{"id":7180,"date":"2018-07-31T23:28:41","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T03:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/idavox.com\/?p=7180"},"modified":"2018-07-31T23:28:58","modified_gmt":"2018-08-01T03:28:58","slug":"occupyice-san-antonio-standing-strong-after-patriot-front-nazis-temper-tantrum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idavox.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/31\/occupyice-san-antonio-standing-strong-after-patriot-front-nazis-temper-tantrum\/","title":{"rendered":"OccupyICE San Antonio Standing Strong After Patriot Front Nazi\u2019s Temper Tantrum"},"content":{"rendered":"

The best they could do was destroy a few coolers? Sometimes fascism rearing its head can be such an easy fix!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kit O’COnnell<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

OccupyICE San Antonio continues despite a failed attempt at intimidation by Patriot Front, a notorious group of Texas nazis.<\/p>\n

For almost two weeks, activists have occupied the Immigrations & Customs Enforcement offices at\u00a03523 Crosspoint Drive in San Antonio with tents and shade structures. Using noise demonstrations and direct actions, they\u2019ve been disrupting business at the facility. Busloads of detained immigrant prisoners are a near daily sight. This ongoing protest is part of the national OccupyICE movement, which seeks to abolish ICE and put an end to the detention of immigrants and their families.<\/p>\n

About 20 nazis from\u00a0Patriot Front<\/a>\u00a0targeted OccupyICE San Antonio on the morning on Saturday, July 28. They arrived at about 8 am while most of the campers were asleep. After lighting a road flare, the nazis shouted racist slogans while committing petty attacks on the encampment. According to Mapache, an activist at the camp I spoke with by phone, the nazis left after destroying a shade structure and a few coolers. In all, their \u201cattack\u201d on the camp lasted just a few minutes and caused no injuries.<\/p>\n

\u201cUltimately, they didn\u2019t do much damage,\u201d Mapache reported.<\/p>\n

Patriot Front formed out of the remains of another fascist group after the deadly events in Charlottesville in 2017. It\u2019s led by teenage\u00a0Thomas Rousseau<\/a>, under guidance from older, more experienced fascists. Since then, they\u2019ve made numerous appearances around Texas while recruiting cells of similarly minded racists in other cities. They create glossy, highly edited propaganda videos for posting on social media. Typically, most of their actions last just long enough to shoot dramatic footage.<\/p>\n

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fascists attacked our camp 8 am this morning, smashed our shit up pic.twitter.com\/EOeY1EVfc8<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 College Station Autonomous Collective (@CSTATAC) July 28, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n