NO OTHER OUTLET has covered Trump’s fascism more ON THE GROUND—including ICE terror in LA, NYC, NJ, FL, D.C., Chicago, Charlotte, Minneapolis, and Maine—than Status Coup! We are almost done producing a full-length documentary, “Worst of the Worst,” showcasing our nationwide coverage of this fascist terror campaign.
This ON-THE-GROUND GUERRILLA JOURNALISM is extremely important and EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE to produce. It is even harder to fund as a truly INDEPENDENT outlet with NO CORPORATE FUNDING. As Trump’s ICE has now increased their quotas for arrests by 1,000 a day, we expect even more ICE terror nationwide.
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We always thought Trump’s ultimate end game for his ICE terror machine was his former home of New York City—which has wholly rejected his fascism and hate. And last night, the calm before the storm might have ended.
For four-and-a-half hours, our produce Michelle Dao and video journalist Jon Farina covered chaos in the streets of New York City as ICE—and NYPD—clashed with protesters after an ICE agent shot seven rounds into the car of 28-year-old Oscar Belgal—striking him in the neck while he was in his car…
With his 5-year-old son sat terrorized in the back seat.
***Fortunately both are alive***
“That was ICE, they run through protesters,” our Farina reported as he captured on camera an ICE agent ramming his vehicle through protesters. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE
AND WATCH/SHARE OUR ENTIRE FOUR AND A HALF HOUR LIVESTREAM BELOW
As our dynamic duo of Dao and Farina interviewed protesters in the streets—and gave updates to the audience watching at home—Farina warned that ICE was setting up to speed away from the hospital…
And NYPD cleared a path in the street for ICE agents to flee the hospital where Belgal had been in for hours after being shot in the neck.
Next thing we knew, several ICE agents sped through the streets—nearly hitting several protesters—and reportedly carrying Belgal out of the hospital (after shooting him in the neck hours earlier)
WATCH BELOW
We expect protests to continue today through the weekend—and based on reports that Trump’s ICE is now increasing its quota for arrests by 1,000 a day (a goal of 3,000 daily), we expect this ICE shooting to ramp up ICE terrorism throughout the Big Apple weeks before the midterm elections.
To be completely honest, Status Coup’s nationwide coverage of ICE terrorism has been unprecedented. Over a year-and-a-half, as an INDEPENDENT outlet, we reported ON-THE-GROUND in:
Los Angeles (2 weeks of Trump’s ICE/national guard invading LA)
NYC
New Jersey (Delaney Hall protests for 3 weeks)
Alligator Alcatraz
D.C.
Chicago (we were ON THE GROUND for 2 months)
Charlotte
Minneapolis (we were ON THE GROUND for 2 months)
Maine
To be even more honest, as a small INDEPENDENT OUTLET, this ON-THE-GROUND reporting has depleted much of our funding and we have recently been struggling to earn enough to continue to cover our payroll for staff, equipment, and travel costs.
We don’t see this fascist terror machine slowing down anytime soon. I sincerely ask you—if you can afford it, please sign up TODAY as a paying Status Coup member for as low as $5 bucks a month…
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Let’s keep waking up the masses,
Jordan
