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Demovictory9

(36,705 posts)
Mon Jul 14, 2025, 03:01 PM Monday

A California professor (American citizen) is missing after kidnapping by 4 masked agents

Calif. professor reported missing after protest detainment https://share.google/SA9w7ktbYOU8xvYKR

On Friday, the California Faculty Association sounded the alarm on social media, reporting that 37-year-old Jonathan Anthony Caravello was “kidnapped by unidentified ICE agents” at 2:33 p.m. Thursday during a community protest at Las Posas and Laguna roads.

Witnesses at the scene said Caravello was tackled by federal agents after attempting to help a disabled bystander during the chaos, the Coyote Chronicle reported. According to multiple accounts, officers deployed tear gas into a crowd of demonstrators, with one canister landing near a protest observer in a wheelchair. Caravello reportedly rushed to assist the individual before being seized by agents.

The CFA said four masked agents forcibly removed Caravello from the protest site, placing him in an unmarked vehicle without identifying themselves, stating a reason for the arrest, or disclosing his destination. More than 24 hours later, he remained missing and without access to necessary medication.

CSU Channel Islands confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on Sunday.

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A California professor (American citizen) is missing after kidnapping by 4 masked agents (Original Post) Demovictory9 Monday OP
GD Lawless Treasonous Traitor Assholes. Cha Monday #1
I agree 👍 MustLoveBeagles Monday #2
the gestapo is saying he was arrested for throwing a tear gas canistre back at them moonshinegnomie Monday #3
F*** these F***ing F***ers! sheshe2 Monday #4
+100000000000 Initech Monday #8
All this and more! sheshe2 Monday #10
"" AllaN01Bear Monday #5
Alleged JoseBalow Monday #6
We don't know & that's the point, isn't it? But we sure know who the prof from "Cal Sushi" is... Hekate Monday #7
Yep, that's the point alright. Why should I assume these thugs are legit? JoseBalow Monday #9
Released today!! coffeenap Monday #11
Good to hear!!@ Demovictory9 Monday #12

sheshe2

(92,856 posts)
4. F*** these F***ing F***ers!
Mon Jul 14, 2025, 05:45 PM
Monday

I hope they all go straight to hell. They are doing their job willingly and joyfully.

Initech

(105,632 posts)
8. +100000000000
Mon Jul 14, 2025, 06:47 PM
Monday

Fuck ICE. Fuck Tom Homan. Fuck Trump. May they all rot in the hottest circle of hell!

JoseBalow

(7,897 posts)
6. Alleged
Mon Jul 14, 2025, 06:34 PM
Monday

Alleged "agents"... How do we know for sure who these masked and unidentified people really are?

Hekate

(98,530 posts)
7. We don't know & that's the point, isn't it? But we sure know who the prof from "Cal Sushi" is...
Mon Jul 14, 2025, 06:45 PM
Monday

…because his colleagues broadcast his arrest right away.

JoseBalow

(7,897 posts)
9. Yep, that's the point alright. Why should I assume these thugs are legit?
Mon Jul 14, 2025, 06:52 PM
Monday

I prefer to call them drumpf's Gestapo, or MAGA Masked Gangs, instead of just assuming they have authority under ICE.

You wanna be ICE? Prove to me that you're ICE. Until then, hope you don't get fucked up in self-defense.

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