Police killings in Jamaica and ICE arrests in the United States expose the same pattern: state force aimed downward, protected upward, and sold to the public as safety.
That invisibility is part of the danger. ICE, DHS, private contractors, and local police are building a custody-and-force network in public view while too much of the press treats each incident like it is isolated.
But they are putting the surveillance apparatus together with a much more far reaching plan. The detention centers/concentration camps they have planned are for many more people than ICE may be holding. The only good news there is that they are having difficulty building it out.
Yes. ICE must be abolished. ICE cages people, disappears people, terrorizes families, and sells state violence as public safety — reform only protects the system doing it.
Erik Prince (yes, Blackwater Erik Prince) has 200 of his mercenary troops in Haiti to help fight gangs, but guess what, civilians are being killed as well. We should be worried about Vectus Global, Prince's mercenary force because he is a far right mercenary who's sister, Betsy Voss, is in Trump's cabinet. I've tried to find out how large this mercenary force is but am unable to find numbers. We are worried about ICE and the upcoming Midterms. Vectus could be a much bigger problem.
That is the larger pattern: state violence keeps merging with private force, contractors, and mercenary logic. Once governments outsource coercion, the public loses visibility while civilians keep paying the price.
I knew Blackwater just didn't go away. What may be more concerning is that this doesn't make the news. I know most news has lost independence, but nobody is paying attention and the stakes are so high.
You’re right. Blackwater never really disappeared — the model just rebranded, moved through new contractors, and stayed out of public view while the danger kept growing.
I wish I knew an investigative reporter. This is the biggest and most important story of our lifetime and it's near invisible.
That invisibility is part of the danger. ICE, DHS, private contractors, and local police are building a custody-and-force network in public view while too much of the press treats each incident like it is isolated.
But they are putting the surveillance apparatus together with a much more far reaching plan. The detention centers/concentration camps they have planned are for many more people than ICE may be holding. The only good news there is that they are having difficulty building it out.
Ice must be abolished.
Yes. ICE must be abolished. ICE cages people, disappears people, terrorizes families, and sells state violence as public safety — reform only protects the system doing it.
Erik Prince (yes, Blackwater Erik Prince) has 200 of his mercenary troops in Haiti to help fight gangs, but guess what, civilians are being killed as well. We should be worried about Vectus Global, Prince's mercenary force because he is a far right mercenary who's sister, Betsy Voss, is in Trump's cabinet. I've tried to find out how large this mercenary force is but am unable to find numbers. We are worried about ICE and the upcoming Midterms. Vectus could be a much bigger problem.
That is the larger pattern: state violence keeps merging with private force, contractors, and mercenary logic. Once governments outsource coercion, the public loses visibility while civilians keep paying the price.
I knew Blackwater just didn't go away. What may be more concerning is that this doesn't make the news. I know most news has lost independence, but nobody is paying attention and the stakes are so high.
You’re right. Blackwater never really disappeared — the model just rebranded, moved through new contractors, and stayed out of public view while the danger kept growing.
We need to shine more light on the very real dangers hiding in the shadows.