Grits and Eggs Podcast

Episode 116 - Abolish ICE

Jan 27, 2026
Wide-ranging conversations challenge immigration enforcement, detailing alleged killings, abuses, and calls for abolition. Discussions touch on censorship, platform control, and comparisons to international tactics. Community organizing, preparedness, and varied protest strategies are explored. Listeners weigh in on culture, education funding, relationships, and local events.
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INSIGHT

Skepticism Toward Sudden Movements

  • Deontay Kyle is suspicious of sudden reappearances of groups invoking Black Panther imagery.
  • He links unexpected virality to possible infiltration tactics reminiscent of COINTELPRO.
ANECDOTE

Alex Preddy's Killing By ICE

  • Deontay Kyle recounts the Minneapolis killing of Alex Preddy, who was disarmed and shot by ICE agents while recording.
  • He emphasizes Preddy's legal gun ownership and his attempt to protect a woman when agents shot him repeatedly.
INSIGHT

ICE Violence As American Continuity

  • Deontay Kyle argues ICE's actions mirror longstanding American patterns of brutality, not isolated excesses.
  • He connects recent ICE killings to systemic violence rooted in slavery, Jim Crow, and COINTELPRO-era repression.
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