Rafie Ollah Shouhed, 79, suffered multiple broken ribs, elbow injuries and a traumatic brain injury during the Sept. 9 incident, according to the federal tort claim filed by his attorneys.
According to his claim, when Shouhed attempted to show agents proof of his employees’ work authorization, agents “cursed at him” and “violently body-slammed him onto the pavement.” Three agents then allegedly pinned him down, with one placing a knee on his neck, the claim stated.
“You don’t f— with ICE. We are here,” agents responded, according to the claim.
Show me evidence where non-violent resistance has been effective at stopping regimes which have stopped believing in/ following their own rule of law.
And more broadly, my point is that if you wait until:
That use of violence will be utterly ineffective. Violence as a form of practical resistance needs to be on the table, from the beginning. This hand-wringing around the use of violence is an ineffectual liberal response.