“As a former bike messenger it made me proud.”

A viral video out of Chicago reveals a deliveryman on a bicycle taunting a crowd of Border Patrol brokers earlier than outpacing them in a chaotic avenue chase.

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There are literally a few completely different variations and angles of the incident in query. First, the person will be seen taunting a complete crowd of masked-up brokers who had been standing alongside the sidewalk.

“Boy, get your bitch a** home,” he says. “Hey! I’m not a U.S. citizen. Come on!” 

From there, some accounts declare that he shouted “f**k Trump.” The brokers began laughing as the person began driving away, however when he dropped his telephone and circled again, they determined to take off after him.

Multiple brokers in full tactical gear darted into the road and commenced chasing the person, who was capable of choose up his telephone, hop again on his bicycle, and nonetheless outrun them as they tried and did not act like robust guys.

Why are Border Patrol brokers in Chicago?

As a part of yet one more political stunt, President Donald Trump directed Border Patrol brokers away from the precise borders and into Chicago in what each Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker have known as an try at intimidation.

“While Chicagoans and visitors are enjoying another gorgeous Sunday, they are being intimidated and threatened by masked federal agents flaunting automatic weapons for no apparent reason,” Johnson mentioned. “This is another brazen provocation from the Trump administration that does nothing to make our city safer.”

Both Border Patrol and ICE have been stirring up bother within the metropolis, with one of many former telling WBEZ that they’re arresting individuals primarily based on “how they look.” As the id of the bicycle man stays unknown—and hopefully will keep that manner—it’s unclear whether or not his claims that he’s not a U.S. citizen are true. Another risk is that he mentioned that with a view to draw brokers away from doubtlessly concentrating on another person.

People cheer on the bicycle man

Sending federal brokers of any form into American cities to patrol and intimidate residents has not been sitting effectively with many U.S. residents. Many see it as a manner Trump is weaponizing the federal government in opposition to individuals he views as his political opponents, significantly mixed with threats from individuals in his administration and divisive, if not outright lawless, ways.

So to see even such a easy gesture as some man on a motorcycle taunting brokers solely to see them trying like absolute fools after they attempt to go after him was weirdly uplifting, whereas additionally serving as a grotesque reminder of the type of society we’re at present pressured to reside in.

“This man is our hero!!”

“What would they have done if they caught him? ‘F**k trump’ is not an arrestable offense,” wrote @hookskat.

“Guess it was the ‘highest male standard’ on display in Chicago when more than a half dozen ‘ Brave ICE officers’ couldn’t catch a single dude on his bicycle ten feet away, my man even went back for his phone. As a former bike messenger it made me proud as did the ‘F**k Trump!’.”

“Q: How many out of form, masked ICE brokers – together with a goofball in a fucking cowboy hat – does it take to kidnap a supply driver on a motorcycle in downtown Chicago? 

A: More than these”

“Everyone watching the man get away”

“Not ONE announced themselves, made a request, gave an order, or expressed ANY LEGAL reasoning for SWARMING and THREATENING this person EXERCISING FREE SPEECH. You can tell how ILLEGAL it was by the fact that they did NOTHING after “losing” the ATTACK. STOP THE GESTAPO!”

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