‘It’s mind-blowing… a total misrepresentation,’ one British tattoo artist whose work was cited as a symbol of the crime syndicate Tren de Aragua tells Io Dodds

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    Everything else aside, it would be hilarious if Michael Jordan sued ICE for misrepresenting his trademark as “jump man”.

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    Oh NO! CLOCKS are Gang Tattoos? I’m now TERRIFIED because EVERY person I see with a Tattoo has one of those FREAKING Clocks! I NEED to call ICE! And I’m NOT a SNOWFLAKE And I DO my OWN RESEARCH!

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    They didn’t show my favorite example, the autism awareness ribbon tattoo with the brothers name under it.

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    Wait…trains? Oh shit is this just a long con to put all the foamers under lock and key?!

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    Oh great, I need to call up a bunch of old Army buddies with tattoos and let them know they are in a gang, cause thats the exact style of star the military uses in their art.

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    Has the person who identified this artwork ever seen a crowd in public? They look like pretty much anything you’d random see in a random crowd.

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    It’s just the Aryans clearing America of other gangs. This is prison beef spilled over into real life.

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    Other examples used by DHS can be found in online posts dating back up to 11 years, suggesting that they were acquired simply by searching the internet for tattoos of various topics, including crowns, trains, stars, clocks, and the words “Hijos de Dios” (meaning “sons of God”), or “HJ” for short.

    The government dudes are probably already familiar with looking up “HJ”