This is something I wrote about five days ago on social media and am reposting here:
If you're from out of state and only seeing some coverage/messages, and maybe aren't sure what's going on or think MN is just going after federal agents--let me be clear: ICE is randomly stopping Brown and Black people to ask their status as citizens. They don't have judicial warrants and they have no probable cause outside of racial profiling. They are arresting or using force to bystanders who are not in their way and just documenting what is happening. It's like ten agents to one person. They are using force when no force is needed.
They are the ones not following the rule of law and we are reacting. They are the ones who are being lawless and we have to deal with our emotions, how to prepare, where do we go, where do we not go.
We have to carry documentation looking over our shoulders.
Why should I or anyone from my family or anyone who looks like us have to carry around documentation to show we're citizens of the U.S. when others don't?
They are going door to door in some areas looking to get their quotas. They are reports of them asking, for instance, to tell people where Asian Americans live so they can harass our community, among many other communities.
So many businesses, and organizations, and schools have shut down not because they've done anything wrong, not because they are illegal--but because they are scared. Because they know that it is lock you up first and ask questions later.
This is not American. This is the exact opposite of what America should be and what it was founded upon.
And if you're religious, Christian--what is leading you? Politics and mainstream media, or acting out of love, having love for your enemies and those you disagree with, and keeping your heart and mind open to other narratives? People hide behind religion to do heinous acts and this time is no different.
There is a lot of soul searching this country, and its people will need to do.
