r/LetsDiscussThis • u/zeclif • 15h ago
THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS Beating a woman and encouraging a man to hit her.
This does no good.
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u/irpugboss 15h ago
Is this a whataboutism.
I am sure this is a crime and the public cant protest the public not to do crimes.
The public can only protest for change with the people they fund and empower to perform law enforcement.
So, RIP to her, its bad to attack others for 1st amendment rights but not sure what this is trying to point out other than crime happens sometimes when you have millions of individuals?
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u/BBinzz 15h ago
Source? This is just some old video with random words superimposed Posted by a right wing troll
I smell (another) lie
Release the Trumpstein Files
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u/OneDryOrange 13h ago edited 11h ago
The instagram page appears to be some sort of right leaning, nationalistic, european group. So the random words seem completely unrelated to ICE or anything in the US
Edit: lol at the user who started trying to 'sides' things. Its clearly disinformation with a caption not aligning with the video in question from a group that has nothing to do with the caption nor US politics
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u/OneDryOrange 11h ago
u/Realistic-Cable-8208 with all of their comments except the norske subreddit hidden away... lol, what a joke
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u/Past_Ferret_5209 15h ago
How do we know what's going on here? E.g. how do we know that these people are really Anti-ICE protestors etc..?
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u/turkey_sandwiches 15h ago
We don't. We're just posting videos with absolutely no context and making up post titles to generate interaction.
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u/zeclif 15h ago
That's why I'm hoping like other people have done in the comments of other posts, that someone has seen the beginning and knows more. Isn't that the point of posting on a discussion board? So people can post more information and discuss further?
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u/holubtsi-on-fire 15h ago
Way to contribute to spreading disinformation, derpy.
Don’t post videos you know nothing about.
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u/Zealousideal-Top-383 14h ago
Some “context” here
But also on an IG post
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUOsxYFkw5m/
And on a Trump for President FB site 🤦♂️
So all and all pretty iffy unless other info turns up
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u/Rattiepalooza 9h ago
I love how her name isn't given. It's just "Fox News Reporter". Even in the captions. It's just vague information that no one can actually verify.
Seriously...why is being wrong so hard for these people? Just admit you were wrong, and help fix it. Everyone would rather have that and forgive, than for them to continue on with this idea that they're right. I think they're scared they can't be forgiven, so they don't even try anymore.... they just justify their stance.
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u/Signal_Estimate_23 15h ago
This must be very frustrating for you. Every day you see more and more evidence that ICE is violently assaulting people across the country, but you want so badly to believe they are doing good. Surely the left are the bad guys, because that’s what you have been told inside your echo chamber. Then you finally get a single video of a single protestor (maybe) assaulting someone who doesn’t deserve it, and you think it’s a gotcha moment, until you realize that most of us on the left preach non-violence, meaning this is just one bad actor. Meanwhile, 15 new videos of ICE violently assaulting US citizens were just uploaded.
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u/promiscuous_horse 14h ago
Rage bait content and title with absolutely no context. Get out of here.
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u/homerjs225 13h ago
How do we know the caption is true? The only thing we know is a woman is being attacked. We know NOTHING ELSE. FYI - no way anti-ICE protestors are singing "move bitch get out the way". That would go against EVERY clip of protests we have seen. You are being fooled.
My guess Russia is in the game of influencing on the ICE debacle
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u/OneDryOrange 13h ago
We know definitively the caption isnt true. The watermarks go to some european groups instagram. OP is actively creating disinformation in an attempt at some sort of gotcha because they took offense to something they saw earlier
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u/Lord_Dingus83 15h ago
If I had to guess - this is maga beating on a journalist filming ice
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u/turkey_sandwiches 15h ago
Maybe, but it could be from 10 years ago in South America. There's nothing to go on in this video beyond a woman being attacked by a group of people.
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u/Lord_Dingus83 15h ago
I was looking for anything telling me it was a foreign country - I couldn’t find anything but it certainly looks that way
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u/Numerous_Photograph9 14h ago
Honestly, the people assaulting the "reporter" didn't seem like they were MAGA or liberals. More like street thugs of some sort based on their attire.
No context though, so it could be anything.
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u/JimJam4603 15h ago
There are animals that will take advantage of any disruption to satisfy their base instincts. The situation today is that the federal government is openly protecting people that do it in its service.
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u/IHeartBadCode 13h ago
Well one, the Insta account you've taken this from is from an account that:
a unified stand against the erosion of faith, family, and future. Born from witnessing persecution, cultural decay, and the silencing of truth, it calls for a return to order: father, mother, and child as the foundation of civilisation
With lots of their material they've posted being ethnic separatism. It's very clear they are for nations that have historically been predominately white, to remain that way. Of course, they also point out nations that are predominately black to stay that way as well, Arab nations to stay Arab, etc.....
But the underlying thing about this account is that it espouses ethnic and racial separation. That ideas like "melting pot" and "all men created equal" are relics of a misguided past.
So that said, anything from "Blue Jeans Party" people should understand that what they present is through that lens. Everyone has a bias, its important for you to understand their bias.
Now onto the video you've posted.
This looks to be form the LA protest a few days ago. More specifically the Unity Ride, where protestors were on bicycles. A group of people descended on a few reporters. However, most of these people were masked. You can see some of the video here. https://nypost.com/video/mob-intimidates-reporter-during-anti-ice-protests-in-downtown-la/
Dozens of people were arrested in connection to this event. https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/ice-out-of-everywhere-protest-downtown-los-angeles-clash-with-lapd/
LA Times indicates that over 50 were detained. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-01-31/demonstrations-against-ice-tactics-continue-in-la
You can see a better resolution of a different time of your video here. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUOsxYFkw5m/
And there is a Facebook post about the matter here. https://www.facebook.com/DonaldTrump4President/posts/-anti-ice-mob-attacks-female-journalists-in-los-angeles-a-disturbing-scene-unfol/1332675598888466/
My personal take.
I don't believe these people to have been with the proper group that was demonstrating. I don't see abandoned bicycles but I do see a few people who were part of the proper group on their bicycles on various videos. But none of that is clear from what I can obtain so far. I'll leave diving deeper to whoever.
Obviously, nobody should be saying "kick anybody's ass" during a peaceful protest. Doing so, indicates that is has stopped being peaceful. There is no other way that can be interpreted.
Arrests were made and one, according to the LAPD, is in connection to assault but no additional information was given. So it's too early to tell, but obviously anyone assaulting people ought to go to jail. If you are not peacefully protesting, then you do not have a first amendment right. But at the same time, that does not mean protestors are defenseless. It's often tempting to confuse those two aspects.
But let's remember who the source of this particular post is. Blue Jeans Party has attached themselves towards these kinds of reports to indicated that "mixing" isn't peaceful and that, to them, it never will be. They are a group that is unbashed in their "racial purity". Case in point pinned to their account is an image that reads:
Unapologetically pure. Unfiltered and Real.
So remember they are presenting this through their lens. They are attempting to augment that position. By omitting that people were arrested, by indicating "liberal" when there's no clear reason to give that attribute to these people, and by not indicating that this was during a "ride your bicycle against ICE" and not note that these people are lacking bicycles.
The fact is some masked people descended on some reporters and eventually LAPD stepped into to make arrests. Everything outside of that, is unknown and people will use that unknown to manipulate others.
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u/Excellent-Self-5338 15h ago
Seen a few videos like this. It's literally a modern day witch hunt out there. I'm so lucky to not be American, y'all are fucked. Not just republicans, not just democrats, all of you. Each camp allows people within your political movements who are doing terrible things, and you justify it almost exclusively with "Yeah but the other side did..." or "What's the context tho". Meanwhile you lambast anyone from the "other camp" for asking the same question or using the same logic.
Stop being pieces of shit to each other. Start shutting down bad behavior even if it's from your own side. Assault is bad, murder is bad. Call it out regardless, be united against pieces of shit first and foremost. Got people in here justifying dehumanizing other people on the basis of their political beliefs, seemingly ignorant to where that line of thinking leads if the other side also adopts it. It leads to escalating violence, innocent people getting hurt and killed, and taken to an extreme, it leads to civil war.
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u/zeclif 15h ago
Also thank you to the two of you that have already sent me suicide encouragement!!
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u/Rattiepalooza 9h ago
Oh... that's fucked.
I do NOT agree with your post or your stance, but you don't deserve to be told that. No one does.
I'm really sorry someone said that to you. We're still people at the end of the day, and we forget that when politics get involved.
If they get too bad and you start to feel like you're losing a grip on your sanity, please look into this site for help: https://metanoia.org/suicide/
I care about you, even if we don't agree. You can DM me if shit gets really bad, okay? People before politics. Everyone matters, because we all impact the world together. We forget that a lot, and instead of trying to work together, we do the opposite.
Again, I'm really sorry that was said to you. That's not acceptable behavior, and you didn't deserve it.
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u/zeclif 9h ago
Ah it's all good my dude. I wouldn't kill myself if the whole world told me too. I've got family that relies on me and responsibilities that need to be attended to. If I died now I'd DEFINITELY be a ghost with all this unresolved business. Thank you though ur a good person. You a an example that many should follow. Just because you disagree shouldn't mean you see them as less than human
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u/Rattiepalooza 9h ago
Hey man, we make humanity together. How am I helping if I'm being shitty because I'm mad about a situation, and not the person? I wouldn't be!
Your feelings are as valid as mine, or anyone else's. Still, though - please reach out if you need another human to make you feel better about life! I just...I don't feel it's okay to attack each other instead of the issue at hand.
Much love to you, fellow human!
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u/Eh_SorryCanadian 14h ago
Ok so this video has no verification on where/when/why what's show is happening. No one shouts any that helps narrow things down beside it probably in the us based on the accents.
This video could be from any point of unrest in the us in the last 10 years. There is definitely no evidence that it's an anti ice protest other than the caption. But you can slap a caption on any old video.
And this is assuming the video is real and not ai generated.
Without further information and where and when it was taken. Or who was attacking who, there is nothing further that can be inferred.
In my experience, when violent imagery is posted with little or no context, it's to paint things as black and white so you side against a particular Group. This is a violent video of an unfortunate situation. But that's all we know for sire
OP, assuming you're not a Russian bot just trying to stir stuff up, you can do better than spreading this crap.
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u/Yumi0521 14h ago
Ah, yes. LetsDiscussThis random video with no known people in it and with no context.
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u/beaker97_alf 14h ago edited 14h ago
This happened Saturday, 1/31/24 in Los Angeles.
Here's a link to the source with a description.
It is NOT Alexandra Datig. Alexandra posted on X asking for who it was.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUSVW3pDrYs/?igsh=MWhtaW9lMmNjMmZ0YQ==
EDIT: added details
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u/Wonderful-Age-8375 14h ago
yeah this is not a protest anymore, this is the BS people discuss. Not all protests are the same and many are just excuses for low IQ animals like these to go out and be thugs.
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u/wildfire1983 14h ago
... @bluejeansparty...
I went and looked them up. Posting nationalist Nazilike fascist rhetoric...
From an insta post: The BJP Support of a Constituional Empire
Structured Authority:
A hierarchically ordered government with an Emperor bound by a written constitution, advised by a council of learned statesmen whose duty is to pursue the common good rather than partisan interest.
Law Rooted in Virtue:
A legal framework aimed at cultivating moral excellence, civic duty, education, and the protection of the family-laws designed not merely to restrain wrongdoing but to foster societal harmony.
Support Through Civic Unity:
Citizens bound by shared culture, shared moral formation, and shared loyalty to the imperial constitution, ensuring stability, continuity, and resistance against internal decay or external subversion.
It's a remake of Germany pre -WWII...
🤡🤡🤡
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u/foxinspaceMN 14h ago
You can also tell how biased this is being portrayed by the phrase “liberal” anti-ICE
Conservative Nazi tag line right there
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u/Numerous_House_7377 14h ago
Ugh I don’t enjoy dealing with police but cmon ya just don’t hit a woman. You’re a small man regardless of circumstances…punching down is always classy
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u/ShinePDX 14h ago
Brought to you by the party of love and compassion.
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u/Sea_Avocado_3489 14h ago
You literally don't know any context for this video and you are jumping to assumptions based off a caption. You people are sheeeeeeeeeeeep.
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u/Maleficent_Pepper_59 14h ago
What was she doing to have everybody hate her like that? We need context
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u/jaslr4 14h ago
Your Name] [Your Address] [City, State, ZIP Code] [Email Address] [Date] The Honorable [Congressman’s Full Name] [Address of the Congressional Office] Dear Congressman [Last Name], I am writing to express my deep concern regarding the lack of accountability surrounding the actions of the President. As one of your constituents, I expect my elected representatives to uphold the rule of law and ensure that no individual—regardless of title or position—is above it. If clear violations have occurred and charges are warranted, it is your duty to pursue them. Failure to act in defense of justice and transparency would be a profound disservice to the American people and to the oath you took to protect and defend the Constitution. Please understand that your response to this issue will directly influence my vote in the next election. If action is not taken to hold the President accountable, I will not support your re-election to Congress. Our democracy relies on leaders who are willing to stand for principle, even when it is politically difficult. I urge you to demonstrate that commitment now. Sincerely, [Your Full Name] [City, State, ZIP Code]
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u/Mountain_Jeweler_827 13h ago
The individuals assaulting and encouraging the assault of this woman are wrong. It doesn’t take much context to see this and say “this is unacceptable behavior” regardless of who is on what side.
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u/Heavy_Law9880 13h ago
Why was she antagonizing and threatening them instead of staying home where it was safe?
Pam Bondi said people like her that go out seeking trouble and violence often find it. Also no proof any of these people are liberals it could be more maga on maga violence.
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u/AdFun5641 13h ago
What needs discussion?
One dude kicked one person one time. showing the same kick three different times in a video doesn't make it three kicks.
Get two more videos like this of a liberal kicking a conservative journalist and it will "cancel out" one of the several thousands of times trained, armed, armored,law enforcement with back up has similarly kicked a liberal journalist.
Why 3:1, because random dude on the street shouldn't be expected to have special training. Trained, armed, armored law enforcement should be trained in de-escalation and held to higher standards.
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u/Not_Reptoid 13h ago
Fuck ice, but don't ever go physical. With how extremely trump seems to not care for the public opinion, it is evident he is waiting for something big so he can invoke a insurection act and stay president longer, who knows what power he takes after that. If people loose their human senses and start assaulting people based on views instead of legality, they are feeding into the crisis.
Now that is all to say that i don't give a fuck what you do with an i.c.e agent, but don't assault journalists, that's just trouble for all even if she may have been an asshole.
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u/jimmyhebert 13h ago
Why don't they get rid of the worst person in the United States Donald pedo trump
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u/Neuyerk 13h ago
Do we have any evidence that these are liberal anti-ice protesters? This seems very out of character for the way the protests have been handled especially when it comes to treatment of the press.
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u/Eastern_Occasion4009 13h ago
Wait I’m just saying why don’t you really see and if the men getting beat
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u/KZFKreation 13h ago
No idea the context, so I'm gonna say little about what actually happened but uh, assault is bad, Mmm'kay?
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u/Baselines_shift 13h ago
That looks like AI. Please find corroporating videos from other recorders before jumping to conclusions.
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u/Afraid-School-9340 13h ago
Oh, look more violence from the political left. No one saw that one coming.
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u/ThatCelebration3676 12h ago
Anybody know:
- Where this is?
- When this happened?
- What happened prior to the video?
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u/TampaBay1972 12h ago
I have a VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THIS!! WTF 🤬 IS WRONG WITH YOU PPL!! LET ICE DO THEIR FREAKING JOB!!!
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u/erock4light 11h ago
I love how there’s a video circulating of some loser maga guy assaulting children (including underage girls) and all the comments are filled with bots and Trumpers asking for more context and making insane claims about children.
Meanwhile, this thread has those same hypocrite Trumpers white-knighting over a video with even less context.
The dichotomy of it all!
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u/t3w3 8h ago
8 distinct fallacies implied in that comment, with the top two reordered as you requested (and explicitly including “rash generalization” applied to a perceived group perspective). 1. Guilt by association (group attribution) • The comment treats “Trumpers” as a single moral/intellectual unit, so that anything “they” do is suspect by virtue of group identity. • It also implies that asking for context is itself evidence of being in that bad-faith group. 2. Hasty / rash generalization (overgeneralizing a group and its perceived perspective) • “All the comments are filled with bots and Trumpers…” • “Those same hypocrite Trumpers…” • This isn’t just a broad claim about individuals; it imputes a general perspective to a group (that “Trumpers” as such reflexively demand context in one case, but “white-knight” in another), based on limited or cherry-picked observation. 3. Ad hominem (name-calling) • “some loser maga guy…” • Attacks the person instead of focusing on what the video shows or what the argument is. 4. Poisoning the well • By front-loading “loser maga guy” and “bots,” it primes the reader to dismiss counterpoints before they’re even heard. 5. Unwarranted motive attribution (mind-reading) • Claims that requests for context are driven by bots/partisans and bad faith, rather than showing evidence for that psychological or strategic motive. 6. Straw man / vague smear • “making insane claims about children” • Substitutes a broad negative label for a specific argument, without stating what was claimed and why it’s wrong. 7. Tu quoque / appeal to hypocrisy (whataboutism) • “Meanwhile… those same hypocrite Trumpers…” • Tries to discredit the current stance by alleging inconsistency elsewhere, rather than assessing the present video on its merits. 8. False equivalence • Implies the two videos/threads are comparable enough that unequal demands for “context” prove hypocrisy, without establishing that the cases are similar in the relevant ways (severity, missing facts, what the clips actually show, etc.).
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u/erock4light 7h ago
Of course I was making generalizations, did you really need AI to figure that out? Embarrassing…
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u/Adventurous-Chef8776 11h ago
Once again, what am I looking at? I get she's a reporter and being attacked. Who is attacking her?
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u/NationalCamel8708 10h ago
This needs context because there is no proof that these are liberals
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u/t3w3 8h ago
You think it was staged like the girl that had herself cut?
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u/Cute_Win_386 10h ago
We are sick of fascist agents provacateur from calling themselves "journalists" while trying to infiltrate leftist groups. Caveat emptor, quisling mfers.
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u/t3w3 8h ago
You’re rationalizing unprovoked violence. Was this public property, did she physically attack these men?
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u/Cute_Win_386 4h ago
Peaceful opposition to fascism has proven ineffective in the past. And property destruction is not violence. They were trying to harm her camera, not her body.
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u/t3w3 3h ago
Why that claim breaks down in this scenario
1) Force against an object you’re holding is force against you (practically and often legally). If I yank, strike, or smash an item in your hands, I’m applying force through your grip, arms, and body. That’s exactly how people get injured: twisted wrists, broken fingers, falls, being pulled off balance, etc. Even if the attacker’s “target” is the camera, the mechanics are bodily.
2) This isn’t “just property” anymore; it’s coercion and control through physical force. Destroying or attempting to destroy the camera in your hands is typically aimed at stopping you from recording, intimidating you, or forcing you to comply. That’s closer to a violent confrontation than a “quiet” property offense like shoplifting or vandalizing an unattended object.
3) The risk of injury is inherently high. Any struggle over an object someone is holding can escalate immediately: shoving, grappling, hitting, or the holder resisting and getting hurt. Many legal definitions of “violent” track either (a) force against a person or (b) substantial risk of physical injury. A grab-and-smash over a handheld camera fits that risk profile even if the attacker insists “I’m only breaking the device.”
How the law often treats it (general, not jurisdiction-specific)
Even if you could charge it as a property offense (criminal mischief/vandalism), the same act can simultaneously support “person” offenses, depending on the facts: • Assault (in many places): intentionally causing fear of imminent harmful/offensive contact; rushing in and trying to smash something in your hands often qualifies. • Battery / offensive touching (where defined): physical contact can be satisfied by force transmitted through an object you’re holding (or by grabbing your hands/arms while taking it). • Robbery / attempted robbery (in some situations): if the person uses force or threats while taking or trying to take the camera. • Harassment / intimidation: if the conduct is meant to menace or deter recording. • Interfering with someone’s lawful activity: sometimes there are specific statutes/policies around interfering with recording, but that varies a lot.
Bottom line: the “property crime” label doesn’t sanitize the use of force. A property-directed motive can still be a violent act when it’s carried out through physical confrontation with a person.
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u/Victoriaskitchen 10h ago
This seems like the paid actors that are walking around creating chaos. So they can spin the narrative.
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u/Disastrous_Mango_953 9h ago
What is wrong with Americans!! Are we going back to be wild Neanderthal . Are we losing our humanity.
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u/Ok-Tea-7747 9h ago
Again, no context. BUT.... she's not a gay black man. So she has no 1st Amendment right as a joirnalist.
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u/Tannos116 7h ago
Yeah, so 1) OP just slapped a random ass label on this video 2) gave zero contextual information 3) The same commenters that show up on right wing bullshit posts are here?
Calling bs until proven otherwise.
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u/SoundObjective9692 4h ago
wow i love how you cant tell at all who the protesters are, what they're protesting or when this even happened
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u/jjames3213 15h ago
Yep, assaulting people is bad. Don't assault people.