It CAN happen here in South County

Don't wait until it's too late

South County Resistance

ICE tactics everywhere, especially in LA, are threatening our constitutional liberties.  It's only a matter of time until they show up here in South County to raid our restaurants, businesses, and courts with their thuggery, at the administration’s orders.

During the last Westerly Town Council meeting, Councilor Alex Healy spoke out against the aggressive tactics employed by ICE and questioned the police chief about his intention when ICE shows up. 

He seemed to skirt answering the question, saying they would cooperate with anyone with a warrant.  But we all know that the clandestine agents on a mission to meet Steven Miller's quotas rarely have warrants and often result in the disappearance of people with legal status and no criminal records. 

Since that discourse, Alex and supportive councilors have been targeted by Westerly supporters of the Administration's crackdown on immigration with accusations that Alex and others are advocating for illegal blocking of ICE actions.  

They are advocating for the legal treatment of humans in America who hold the right to due process. They are wondering how the local police department will react to such unprecedented violence from Federal officials.  READ MORE about the legality issue.

The Westerly Town Council needs our help! They need to see that there are people in Westerly who stand by the desire not to see local law enforcement wrapped up in executing the unilateral and patently unconstitutional orders of the presidential administration. 

The next Town Council meeting is July 7, 2025, 6:00 pm – come out to provide public comment or just show up in support of those councilors who are willing to stand up for your rights!

EDITOR’S NOTE: The threat posed by Trump to our fundamental civil liberties cannot be exaggerated. So far, just about anything that could happen has happened or seems likely to happen.

I agree with South County Resistance’s assessment that it’s only a matter of time before repression starts to occur here. You are vulnerable if you have spoken or written against Trump. If you have a Hispanic or Middle Eastern sounding name. If your parents or grandparents were foreign-born. If your skin is the “wrong” color. It doesn’t matter whether you are a citizen or have committed no crimes.

Trump’s jackboots have already scooped up totally innocent people and without due process, shipped them off to third-world gulags – with the blessing of Trump’s Supreme Court appointees.

So the time to prepare is now. Don’t wait until you get that knock on your door, or as happened recently, having your door blown in with explosives.    – Will Collette