The coach said his "tough New York City kids" were scared enough by the interaction that he needed to get involved.

What would you do if ICE agents approached the kids on your youth sports team at practice?

Youman Wilder, the founder of Harlem Baseball Hitting Academy, said that he found himself in that exact position. And he didn’t hesitate.

“I heard them saying, ‘Where are you from? Where are your parents from?’” Wilder told MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace. “And I just stepped in and said this is very inappropriate to ask these kids anything … I’m just going to have them implement their Fifth Amendment right, and not say anything to you.’”

  • saltesc@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    I love everything I read. The success he’s had with kids too. What an incredible role model. This guy bleeds America and what it’s supposed to be.

    “I just said to myself, ‘I’m willing to die to make sure you get home.” He even doubled down on his statement, saying, “I’m willing to die today.”

    Wilder wants to make it clear that the kids who play baseball with him are upstanding kids with bright futures, not victims. In fact, 45 of his players have been drafted to the Major League.

    What an amazing contrast of an American vs whatever the fuck ICE is.

    The funniest part was at the start…

    He said that one of the agents responded, “Oh, another YouTube lawyer.”

    Oh, the irony. Even people that have never set foot on US soil know what the fifth amendment of the US constitution is. Apparently a prerequisite of being an ICE agent is knowing nothing about and being in direct opposition of America’s most basic foundations.

    Where’s all the patriots at to exercise the second amendment?