🔥 The Gutter Report: Long Beach Mayoral Candidate Urges “55 Gangs” to Unite Against ICE
A viral reel turns a local political campaign into a national flashpoint.
📍 Long Beach, California — Rogelio Martinez, a candidate for Mayor of Long Beach, has gone viral after posting a video calling on “all 55 gangs” to send a leader to City Hall in order to make the city “ICE free.”
The post spread rapidly across Instagram, TikTok, and X — not because it was funny, but because it named specific groups, a real government building, and a real upcoming day of action.
👉🏾 Source video: Instagram reel
🗣️ What Martinez Actually Said
In the clip, Martinez states:
“I am calling every gang leader in Long Beach to help me take back the city. Long Beach needs to be ICE FREE. I need your strength, support and leadership.”
He goes further, saying he expects a representative from each gang to appear in front of Long Beach City Hall on Monday, February 2, 2026, framing it as a coordinated show of unity and resistance against federal immigration enforcement.
📢 Rogelio Martinez outside Long Beach City Hall, where he says gang leaders should assemble.
🔥 Why This Is Going Viral
This post didn’t blow up by accident. It hit three pressure points at once:
• Clear mobilization language — not vague activism, but named groups.
• A real-world location — a government building, not a metaphor.
• A national fault line — ICE and immigration enforcement.
That combination turns a social media reel into a potential real-world flashpoint.
🏛️ Long Beach City Hall — the government building Martinez named as the meeting point.
⚖️ Supporters vs Critics
Online reaction is sharply divided.
Supporters say Martinez is using extreme language to confront federal power and represent communities that feel targeted by immigration policy.
Critics argue that:
Inviting gangs into civic conflict is reckless.
It risks escalating into violence.
It blurs the line between political organizing and criminal involvement.
As of now, no official statements have been released by:
• Long Beach Police Department
• City Hall officials
• or any community mediation groups
confirming any permits, security coordination, or sanctioned gathering.
At this stage, the only verified mobilization is the video itself.
🌊 Long Beach, California — the city at the center of Martinez’s viral call.
🚨 The Real Story
This isn’t just another viral activist clip.
It’s a named mayoral candidate publicly calling for organized street groups to confront a federal agency at a government building.
Whether it turns into a protest, a stunt, or nothing at all — the language alone has already crossed into national-attention territory.
If people actually show up on February 2, this stops being internet content and becomes live political reality.
Not for clicks — for clarity.
— Elliott Carterr, LFTG Radio
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