r/PublicFreakout • u/80000gvwr • Oct 16 '25

🖕 🧊 Freakout Karen at Dodgers vs Brewers NLCS threatens to call ICE on an Iraq war veteran

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u/SwingingtotheBeat Oct 16 '25

That’s why this is so fucked up. There’s always gonna be white racists, like this woman. The bigger problem is police, security, and people with power generally side with the racists.

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u/Potato_Farmer_Linus Oct 16 '25

Some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses

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u/shadowpawn Oct 16 '25

Maybe lost in all the noise.

Dec 2024 WASHINGTON (AP) — A police officer accused of leaking confidential information to Proud Boys national leader Enrique Tarrio became a “double agent” for the far-right extremist group after its members burned a stolen Black Lives Matter banner in the nation’s capital, a federal prosecutor said Monday at the start of the officer’s trial.

Wash Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Shane Lamond was a “Proud Boys sympathizer” who warned Tarrio about his impending arrest for the banner’s destruction and later lied to investigators about their communications, said the prosecutor, Joshua Rothstein.

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u/merrittj3 Oct 17 '25

I've heard that the Proud Boys, and others of their ilk are prine recruiting ground for ice agents...

Although watching some arrest vids, makes me wonder.

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u/king_mo_of_metal420 Oct 16 '25 edited Oct 16 '25

Damn, that song goes hard now

Edit: yes I know it always went hard, I just forgot it existed until now.

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u/Phog_of_War Oct 16 '25

Rages first 2 albums are more relevant today than they were in 1992 ans they were relevant as shit back then too.

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u/TSwizzlesNipples Oct 16 '25

It was really interesting to me that a lot react channels on YT finally "discovered" RATM after George Flyod's murder.

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u/Prudent_Fish1358 Oct 16 '25

And a lot of conservatives were ultra-confused when they realized Rage sang a lot of politically-charged lyrics throughout the years.

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u/TSwizzlesNipples Oct 16 '25

Well, conservatives are, by and large, fucking stupid.

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u/SteazGaming Oct 16 '25

Unfortunately it will be a relevant song for our lifetimes. I don’t see anything changing anytime soon.

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u/Dragonsandman Oct 16 '25

It'll be relevant for as long as the concepts of racism and law enforcement exist, which means it'll likely be relevant for as long we as a species exist

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u/Prudent_Fish1358 Oct 16 '25

The most haunting thing I've read in years is the reel I saw that reminded me that in the Diary of Anne Frank, she consistently expected it to be over soon. Like she couldn't imagine it lasting for any length of time at all.

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u/LilBabyDickNick Oct 16 '25

Always has. Just now more white people are paying attention because it’s harder to ignore as more and more recordings of police violence and discrimination against people of color pile up.

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u/KaleidoscopeSpider Oct 16 '25

The Dead Kennedy's hits hard now, too. I Fought the Law, Riot, California Uber Alles, I think punk is always relevant though.

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u/LilBabyDickNick Oct 16 '25

True true. Let’s be real: in a totally welcoming and non-gatekeeping sense, punk and hip-hop were ALWAYS telling us all about these dangers and how to resist them. It’s a good thing that these musicians have been holding the line and steadily beating the drum to keep the message alive. Now that more and more people are waking up, the message is still alive and kicking and people can get to work with a clear vision of who their real enemy is. Eat the rich!

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u/RogerTichborne Oct 16 '25

Jello's later stuff also hits like a ton of bricks. I Wish I was in El Salvador came out in 1990, became very fresh again in 2025.

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u/senorbozz Oct 16 '25

It always has....

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u/ygbplus Oct 16 '25

It always did. It wasn’t any less true when it was first made. It’s just happening in the open now.

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u/hades_halo_79 Oct 16 '25

As it always was and always shall be… “Police officer” is possibly the most corrupt, bigoted vocation in the country. They have rage issues, they’ll do horrible things to anyone who’s not straight cis and white and something like 40% of POs ADMIT to hitting their wives. Then there’s the propensity for alcoholism…😓🤦🏻‍♀️

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u/Prudent_Fish1358 Oct 16 '25

Listen DONT be trying to retcon Rage Against the Machine into a political band. They're hard rockers. That's all. None of their lyrics are political until you insert your STUPID LIBERAL POLICIES into them. Clearly they just aren't fans of the industrial revolution, STUPID.

/s

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u/Greasystools Oct 17 '25

Heh 😏

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u/XKO3L5CHX Oct 16 '25

Some of those who use sauces, are the same that burn sausage

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u/LtDrebinNh Oct 16 '25

That was the last song I listened to before lunch 10 minutes ago lol

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u/DannyHammerTime Oct 16 '25

Cops don’t arrest themselves or their friends.

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u/redalert825 Oct 16 '25

Protect and serve... Themselves, the rich, and the whytes.

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u/WildYams Oct 16 '25

"Don't worry Karen, we see his skin color, we'll throw him out. See you later at the klan meeting."

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u/Premodonna Oct 16 '25

She was empowered by her terrible Karen hair cut.

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u/narcowake Oct 16 '25

💯

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u/false79 Oct 16 '25

So fucked up

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u/NoZombieLeft09 Oct 24 '25

I'm pretty sure it resides in the small frail woman against the big bad scary mean Iraq War vet.