RELEASED!! A friend of my adult child was detained on the farms in Camarillo, California yesterday

[coffeenap]

He is a professor, a US citizen, a protestor. Along with maybe hundreds of others, he is missing today. One farm worker just died after being chased off of a roof. Support organizations and lawyers have not yet been given their locations. We are in serious trouble.

[flamingdem]

1. That's horrible!

Are they trying to blackout the news about the death?

[electric_blue68]

2. JFC! 😮 😬

I hope your kid's friend will be o k. And as many of the others as well. [I know the odds are not good] Rampaging ICE goons!

And to those witnessing that poor worker running off the roof! Geeeeebz. 😞

[oasis]

3. "Cruelty is the point".

[coffeenap]

4. More: from California Faculty Association

NEWS I STATEMENTS
Statement
Condemning the Abduction and
Disappearance of
CFA Members in Camarillo, CA
We strongly condemn the abduction of California Faculty Association professor, member and activist Jonathan A. Caravello, Ph.D. and other community members terrorized and arrested by federal immigration authorities while exercising their constitutional rights to protest peacefully in
Camarillo, CA on Thursday, July 10th
, 2025.

[Hekate]

18. It's good that Prof. Caravello's colleagues are spreading the word. This is hideous.

For all those in fear and captivity tonight

[coffeenap]

6. Immigration raid at cannabis farm in Ventura County sparks chaotic protest--LA Times

...The growing crowd was kept at least a quarter of a mile away from the facility. Protesters said that some people among the crowd had been detained. Jonathan Caravello, a philosophy professor at Cal State Channel Islands, was arrested, according to activist Angelmarie Taylor, who said she was one of his students and had accompanied him to the protest.

Taylor claimed Caravello was arrested as he tried to help a man in a wheelchair when agents were pushing the crowd to move back.

She said he and another individual "were piled on by multiple agents all at once" before being taken behind a line of agents to where several vehicles stood, "and we have no idea now where they are."

[FirstLight]

7. Shameful

I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry for all of this I wish there was more that I could do... 😭

And so many people are just going on as if nothing's happening. Living in a tourist town and watching these damn vacation people come up and just party like nothing's going on they don't care. They never cared.

[LauraInLA]

8. I'm trying not to be judgmental about how "involved" people are. No matter what I'm doing, someone might think I should

more. Also, we never know another person’s circumstances. The family I see smiling at the beach here may be recovering from a death in the family or a serious medical diagnosis. They may even be directly affected by these events and trying to get a moment of normalcy in the midst of suffering. Or they may be working to give their children some semblance of normalcy in the midst of a crisis.

We never know.

[FirstLight]

10. thank you for the perspective...

I was just telling a friend that we're so stuck just trying to LIVE, that we can't fight back...maybe that's by design. and all I can do IS just try and spread love where I am... so thank you for reminding me not to judge

[LauraInLA]

17. Back at you -- sending virtual hugs to all.

[electric_blue68]

21. It's why I've always called myself a semi-activist...

So many people have done so much more
And a wise, and nuanced view from you.

I can be judgy at times. But the worst on myself.

[vanlassie]

15. You can call Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla's offices

And tell them you support them in any way they see fit, and thank them for their efforts. They WANT the calls.
Newsom too.

[Hekate]

19. My Congressman -- the congressman for most of Ventura -- is Salud Carbajal, a very solid man...

By all means contact him about what more you or he can do. Just know I have seen him speak out, and while not everybody can be a firebrand like AOC, as I said, he is solid.

[JustAnotherGen]

9. The Intellectual

Is always a target in oppressive regimes.

[OldBaldy1701E]

22. The intellectual is always THE target in oppressive regimes! (n/t)

[Johnny2X2X]

11. We are perhaps 6 months away from-

People saying, remember when ICE was mostly for immigrants? ICE will target all Americans.

[Initech]

12. This is absolute insanity. Fuck ICE, fuck Trump.

May they all rot in hell!

[wiggs]

13. The approach to immigration is the same as the approach to other domestic and foreign issues...cruelty,

recklessness, illegality, incompetence, ignorance, disregard for morality and ethics, and profit.

The same agenda is played out throughout govt. Some consequences -- roundups and concentration camps -- are seen immediately, others will take months and years.

But it is a truism that 'everything trump touches dies'. Serious trouble indeed.

[progressoid]

16. ...

Keep us updated.

[WarGamer]

20. one of the protestors?

Video looked ugly...

Ventura County resident here

[coffeenap]

23. He was an observer along with some of his students.

There is video of the vicious takedown as he was assisting a person in a wheelchair. Yes, very, very ugly.

[twodogsbarking]

24. We are being attacked. Don't doubt it.

[dlk]

25. Psychopaths on the loose with guns

American is being terrorized by its own.

[D. Spaulding]

26. The union is reporting that many citizen workers were detained, and only allowed release

once they deleted any photo or video evidence of the raid on their phones.
Gee, I wonder why they'd make them do that?

[Clouds Passing]

27. 🙏🏼 for your daughter's friend.

TTFB!

[Maggiemayhem]

28. No mention in conventional media

Trying to hide this is atrocious.

[Maggiemayhem]

29. No mention in conventional media

Trying to hide this is atrocious.

[coffeenap]

30. RELEASED!

And safely back with people who love him. He is out on bond, facing charges, with an arraignment date in a couple weeks.