And yet, they ought to be charged with kidnapping, assault, and various other crimes. And when there’s enough evidence, they ought to be convicted and serve time. Nothing is going to rein them in until they feel they might be personally responsible when they break the law.
Maybe. From your article:
On Friday, the St. Peter police chief did not respond to additional questions about his involvement in the incident, but on Saturday, the city of St. Peter put out a statement denying that the chief intervened on the resident’s behalf.
“The Saint Peter police department did not participate in, coordinate with or intervene in any federal enforcement activity,” the statement said.
And the story says that ICE got a phone call, and then brought the woman to the local police station on their own.
I’m really curious about that phone call.
Breaking.
This is not precisely the same as saying there was no phone call.
If the local police were to claim that ICE backed down because of the phone call, the backer-downer might be fired, or at least ordered to never do that again. Local police who want to minimize the damage to their community have to speak carefully.
Thank you—it’s always good to see a ProPublica citation. They are reliable. And they make an excellent point here:
It seems likely that the Regime will retaliate against ProPublica for publishing these names. (My bolding in the quote.)
Any way they can, that’s for sure. But keeping the identity of the shooters secret, by the administration, is some fucking Russia North Korea bullshit.
From the link:
Ochoa is a Border Patrol agent who joined CBP in 2018. Gutierrez joined in 2014 and works for CBP’s Office of Field Operations.
I’m surprised they’ve both been with the dept for so long. I would have expected newbies.
Arguably, they have gotten better at their jobs over time.
More’s the pity.
And more hardened with merciless contempt for the people the pursue and by extension the people who try to protect their prey.
It highlights the misplaced priorities of the Dems who are pushing for more training of ICE to avoid situations like in Minneapolis. Lack of training isn’t the issue.
Trump world, of course. Over a third of the country thinks it’s the correct way, and will until they get caught up in the ICEstapo’s clutches.
See: Party, Leopards Eating Faces
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I appreciate the sentiment behind this song, but it’s AI-generated, so thumbs down from me.
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Some good news - Liam Ramos, the 5-year-old who was kidnapped by ICE and shipped off to Texas, was released from custody today and is back in Minneapolis with his family.
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This is an official Warning for failing to heed prior moderator instructions to stay on topic in this thread. As I said only yesterday:
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For the first point, @Aspenglow noted that protest songs not 25 posts above, and issued a warning for disregarding the many Moderator notes about staying on topic. Commenting on another protest song, is completely unacceptable, even if you didn’t see the NEW warning just issued for it.
The second quote reflects another hijack - while they were taken from Minnesota, and may at some level vaguely contributed to the ongoing protests, this arrest happened two weeks after the shooting.
Other than the fact it’s ICE action and in Minnesota, this has nothing to do with the topic of the thread: the shooting(s).
Either would qualify, but I’m only issuing a single Warning for failing to follow moderator instructions to stay on topic.
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