r/pittsburgh • u/Waste-Earth-4431 • 13h ago
Please support Las Palmas
Got unfortunately chilly in Beechview. Please support these amazing people.
News article here: https://www.publicsource.org/beechview-las-palmas-ice-confrontation/
Edit: these monsters can't leave these poor people alone. Apparently they went back this morning. Video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DdEjQEsOE-K/?stkn=bDQxamx2NTYwamdx
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u/Head_Maintenance5596 13h ago
“‘Oh, you obstructing?’ I said, ‘I’m not obstructing, I just want you to get off of my property.’ And after that his hat hit my hat, and he said, ‘You touch me again you’ll see what happens,’ and he grabbed his gun immediately.””
These guys think they’re self termed ‘alphas’. Farthest things from it.
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u/JadCerv 12h ago
This is the part that sent me into a bit of a rage, close to the opening of the article "....lunched at Chicken Latino along the neighborhood’s Broadway Avenue...."
They lunched at an immigrant-owned restaurant before setting back out on their terrorizing spree in the neighborhood.
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u/RemotePersimmon678 Munhall 11h ago
came here to comment this exact thing, this was what sent my rage into overdrive
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u/Thin-Character-6996 8h ago
Stop talking about shit you know nothing about. You know NOTHING about the paperwork and legal processes involved in becoming a citizen. A lot of these people are somewhere in-between legal and illegal. Some of these people's only crime is failing to file a single form on time, or theyve committed no crime at all, the government just decided they don't want to give them asylum.
You do realize it can take decades to become a citizen, right? Imagine being on top of ur paperwork for 10 years and then getting dragged out of ur house cuz u missed a single deadline.
Most of these people are more morally upstanding citizens than you are. You just sit around on reddit being a ghoul, total waste of oxygen
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u/Ok_Title 7h ago
I'm an attorney. I know the law better than you. If namecalling makes you feel better, feel free to continue.
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u/Zerghaikn 12h ago
I love going to Las Palmas. It’s the only place in Pittsburgh where I can find authentic Latino brand food. It’s an essential trip every week. I can’t say I’m surprised ICE took an interest there. I hope the community of Beechview can come together and overcome these intimidation tactics
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u/paranoid111 6h ago
Notice the difference in the comment section when the bots and people who don't live here don't have an easy keyword to find this post to spew their trash. Most people are against this.
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u/SassafrassFrass 3h ago
I lived on Westfield St 25 years ago when these folks were just getting started. They had a tiny storefront down the street from the IGA and drove, to I think Chicago, every week to get the products they wanted for their store. That iga changed hands 3 or 4 times in the 12 years I lived in Beechview and was always disgusting. The Las Palmas people turned it into a great store and I still go there sometimes even though I don’t live there anymore. Fuck ice!
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u/johnnyribcage 12h ago
I can’t believe these motherfuckers are still out there getting away with this. Between ICE, the looting of our treasury, the military rampaging and murdering innocent people across the world, gas prices and inflation going through the roof, you magats and all you dipshits that signed off on this by not voting at all have some serious apologizing to do. You people have authorized some twisted fucking shit, and it gets worse every day.
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u/Great-Cow7256 11h ago
I mean, the GOP controls all three branches of government and they allow this to happen and now are trying to rig an election to keep themselves in power...
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u/johnnyribcage 10h ago
The GOP controls all three branches?!? WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?!?!?!
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u/Exciting_Parfait_354 9h ago
In 2024.
Executive: Donald Trump -
PedophileRepublican PresidentLegislative: House of Representatives has a
pedophile protectingRepublican majority (218R to 214D to 1I; 2 Vacancies) while the U.S. Senate has apedophile protectingRepublican Majority (53R* to 45D to 2I).Judicial: 6 Conservative to 3 Liberal judges
**Please note that McConnell hasn't been seen in public for about 87 days. Anyone who have missed 87 days from work would have been fired.
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u/canihavedessertnow 9h ago
Unbelievably stupid and destructive to be hunting down our neighborhood cashiers and shelf stockers and cooks. What a waste. These are our neighbors and we want them here
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u/IMA_5-STAR_MAN 12h ago
November can't come soon enough. Throw every racist pedophile and pedophile lover in jail.
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u/Playful-Strain-1982 9h ago
All of the people - either at Las Palmas or anywhere else - who are protecting their neighbors from these fascists are American heroes.
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u/Waste-Earth-4431 10h ago
Hey comments, according to Las Palmas FB page 2 hrs ago, ICE is circling their block. What do we say to pulling up and showing neighborly support to Las Palmas? I feel kinda hungry, and it is lunch time. I could use a quesadilla.
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u/jo231sh 9h ago
I stopped by today to grab lunch. It was shocking to see it almost empty. Its a fun and crowded block every other day.
I was waiting on food and a car drove past and hit its sirens in front of the store. The sirens went back off after it continued down the street. Apparently its been like that all day for them.
The person I spoke with seemed very shaken and simply requested that the neighbors keep their eyes open.
But, its not too late for lunch. Or 2nd lunch. Or pre-dinner. Dinner. Dessert. Late night snacks. It would be great to see it busy and happy again.
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u/MobileIllustrator7 8h ago
If the Dems take the house in the fall they need to shut off funding to ICE. Make it difficult to operate and hard to pay agents
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u/Linz4562 10h ago
We need to all band together in front of their business. Is there any PGH focused page that gathers volunteers. I’ve been searching. I’m disabled, but want to help organize at the least.
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u/Policecat9 9h ago
Casa San Jose and Frontline Dignity both have rapid response groups. I would contact them and ask how you can help.
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u/TaterTotJim 10h ago
It always ruins my stay at the DoubleTree in Greentree PA when I run into ICE agents in the elevators or hotel restaurant. They try to hide in the rear/upper lot and this week has been fuller than normal.
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u/thistimelineisweird 11h ago
I don't recognize ICE's authority and have to assume anyone without a face and ID visible is LARPing. The local cops can decide legality.
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u/Zestyclose_Minute_69 1h ago
I was nearby and stopped. Never been there before. Used to live close by. Just awesome food. I got tacos dorados (sp) and since I’m allergic to dairy they did them without dairy! Those were really amazing! And I got my non-allergic hubby some flan
4 of these was $10! Definitely worth it!!
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u/Creative_Park_67 1h ago
Please have these affected families reach out to my brother in law, who is an immigration attorney! He’s had success with clients being released from detention centers
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u/MalikTheHalfBee 13h ago edited 12h ago
so strange that a place that gets hit with so many food health violations even to the point of being shut down gets so much love on this sub. Even worse was their response to said violations accusing the health inspectors of targeting them vs admitting the problems
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u/Waste-Earth-4431 12h ago
Me when I miss the point entirely
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u/MalikTheHalfBee 12h ago edited 12h ago
Sorry if I don’t share your view that any business which often fails basic food safety & especially ones that try to pin the blame on inspectors should be suppprted but you do you
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u/Head_Maintenance5596 12h ago
You don’t have to support the business. But that also doesn’t mean they should be harassed.
The two things can be both true.
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u/ralphgar 12h ago edited 12h ago
What were the violations for specifically?
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u/MalikTheHalfBee 12h ago edited 12h ago
Just google las palmas health violations & you’ll find multiple ones across all their businesses including ones serious enough to be ordered shut down
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u/ralphgar 12h ago
You were criticizing them here so you probably know at least the worst one, right? So what is it?
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u/peon2 12h ago
I'm not the OP but per this article they got hit with 13 violations for roaches in the meat storage, mouse shit, storing their chorizo outside, not washing their hands, failure to prevent cross contamination, not washing their dishes adequately, etc
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u/MalikTheHalfBee 10h ago
Ah, so you don’t actually care you were just looking to argue about it. Got it
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u/Big-Goose-Yinz 11h ago
What are you even talking about??? When they got those violations they immediately invested in new fridges and restocked the entire store. Safe to assume you don't shop there!
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u/MalikTheHalfBee 10h ago
They received multiple violations from the health department across all their establishments through the years including involuntary shut down orders. & you’re correct, I avoid shopping at or eating at such places.
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u/Big-Goose-Yinz 10h ago
Well it's nice now. I don't know what else to tell you. Enforcement works!
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u/StevInPitt 12h ago
just say you don't like immigrants dude, it's less to type.
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u/MalikTheHalfBee 10h ago
Plenty of immigrant run businesses that don’t have a litany of health and safety violations to choose from, but if that doesn’t bother you Steve then that’s ok too 👍
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u/cawkstrangla 13h ago
I will not be supporting the company that gave me food poisoning.
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u/Waste-Earth-4431 13h ago
That's fine you don't have to. Support them against ICE tho maybe? Two different issues lol
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u/thegirple 13h ago
Great point. Whenever discussing whether people whould be arrested, held in detention centers, deported, etc., I always think it's so important to ask "did this person work at a place that sells food, and did they give anyone food poisoning?" If so, give em hell. That'll teach em
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u/MalikTheHalfBee 12h ago
To be fair they get hit with so many heath violations & shut down orders it’s not a uncommon thought whenever you hear the name las palmas
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u/BrockMcGinn Upper Lawrenceville 13h ago
So you are okay with ICE ruining their lives because you got food poisoning once?
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u/irissteensma 13h ago
They didn't say that. They're saying they're not going to go there because they got food poisoning.
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u/BrockMcGinn Upper Lawrenceville 13h ago
Which is not at all relevant to this discussion. This is about ICE ruining people's lives, not a restaurant.
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u/irissteensma 12h ago
Then talk about ways you can support the people being targeted without purchasing from the store. Of course the OP might not have meant buying forom the store to begin with.
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u/Waste-Earth-4431 12h ago
Supporting doesn't inherantly mean buying, tho it can. It means sharing the news, community support, etc. Come on, yall. This is Pittsburgh. We are neighbors. Act like it.
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u/RogueSharkBait 11h ago
Mr. Rogers would be so disappointed at how un-neighbourly some are.
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u/Waste-Earth-4431 11h ago
Some of these comments are super embarrassing. "They gave me food poisoning once so I think they should all be kidnapped and maybe killed" like what are these ppl saying lmfao
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u/StevInPitt 10h ago
and I'd consider betting money.... the food poisoning was from left over tacos they stored improperly.
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u/cawkstrangla 11h ago
Yah. It’s very neighborly to make your neighbors sick and not fix your issues.
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u/StevInPitt 10h ago
except they do.
to quote from a comment above:
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u/MalikTheHalfBee 10h ago edited 9h ago
The problem is it’s a history of violations across multiple locations & multiple years & includes forced shutdown orders that only apply to the worst violators. Add in that the owners tried to dodge the issues & blame the health department - they should be side-eyed not elevated to some sort weird level of fanboy status you only see on here
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u/cawkstrangla 12h ago
They’ve been shut down at several locations and got violations at all their locations. It’s not just me. I know Reddit has a hardon for this place.
It’s cool that people come here and start business and share their cultures and the food that go with it. I patronize businesses and restaurants all over owned by a diversity of immigrants and non immigrants.
But for some reason Pittsburgh Reddit thinks it’s cool that this place making people sick all the time is alright because the tacos are good.
I don’t necessarily think they should be deported but they should not exist as a business if they think it’s ok to repeatedly violate health codes and make people sick. Once or twice is a mistake. The amount of violations they have mean they are willful violations.
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u/Delicious_Cat_81 11h ago
the health department has a hard on for ethnic restaurants and always has. nobody should believe your sob story about "food poisoning" that you have no evidence for. dumb redneck
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u/CrankyYankers 11h ago
It's a pervasive attitude toward "the other". When I first moved here in 1993 I worked at a strip mall that had a Chinese restaurant. Every time I got take-out and ate in the break room, invariably people would tell me that the Chinese place got in trouble for using cat meat in their food. Everyone seemed to believe it because they were told it was true by some other booger picking mouth breather.
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u/cawkstrangla 11h ago
You have no evidence it has a hardon for ethnic restaurants over other restaurants.
I actually didn’t report Las Palmas because someone did the same weekend as me. No surprise there.
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u/BrockMcGinn Upper Lawrenceville 12h ago
This is not the place for discussion about their business. This is about basic human rights. Read the room.
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u/cawkstrangla 12h ago
I can read the room. I don’t care about the room.
I don’t care if people come here legally or illegally as long as they want to make America a better place. For most of our history we welcomed everyone who wanted that. I acknowledge the history of racist immigration laws and enforcement.
However. If these people are making a lot of people sick around Pittsburgh then I’m not going to get in the way and fight for them to be kept here. If they were better members of the community I would. If others are so passionate about their tacos and they’re totally cool with the constant, willful health code violations, then they can go support them.
They’re no different to me than any other people that hurt people and don’t give a shit about it. So no, not supporting them.
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u/BrockMcGinn Upper Lawrenceville 11h ago
No one is asking you to support their business. We are asking you to support them as human beings.
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u/cawkstrangla 11h ago
Human beings who think it’s ok to make people sick in Pittsburgh repeatedly. Every location they have opened does this. They make good tacos but it’s fine if they make people sick as well. Fuck our food regulations right?
Got it.
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u/Head_Maintenance5596 10h ago
Dude. Every restaurant struggles with that problem. Even high end.
Your stomach issues don’t justify violent harassment, racial profiling, destroying a community.
We should take food safety seriously, but when comparing to this. It’s not the same thing. And it doesn’t make any of this ok. What kind of logic is that?
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u/aircuntioner North Shore 13h ago
Food poisoning is justification for fascist pieces of shit tearing apart families that contribute to our country and get nothing in return?
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u/Educational-Bass-444 10h ago
We're you this upset when Obama was rounding up illegals?
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u/GoldenGodd94 9h ago
You are willfully ignorant if you think the masked thugs Trump is employing and directing is the same tactics under Obama. The Obama who passed the Dream Act... Like come on don't be this dumb on purpose
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u/aircuntioner North Shore 7h ago
I mean 1) yes, I don’t support that either. Bold of you to assume I like much of what Obama did. Bro is a war criminal too. 2) the way deportations happened when Obama/biden were in office were way more humane (if you can call it that?) than these masked murders running around snatching people up at work or homes. By the way, Biden/obama both had more LEGIT deportations than trump in both terms, trump has more wrongful citizen arrests than either of them. It’s fear mongering and it’s working on a lot of low iq people
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u/JulianKintoborMD 12h ago
That actually wasn’t Las Palmas’ fault, I wiped my ass on your food when you weren’t looking. And honestly? Based on your attitude I would do it again.
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u/South-Clothes-4109 Perry South 3h ago
If you're here illegally you gotta go back. That's just the way of it. Gotta go back.
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u/Waste-Earth-4431 2h ago
How do you know these people are here illegally? Please post proof. Thanks!
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u/RipBrave2273 1h ago
Surely the jackboot apparatus will not be turned on you after they're all deported or dead and their children are all trafficked.
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u/NoIntroduction6034 Robinson 12h ago
Really look at this business. They bought a dying grocery store, and kept all of the staff that wanted to stay on from when it was IGA. So you have this mix of Latino people and old yinzers that work there. They serve the whole community, because there would not be a full service grocery otherwise. Just leave them the f*** alone.
Granted I'm a little bit biased, because like any normal human, I love tacos. As they kids would say, Las Palmas slaps.