Monday, May 12, 2025

The Insurrection?

Print Friendly Version of this pagePrint Get a PDF version of this webpagePDF


A chaotic scene unfolded in Worcester, Massachusetts, on Thursday when a crowd of residents accosted Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents as they attempted to apprehend an illegal immigrant.

An angry group of protesters surrounded one of the agents, demanding to see a warrant as they moved a woman who was allegedly residing in the country illegally to a vehicle. The protest prompted a response from Worcester police, who showed up to quell the demonstration, according to The Boston Globe.

Be informed, not misled.

The Boston Globe reported this:

Dozens of local officers responded to the scene after receiving reports that a hostile crowd of protesters had surrounded a federal agent. One of the women arrested, a juvenile who is believed by witnesses to be the detained woman’s daughter, was forcibly taken into custody after standing with a newborn in front of the car.

The other woman arrested was School Committee candidate Ashley Spring, 38, whom police said had pushed multiple officers as they attempted to arrest the juvenile. Spring allegedly also threw an unknown liquid substance on them, police said.

The altercation is the latest flashpoint in the aggressive federal crackdown to detain and deport unauthorized immigrants, including the controversial detention in March of Tufts University graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk near her Somerville apartment.

“I was horrified and overwhelmed, watching her be torn away and listening to her screaming,” said David Webb, a Worcester man who said he watched the juvenile be arrested. “I was kind of frozen in place, unable to do anything about it.”

Worcester police said they asked the juvenile, who was holding the newborn, to move away from the car because she was endangering the child.

“Eventually, she complied and gave the newborn to someone else,” Worcester police said in a statement. “As the vehicle moved away, she ran after the vehicle and kicked the passenger’s side of it. It appeared that she was going to run in front of the moving vehicle, and officers took her into custody.”

The infant was not injured, police said.

Insurrection? Or demonstration?

Insurrection is defined as "An act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government."

Worcester officials previously indicated that the city would not collaborate with ICE to remove illegal immigrants and that local police would refrain from arresting people due to their immigration status.

Video footage shows residents and protesters shouting at the ICE agents as they carried out their duties.

I've noticed that following this event, the press and the Left began referring to this as a "demonstration." 

The Worcester Police Patrol Officers’ Union released a statement condemning the demonstration. In particular, the organization singled out Etel Haxhia, a city councilmember who participated in the fracas. “On Thursday, May 8, 2025, at approximately 11:15 am, the Worcester Police were dispatched to Eureka Street for a call that came in for federal law enforcement officers needing assistance due to a hostile and uncooperative crowd surrounding them,” the union explained.

The statement further explains that “Because some protesters threatened officers’ safety, police had to make additional arrests. Of particular concern in this case, one of our elected policy makers and someone who has created this difficult task for the police, District 5 City Councilor Etel Haxhiaj, incited aggression towards the police during the incident.”

Haxhiaj allegedly “participated in the conduct of the unruly crowd and eventually assaulted both Worcester police and federal law enforcement officers on scene,” according to the statement, which further alleges that the official’s conduct “also emboldened others to act in this manner.”

The conduct of this anti-police activist councilor is deplorable and unacceptable. Regardless of political opinions or views, city officials should never condone the assault of an officer and flat-out disregard to the point of violent opposition, the authority of police to maintain safety and public order.

That's true. They should not. But they do.

The news shouldn’t be shocking to anyone. Donald Trump will do his very best to deliver on his promises, and law and order, as well as enforcing immigration laws, are key items. It’s time to clean up the capital. In Washington, D.C., restaurant establishments are panic-stricken as federal immigration agents are conducting raids on businesses asking for workers’ work authorization papers.  

It happened at CBS News’ Norah O’Donnell’s husband’s restaurant. If you don’t belong here, you’re going back. Now, these establishments, thanks to pro-illegal alien forces, have created a soft warning system alerting those of Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in their areas. Yet, these agents aren’t stupid. ICE is adept at alien hunting. There’s a simple fix here: if you’ve hired illegal aliens, maybe it’s time to tell them they must go.

Takeaway

The Founding Fathers emphasized a nation's sovereignty by stressing the right of self-government and the importance of a government deriving its just powers from the consent of the governed. They believed that individuals and bodies of men possess the inherent right to govern themselves, with the law of the majority as the natural law of society. This concept of popular sovereignty, where political power is vested in the people, was a core principle of the American Revolution and the foundation of the new nation. 

James Madison said:

"The very idea of the power and the right of the People to establish Government presupposes the duty of every Individual to obey the established Government." 

The Bible emphasizes the importance of obeying God's laws and the laws of human authorities. Romans 13:1-7, for example, instructs believers to be subject to governing authorities, as they are instituted by God. However, the Bible also acknowledges that there may be times when obeying human laws conflicts with obeying God's commands, in which case, one should obey God rather than man (Acts 4:19). 

Be Informed. Be Discerning. Be Vigilant. Be Engaged. Be Bold. Be Prayerful.

Posted by