future is something different.
Show threadJacen1h ago
@gknauss hes already day drunk and or high on cocaine
Show threadMad Hen House1h ago
@gknauss honestly, this is so stupid. I might not like TSA, but pay those people retardicans
Show threadcontrasocial1h ago

@gknauss

Each TSA employee is now assigned their own personal douchebag.

Show threadWords are Wind 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈1h ago
@gknauss
Just hanging around intimidating the public. Probably also the agent he is looming over.
Show threadcognitively accessible math9m ago
@goodenough @gknauss Ouch. I wish I didn't just imagine his whole spiel that would do exactly that. Who wants to be a martyr????
Show threadAndy N.1h ago

@gknauss In french there is an expression 'l'inspecteur des travaux finis' - inspector of finished work. That's what he looks like.

He's also probably not getting paid either, if the stories I've heard are true.

Show threadMike Fraser1h ago
@gknauss Has anyone referred to all the crap they stick on to their plate Armour as "Flare" yet? This dude has the mandatory five peices of flare.
Show thread🇨🇦 Little-k12m ago
@mike @gknauss
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Show threadsu_liam59m ago
@gknauss The Soviet Union used to have KGB troops that marched behind the regulars whose sole purpose in existing was to machinegun stragglers.
Show threadNine Oh Real37m ago
@su_liam @gknauss Ruzzian troops are still doing this today.
Show threadsu_liam36m ago
@mythlfrythtyg @gknauss I figured.
Show threadKim Possible 50m ago
@gknauss this is emblematic for sure.
Show threadMoisés Pinto Muyal37m ago
@gknauss
It's pathetic to see a civil servant with no one to attend to because nobody wants to travel to the USA anymore;
it's painful to see that.
Those rains brought this mess.
Show threadstux⚡️14m ago

@gknauss Terror Clowns

Pennywise would be jealous

Show threadManVsXerox: Resistful Dingus7m ago
@gknauss who is that? Can we cross reference him with a database? You know, ruin his life because he kindof deserves it. Asking for a country