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The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense showed up to provide support in Philly amid rising tensions with ICE.

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As the Trump administration increases the presence of federal agents in U.S. cities, a local group identifying as part of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense has become more active in Philadelphia.

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-- Philadelphia Inquirer (@inquirer.com) Jan 12, 2026 at 9:54 AM

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"That wouldn't have happened if we were there," he told The Philadelphia Inquirer. "Not a single person would have gotten touched."

While chatting with Philly AM TV, he doubled down, saying, "Won't no ICE agent ever run up on me. I guarantee you."

He added, "Unarmed woman was killed by ICE. If you think you about to come and brutalize the people while we're standing here, f" around and find out."

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#1 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-16 04:32 PM | Reply

Trump's ICE Just MET THEIR MATCH As The BLACK PANTHERS RETURN

www.youtube.com

#2 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-16 04:42 PM | Reply

The NYC cop at the beginning of the vid in #2 is worth seeing as he berates the ICE clowns.

The BPP Guy is at 4 min in... the fun part is the end at 6 min as a crowd in NYC pelts ICE with snowballs until they run away, lol!

These are cheap Trump Thugs, under-qualified, under-trained, and overpaid... and the BPP guy with the auto shotgun doesn't look like he's foolin' around at all.

#3 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-16 04:54 PM | Reply

The Black Panthers originated in the mid-1960s protecting People of Color in California.

GoFundMe pages may start to raise money for them.

Mr Birdsong should take extra precautions because D/DHS Kristi "Puppy Killer" Noem and USAG Pam Bondi won't like this one bit and may sic AUSA David Metcalf on him.

Below, these legally armed Black Panthers were photographed in Seattle, WA.


Philadelphia is roughly the same size as Gaza. The Black Panthers in the "City of Brotherly Love" have become an armed wing of the downtrodden, like the al-Qassam Brigade in Gaza.

We are all Palestinians now.
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#4 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-01-16 04:56 PM | Reply

Walk Tall Brave Men.

We need more of you.

Cowards fear resistance. Bravery is Contagious.

Your example is inspiring.

#5 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-01-16 05:47 PM | Reply

Terrified Cops FLEE the Scene When They Spot the Black Panthers

www.youtube.com

#6 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-16 05:59 PM | Reply

Arm yourself. Center mass. Be ready.

#7 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-01-16 07:01 PM | Reply

"Minneapolis police chief says MPD 'does not care about immigration status":

www.youtube.com

yt short

Considering that Immigrants are FAR less likely to commit crimes than are US citizens, perhaps what we need are MORE immigrants.

"Research consistently shows that immigrants, including undocumented individuals, commit crimes at significantly lower rates than native-born U.S. citizens. This trend has been documented across various types of offenses and has remained consistent for decades.

Key Findings on Crime Rates

Incarceration Rates: According to studies through 2025, native-born Americans are roughly 267% more likely to be incarcerated by age 33 than immigrants. In 2023, the incarceration rate for native-born citizens was 1,221 per 100,000, while it was 613 for undocumented immigrants and 319 for legal immigrants.

Violent Crime: In Texas - the only state that systematically tracks criminal history by immigration status - undocumented immigrants are arrested for violent and drug crimes at less than half the rate of native-born citizens.

Homicide: Data from 2012 to 2018 in Texas showed a total homicide arrest rate of 4.8 per 100,000 for U.S.-born citizens compared to 1.9 per 100,000 for undocumented immigrants."

www.google.com

TRUMP LIED, people died, and Trumpers couldn't care less about either.

#8 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-16 07:07 PM | Reply

I always thought the Right loved the idea of Second Amendment solutions. These guys, and I am surprised it hasn't caught on in Mnps., need to start carrying "Don't Tread on Me" flags.

#9 | Posted by TFDNihilist at 2026-01-16 07:08 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

If the 1/6 insurrectionists were Black, how many would have died?

#10 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-01-16 09:11 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

You're laughing.
Corky's wet for BBC and you're laughing.
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#11 | Posted by john_savage1 at 2026-01-17 05:35 PM | Reply

"Don't Tread on Me" flags
tineye.com

#12 | Posted by john_savage1 at 2026-01-17 05:41 PM | Reply

MAGA hates immigrants because they are jealous of immigrant success in this country.

Immigrants come here with a strong worth ethic and embark on careers or start businesses.
The immigrants start families, they send their kids to college, the kids go on to become doctors and lawyers.

Now you're a sixty year old fat white dude and some brown doctor with a name you can't pronounce driving a black Mercedes that smells like curry is telling you to lay off the cheeseburgers.

It hurts in the way that only looking back at a life of failure and missed opportunities can hurt.

They aren't big into introspection, so when someone hurts them, they want revenge. So they blame the Indian.

They don't realize they hurt themselves. They can't accept that. They deserved to be successful just because of their blood line, which when I was a kid, was someone whose grandpappy fought in World War Two.

As for me, I didn't want to be that fat old white dude, so I went back to college and found something meaningful, useful, and decent paying to do with my remaining moments here.

#13 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-17 05:46 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

Daddysfist loves big black mitts.

#14 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-01-17 05:46 PM | Reply

As for me, I didn't want to be that fat old white dude, so I went back to college and found something meaningful, useful, and decent paying to do with my remaining moments here.

#13 | Posted by snoofy

I'm considering going back to school.
What courses did you take?

#15 | Posted by john_savage1 at 2026-01-17 06:05 PM | Reply

...I have a money idea for a phone app, and want to learn how to implement it

#16 | Posted by john_savage1 at 2026-01-17 06:07 PM | Reply

...I'm can go to college tuition-free.

I don't need to learn everything myself; I can simply meet some toptier zoomers, NDA them & have them do it.
-that and finally move all this hash
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#17 | Posted by john_savage1 at 2026-01-17 06:24 PM | Reply

I'm considering going back to school.
What courses did you take?
#15 | Posted by john_savage1

Bioinformatics.

#18 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-17 06:27 PM | Reply

"I have a money idea for a phone app"

Is it a lightweight Grindr client that won't saturate the network when Republicans flood the town for Charlie Kirk's funeral?

#19 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-17 06:29 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

"Don't Tread on Me" flags
#12 | POSTED BY JOHN_SAVAGE1

MAGA Motto: "Tread on me."

#20 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-01-17 06:29 PM | Reply

- Bioinformatics.

JS1 has a Phd in Organ Grinding... and several monkeys!

#21 | Posted by Corky at 2026-01-17 06:38 PM | Reply

Bioinformatics.

Interesting. Tell me, what do you think? Is it ...er, genetic?
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#22 | Posted by john_savage1 at 2026-01-17 07:43 PM | Reply

#21 | Posted by Corky
JS1
You making such a nice shorthand for me has me all tingly
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#23 | Posted by john_savage1 at 2026-01-17 07:52 PM | Reply

I still say this is a mess created by whites and Hispanics.

I fully support thier efforts to correct it.

#24 | Posted by fresno500 at 2026-01-17 08:07 PM | Reply

I'm surprised Trump hasn't done a better job of pitting the Blacks against the Latinos.

That should be such an easy play for a White Supremacist.

#25 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-17 08:38 PM | Reply

Blacks against the Latinos.

is a thing long before trump, and has ---- all to do with 'whites'

#26 | Posted by john_savage1 at 2026-01-17 10:55 PM | Reply

When you're a Jet,
You're a Jet all the way
From your first cigarette
To your last dyin' day.

#27 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-01-17 11:13 PM | Reply

#26 - Just like the Irish and Italians vs the Chinese. There has always been static between racial minorities as they try to make, or hold their place in the hierarchy. Poor immigrants move into poor neighborhoods where other poor immigrants from the previous wave still live, given that people of color have less social mobility than do whites. But the demented orange pedo, ICE, and MAGAts have given us ALL a common enemy. Who knew that fighting true evil could be so unifying?

#28 | Posted by _Gunslinger_ at 2026-01-18 01:49 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

LMAO Corky doesn't know what the BP stand for.

#29 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-01-18 10:06 PM | Reply

They didn't like leftist back in the day... Malcolm X called them losers out....

#30 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-01-18 10:08 PM | Reply

@#30 ... They didn't like leftist back in the day... ...

If that is true, then that might make their current support of ICE protesters more curious.

No?

#31 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-18 10:19 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 1

@#28 ... Just like the Irish and Italians vs the Chinese. ...

When America Despised the Irish (2017)
www.history.com

... The refugees seeking haven in America were poor and disease-ridden. They threatened to take jobs away from Americans and strain welfare budgets. They practiced an alien religion and pledged allegiance to a foreign leader. They were bringing with them crime. They were accused of being rapists.

These undesirables were Irish. ...


#32 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-18 10:22 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

You should respond to youself

#33 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-01-18 10:29 PM | Reply

@#33 ... You should respond to youself ...

OK, I will.

#34 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-18 10:34 PM | Reply

@#31 ... If that is true, then that might make their current support of ICE protesters more curious. ...

Yeah, I've not yet seen any indication that the assertion in #30 is correct. And if it is, what are the differences between then and now?


#35 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-18 10:36 PM | Reply

@#33 ... You should respond to youself ...

Did that suit your current alias?

I mean, at least when I post an additional comment to a message I have posted, I used the same alias to post that follow-up message.

                      :)

Jus' sayin'


#36 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-01-18 10:39 PM | Reply

The Black Panthers were started by Huey Newton. "Newton and the Panthers started a number of social programs in Oakland, including founding the Oakland Community School, which provided high-level education to 150 children from impoverished urban neighborhoods. Other Panther programs included the Free Breakfast for Children Program and others that offered dances for teenagers and training in martial arts. According to Oakland County Supervisor John George: "Huey could take street-gang types and give them a social consciousness.""

Sound pretty "leftist" to me, but what do I know, I just read things from non-whackjobs

en.wikipedia.org

#37 | Posted by hamburglar at 2026-01-19 05:49 AM | Reply

The NYC cop berating the ICE agent video is a AI fake.There are about 20 similar ones floating around. The uniforms are fake, badges are wrong. At first I thought it was actors, but there are a couple where the dialog is attached to the wrong faces.

#38 | Posted by Miranda7 at 2026-01-19 09:28 AM | Reply

"They didn't like leftist back in the day"

Who are you referring to with "leftists"?

#39 | Posted by danni at 2026-01-19 01:48 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#39 Good question, danni.

#40 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-01-19 01:51 PM | Reply

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