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riversedge

(80,130 posts)
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 05:43 PM 10 hrs ago

"Elementary school kids, backpacks on, running from armed agents while a vehicle follows them through their own neighbor

My god!! If those were my kids, I would be freaking out!



Jesus Freakin Congress
@TheJFreakinC
🚨BREAKING: ICE agents were operating right next to a SCHOOL BUS STOP, during morning pickup in Lindenwold, New Jersey.

Children were standing waiting for the bus when federal agents flooded an apartment complex.

Kids started running in fear, and as they ran, an SUV followed.

Let that sink in…

Elementary school kids, backpacks on, running from armed agents while a vehicle follows them through their own neighborhood.

We keep being told these operations are about “public safety.” There is nothing about sending dozens of children into a panic before school that makes anyone safer. There is nothing normal about federal agents patrolling bus stops and apartment complexes like this.

And we’re supposed to believe this is protecting children?

At the same time the country is re-examining how often predators operate in positions of power, how often abuse hides behind wealth, connections, and authority, we are normalizing masked agents and unmarked SUVs hovering around school pickup points. We are normalizing fear as part of a child’s morning routine.

You cannot claim to be fighting trafficking while creating chaos around school bus stops. You cannot claim to be pro-child while conducting aggressive operations in spaces where kids are supposed to feel safe.


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"Elementary school kids, backpacks on, running from armed agents while a vehicle follows them through their own neighbor (Original Post) riversedge 10 hrs ago OP
you f'n basttards. how can this be acceptable to anyone? (nt) ret5hd 10 hrs ago #1
It's in our DNA. LuvLoogie 9 hrs ago #2
I can't begin to imagine PatSeg 8 hrs ago #5
The sadistic bastards are getting hard terrorizing children. I shudder niyad 8 hrs ago #8
It is like they are playing video games PatSeg 4 hrs ago #15
I can't begin to imagine PatSeg 8 hrs ago #6
Tell me again why this is a matter of national security Norbert 9 hrs ago #3
Republicans terrorizing children is what they do. Bread and Circuses 9 hrs ago #4
In one sense, those kids ARE our kids. BadgerMom 8 hrs ago #7
Fuck them angrychair 7 hrs ago #9
ABOLISH ICE!!!!!!!! bdamomma 7 hrs ago #12
+1 leftstreet 6 hrs ago #14
I really hate this America Figarosmom 7 hrs ago #10
Where did this happen? Thanks. . . . h2ebits 7 hrs ago #11
Lindenwold, NJ kcoates 6 hrs ago #13
Thanks. I missed it. h2ebits 3 hrs ago #16
Worst of the worst. Iggo 2 hrs ago #17

PatSeg

(52,679 posts)
15. It is like they are playing video games
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 11:08 PM
4 hrs ago

and everyone who isn't an ICE agent is the enemy, even women, children, the disabled, and the elderly. There doesn't seem to be any comprehension that their actions have serious repercussions. I wonder if that mindset came from their training.

BadgerMom

(3,395 posts)
7. In one sense, those kids ARE our kids.
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 07:49 PM
8 hrs ago

And, I AM freaking out each time I see these goons running amok on our streets.

angrychair

(11,942 posts)
9. Fuck them
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 08:01 PM
7 hrs ago

Absolute psychopaths. No sane person would chase down children like that. That is absolutely unconscionable.

I get some think the mindset of "Abolish ice" is not the right tone but I'm done. Over it. Tired of this insanity being justified by anyone, for any reason.

ABOLISH ICE

bdamomma

(69,367 posts)
12. ABOLISH ICE!!!!!!!!
Fri Feb 13, 2026, 08:27 PM
7 hrs ago

We should not stay silent!!!!!!! Call your REPS AND Senators!!!!! Homan, Miller and Noem are getting off on this.

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