🧵jfc ... Quakertown is about a half hour from where I grew up (I'm in South Jersey now) but my mom still lives in MontCo.
The five CHILDREN (yes, they are children) peacefully protesting #ICE pounded on by big, beefy plainclothes cops are STILL in police custody -- this went down on Friday -- from what I can gather. The optics are hideous.
The girl in the chokehold is a high school freshman, and the guy holding her down? The police chief.
https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/video/news/local/community-calls-for-release-of-students-detained-during-anti-ice-protest-in-quakertown/4356620/
The student protest in Quakertown, #Pennsylvania was peaceful until the #police showed up -- Including the police chief in plain clothes -- and started grabbing students and tackling them to the ground. The chief put a young girl in a choke hold.
#video:
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:clrz2dor4orqkvvqr3qwrary/post/3mffhwg4ztk2w
Weasel-worded local news article that performed stenography for the police (though the photographs and video are useful):
https://centralbucksnews.com/news/2026/feb/20/lockdown-at-quakertown-schools-friday-afternoon-after-canceled-walkout-leads-to-confrontation/
#ACAB #ICE #Protest #FirstAmendment #News #USA #US #UnitedStates
