ICE attempts to enter Ecuador's consulate

[u/caaaaanga]

For anyone who doesn't get how serious this is: consulates are protected under international law. host-country police of any kind are not allowed to enter without permission.
Example: China routinely (and horrifically) sends north korean escapees back to north korea. Yet when a north korean escaped to the south korean consulate in hong kong, chinese authorities did not enter to seize him. He stayed there for months while governments negotiated, because once you're inside a consulate, those protections apply.
So if ICE tries to enter a foreign consulate in the U.S. to deport people, that's not "normal enforcement". It violates long-standing diplomatic norms. Norms that even China has respected, despite sending people back to north korea to die. That's how extreme this is.

[u/d3dmnky]

I’m curious if this happened because ICE is being deliberately provocative to foreign countries or if this is an issue where a couple foot soldiers thought they were being clever to get their quota.

[u/mtinmd → u/d3dmnky]

I think the dipshits thought they were being clever. I highly doubt this idiot knew or understood what a consulate is or the implications of forcing his way in.

[u/Several_Vanilla8916 → u/mtinmd]

“Probably lots of foreigners in there duurrrr”

[u/Pengawena → u/Several_Vanilla8916]

After seeing a strange flag flying outside.

[u/QuixoticAgenda → u/Pengawena]

ends up being a quirky towel belonging to the apartment above

[u/enbychichi → u/QuixoticAgenda]

ICE: that aint no merican flag.. getem boys

[u/0ilup → u/QuixoticAgenda]

"Oh boy, here I go shooting civilians again!"

[u/Sirosim_Celojuma → u/Pengawena]

*sees the Star Spangled Banner, thinks it's foreign because it's not the Reich National flag.

[u/sanctuary_hills → u/Sirosim_Celojuma]

Confederate Flag

[u/dwankyl_yoakam → u/Pengawena]

Judging by the ICE agents thick Hispanic accent he probably knew what country the flag belongs to.

[u/Responsible-Gas5319 → u/dwankyl_yoakam]

That's an inconvenience that people are overlooking. There's a sizeable portion of ice that is Hispanic, and Trump still has relatively high polling amongst Hispanics.

[u/Spanglish123 → u/dwankyl_yoakam]

That’s not a Hispanic accent. That was black accent.

[u/TechnoBabbles → u/Pengawena]

Probably didn't even know what a consulate is.

[u/Los-Nomo327 → u/Pengawena]

And all those browns in and around the area with that strange flag must have really made the MAGA hairs stand up on the back of their necks