Overview
- The 45-second clip shows U.S. personnel descending from helicopters onto a large vessel with the caption, “KNOCKOUT… there is no place on land or sea where we won’t find you.”
- LL Cool J has not publicly commented on the song’s use, as other artists recently criticized the administration’s social videos that paired popular tracks with enforcement footage.
- The ACLU and allied groups filed a lawsuit on Dec. 9 alleging the boat strikes constitute murder and inhumane treatment, with reporting citing at least 87 deaths since September.
- Questions about transparency persist, including President Trump’s reversal on releasing video of a Sept. 2 operation that reportedly killed two survivors.
- AllHipHop reports the DHS video depicts a boarding of a massive tanker off Venezuela’s coast in a multi-agency operation involving the Coast Guard, FBI and Homeland Security Investigations.