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A little over a week ago, I was visiting a city in a different state from my own. As I walked by a restaurant, I noticed it had posted a very large “No ICE allowed” sign at the front door.
I thought about (but was, as usual, too chicken to try) going in and querying the people running the restaurant if they would not mind if I stole some of their cutlery, or ordered and ate lunch and then left without paying, or even assaulted their staff. I might suppose this would be alright since they apparently oppose law enforcement enforcing the law.
Has anyone had the courage to challenge or at least question any anti-ICE businesses on their presumptive support for other law violations, including trespassing and stealing from the business?
The City of Los Angeles has just commissioned “No ICE allowed” signs for city property, which, of course, the federal government is legally free to ignore. Although there are indications that the city government considers crime against its residents acceptable, it would also be interesting to hear the answer to that question specifically from a city government official.
At least there's some encouraging news from Restate: Karen Bass' Latest Move to Thwart ICE in L.A. Prompts a Smackdown From the DOJ
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I would've went in and asked them who in the world would want lukewarm soda.
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Around fifteen years ago the Phoenix Suns were doing a performative protest about Arizona's desire to defend the border. I wanted to attend a game by sneaking in and raise a stink if they tried to throw me out for not having a ticket.
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All laws are not moral. You can have different opinions about ICE.
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As a freedom-of-association absolutist (yeah, I know, that ship sailed long ago) it's fine with me if a private business wants to pick and choose its customers, even if I think their reasons are stupid and/or their favored groups are undeserving (or vice versa). I am free not to patronize them, and to let everyone know I think they are stupid.
What drives me bananas is the double standard. Some groups are okay to ban and some aren't.
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You and I, Bereket, we think alike.
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