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13 Jul 2019, 11:39 am

Well this certainly convinces me to agree to whatever these folks want.


Protesters Remove U.S. Flag, Replace It With Mexican Flag Outside ICE Facility In Aurora

AURORA, Colo. (CBS4)– Hundreds of protesters gathered in Aurora on Friday evening to march to the ICE detention facility where illegal and undocumented immigrants are being housed. They also removed the U.S. flag, replaced it with a Mexican flag, and spray painted graffiti on a Blue Lives Matter flag before it was seen flying upside down on the flag pole.

This comes before planned ICE raids in Denver and 10 other cities nationwide.

The protesters say they are demonstrating against the treatment of the people living inside. The Blue Lives Matter flag was vandalized with “Abolish ICE” in spray paint.

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13 Jul 2019, 11:43 am

People are pissed.


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13 Jul 2019, 1:35 pm

Has anyone thought to grease the flag pole?


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13 Jul 2019, 1:41 pm

Good, we don't want ICE here.

Also that News reporter seems a little confused...that is not an american flag that was graffitied.


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13 Jul 2019, 7:17 pm

Sweetleaf wrote:
Good, we don't want ICE here.

Also that News reporter seems a little confused...that is not an american flag that was graffitied.


"They also removed the U.S. flag, replaced it with a Mexican flag, and spray painted graffiti on a Blue Lives Matter flag before it was seen flying upside down on the flag pole."



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13 Jul 2019, 7:39 pm

Throughout history any time forces have replaced a nation's flag with another it has been a declaration of conquest.
The message being given in historical context is not 'we need your help' but rather 'we want to take over'.

This seems to be one more thing that will help Trump win the next election. It will probably help him just as much and maybe even more than a war usually helps a president get re-elected.



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14 Jul 2019, 1:05 am

ICE is needed to deport criminals.

We have no other law enforcement to do that.


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14 Jul 2019, 1:17 am

LoveNotHate wrote:
ICE is needed to deport criminals.

We have no other law enforcement to do that.


But they aren't just after criminals are they....they even admit within the operations they might separate children from their parents. They are targeting families....not specifically criminals. It likely will not go down well in my city so err I expect tomorrow is going to be a rather depressing day with ICE cops running around like chickens without heads and thus without brains.


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