Los Angeles citizens are chasing ICE thugs.

Question

Los Angeles citizens chasing ICE thugs

I have a feeling we'll be seeing more of this. People are fed up.

Answer 1

Think of this as your investigation log. Answer each question to explain what you discovered and how you got there.

1. Write a brief overall summary of your findings. 

There isn't strong evidence showing that Los Angeles citizens are actually chasing ICE agents in a widespread way. The claim comes from single social media post, and there's no confirmation from reliable news sources. Because of that, the claim seems misleading or exaggerated. 

2. What primary sources did you find (e.g., transcripts, videos of politician speeches, tweets from public figures, scientific studies)? For each source, write at least one or two sentences explaining what you learned. Include all links.

http://bsky.app/profile/moments2remember.link/post/3mhzmrvprwc2m

This post is where the claim comes from. It suggests that people in Los Angeles are chasing ICE agents, but it doesn't give clear details like when or where this happened. It Also, doesn't provide strong proof, so it's hard to know if this is a real pattern or just on situation taken out of context. 

3. What secondary sources did you find (e.g., newspapers, magazines)? Only use secondary sources if sufficient primary sources are not available. For each source, write at least one or two sentences explaining what you learned. Include all links.

http://news.google.com/

I searched for recent news about this and didn't find any major outlets reporting that citizens are chasing ICE agents. If something like this was actually happening on a large scale, it would likely be covered by multiple sources.

4. What potential biases or interests might each of your sources have?

The wording in the post shows a strong opinion, which could mean the situation is being presented in a biased or exaggerated way. Social media posts often reflect personal views, so they're not always reliable or neutral sources of information.

5. What evidence supports the claim you are fact-checking?

The only thing supporting the claim is the original post itself. It might show a specific moment, but it doesn't prove that this is happening broadly across Los Angeles. 

6. What evidence undermines the claim you are fact-checking?

There's no confirmation from multiple credible sources. Also, no major news outlets are reporting this, which makes the claim less believable. The lack of details and context also weakens it. 

7. What happened when you tried contacting the person or group who made the original claim? (Always try to contact them—it’s okay if you don’t get a reply. For example, if the claim is that the president said something, try reaching out to the administration. If it was a Bluesky user, message that user on Bluesky.)

I didn't reach out to the original poster, but without more information or evidence from them, the claim remains unverified.

Comments

When you were looking for secondary sourced why did you choose to cite Google News instead of an article that was giving a counterargument or talking about what the LA people were actually doing? I understand that the original claim only had a single social media post to back it up, so your argument that its an exaggerated position may be better understood/supported if you had some news articles that talked about the situation in LA and how citizens are not actively chasing ICE agents.

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I think you could have dug deeper and found a better source for your argument. You searched the internet but couldn't find any sources that covered this, but there are plenty out there showing this claim is false. Other than this I agree that the original claim was misleading.

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I think this answer is great and i like how you added extra links for more evidence

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When speaking about your resources I think you could have explained in more detail how or why you use chose that specific piece of evidence. Also in your main claim I think you should explain more about what you found and why you created the claim you made.

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I agree with your claim that this post is misleading, however instead of citing an article countering or even agreeing with your claim you cited google news? It leaves a lot to be interpreted, and heavy dependance on your opinion of what is showed in the video. I do agree with everything you said but I find it hard to believe there wasnt a single article talking about resistance in La from Ice agents.

Answer 2

Think of this as your investigation log. Answer each question to explain what you discovered and how you got there.

1. Write a brief overall summary of your findings.  

The claim is that the video showing the Los Angeles ice agents is misleading. While the video itself is real, it was filmed in Mexico and Los Angeles, nor ice were involved. 

2. What primary sources did you find (e.g., transcripts, videos of politician speeches, tweets from public figures, scientific studies)? For each source, write at least one or two sentences explaining what you learned. Include all links.

1.)https://bsky.app/profile/moments2remember.link/post/3mhzmrvprwc2m. This video makes the claim but provides no proof. Its just talking.

2.)https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fact-check-video-allegedly-showing-233600145.html

This video confirms the video is made in Mexico, but it did not include ice nor LA

3. What secondary sources did you find (e.g., newspapers, magazines)? Only use secondary sources if sufficient primary sources are not available. For each source, write at least one or two sentences explaining what you learned. Include all links.
4. What potential biases or interests might each of your sources have?
5. What evidence supports the claim you are fact-checking?
6. What evidence undermines the claim you are fact-checking?
7. What happened when you tried contacting the person or group who made the original claim? (Always try to contact them—it’s okay if you don’t get a reply. For example, if the claim is that the president said something, try reaching out to the administration. If it was a Bluesky user, message that user on Bluesky.)

Comments

I don't see your responses to the questions. The fact-check feels a bit incomplete.

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I agree with your fact checking of this claim being misleading. However both your sources were not very good, they didn't support your claim of it being misleading well and didn't add to the fact that this original claim was false. There is also a lack of information and your fact checking seems to be incomplete.

Answer 3

After doing some research you can tell that this post is false. The link to the post talking about Los Angeles citizens chasing ICE agents is completely untrue and this video takes place in Mexico.

https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/a-jitomatazos-y-golpes-comerciantes-se-enfrentan-a-la-guardia-civil-estatal-en-central-de-abastos-de-slp-detienen-a-5/

This is the link that shows where the video originally came from. When reading the article you can see that it shows citizens of San Luis Potosi, Mexico are chasing and attacking the State Civil Guard. This attacking was eventually resolved and ended in the arrest of multiple people.

https://www.nacion321.com/ciudadanos/2026/02/12/video-rina-entre-diableros-y-guardia-civil-en-la-central-de-abastos-de-slp-deja-3-detenidos/

Here is a secondary source showing the truth of the situation. It has pretty much the same information as the first source and proves that this attack was neither on ice or in Los Angeles.

There is no bias in either of my sources. This is not a topic that would have a certain bias as there is video evidence of what is happening.

The video in both articles supports that this claim is false. In the video you can see that the background art is in Spanish and the guards have Spanish vest on.

The evidence that undermines the claim I am fact checking is that all signs in the video and in both article show and prove that the claim is completely false.

I didn't receive a response from the creator.

Comments

Tracking down the source of the video is a great start! Something I think could be improved is the claim that “there is no bias in either of my sources,” which feels a bit too absolute. Even when the sources agree, they still come from organizations with their own perspectives. So it might be better to explain why they’re reliable rather than saying there’s no bias at all.
It might also be useful to mention that the original post shows a chaotic confrontation in Mexico as an anti-ICE action in Los Angeles, which could be meant to provoke a political reaction. Also, connecting the timeline, such as when the incident actually occurred versus when it was shared, could make the argument even clearer.

Answer 4

In March of 2026 there are indeed videos of LA citizens chasing ICE agents. There is a 18 second video of an LA resident punching an ICE member and then chasing after them. 

sources:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/los-angeles-chase-ice/

Comments

I think your comment is true, but that doesn't account for the video and post you replied too. In this original video their is clear and obvious devices that it was taking place in the United States.

Answer 5

When researching this post, I found that video shown looked nothing like Los Angeles or even downtown LA. The video shows a very run down city, something very similar to Tijuana, Mexico and even looking at the writing on the walls almost nothing is in English.  While it does seem like "LA thugs" are running down ice agents when you zoom in on the video the guys in uniforms aren't wearing U.S. ICE agent uniforms, instead they are wearing some type of Mexican Official uniforms. As I looked through the comments, I found some primary resources speaking out against this post. Most of those who stated that the post was fake, were actual citizens of Mexico who were staging that this happened a few days ago in Mexico. The main secondary source that I found was an article from yahoo which explained everything that really happened and completely debunked this false news of LA thugs attacking ICE agents. (https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/video-mexico-misrepresented-attack-us-205818790.html?guccounter=1) The potential bias that one resource has is to protect the image of the U.S. or to demolish the image. Both of the evidences support my claim that this is false news, but the yahoo article goes a lot more into detail into really explaining what happened in the video. I honestly couldn't find any advice that said that this article was real, everything I looked up showed and proved this occurred in Mexico. When I tried to send the account that posted a messages, it showed that you have to be following the account to message them. You also had to create an account on the website to see any of their past post or comments.