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When she arrived, Stenvik said the father’s car was still running and the father and son had already been apprehended. An agent had taken Liam out of the car, led the boy to his front door and directed him to knock on the door asking to be let in, “in order to see if anyone else was home – essentially using a five-year-old as bait”, the superintendent said in a statement.

Stenvik said another adult living in the home was outside during the encounter and had pleaded to take care of Liam so the boy could avoid detention, but was denied. Liam’s older brother, a middle schooler, came home 20 minutes later to find his father and brother missing, Stenvik said. Two school principals from the district also arrived at the home to offer support.

Marc Prokosch, an attorney representing the family, said the family has an active asylum case and shared paperwork showing the father and son had arrived to the US at a port of entry, meaning an official crossing point.

“The family did everything they were supposed to in accordance with how the rules have been set out,” he said. “They did not come here illegally. They are not criminals.” He said there was no order of deportation against them and he believes the father and son have remained together in detention.

  • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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    just saying, destruction of property is still in alignment with nonviolent protests.

    things like slashing tires, paint bombing vehicles, destruction of roads or blocking roads with debris is all considered nonviolent protest.

    get creative. go to your local hardware store (not home depot because they use flock cameras), and buy things that could be used to achieve the goals of slowing or stopping their goals.

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        2 hours ago

        destruction of property is not violence, that’s just what the police state wants you to believe. violence is an act perpetrated against another individual.

        property is just that. you can’t rape property, you can’t murder property. the act itself is violent, but the action of destruction of property is nonviolent due to the lack of an individual.

        they’ll still charge you with violence, but that’s just the police state doing whatever it does.

        funny though, the police state allows the violent abduction and murder of its citizens without any ramifications.

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          Who gives a fuck about the police, violence is the use of force to destroy or harm. There is nothing inherently wrong with violence, what matters is the intent and target. Violence against the state and private property is a noble and just cause and I fully support violence in that regard.