Border Patrol Agent Aiming 40mm Launcher At My Head - ICE Protest 1/31
Picture from Saturday's protest at the Portland ICE facility. An agent fixed his 40mm launcher at my head twice, despite me very obviously being a photographer.
this post was submitted on 02 Feb 2026
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Don't let the so called Land of the Free turn into this:
The tanks stopped for tankman, who proceeded to climb on the tank to yell at the commander. The guy got down and was ushered away by random civilians.
We went past that in 2020, when individuals or crowds tried to block police vehicles, they often drove into them. They went further in 2025, with multiple people being murdered for doing the equivalent of what Tank Man did.
"The Land Of The Free" is one step above 2020 Nigeria or 2022 Myanmar levels right now.
President Trump was a huge supporter of Tianamen square killings. He praised the Chinese government for showing "strength".
The US is wayy past that picture.