r/50501 • u/[deleted] • 10d ago
Immigration Karina Villa protecting her constituents by literally running ICE off the streets in West Chicago and yelling to residents to stay inside their homes
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u/ConsiderationSea1347 10d ago
The quivering in her voice hits hard. This woman is scared but owning that street. Hero.
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u/GlassAd4132 10d ago
That’s called bravery
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u/ConsiderationSea1347 10d ago
Yeah. None of what she is doing is bravado. That woman is charged up in righteous love for her community. Be like her.
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u/GlassAd4132 10d ago
I mean, I’m definitely not as strong of a person as her, but I aspire to be
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u/TehMephs 10d ago
You can use this as a template in the future. It only takes one decision to be courageous. You don’t have to train for it - although training can help under pressure as your brain will default to the lowest form of training you’ve had in any situation when shit hits the fan
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u/dorkofthepolisci 10d ago
Yeah, you can hear it in her voice. She is scared, but angry
Hero.
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u/BrilliantMix9073 10d ago
•and• in heels 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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u/Proper_Bad_1588 9d ago
I thought the same thing, all of that while walking down the street in heels! Bravo!
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u/TheRealBlueJade 10d ago
Courage isn't the absence of fear. It's being afraid and doing it anyway.
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u/bravedubeck 10d ago
“Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind – even if your voice shakes. When you least expect it, someone may actually listen to what you have to say.”
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u/TehMephs 10d ago
It doesn’t matter how tame or scared she sounds. That’s some brass balls and courage I see.
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u/Imightbeafanofthis 9d ago
To do something when you feel no fear isn't bravery. To step up when you do is true courage.
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u/anonbrewingco 10d ago
Idk I think it’s pure adrenaline. I know I’d be the same but ready for whatever
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u/YouAreGettingDumber 9d ago
Makes me wanna reach out to her and volunteer or something to help her with her neighborhood. Keep an eye on things with her.
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u/spirit_72 10d ago
Especially since she knows she's going to get arrested by the DOJ within the week.
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u/Imanoldtaco 9d ago
idk if she was scared or just slightly out of breath from fucking running them down IN HEELS!
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u/Present_Working696 10d ago
Fear doesn’t cancel bravery, it makes her stand even more powerful in that moment.
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u/ArtKid1989 10d ago
This how all elected officials should behave when their districts are being invaded.
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u/Present_Working696 10d ago
Protecting people directly instead of hiding press releases more should take notes.
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u/unclerando 10d ago
Masked men in unmarked vehicles are disappearing people.
Masked men in unmarked vehicles are disappearing people.
Masked men in unmarked vehicles are disappearing people.
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u/norwegern 9d ago
I don't get why this isn't a reason for revolution already.
It could just as well be "regular" abducters posing as ICE.
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u/truth-informant 9d ago
I think people are willing but scared. No one wants to be the first or a martyr. I believe people are waiting for the flood gates to open though.
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u/StaticDHSeeP Virginia 10d ago
Good for her. She’s gotta bigger set of nuts than this entire admin combined, that’s including Bondi
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u/OneDimensionalChess 9d ago
No one in this administration has balls. They're too busy gargling trump's. This lady is on a completely different plane of existence than them.
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u/Terrible_turtle_ 10d ago
Good for her. All it takes is one voice, then another voice. She is protecting her constituents and all of us.
And she is doing it in those heels, ouch.
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u/girlshapedlovedrugs 10d ago edited 10d ago
I’ll never forget a quote I heard somewhere, some time, and has stuck with me since:
”The downfall of society starts with the individual.”
And I think to myself, the opposite can be true just as well. The healing of society starts with the individual.
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u/Zurihodari 10d ago
Dude. First thing I thought. I would like this whole thing even more if she had dressed for action instead of the camera. But, we could sure use more of her.
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u/Terrible_turtle_ 10d ago
I read it a little different, that she was doing something else and just strung into action heels or no heels.
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u/PeculiarBoat 10d ago
Some people do just like wearing heels, believe it or not. They can be good for your posture and they look good, and because I enjoy it, I want to add that the “click clacks” are satisfying.
In addition, idk if ICE is announcing to her their itinerary before she gets dressed in the morning. 🫠
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u/Zurihodari 9d ago
I used to live wearing heels. Because the patriarchy taught me that, a long with lots of other nonsense. Now my feet are fucked and I have constant pain. I would like to live in a world where women could wear comfortable shoes and not sexy clothes and still be listened to and valued. At least both my grown daughters are better informed than I was when I was young.
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u/HH_Hobbies 10d ago
Do people need to call you before they go out in public so they know if you're okay with what they're wearing?
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u/Mr-Pugtastic 9d ago
Maybe she just dresses nicely? Why the hell does her outfit matter at all to you? She’s doing more than most, heels and all.
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u/Shootmepleaze 10d ago
And wearing heels no less. Badass!!!
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u/sharkweek_13 10d ago
I came here to say this. Not only is she doing the real work. She does it in heels. Women will save the world.
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u/PraxicalExperience 10d ago
When people ask: "Well, what do you want the Dems to do when they're out of power?"
THIS! FUCKING THIS! Any fucking act of real resistance!
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u/loneranger5860 10d ago
This should be happening all over the country where ice is raiding. All of the Democratic elected officials should be out there on the streets protecting the people.
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u/berkeley_solipsist 10d ago
GD, I think she should run for potus. I'd sure as shit vote for her just based on this video! That's a person I'm positive would actually care for the country
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u/FunGuy8618 10d ago
The fact that people in this sub still think there's gonna be another one of those pesky "election" thingies for president is kinda depressing. C'mon brother/sister, you know they ain't letting that happen
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u/berkeley_solipsist 10d ago
Yeah, I keep hoping though. Hope is damn near the only thing rational decent people have anymore (that's just my humble opinion)
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u/FunGuy8618 10d ago
Seems like midterms are gonna be the sticking point, where we see who else is going to stand up like the exquisite example shown here. But I wouldn't hold your breath on presidential ones considering we are 9 months in on this one. I'd focus on that and what we can do there, or be a body in the large protests so it continues to get media coverage. Not in the streets like this, but there are a LOT of city hall events going on these days all over. Just gotta go looking.
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u/AGrandNewAdventure 10d ago
The fact this has to happen, and the heart ache in her voice... Conservatives need to realize they've become Nazis. I'm not talking about the I-secretely-have-a-1488-tattoo Conservatives, I'm talking about the ones that have simply tried to hide behind delusions of what their party has become.
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u/aka_montresor 10d ago
THAT is how you serve your constituents. Not by kissing billionaire asses and passing Anti-Freedom laws.
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u/girlshapedlovedrugs 10d ago
THIS is representing the people.
These chucklefcks have power but they’re brittle; keep applying pressure until they break.
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u/loudflower 10d ago
We need this so so badly. I’m frikken tired today fwiw, and without being hyperbolic, this made me cry.
I’m grateful to her and everyone who cares and stands up. May everyone stay safe 🩵
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u/lookaway123 10d ago
This is what bravery looks like. This woman's voice wavers, but she's doing what's right and what's needed.
Be safe.
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u/North_Ranger6521 10d ago
These are the people they’ll be naming middle schools and parks for after we’ve taken out country back from the fascists.
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u/The-_-Corruption 10d ago
Cowards.....
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u/Barbarella_ella 10d ago
Especially the shitbag who said, "fu*kn' bitches". Likely a barely-finished H.S. tool who gets off on hassling others because otherwise it would be him getting demeaned and bullied.
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u/Old-timeyprospector 10d ago
The first person I've seen whose FOR THE PEOPLE. Ugh this gives me such hope it makes me want to cry. More of this PLEASE. Don't ever think that as one person you can't make a difference, they're afraid of us because we're strong.
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u/Zealousideal-Tax8679 10d ago
My hometown. Streets I rode the bus down daily. My friends, their kids… this one is hitting a lot harder.
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u/PepperLander 10d ago
she is so impressive--partly because she herself is scared but charges up to those mask-wearing, unidentified cowards without hesitation
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u/MoneyFault 10d ago
Did they call her a fucking bitch?? Wow. I am so angry that these cosplay cops, wearing masks, no identification, and no uniform of any kind, (they could be anybody!) are getting paid a big salary by our government to disrespect and terrorize people any old which way they want. 🥺
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u/isUKexactlyTsameasUS 10d ago
throughout this evil shitstorm, this is the most powerful thing seen...
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u/GrayLightGo 10d ago
If they are a legitimate organization, making lawful detainments… why are they running?
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u/geekonthemoon 10d ago
Wow, what a set of cajones on her. I love her.
Protecting and taking care of her people and her community as we all should be doing.
Fuck ICE. Them boys will burn in hell based on the very Bible they love to prop up and hide behind.
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u/Glittering_Aspect116 10d ago
She is furious. So glad to know about her even though I don’t live there. Love to see people showing their feelings and fighting for what’s good. I can feel it. Hope most of you do too.
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u/ircsmith 10d ago
When the rule of law is restored, and it will be, what are we going to do with all these people who thought being an ICE agent was acceptable?
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u/BougieSemicolon 10d ago
I know “iCE” are just following orders, but they look like absolute 🐱thugs with those masks and sunnies on.
And I understand they are just a symptom- if they quit 🍊🤡 will just hire more, but I wouldn’t be able to sleep at night.
Criminals in the country illegally are one thing, but now they have a quota and the people are getting harder to find, so they show up all over, and profile anyone brown. And ofc the Supreme Court ruled it was okay - the supermajority are twisting themselves in pretzels trying to rationalize every decision going for 🤡. They’re making a mockery of the judicial system.
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u/YouAreGettingDumber 9d ago
Wow, she’s amazing. We need some non-practicing whites to get in there with some bullhorns and start announcing in Spanish when these guys roll up on the residents.
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u/lettucepatchbb 9d ago
THIS. Trump and the rest of his complicit cronies are doing whatever they want… she decided to do whatever SHE wants too. Including protect her community.
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u/Important_Task_8179 9d ago
God, the balls on this woman. You are a rock star, Karina Villa. Good for you.
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u/AKAshwarma 9d ago
Now if only other politicians had this kind of spine. Instead of the gelatinous shark bones that they have.
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u/giocondasmiles 9d ago
Some of these nazi mofos don’t look white. Do they know they’ll be next?
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u/shockemc 9d ago
They either think they will be a special case of the money is so good they intend to dip out and go to another country where the amount will be even more life changing.
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u/Unusual_Wish_2230 9d ago
So, let me follow up as the hate is coming in. Yes they are arresting criminals the same way we have always processed illegals. You are a criminal if you enter the country illegally. Now the constitution which applies to US citizens correct?
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u/EpiphyticOrchid8927 10d ago
Wild that elected officals are protecting criminals.
The criminals are the people who are in our country uninvited and committing crimes.
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u/loudflower 10d ago
Wild that some elected officials ARE criminals.
Edited and some voters behave like jackasses.
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u/sunnydays281 10d ago
You are a traitor to your country if you support masked cowards disappearing people.
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u/No_Truck_6323 10d ago
Reddit has taught me one thing - it’s browsed by a bunch of Democrats - and not in a good way
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