Posted on 07/11/2025 6:52:49 AM PDT by Morgana
An ICE raid on a California cannabis farm descended into chaos and violence on Thursday with a protestor opening fire on federal agents while tear gas billowed around them.
The mayhem unfolded at Glass House Farms in Ventura County in Carpinteria, near Los Angeles.
Members of the National Guard were deployed to the scene along with law enforcement agents.
Just seconds after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents fired smoke canisters into a crowd of demonstrators near Laguna Road, one individual could be clearly seen raising a firearm and appeared to discharge it in the agents' direction.
The raid was part of the broad federal crackdown on undocumented workers in Southern California - but it quickly spiraled into bedlam.
Agents blocked off roads and stormed the facility in what witnesses described as a sudden and aggressive operation.
Tear gas choked the air, smoke bombs were thrown and projectiles flew.
Protesters, farmworkers, and family members scattered through the fields, many screaming, some hit, with others pouring milk over their faces to soothe burning eyes.
At least three people were taken to the hospital while dozens more were detained.
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People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw projectiles.
It’s not *dystopian*.
It’s anarchy.
The government enforcing the law is not dystopian.
The government was just peacefully enforcing the law.
America needs these illegal alien “farmers” to grow our marijuana crops or our children are going to starve to death from the munchies. I wonder if the Red Chinese own this “farm”.
Nobody wants tear gas on their weed, man.
“I think the owners of the farm should have been arrested”
BINGO. Why the hell aren’t these employers being severely punished? I am guessing the child laborers were slaves to pay off the cartel coyotes. And the democrats DON’T CARE!!!
“ Nobody wants tear gas on their weed, man”.
That going to be hard to get off. It never rains in CA, but man don’t they warn ya.
Time to do some Rawhide on those Julios!
Round ‘em up! Ship them to alligator Alcatraz.
Who knows, might start a trend.
"OG Kush, now in Extra Spicy!"
Don't tell me they were throwing stones ... I'm told they shouldn't do that.
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