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70sEraVet

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2. We ALL need to make an effort to know our rights.

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 10:26 AM

Saturday

Verhas said she had about 20 seconds of video recorded, but Martinez said he was ordered to delete it.
“They approached me with her phone and said ‘Can I unlock her phone? We need to find out if she filmed us,’ […] which I wasn’t comfortable with […] but they said that ‘she cannot have her phone back if you do not delete this video,’” he recounted. “So I did it. I complied with that.”

(same article)

We have been lulled into thinking that only immigrants need to worry about knowing their rights when confronted by ICE agents. We have become too comfortable.
In the words of that classic song, "Whacha gonna do when they come for YOU!"

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