We’re ON THE GROUND in Maine — Where’s Everybody Else!
EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS & VIDEO: Joan Sebastian Guerrero was the second person murdered by Trump's masked troops in a week. Yet, we're one of the ONLY news outlets on-the-ground. We NEED YOUR SUPPORT!
WE HAVE BEEN REPORTING ON THE GROUND in Maine for a week now in the aftermath of the ICE murder of JOAN SEBASTIAN GUERRERO, the 26-year-old Colombian man who was killed during a traffic stop initiated by ICE agents in Biddeford, ME, on July 13. He was a loving husband and father of a 3-year-old girl — who was legally authorized to work in the U.S . — yet was criminally executed by ICE.
It takes courage and YOUR SUPPORT to report in the streets — in the trenches — telling the stories of folks who live in communities like this, when corporate and legacy media won’t dare shed light on them.
Do you see mainstream media showing you the heartfelt and devastating impact of dangerous government-fueled lethal traffic stops?
How about other big “independent” media?
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In the last week, we’ve seen the deaths of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Texas and Guerrero in Maine only drive the Trump regime to continue their push for this violent style of detainment by ICE agents to keep up with quotas — A BLATANT DISREGARD FOR HUMANITY.
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When we’re on the ground, like we have been in Biddeford, ME this week, we’ve been able to learn and report on:
The impact of ICE’s “OPERATION: Catch of the Day” in cities like Biddeford, Maine.
Covered PEACEFUL, yet PASSIONATE protests with Biddeford residents who don’t want to see their neighbors shot down in the streets.
Heard the grieving of those who will dearly miss their slain loved one who was just heading to work on a Monday morning.
With your support, we’re able to be on the ground and capture moments like these:
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Hire 2 more full-time reporters and video journalists.
Fund upgraded equipment and badly needed safety equipment.
Enable long-term travel costs as ICE terrorism spreads elsewhere in America.
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In Trumps pocket as usual .. They’ve been sanewashing him for decades because MSM is owned by rightwing billionaires who fund his campaigns for merger approvals