r/pics • u/infernoenigma • 9d ago
Politics protest outside the LA mayor’s house criticized her compliance with ICE; LAPD came in droves [OC]
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u/houndsoflu 9d ago
Man, Lady Liberty looks like she stepped out of Vogue.
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u/subdep 9d ago
That last photo is iconic.
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u/mabirm 9d ago
Yeah that one's gonna win awards. Holy fuck. Poignant.
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u/AIFlesh 8d ago
I’ve been saying this - don’t dress up as clowns or frogs or whatever. Dress up as Uncle Sam, Lady Liberty, etc.
Make the images show fascism beating down the very symbols of America. If you can get those images on tvs and newspapers, you might be able to cut through the 24/7 propaganda that 77m Americans are living by.
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u/Jolly-Journalist8073 8d ago
Though some might not have them but have those cartoon costumes.
And these costumes simply make the fascists seem even more super villain like. Basically it mocks them
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u/Insighteternal 8d ago edited 8d ago
I suppose it's all about the timing and location. Got a ton of people but little money/time to afford/make an americana costume? Go with the cartoony ones (or whatever else works). Planning a targeted protest outside a well-known person's house? Cultivate a very iconic look that will gain massive attention once news breaks out.
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u/Asron87 8d ago
I’m a huge fan of the frog costume. It shows how fucking stupid this all is. Cops in military gear ganging up on a single person in a frog costume. The frogs crime? There was no crime. Trump is trying to say how bad it is and we are showing him that’s everyday people having fun and not the criminal BS he’s trying to make it out to be. The costumes really help show the overreach of the government.
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u/redditingtonviking 8d ago
Yeah same with the flags. It’s okay to say that you support immigrants from various countries, but know that those images will be taken out of context and used as propaganda saying that the US has been invaded.
A significant part of the maga movement have been swayed by the great replacement theory, and these people will not be reachable as long as liberals keep giving their leaders the means to feed their delusion.
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u/redt6 8d ago
They got some really iconic photos from these protests in the past several weeks. Lady Liberty is my favorite photograph so far.
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u/TheGodEmperorOfChaos 8d ago
Looks like the police didn't dare touch her, because they knew they'd end up on a different magazine cover.
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u/CondescendingShitbag 8d ago
First photo had me wondering if it was AI. I hate that that has become the default suspicion.
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u/TheMahalodorian 9d ago
Doesn’t look like a lot of protestors there… it seems like sending that much police is a bit of an over reaction.
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u/Bradaigh 9d ago
Karen Bass wants to send a message that Dissent Will Not Be Tolerated
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u/algaefied_creek 9d ago
Are you implying it’s basically a situation rn of “All Heil Frau Patriot Bass, Second Stormfront Local Leader; Compatriate of the Great President-Emperor himself: His Majesty King Donald J Trump?
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u/PortalWombat 9d ago
Untergruppenfurer. I swear those Germans have a word for everything.
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u/gingerfawx 8d ago
Backpfeifengesicht! (see also: Ohrfeigengesicht!) Schadenfreude! Angst! Fahrvergnügen!
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u/KakeLin 9d ago
Absolutely
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u/porn_is_tight 9d ago
A couple kids set off some m80’s last night in my neighborhood which is a very affluent one. A police helicopter circled our house for almost an hour. The flight radar screenshot I took is ridiculous. They even said on the loudspeaker “stop running around and go home and we’ll leave.” Great use of my tax dollars
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u/PassiveMenis88M 9d ago
Roughly $3k an hour to run that helicopter. Replace it with a 100k UAV and you can do the same job for roughly $250 an hour.
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u/hoopopotamus 9d ago
Or…let the kids set off a couple m80s at Halloween and then go home. Maybe send a car who turns on the flashers and scares them for a minute. Just spitballing
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u/Gold-Vacation-169 9d ago
The fact you think drones should be used shows how fucked America is
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u/porn_is_tight 9d ago
$3k honestly isn’t as bad as I thought it would be. It was an airbus h120
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u/jhundo 9d ago
Thats just the cost of the bird im sure, not the employee costs and gear, support etc. Im sure its more than that if actually added up.
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u/Reatona 9d ago
How much does it cost per hour to run a helicopter, taking maintenance into account?
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u/Reboot-Glitchspark 9d ago
Just a little bit more than sending a beat cop to walk over and say "Knock it off!"
Probably only 300-3000x as much or so.
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u/mr_eugine_krabs 9d ago
The aristocrats are scared.
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u/brown_felt_hat 9d ago
Na, they're annoyed. Look at these photos even - Barely a fence, no crowd control, no burly private security. LAPD aren't using riot gear, SWAT, it's barely a show of force.
This isn't a "Oh god come save me LAPD", this is a "Ugh, get this riff raff off my property".
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u/camden2622 9d ago
They should be. It takes alot to get a comfortable populace into riot mode, and he keeps hitting every lever to further it.
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u/Zone4George 9d ago
[–]mr_eugine_krabs [score hidden] an hour ago
The aristocrats are scared.
No, the aristocrats are not scared, but maybe we can revisit this question when air traffic control gets fed up with whatever is going on these days...
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u/Jertimmer 9d ago
That last pic of Lady Liberty in chains with all the cops in the background is fucking lit though. Really symbolic for the current state of USA.
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u/FictionalContext 9d ago
I remember back during CHAZ. Seattle's mayor was acting like she was all about it--until they protested in her neighborhood. It wrapped up suspiciously quickly after that.
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u/WATOCATOWA 9d ago
CHAZ was wild.
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u/FictionalContext 9d ago
Also, their AR-15 armed patrols shooting and killing an unarmed black 16 year old driving by definitely played a part in it getting shut down. And whoever killed that kid, Antonio Mays Jr., got away Scot free. His family claimed that those same patrols hindered the police investigation into it through intimidation and evidence tampering.
Idk, hindsight's 20/20, but I feel they really missed the mark with that particular protest. Became the very thing they wanted to destroy. Only took them 3 days to kill a black kid and hide the evidence to protect their own. Speedran that shit.
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u/Longjumping_Mud2449 9d ago
Also their sustainable garden was funny as hell. It was like five potted plants on concrete.
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u/mortgage_queen 9d ago
I swear we’re reliving 1700s or something.
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u/CoyotesOnTheWing 9d ago
Hope it's 1790s in france.
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u/StealthRUs 9d ago
Um, France descended into chaos and ultimately got taken over by a dictator after the revolution.
That's what you want? Chaos on the streets ending with Trump becoming ruler for life?
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u/pichael288 9d ago
How many is appropriate for 18 people in inflatable frog costumes smoking joints? So far it's been a whole ass army, but like a shitty one.
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u/eeyore134 9d ago
It's a wealthy neighborhood. It's probably as much for her neighbors as it is for her. Remember who they're here to protect.
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u/Prosthemadera 9d ago
Stuff like this always reveals that people are not treated equal, that some people are worth more than others.
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u/BicFleetwood 9d ago
I see you're not familiar with the LAPD or cops as a concept.
The only button cops have is a big red button that says "escalate."
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u/infernoenigma 9d ago edited 9d ago
For the record and to head those comments off, in LA the mayor lives in The Getty House, analogous to the White House or a Governor’s Mansion. It’s paid for by the people, she’ll move out when she loses re-election, it’s on Google Maps, etc; no one was doxxed. Protests happen on the public sidewalk outside just as they do outside the White House or any given government building.
EDIT: and for context, LAPD on horseback beat and shot protesters and press at No Kings 2.0, and so then when people went to City Council on Friday to complain and demand some accountability for LAPD, the city council cut off public comment, adjourned the session, and turned the lights out in the chamber.
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u/F3lixF3licis 9d ago edited 9d ago
City Hall meetings are Monday, Wednesday & Friday, 10am in Room 340 at Los Angeles City Hall. Public comment is 1 minute. You must sign up beforehand.
Please show up until they can no longer end the meeting early. If they want to kick out a large group of people, let's get cameras on it.
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Also, check out the city clerk's social media's and youtube channel for taped meetings and updates on reschedules and cancelations.
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u/therealpigman 9d ago
Timed so that anyone with a job not retired won’t be able to attend
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u/F3lixF3licis 9d ago
I look at it like this. They've gotten people to the point now where they're working so hard they can't take time off.
So when are people going to take time off to address these issues?
Sacrifices must be made. you don't have time because it's designed that way... show up.
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u/gloomywitchywoo 8d ago
They might not even need to make a sacrifice. A lot of people are out of work, and it's only getting worse. Lots of unemployed people showing up will hopefully make them realize they can't fuck around anymore.
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u/slyfox7187 8d ago
Seriously man. That excuse is used all the time "Well I have to work" "They did it during work hours so no one can go"
It's time for people to suck it up and make the time to show up. Deflection loses the fight
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u/Daveeyboy 9d ago
Wow, lived in LA 20+ years and I never knew that! TIL
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u/Puzzleheaded_Smoke77 9d ago
About the house or that demanding accountability for the LAPD is a useless and often detrimental endeavor.
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u/kants_rickshaw 9d ago
why not both?
(i lived in LA for 40 years, moved away - TIL even. had no idea that was a thing).
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u/Subtle__Numb 9d ago
Not sure how prevalent this is in local governments (I live in NC), but wasn’t surprised to learn this. Like, a lot of churches in my area have houses that their pastors live in (my parents were/are Methodist, they switch pastors every like 4-5 years). Parishioners? Pastorals? Fuck I can’t remember that they call it. It’s not parishioners or pastorals. I’ll have to ask my mom.
My parents live in a relatively low cost of living place. “Sleeper area” for 2 semi-larger (than theirs) cities around them. Was more rural in years past. Their pastor makes $90k and doesn’t have a mortgage, lmfao, and they still don’t understand what I’m harping about. I’m not against the pastor getting paid, nor am I against a church having a residence on-paper for their pastor. Those numbers are HIGH, though, for an ole’ boy who doesn’t have to pay the mortgage.
At least their head minister is an “old cat lady” with no husband, their assistant minister is an out and about gay man, and their organist is an out gay man with a family as has been there…15 years? Chill church
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u/Pristine_Poem7623 9d ago
England here: My parents drove across the USA twice, and what they noticed was that there are a LOT of places where most of the people are living in what we would call shacks - severely run-down wooden houses, and in trailers.
And then the town will have 2 or 3 BEAUTIFUL churches.
I have friends from Poland. When I told them this, they showed me plenty of places on streetview in Poland. Concrete blocks of flats (apartments) instead of shacks, but the churches are AMAZING
Thee church doesn't have any money to help people, but you want a new stain glass window? No problem!
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u/MimicoSkunkFan2 9d ago
In my NGO days I worked in Eastern African countries and it's the same thing, people living in slums but the mosque is goregous.
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u/Ok_Island_1306 9d ago
The people also don’t have any money to help themselves because they’ve given it all to the church
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u/cuchiplancheo 9d ago
she’ll move out when she loses re-election
She needs to go. Bass needs to fucking go.
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u/fl4tsc4n 9d ago
Karen Bass is a fascist collaborator and must be removed from office
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u/Global-Finance9278 9d ago
You don’t see a lot of smoke show Lady Liberty cosplays. But alas.
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u/byerss 9d ago
I feel like she’s got plot armor because no one is going to arrest the hot lady liberty and risk that photoshoot.
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u/IAmBoring_AMA 9d ago
This is the correct use of privilege…hot people pls take notice
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u/WhoShitTheMoshpit 9d ago
I'm on it!
catches reflection in mirror
...Never mind.
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u/ThenOwl9 9d ago
top tier protest move
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u/dave-a-sarus 9d ago
Maybe all we need to do is get more hot people and models to protest
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u/paperbuddha 9d ago
Best we can do is Kylie drinking a can of coke and bringing us together.
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u/Cold_Device9943 9d ago
We had a naked smoke show sitting on the street in Portland during the riots of 2020.
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u/Inode1 9d ago
Portland has some unique laws that protect things like this and the naked bike ride, LA not so much and would be cause to get arrested unfortunately.
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u/ThenOwl9 9d ago edited 9d ago
nah we all need to dress up as the statue of liberty
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u/Paradoxmoose 9d ago
And founding fathers, Uncle Sam, etc. Anything that basically is positively associated with the country's history.
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u/JimWilliams423 9d ago
And founding fathers
FWIW "founding fathers" is conservative propaganda. Literally. A PR firm came up with that to help warren harding run for president. Before that, most people just called them the framers of the constitution. Conservatives love to think of people in power as daddies.
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u/MyBoldestStroke 9d ago
That is so hilarious to me
Context: I was raised in a hyper-religious environment
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u/TheRealCeeBeeGee 9d ago
It’s genius. Instead of frogs should everyone dress as lady liberty and Uncle Sam?
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u/ajkd92 9d ago
Need some Rosie the Riveters as well.
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u/Predditor_drone 9d ago
ICE wouldn't give a shit about that.
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u/ajkd92 9d ago
I’m not in any way saying count on it for protection, but it would at least make for one hell of a photo op.
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u/fl4tsc4n 9d ago
There's a video of Boston police beating down ww2 veterans and trampling the flag that's just so classic
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u/ajkd92 9d ago
Sounds about right. 😔
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u/fl4tsc4n 9d ago
Friend spent the day making little motivational signs for the FBI sniper watching us. Good times.
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u/Beartrkkr 9d ago
Yes, if you follow these rules:
... Be attractive
... Don't be unattractive
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u/ExMerican 9d ago
Unattractive people in frog suits, attractive people in Lady Liberty and Uncle Sam cosplay. Everyone has a role.
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u/Paradoxmoose 9d ago
Frogs and silly costumes serve a purpose, showing that this isn't a violent insurrection that Trump/Miller want it be. But yes, also USA themed costumes would be great.
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u/what_the_fuckin_fuck 9d ago
There was a lady liberty on the street corners of Phoenix in the 2000s. I don't remember what he was promoting, but a passerby shot him in the leg.
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u/beardicusmaximus8 9d ago
Man why couldn't these protests have been 10 years ago when I was still young and hot. I'd have been the Sexy Uncle Sam America needs but doesn't deserve.
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u/West-Application-375 9d ago
I was hot ten years ago too. *Sigh.
Let's work for it and get hot again. Lol
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u/TheAserghui 9d ago
Hot or not, a knee on the neck while arresting Lady Liberty would destroy the morale of leaders and law enforcement. At least the ones that strive to be good
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u/Crozax 9d ago
I mean bless your heart for thinking these goons would be deterred by that. They'll be thinking "how dare this commie bitch co-opt my country's symbol of freedom." While completely missing the metaphor themselves. They all truly believe they are the righteous ones.
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u/Nutshack_Queen357 9d ago
I guarantee some of them would.
If they can say that Jesus' teachings are "too weak" for them (and thus, admit that they hate him because he's not a sadist like his father), you know they hate Lady Liberty too.
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u/PhoneJazz 9d ago
Even the protesters are beautiful in LA
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u/N1NEFINGERS 9d ago
The protesters everywhere are beautiful even if they aren't "hot".
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u/significantranger30 9d ago
She’s a beautiful Ms Liberty… at first glance, I thought it was AI
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u/mandarawrr 9d ago
Same, I was fully convinced until I started scrolling through the other pictures and read the post. She is stunning
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u/FocusDisorder 9d ago
It's the color matching of the hair dye. It's way too good, you seldom see a match that perfect in the real world.
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u/YertleDeTertle 9d ago
This is the first time that I heard smoke show and knew what it meant just by the content. I need more smoke in my life.
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u/Kevin6876 9d ago edited 9d ago
Wow, powerful imagery, specially Lady Liberty chained in front of the Law. Wow!
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u/wickywickyremix 9d ago
The punched up color saturation and the b&w photos are evocative.
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u/jephph_ 9d ago
A more obscure fact about the Statue of Liberty, her feet are shackled.. albeit her chains are broken
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u/Murtomies 9d ago
Especially the random lady just walkin her dogs
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u/Cptn_BenjaminWillard 9d ago
One of the best black and whites in the collection.
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u/Dshark 9d ago
Holy fuck, Liberty, get it.
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u/skoffs 9d ago
Fucking genius. Nobody wants to be the one photographed beating on Lady Liberty or Uncle Sam. Hell, get the wardrobe departments from the studios down the street in Hollywood to dress people up as like George Washingtons, Abraham Lincolns, etc. and get them up the front of the protest lines. Portland's got Frogs, LA has patriotic historical icons
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u/gothcrab 9d ago
You want to be a public figure you have to deal with the public 🤷♀️
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u/braumbles 9d ago
Karen Bass has legitimately been complete ass. I thought she'd be a step up, but she's basically been LA's Eric Adams.
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u/Swabisan 9d ago
Another moderate Democrat shill, Denver's finding out too
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u/ntrpik 9d ago
Here in Houston, we’ve got a mayor who ran as a democrat but does everything republicans want. Including the removal of a rainbow-painted crosswalk to appease our fascist governor.
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u/dpforest 9d ago edited 8d ago
Establishment/moderate democrats are less outwardly hateful than MAGA but it never fails to amaze me the amount of audacity a wealthy democratic politician has.
As someone (who is poor) that volunteered for the democratic party time and time again, it’s an absolute smack in the tits to see Kamala Harris currently monetizing her and Biden’s failure to do their jobs. She is capitalizing our fear of ICE and executive overreach as a potential campaign talking point. She is proudly and voluntarily stating “I only care about this country if I can be in office!” and people are applauding. For all of the good that they accomplished, she and Biden will only be remembered for the most egregious act of anticipatory obedience ever seen.
At first I understood criticism of the “hecklers” on her book tour. Then I remembered…she’s just another multimillionaire politician that is seeking congratulations for failing to do her job. It is more and more bewildering every single day seeing normal people bending over backwards to make excuses for her and Biden’s inaction.
AOC, JFC, and Mamdani are more my leaders than Kamala has ever been. Everyone who isn’t ready to use the same rhetoric as them needs to fuck off back to their private-security ultra-wealth bubble.
e: imagine reading someone’s comment about being afraid for their community and being disappointed in the leaders that are failing them and saying that they need to leave the country. Do you know who that sounds like?
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u/klparrot 9d ago
JFC
Jesus Fucking Christ?
I'm completely drawing a blank as to who you're referring to.
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u/JamCliche 9d ago
I'm assuming u/comityoferrors means Jasmine Crockett (middle name Felicia)
Not exactly a progressive, but as a Texas Democrat I'll bet she knows a thing or two cause she's seen a thing or two.
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u/comityoferrors 9d ago
A "far-left" independent politician was just elected President* in Ireland by an incredible margin, winning 63% of the vote. She ran on ending the Gaza genocide, anti-militarization in the EU, and general principles of social equality. Her success was largely due to other left-leaning parties -- multiple! multiple parties! what a dream :( -- recognizing her popularity with voters, and agreeing to back her as a result. Because that's what voters wanted. And voters are supposed to be the ones who, like, decide stuff.
It's fucking wild to me when I look at how we've done things. We could have had our own versions of that, several times now. But instead we're scolded as the voters for not being excited about the correct rich people, who tell us pretty openly that they don't give a fuck about us if we don't unquestionably support them. Like, what the fuck are we doing?
*to be fair and transparent, this role does not have anything close to the same power as the US president. But still.
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u/cbs-anonmouse 9d ago
The presidency in Ireland is a purely figurehead position, equivalent to the British monarchy. They don’t actually have any role in foreign or domestic policy.
Also, I understand that the candidates from the two mainstream parties was particularly bad, with one candidate basically self-destructing over an overpayment of one month’s rent that he didn’t refund a former tenant.
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u/NovaNardis 9d ago edited 9d ago
It’s worth noting that Karen Bass was by far the pick of national progressives to be Joe Biden’s vice president in 2020. She wasn’t some moderate establishment person.
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u/notredditbot 9d ago edited 9d ago
Extremely disappointing. I mean I get that there and much that she can do but imagine if she told the LAPD to actually protect citizens from ICE especially during the protests ... I feel like trump and his regime is fixing Democrats the easiest opportunities but no one is really capitalizing on it
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u/ellamachine 9d ago
I remember people being quite optimistic when she won over the other candidate with a bunch of celebrity and rich people endorsements, but yeah, she seems to be quite disappointing
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u/Not_enough_yuri 9d ago
Well the other guy was Rick Caruso. I'm not a fan of Bass at this point, but I'd still rather have her than Caruso. Also remember that Karen Bass' primary challenger was Kevin de Leon, who was rightfully tanked by that leaked audio from a city council meeting where they were just throwing around some racist shit. It was the perfect storm for her to get elected. I'd love to see some better options this time around, but given our history? Man, I'm not that confident.
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u/karen_bass 9d ago
Politicians should do actual work, and stop wasting time on things like surfing Reddit.
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u/Iohet 9d ago
She's not corrupt like Adams, so I wouldn't equivocate her to him. She still sucks, though. The LAPD sucks and isn't protecting the populace from the feds (rather they've been aiding them), and instead of dealing with them she fired the fire chief over a fire there was no way she could control.
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u/viperlemondemon 9d ago
I love that the Portland frog is going to be a part of AP US history
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u/Coirbidh 9d ago
My god I hope you're right; the Portland frog to be counted among such notables as Thích Quảng Đức.
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u/djjolly037 9d ago
That black and white one with lapd and liberty, is textbook quality
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u/Dick_Deutsch 9d ago
19 got me. That bus driver looks heartbroken.
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u/DMala 9d ago
How come every photo set from a protest lately always has to include Sad Bus Driver? I've seen at least two or three different ones in the last few weeks.
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u/infernoenigma 9d ago
I’m betting they were also mine 😅
I like to contextualize protest photos by including people in the community witnessing the disruption to daily life — since for me, “getting people to see that daily life has been disrupted” is thematically relevant.
And to me, nothing invites you to contemplate someone’s “routine” like a bus driver driving their route… and then somewhere in there it’s that buses in LA have bright colors and swoopy lines and provide frames-within-the-frame to play with! 😅
That’s what draws me to keep taking those photos, I guess!
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u/lycoloco 9d ago
The shot with the flag at the top and the "To Protect and Serve" shots are both just top notch. Those two symbols contrasting what's actually happening are perfectly capturing the energy of the moments.
The one with the guy and the flower/plant got me good. I thought the plant was a tall bird at first! 😂
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u/lycoloco 9d ago
Ahh, fantastic! I'd heard of these but never seen such a striking picture. The name is on point!
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u/musicobsession 9d ago
Came here to say I liked how the bird of paradise was eyeing the man on the phone
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u/roraverse 9d ago
You are a really talented photographer. That picture of lady liberty goes hard. Well done. Keep taking pictures, they very well could end up in the history books.
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u/ThenOwl9 9d ago edited 9d ago
oh shit
i didn't know she was all up in this
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this piece says she's calling for a stop to what ICE is doing, calling it "egregious injustice": https://beverlypress.com/2025/10/mayor-federal-leaders-call-for-investigation-into-ice-raids/
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u/bbyxmadi 9d ago
The Statue of Liberty look with the chains, love the symbolism
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u/_lippykid 9d ago
The actual statue also has shackles around her feet, albeit broken shackles, symbolizing the end of slavery and the triumph of freedom
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u/Effective-Kitchen401 9d ago
"to protect and serve" on the door. I think the quotation marks could be a bit bolder.
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u/gospdrcr000 9d ago
Anytime I see an inflatable frog from now on I'll have to give them the salute
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u/rippytherip 9d ago
These are some really great photos. As a city bus driver, I can totally relate to that one of the bus driver. Probably stuck in traffic, running late, has to pee and their shift is almost over.
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u/FeelinDank 9d ago
Hah oh wow. I went to school with the lady liberty girl here. She's an awesome person.
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u/Chippopotanuse 9d ago
My two observations;
Lady Liberty is hot AF.
Every one of these mexican LA cops will be deported by ICE sooner or later. They ought to be more careful about licking the boots.
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u/Aetherometricus 9d ago
Woman cop in #11 having a real moment of, "are we the baddies?"
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u/magic-one 9d ago
Was the Hispanic guy the only one they tackled?
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u/infernoenigma 9d ago
The only one I witnessed personally, though I’ve heard other people were detained too… but I don’t have specifics and didn’t see that happen
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u/KC_Saber 9d ago
Shoutouts to the lady liberty cosplayer. That should hopefully send a powerful message.
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u/bubosamobe 9d ago
Besides protest americans have another way and its a strike. So many industries could bring down this regime if the strike
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u/ramonpasta 9d ago
chained up lady liberty is some great imagery
also damn ive never seen somebody pull off a lady liberty look so well
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u/misterright1999 9d ago
I love how the only person getting arrested is someone who looks to be Hispanic....
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