A woman was seen trying to set fire to a South Kansas City warehouse on Thursday, the same site that had been proposed as a possible immigration detention center.
She did it for nothing, the warehouse owner had already backed out of the deal by then.
edit after watching video: not the sharpest tool in the shed, lighter fluid squirted on concrete, metal, and glass. Then squirting a stream fluid from the bottle in her hand to the flames, not too bright. But the usual and well-known effective technique would probably also be futile. From what I’ve read the place is completely empty, probably nothing but concrete floors in there.
I don’t think she expected it to actually work. Regardless, it sends a message to warehouse owners and any other private business that may have the opportunity to work with ICE.
Yeah but the owner already got the message from protestors and the fact that the City passed an ordinance to prohibit non-municipal detention facilities the very same day they found out ICE was looking at buying it. The owner succumbed to the pressure and withdrew from the sale, saying they weren’t aware who the buyer was (and there’s a decent chance they didn’t know until it became news since DHS has been sneaky about covering their tracks). A realtor in the area that had been helping them look for properties has also gotten huge backlash, but I haven’t heard whether they dropped them as client. (I live not far from KC so I’ve been aware of the news on this)
She did it for nothing, the warehouse owner had already backed out of the deal by then.
edit after watching video: not the sharpest tool in the shed, lighter fluid squirted on concrete, metal, and glass. Then squirting a stream fluid from the bottle in her hand to the flames, not too bright. But the usual and well-known effective technique would probably also be futile. From what I’ve read the place is completely empty, probably nothing but concrete floors in there.
I don’t think she expected it to actually work. Regardless, it sends a message to warehouse owners and any other private business that may have the opportunity to work with ICE.
Yeah but the owner already got the message from protestors and the fact that the City passed an ordinance to prohibit non-municipal detention facilities the very same day they found out ICE was looking at buying it. The owner succumbed to the pressure and withdrew from the sale, saying they weren’t aware who the buyer was (and there’s a decent chance they didn’t know until it became news since DHS has been sneaky about covering their tracks). A realtor in the area that had been helping them look for properties has also gotten huge backlash, but I haven’t heard whether they dropped them as client. (I live not far from KC so I’ve been aware of the news on this)