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FBI Agents Visit Anti-ICE Protester: "Your name was brought up."

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1 day agoby CharlesW

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The agents may not have learned anything from Serafini, but the visit — which took place one day before the No Kings protest — did accomplish one thing: Serafini decided against going to No Kings. He was spooked.

That is exactly the chilling effect on speech that the FBI investigating political matters risks creating.

Ugh, I might have to start caring about politics again, this is unacceptable.

1 day agoby dec0dedab0de

When federal agents, such as the FBI, attempt to question you, it is strongly advised that you do not talk to them without a lawyer present. The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees you the right to remain silent and to have an attorney. There were several instances in this account where Serafini's answers could be used to paint his involvement as not so innocent.

1 day agoby atm3ga

I've not had that kind of experience in over 30 years. I'm a bit older now, and I would hope that my response would be something similar to:

Me: "Am I under arrest?"

No: "I would like my attorney present before starting this discussion. Please provide me some contact information so we can schedule this."

Yes: "I wish to have my attorney present. I will not be answering any questions or discussing this matter."

Now, I don't know if I'm actually that brave, but I've at least got a plan.

1 day agoby JakeStone

I'm going to upvote everyone here, but beyond that, I don't really know what to do that I haven't already done.

1 day agoby xrd

As predicted by Orwell:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministries_in_Nineteen_Eighty-...

1 day agoby mitchbob

why this was flagged?

1 hour agoby akagusu

It's Friday, a timely reminder that you have a right to STFU: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTurSi0LhJs

Or for a longer form explanation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE

1 day agoby rodrodrod

>When you see the signs, and they’re all made out of a beautiful, beautiful paper. Beautiful, nice, stiff, very expensive paper with beautiful wood handles all the same. All the same color. They come from very expensive printing machines. These are are people that write out their signs in a basement, that believe in something. These are paid anarchists.

-Trump

This man is a child with questionable critical thinking skills. Now we have agents out running around chasing his imagination because he thinks nice paper and printing is hard to come by.

1 day agoby duxup

When you protest against the abuses of Gestapo, the SS will come for you.

1 day agoby cluckindan

What the hell is an "immigration radical"?

Is FBI being instructed that protesting ice is antifa terrorism?

This is super concerning.

1 day agoby oceansky

I grew up in communist Poland before the fall of the wall in 1989 is just one story among many from this year that sounds like an echo of what my parent's told me they had to grow up with.

That so many Americans, in the self proclaimed land of the free, voted for this reality under the delusion they were against "socialism" is the most historically illiterate thing ever.

1 day agoby flipgimble

Do we ever learn why these posts get censored or is it just going to keep fuelling conspiracies? Unless fuelling conspiracies is actually less bad for the offender because there _is_ a conspiracy!

1 day agoby Waterluvian

This administration is a basket of deplorables

1 day agoby mickle00

An hour long interrogation?

Not a lawyer, but I would advise anyone in a similar situation to exercise their right to tell these goons to fuck off. You always have the right to remain silent.

1 day agoby ohhai

All of this, including the video, is hearsay. That is, it is unauthenticated. Not a single part of the title is confirmed.

Neither us nor the author apparently know whether the men shown were real FBI agents. Con men operate the same way - wave a badge and pretend to be someone.

1 day agoby giardini