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Following a surprise restaurant raid Friday in which dozens of employees were taken into custody, witnesses reported that on top of everything else, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents responsible for the violent arrests had the gall to leave a negative review. “It takes a lot of nerve to complain about slow service after kidnapping 75% of my staff,” said Benny Romero, the owner of Romero’s Bar and Grill, who described how the group of masked agents had burst into his establishment with weapons drawn, demanding an eight-top despite not calling ahead to notify the restaurant of their large party. “They left one star, claiming no one greeted them at the host stand with their immigration documents, but that’s only because they set off a flash bomb before walking in—in the middle of a lunch rush, mind you. [...]

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[–] breecher@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago
[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 18 points 3 days ago (2 children)

When the satire sites are little more than news with some minor exaggerations thrown in...

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 6 points 3 days ago

I ate the onion for a moment.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

eyup. second one for me today after the ufc match planned for the white house.

[–] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] MHLoppy@fedia.io 3 points 2 days ago

They thought they consumed the onion, but in reality the onion consumed them

[–] DemBoSain@midwest.social 2 points 3 days ago

I was about to ask where these reviews were, so we could dox the agents. These onions are getting pretty tasty.