At one point, Miller told the assembled local police officers, “I see the guns and badges in this room. You are unleashed. The handcuffs you’re carrying, they’re not on you anymore, they’re on the criminals. And whatever you need to get it done, we’re gonna get it done.”
The 40-year-old stated that they had deployed over 13 government agencies, including the FBI, DEA, ATF, ICE, and the Department of Defense, which Hegseth has since rebranded as the “Department of War.”
“The gangbangers that you deal with, they think that they’re ruthless, they have no idea how ruthless we are,” Miller added.
“They think they’re tough, they have no idea how tough we are. They think that they’re hardcore, we are so much more hardcore than they are, and we have the entire weight of the United States government behind us. What do they have? They have nothing behind them. So we are gonna win, they’re gonna lose.”
At the Wednesday appearance, Hegseth thanked the assembled Memphis law officers for working in dangerous places “where politicians spend a lot of time second guessing… the impossible decisions that you have to make that they will never understand.”
Hegseth, Bondi and Miller spent around an hour in the Shelby County Office of Preparedness and left via the rear entrance, according to WREG TV.
Bondi said on X that 53 arrests had been made and 20 illegal firearms seized in the first two days of the Memphis Safe Task Force.
This guy needs his ass kicked. Just a straight up ass kicking to teach him some humility.
Before colorizationtemu putin say what?
Temu Nosferatu Putin
Remember the time this fuck sprayed hair on his head
From RONCO, for confidence!
What a sexual matador.
Missed the skinhead dress code memo.
They think that they’re hardcore, we are so much more hardcore than they are
This bald Nazi wannabe talks big, but I bet he would collapse on his knees and cry for mommy if he found himself being mugged in an alleyway.
What the fuck is wrong with this psycho? Was he bullied at school or something?
He almost cried and ended up shouting like a child when a reporter confronted him on if he believed Maduro’s crime stats.
He will definitely cry if he’s mugged.
I keep that link bookmarked.
It’s a gem.
Stephen Miller is near the top of the list of people who should be swinging from a rope once we get through this chapter of American history.
Easily the most unlikable, but I’d be equally happy to know he’s crying and fuming in a jail cell should he never see the light of day again.
That’s amazing that he refers to children being raped over and over again in that clip, and then says Trump will be elected to fix it.
He claimed Donald Trump, who is in the Epstein Files, will stop children being raped.
And that “the Hispanic community will benefit the most” comment made me LOL!
Wow. I have SO much respect for that reporter. EVERY reporter should take a lesson from him. Thank you for sharing.
God damn that reporter is a baller
I wish every reporter was this good. And Stephen Miller with that Laken Riley martyr shit, Jesus fucking Christ. None of these fucking ghouls give a shit about her or the “children” that skid mark Miller is going on about.
He has interviews from the first term where he is clearly all coked up and shouting over the interviewers and accusing them. Reporters need to cut them off when they shout over them and abuse them on camera.
He literally turned red and broke a sweat.
Magical. Thanks for sharing. If only the rest of the media was this dogged.
So much “think of the children” bullshit from this bunch of pedophiles.
His bald pate is glistening more and more throughout.
These clowns have clearly forgotten what proper journalism is all about.
Every day he leaves his home feeling safe is a day Americans have failed
Cheesus. Did his elementary school teacher really talk about him pouring glue on his forearm, letting it dry, peeling it off and eating it?
It makes one wonder about his parents and upbringing.
His parents were very liberal, he had good schooling, sometimes a kid is just a piece of shit.
Political leaning & income are only half of the story.
I know plenty of people who are totally OK in every other respect but incredibly bad at parenting.
Though the older I grow the more I appreciate being a good parent as a defining characteristic.
One never really knows what goes on behind closed doors.
His entire (Jewish) family has cut ties because of how big of a racist, antisemitic, fascist scumbag he is.
I bet he feels uncomfortable anytime he walks the city streets. Probably much more at home in the sewers
Closest this guy gets to streets is in his gated community driveway
Hey! Whoa! Don’t disrespect the TNMT like that!
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Yes he was.
Tbf, he was bullied for being a fuckin nazi (arc)
What a piece of shit! Couldn’t make it through the whole article…
More of the video - https://www.mediaite.com/online/fired-abc-news-reporter-terry-moran-takes-victory-lap-over-viral-clip-of-trump-deputy-stephen-miller-defending-torture/
When he does his vampire (?) thing? WTF. Maybe if we only had a cure for baldness and he was given an audience for his singing, maybe this dude would not have so much hate in his heart.
Not bullied enough obviously
Hey, there’s still time
Here he is at 17 - pretty obvious he was a broken person back then:
No. Generally the kids who get bullied go on to have great lives. Bullies generally pick on those that are better than them.
Removed the bullied from the environment that binds them to the bullies (I.E, high school ends), and suddenly the former bullied thrive in the real world.
This guy was probably a bully who’s learned nothing.
No, this dude was not a bully. He’s a sociopath (maybe psychopath) who has had always had the means to overcome his antisocial disorder.
You can see it in his responses, he feigns emotion. He acts in a way that he believes others perceive as confidence or authority but it just “feels” wrong as the other. Dead facial expressions followed by forced pauses for fake introspection which extremely animated facial expressions, then right back to dead face.
I concur. I think it is telling that he didn’t choose to just stonewall the reporter with “No further comment.” He has a malevolent drive to push that narrative
Generally the kids who get bullied go on to have great lives
That depends on measuring sticks and how much actual healing has been done, not so much six visits of CBT designed to get one merely functional. Look at all the depression/anxiety/anger posts by high achievers.
This dude was bullied by his own lunch money in school.
muh smol gubmint and states rites
“The gangbangers that you deal with, they think that they’re ruthless, they have no idea how ruthless we are,” Miller added.
“They think they’re tough, they have no idea how tough we are. They think that they’re hardcore, we are so much more hardcore than they are, and we have the entire weight of the United States government behind us. What do they have? They have nothing behind them. So we are gonna win, they’re gonna lose.”
This reads like edgy fan fiction. Like, I would fully expect to hear this exact dialogue coming from Shadow the Hedgehog in some weird cop AU
Great, now I just keep imagining Miller crying alone in the dark while singing along to his Korn/Three Days Grace “xXmegamiXx” on Spotify at full volume in front of God and everybody like it’s still 2002 or something
He SO WANTS to be Eliot Ness in The Untouchables with that.
It is melodramatic for sure. They are playing the public, with everything, arrogant in so many believing them or pretending to.
I really want this monologue in one of those shadow cutscene memes now.
[Miller] "They have nothing behind them. So we are gonna win, they’re gonna lose.”
“They” live in a city of over 600,000 people in a nation that hates you, with access to hundreds of millions of firearms. YOU’VE got your adorable little 50 arrests, 20 confiscated firearms and a steady supply of “let’s kill em all bullsh*t” You haven’t thought this through.
He doesn’t understand how the game is played.
You’re supposed to pretend to help people while actually oppressing them.
Saying the quiet part out loud gives the game away.
Or signals
This dude is only 40? That’s a rough 40! Im older than him, and my stress is huge, yet I look 20 years younger than him.
Fascism ages you like nothing else
So much testosterone, and I am saying that as a bad thing.
They are harassing and intimidating the entire city for no fucking reason other than to harass and intimidate.
From the Memphis subreddit tonight: They are pulling EVERYONE over looking for warrants. Get yo 💩right
Can the helicopters please stop circling?! I do not feel safer…
Not only warrents…this is an opportunity to visually search your car. If the interior of your car is a dumpster…clean it and vacume it. A clean car reflects on the driver, plus gives John Law less time in your car. This action isn’t about curtailing crime as much as intimadating lawful citizens into submission. For many it’s going to be a test. Is standing up for your rights worth a night in jail.
The helicopters are definitely being using as a means to intimidate large portions of the population at once.
Saw armored trucks, black vans, and so many state troopers. 6-7 people pulled over
This is not normal. This is rising fascism at work. Do not forget that.
Food is often mistaken for drugs. Roadside tests of drugs have high false positives especially when they are not done correctly. As reported in propublica and elsewhere.
That ziploc that had a sandwich or bread crumb could get you locked up, with no end in sight if you can’t bail out, but you can get out right away if you plead.
They have moved on to citizens. Not long now, they are getting practice in at detaining them to try to cow people out of resisting once they start actually arresting them in throwing them in ICE facilities.
Also:
For many it’s going to be a test. Is standing up for your rights worth a night in jail.
IDK what this guy means by “standing up for your rights” but I suspect it means “start an argument with the cops and in the process slip up and give them some good legal reason to arrest you which they will be happy to do, because you have no idea about the law.” Maybe I’m wrong. But if anyone is in this situation I would really advise you not to get all aggressive with the cops thinking that’s going to be the move that saves us all.
It probably means refusing to answer questions or provide documents you’re not legally required to. Or refusing a search of your vehicle without probable cause.
The police aren’t going to wait for an argumentative civilian to slip up and give them a legal reason to arrest them. They’re just going to arrest them because they feel like it. Random people don’t necessarily know the law, but police also don’t know the law. They’re not even required to know if the thing they’re pulling you over for is even illegal.
https://www.vox.com/2015/8/4/9095213/police-stops-heien-v-north-carolina
refusing to answer questions
In your mind, does that include your name and birthday?
or provide documents you’re not legally required to
In your mind, does that include providing your ID (let’s just say on a traffic stop)?
Or refusing a search of your vehicle without probable cause.
Do you mean refusing verbally while not preventing them, or do you mean physically refusing to cooperate with it (not getting out of the car so they can search for example)?
Just want to check up how you did in law school. If you pass, then yes, I think it’s a good idea for you to stand up for your rights. If you don’t know the answers to these questions, then “standing up for your rights” can get you in a whole shitload of trouble you didn’t need to be in.
You are required to provide your license and registration if pulled over for a traffic stop. For a non-traffic stop, the police need an actual crime they suspect to require anything from you. For a border checkpoint you’re not required to provide proof of citizenship if you’re a citizen. Other than those requirements, you’re not required to answer police questions. They’re not your friends.
Police cannot search your vehicle without either a warrant or probable cause that the vehicle contains evidence of a crime (or voluntary consent that you shouldn’t ever give). You must follow lawful orders (vague term so risky to challenge), so if they tell you to get out, you probably should, but getting out of your vehicle when instructed does not in any way then allow them to search your car outside of the above reasons. Just being pulled over for a moving violation doesn’t mean they can then go fishing for something more serious.
All that said, if the cops don’t know the law, you can assert your rights all you want and they’ll still search your vehicle and/or arrest you for nothing. Your only recourse is waiting for someone who does know the law to release you, and if they performed an illegal search to get the results thrown out. It’s easier for most people not to assert their fourth amendment rights. Even if you’re innocent you can still be screwed by the arrest so people take the path of least resistance.
I have never known refusing to give consent for a vehicle search to stop the police from searching that vehicle. You still should never give it, but it just can help you in court and getting released before trial by the prosecutor. You can still get arrested, get your car towed and charged exorbitant fees every day to sit in an empty lot surrounded by razor wire. The police have way too much power.
The police have way too much power.
And they want more. I guarantee you that they were loving every word that was coming out of Stephen Miller’s mouth, especially the part about being unleashed. That’s music to a cop’s ears.
if they tell you to get out, you probably should
* you 100% should, in literally every single situation I can think of unless your name is Tyre Nichols
getting out of your vehicle when instructed does not in any way then allow them to search your car outside of the above reasons
Correct… but advising people to “stand up for their rights” if they start searching it anyway (with or without a legal basis that the person doesn’t understand on the spot), I think is a lot more likely to get them arrested for obstruction than it is to change the cops’ mind about doing the search. And then once they’re arrested for a pretty solid reason, they can do a tow inventory without worrying about the search getting tossed out later, so they’re on ironclad footing as far as whatever they find. You’re technically right but I think explaining a little more detail about what you are talking about would probably be a better way to talk about it, in terms of what will happen to anyone who listens to you, even if the idea is right.
Just being pulled over for a moving violation doesn’t mean they can then go fishing for something more serious.
It absolutely does. They can call for a dog, they can see something that’s in plain sight, they can allegedly smell burnt marijuana and there’s nothing on the bodycam to show that they didn’t. They can ask you incriminating questions in a friendly fashion, which if you are smart you won’t give much of any response to. They can decide you have glossy eyes and they want you to get out and do a field sobriety test, and then they can pat you down to make sure you don’t have any weapons for officer safety. There are certain limits on how they can go fishing for something more serious, but they absolutely can make the attempt, and if they find something without crossing certain boundaries, then it’s fair game and you can be fucked. And there are some boundaries on how you’re allowed to resist their fishing that a lot of people don’t have a clear understanding of the details of.
On the whole most of what you are saying is right. You are substantially ahead of the curve as far as Lemmy law knowledge. The little caveats above are just little nitpicks honestly. But my point is, people are idiots and frequently get themselves arrested because they took advice like “stand up for your rights” seriously and went to bat about it, without really understanding what their rights are and how to stand up for them. I think more detail and understanding is important to provide. That’s all I’m saying.
As to the police saying you have glossy eyes, anyone at any time driving a vehicle they could pull over, accuse of being impaired, and in their expert opinion arrest you. People don’t realize that the laws actually allow them to charge you for impaired driving even if blood tests they get a warrant for shows zero drugs and zero alcohol. The system really is that fucked. And nobody in Authority ever wants to admit they were wrong about anything and they were all raised to have nothing but contempt for the rest of the population.
100% true, although a good lawyer will be able to prevent any “legal” penalties ultimately, they can sure fuck up your day in the meantime. This is one reason I was recommending against certain ways of antagonizing them for no reason.
I take it to mean what it literally says. Standing up for your rights vs just letting a cop hassle you for no reason and do whatever they please as if those rights don’t exist.
Example, you don’t have to allow a cop to search your vehicle without probable cause. But do you want to risk challenging the cop? What if they end up finding something else to bring you in on?
What’s even more fucked up is that even if you don’t have a reason to worry about them searching your car, giving up your right to refuse could very well allow a cop to plant evidence during a search. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.
Example, you don’t have to allow a cop to search your vehicle without probable cause. But do you want to risk challenging the cop? What if they end up finding something else to bring you in on?
See, this is a great example. Three possible scenarios:
- “Can I search your car?” “Absolutely not.” (manipulation) “I told you, I don’t give you permission to search my car.” “Alright well here’s some tickets, fuck you, be on your way.”
- “I’m searching your car.” “I do not give you consent to search my car.” “That’s nice. Out of the vehicle.” (gets out) “I’m telling you, you do not have consent to search my car.” (searches anyway)
- “I’m searching your car.” “You can’t do that.” “That’s nice. Out of the vehicle.” “No.” “Sir, get out of the vehicle.” “Fuck you, you don’t have probable cause.” (arguing) (window smash) (dragged out of the car, thrown on the pavement) (car gets searched anyway, maybe now you have some injuries, you’re definitely going to jail and they’re going to plant whatever they were going to plant anyway)
A lot of YouTube lawyers think that behaving like #3 is going to lead to a #1 outcome. It is not. It is going to lead to additional charges, and your lawyer (assuming we’re still in a legal landscape where probable cause things are still relevant at all) is going to be mad at you for fucking up so badly at dealing with the cops. A lot of people do #3 and think they are “standing up for their rights.” Those people usually spend some time in jail (and if ICE is involved, God help you if you hand them some additional rope to hang you with all on your own volition, I don’t even know what that gets you.)
#2 is enough to protect you legally. Now I don’t really know whether you or the Reddit guy are advocating for #3. I have no idea. Maybe you mean having a recording of the cops, maybe you mean having legal aid on standby and making sure you make a record of the illegal search so a good lawyer will be able to toss the case. I have no idea, I’m just speculating. All I’m saying is, I have seen a ton of people who seem to believe they are “standing up for their rights” when they are in reality fucking themselves to a really extreme degree. Please know what you are talking about if you decide to stand up for your rights.
You can be Anne Frank’s family, or you can be Oskar Schindler or Ben Ferencz. Or whatever you want to do. What I am saying is that standing up when the Nazis are stopping you and asking for papers and getting in their face and pointing your finger and yelling about how this isn’t right, man, is probably a tactical mistake (and in in our modern legal system I’ve observed that the type of people who like to do this seem to have this common skill and habit for committing bunches of extra crimes they don’t realize they are committing while they are standing up for their rights, in their mind.)
Why are you assuming anyone is advocating for 3?
- Doesn’t end in tickets, especially right now.
- Still could very well end with you going to jail.
This isn’t just a normal cop on a power trip, these “task force” agents were just given the federal government’s blessing to go wild. They have individuals from the department of wildlife getting to live out their authoritarian fantasies and take out their frustrations on an entire city.
Why are you assuming anyone is advocating for 3?
I need you to do a quick Ctrl-F for “Now I don’t really know”.
This isn’t just a normal cop on a power trip, these “task force” agents were just given the federal government’s blessing to go wild.
I need you to do a quick Ctrl-F for “probably a tactical mistake”. Yes, I get that especially these particular cops are not necessarily going to behave like ordinary city cops. That makes it a worse idea to commit extra crimes and antagonize them, it doesn’t mean it all of a sudden becomes a good idea or an effective way to push back against fascism.
I grew up in Memphis. I’ve known more than one person that had something planted on them during a search by a regular cop during regular times. They didn’t do anything except end up pulled over by the wrong cop because they “seemed suspicious.”
In high school, I knew someone who was stopped and searched while walking in the wrong part of town, then arrested as a minor for carrying too many condoms in their purse. They were a trans 17 year old, and the cops put them in jail with adult men and laughed while they cried bc they were so scared.
You do not have to do anything wrong to end up a victim of unjust fascist bullshit. You never have. Now, under an authoritarian takeover, it’s not just a possibility that it could always happen, it’s almost a guarantee.
And I’ve observed many times people reacting to all that that you just laid out, by getting super-hostile with the cops and committing additional crimes in the course of that hostility. Never once did it overthrow the system of fascism or make their life any easier. If you want to talk about how to change all that system and make the justice back again part of the equation, then sure, I think that’s super worthwhile and we should talk about it (very genuinely.)
I’m in my positive future phase today, so I’m imagining how people like Peter Thiel, pretty old by then, reminisce about the biggest mistakes of their lives past:
“So yeah, at first we thought it was a genius idea - my idea btw - to put raving media pundits in positions of power. Who could’ve foreseen it would all end like that.”
Maybe even with a nostalgic tear for long-diseased Uncle Donny, everybody loved him, he wasn’t even the worst of the monsters now, was he.
We’re definitely in the “Oops! All Joffrey’s” chapter of America’s game of thrones.
And in their haste to prove how “hard core” they really are, some jackass with the task force has already managed to roll his vehicle on top of another vehicle that was just sitting at a red light, and put some poor kid in the hospital.
I hope he sues the state and federal government.
Unmarked car involved in crash, ends up on top of vehicle in Frayser, witnesses say
Witnesses told WREG Wednesday evening that the unmarked vehicle was chasing the other car when it was hit going through an intersection at Frayser Boulevard and Watkins Street.
The unmarked vehicle had its blue lights on but did not have sirens on when it entered the intersection, witnesses said.
Who needs sirens during a chase? People should just expect you to come barrelling through an intersection any moment.
Witnesses said that the woman driving down Watkins Street collided with an unmarked vehicle that was chasing another car on Frayser Boulevard.
A witness reported that the collision caused the unmarked car to become airborne and land on top of another vehicle at a red light.
This is so fucking dumb and infuriating. Straight out of Idiocracy. Day 2 and you’ve already almost killed someone’s child who happened to be in the way of your airborne vehicle.
“And let me be very clear. I am a career prosecutor. If you touch a law enforcement officer, it is a crime and you are going to jail. We are arresting anyone who touches any of you,” said Bondi.
Honesty expecting Bondi to claim that kid was with antifa.
53 arrests in 2 fucking days? For what?
Existing While Black or Brown.
You forgot Existing While Poor or Leftist as well.
It’s an older crime, but you’ll find it quite
unbreakable… uhmm, legal
