Trump's America: Multiple Masked Agents Tackle Man to Ground as He Pleads 'I'm Not a Criminal'

Donald Trump's so-called federal agents and police tackled a man to the ground as he pleaded, "Please, I’m not a criminal, I work here, I want to be with my family" in Spanish.

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Donald Trump is destroying the American brand around the globe as his assault on liberty continues. This time, it’s DC, as 5-6 masked men tackled a man to the ground as he was pleading and trying to escape.

“BREAKING: Just saw DC Police + federal agents detain a man on the National Mall. He appeared to try to escape, then was quickly tackled to the ground by several agents + was screaming in Spanish “please, I’m not a criminal, I work here, I want to be with my family.” I asked the agents what the man was being charged with, but they didn’t reply. I’ve also reached out to ICE for comment. @nbcwashington,” NBC Aimee Cho reported on Wednesday.

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It’s unclear at this point why masked men were trying to arrest this man, but one consistent factor we’ve seen in too many of these “arrests” is they are happening without a judicial warrant, and often with an abuse of due process rights.

Screen grab courtesy of video shared by NBC’s Aimee Cho

People in the comment sections are blaming the man, saying he shouldn’t have run away. But they haven’t been suddenly surrounded by masked thugs who do not identify themselves or present any kind of official paperwork.

And even if they had, sudden violence triggers irrational behavior, which is why real law enforcement in a democracy does not act this way out of the gate and is trained on de-escalation. Even then, way too much police violence occurs, but at least there is some effort to make the policing more transparent than Trump’s thugs.

And from the policing standpoint, police violence often occurs because someone who is not trained enough gets scared and escalates violence. Whenever violence is being escalated, everyone is unsafe, including the police.

Trump’s policing is not making anyone safer. It’s certainly not about making DC safer.

We could and should ask why it takes 5-6 of Trump’s thugs to tackle one person, because if they are this out of shape or untrained why are they on the streets.

But the larger issue is Trump’s attack on Constitutionally protected freedoms playing out from Los Angeles to DC. Trump is attacking the very ideas of liberty, freedom, democracy, and hope.

The Statue of Liberty has welcomed immigrants to the United States of America for over a century. It represented hope and opportunity. It was a gift to the US from France, with the torch held high symbolizing the path to freedom, and the broken chains at her feet representing the end of oppression and tyranny.

We were the “land of the free”.

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But under Donald Trump’s leadership, the U.S. operates like a Russian state banana republic. Due process might not be a thing if your skin color is dark. The law isn’t really the law anymore. Masked gangs of thugs have been emboldened to attack people on the streets, often with no cause.

Watching this behavior by Trump’s thugs, we can see how horrors like the Holocaust happened. Somehow, these men enjoy hurting people and bringing America to her knees. Like Trump, they have no shame.

But they should all be reminded that “following orders” doesn’t cut it, and they can be held personally liable for their actions. They will not be protected by convicted felon Donald Trump or his thug party; they are just being used by thug Trump.

What do you think about what is happening in DC? Share your thoughts in the comments below.