Pretty sure ICE agents see it as they get to shoot rubber bullets and throw tear gas at people protesting racism. They aren't being forced to do it, they're being given permission.

This take makes the mistake of assuming anyone working this job is miserable about it. They LOVE to push people around to enforce how right they are about their racist ideas, and fuck everyone else for daring to question their overtly tribal amygdala, you must be one of the bad ones, and the bad ones growing number like a woke mind virus.

But that’s not how it goes. That’s just the summary, and most anyone would balk at it being put like that. Just like most of Nazi Germany would’ve balked at gassing 6mil Jews if that’s what Hitler would’ve ran his campaign on.

First they say, “Ok boys, today we’re on crowd control. It’s going to be a little crazy out there today because of the officer involved shooting but we’re just going to try and keep it professional and hope for the best.”

Of course that’s coded to hell and passive voice for “the people are agitated and we gotta show force” but there’s a reason they don’t say it like that. It’s too direct. It might cause the more liberal minded to ask uncomfortable questions where everyone else can hear, and start to doubt the mission too.

Then they’re out there. Shoulder to shoulder. Dressed the same, on the same team, with all the (justifiable) anger of a mob directed right at them. Tribalism kicks in and it’s off to the escalation races. By the time they get to the tear gas stage they’re practically congratulating each other that they haven’t shot anyone else today.

Don't forget that local cops also show up to beat and gas people on behalf of ICE (and Israel). ACAB all day everyday.

So would I but you have to remember these are the kind of people who think, man if I had to stock shelves, I'd quit and get a job where I get to shoot people. And the more they shoot and hang around all the other overly testosteroned thugs, the more they enjoy the cruelty. If we had none of these guys we'd have no war.

They got $50,000 signing checks.

But if they quit before 5 years, they owe $10,000 for each year.

How many of them blew the $50k on a truck, or paid their CC bills with it the first week?

Now they’re stuck there.

My dude if stocking grocery shelves paid six figures I'd do that tomorrow.

I really hope the message is slowly getting through that having ICE or Border Patrol on your resume from 2025 onwards is a way to guarantee you'll never be hired at most places. If there's even a gap in your resume and you look like a thumb, people will assume that you were working at ICE and trying to avoid admitting it.

If you were stupid enough to take the job and want out, the only way is to become a whistleblower.

I tell myself a similar thing about soldiers that blow up civilian fishing boats.

Kroger recently announced plans to close around 60 stores across the US over the next 18 months

Sorry. No more money to close stores. Only money to shoot rubber bullets and throw tear gas at the newly unemployed.

Use up all your sick leave, put in a workers comp claim, get the union involved, and just milk it until they fire you.

Steal their pens and paperclips as well. Maybe a rifle or something too.

Wouldn't it be potentially more beneficial if you attempted to remedy the situation, than just quit to let them fill the role with someone who would do that? How about staying in the job, but just not doing that.

"ok, you mean like this?"

Pulls pin on tear gas grenade, dropping it on the floor of his office while staring him in the eyes

Anyone else look at the avatar first and then find it impossible not to read in the voice?

But but those bigly bonus checks are totally in the mail!

I would gladly pull a doom slayer on the crowd to blow off some steam.

/SS