{"id":334761,"date":"2026-01-29T15:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T20:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/man-dressed-as-batman-crushes-santa-clara-city-council-over-ice-cooperation"},"modified":"2026-01-29T15:02:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T20:02:14","slug":"man-dressed-as-batman-crushes-santa-clara-city-council-over-ice-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/man-dressed-as-batman-crushes-santa-clara-city-council-over-ice-cooperation","title":{"rendered":"Man Dressed as Batman Crushes Santa Clara Metropolis Council Over ICE Cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Santa Clara City Council<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Batman Puts Kapow! on ICE Cooperation<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-uppercase h2\">Ahead of Super Bowl<\/span><br \/>\n           <\/h2>\n<p>    <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                                    Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-01-29T11:23:13-08:00\"><br \/>\n               January 29, 2026<br \/>\n              11:23 AM PST<\/time>\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-66e89cea32210bb97d7830c4ca3ed44d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-4cfe46e3-2229-4552-9208-7d9ea497d23b-66825888-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-4cfe46e3-2229-4552-9208-7d9ea497d23b-66825888-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Batman\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/a7\/16by9\/2026\/01\/29\/a7b241db13df4cee8f15ada796cd2e12_md.jpg\" alt=\"012926_batman_ice_city_council-kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">City of Santa Clara via Storyful<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-66e89cea32210bb97d7830c4ca3ed44d--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d5dbdf5f51ccdb88e3bee7f08f4d0835\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Holy open mic, Batman &#8230; the Dark Knight rose up in Santa Clara earlier this week to slam the city council&#8217;s cooperation with ICE!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d5dbdf5f51ccdb88e3bee7f08f4d0835--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-9424205a79bf96987a6b45de32293641\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>A man dressed as the Caped Crusader &#8212; identified as &#8220;Batman&#8221; on the monitor Tuesday &#8212; swooped down on the podium like Gotham&#8217;s defender himself &#8230; instantly launching into a tirade which began with an expletive.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9424205a79bf96987a6b45de32293641--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-31c6b84bac9807c5d3170026b19daa75\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-31c6b84bac9807c5d3170026b19daa75--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c8b26993b902fb31bc51911b469df5fa\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>In the 3-minute speech, Batman accuses the city council of allowing the federal government to walk all over them &#8230; and, he expresses his concern about hundreds of masked men coming to Santa Clara. As you know, the federal government announced in October ICE agents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/10\/02\/ice-confirms-agents-super-bowl-lx-bad-bunny\/\"><strong>will be present <\/strong><\/a>at Levi&#8217;s Stadium on Feb. 8, the day of the Super Bowl &#8230; but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/01\/29\/ice-not-enforcing-immigration-law-inside-levi-stadium-super-bowl\/\"><strong>sources told<\/strong><\/a> <strong>TMZ Sports<\/strong> today there is no plan for ICE to conduct immigration enforcement at the site, so details remain sketchy.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c8b26993b902fb31bc51911b469df5fa--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-55a6df86d6567281508f57e81f099f53\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Of course, Batman&#8217;s wearing a mask while delivering his speech to protect his own identity &#8230; more than a little ironic in all honesty.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-55a6df86d6567281508f57e81f099f53--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-8747600eecc5c1aef5890f6e0db8c552\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Batman calls the members of the city council cowards and traitors &#8230; claiming they&#8217;ve betrayed every individual who lives in this country with or without documentation.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-8747600eecc5c1aef5890f6e0db8c552--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6bbbc132bc11353b4c21dc44321320ca\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6bbbc132bc11353b4c21dc44321320ca--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f7f3f0441d14609b18ee6632fad9676a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>City council members need to ensure local law enforcement doesn&#8217;t cooperate with ICE, Batman says &#8230; and he ends his comments by calling on the council to &#8220;f***ing do something.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f7f3f0441d14609b18ee6632fad9676a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b9fa4105e64a7012dbdd28e4f2962778\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Batman then strides off into the night to a chorus of applause &#8230; and, the city council actually thanks him for his commentary.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b9fa4105e64a7012dbdd28e4f2962778--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-a6c88af584667e6b35e26963be838613\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-55a44919-42a4-4058-9377-9117d70fa16a-754936284-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-55a44919-42a4-4058-9377-9117d70fa16a-754936284-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/52\/16by9\/2026\/01\/25\/5204bd896d8b436985b3c69e60d40c05_md.png\" alt=\"012526_alex_pretti_shooting_dash_angle_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-a6c88af584667e6b35e26963be838613--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4bd596b59e20d99012beab67e1d512a5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Protests <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/01\/26\/protesters-chaos-hotel-federal-agents-minneapolis\/\"><strong>have broken out<\/strong><\/a> across the country after two U.S. citizens were shot and killed in Minnesota this month. Most recently, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/alex-pretti\/\"><strong>Alex Pretti<\/strong><\/a> was gunned down by Border Patrol agents while lying on the street, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/renee-nicole-good\/\"><strong>Renee Good<\/strong><\/a> was killed by an ICE officer three weeks ago.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4bd596b59e20d99012beab67e1d512a5--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d1c7b75ca785268214851b4059320092\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Bottom line &#8230; Mr. Freeze and the Penguin might like ice &#8212; but Batman certainly doesn&#8217;t!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d1c7b75ca785268214851b4059320092--><\/p><\/div>\n<p> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/01\/29\/batman-santa-clara-city-council-ice\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santa Clara City Council Batman Puts Kapow! on ICE Cooperation Ahead of Super Bowl Published January 29, 2026 11:23 AM PST Play video content City [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":334764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3289,12923,12924,12922,576,4452,12925,12926],"class_list":["post-334761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-batman","tag-batman-in-other-media","tag-bruce-wayne","tag-levis-stadium","tag-metropolis","tag-santa-clara","tag-santa-clara-cuba","tag-tim-drake"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334761"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":334763,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334761\/revisions\/334763"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/334764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}