#excessive-force — Public Fediverse posts

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Internal #ICE records reveal the widespread #UseOfForce in “#detention” centers [#ConcentrationCamps].

Reports detail how guards have increasingly used chemical agents & physical tactics on detainees, including on people demanding adequate water, food & medical care.

#Trump #law #immigration #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #fascism #HumanitarianLaw #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #PoliceBrutality #ExcessiveForce #WhiteSupremacy
https://wapo.st/4tdgBRA

Court records show Morgan had a history of financial problems, & the police department in Alexandria, Virginia, said he was an entry-level recruit for 6 weeks in 2022 but never completed its police academy. It is unclear when he started at #ICE, which didn’t return messages seeking comment.

#Trump #law #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #Constitution #RightToProtest #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #HumanRights #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy #RESIST

#Trump put a premium on swift action, & for #ICE that meant rapid-fire recruitment & hiring, which in turn led to new employees with questionable qualifications. Their backgrounds & training have come under scrutiny after numerous high-profile incidents in which ICE agents used #ExcessiveForce.

#law #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #Constitution #RightToProtest #DueProcess #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #HumanRights #CBP #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy #RESIST

Their common bond∶ All were hired recently by US #Immigration & Customs Enforcement during an unprecedented hiring spree — 12,000 new officers & special agents to double its force — after the agency received a $75 billion windfall from #Congress to enact Trump’s #MassDeportation campaign.

#Trump #law #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #Constitution #RightToProtest #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #HumanRights #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy #RESIST

2 bankruptcies & 6 law enforcement jobs in 3 years. An allegation of #lying in a police report to justify a #felony charge against an innocent woman—an incident that led to a $75,000 settlement & criticism of his integrity. A 3rd job candidate once #failed to graduate from a police academy, then lasted only 3 weeks in his only job as a police officer.

#Trump #law #murder #Constitution #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy

#ICE went on a hiring spree. Sterling credentials were not required, AP investigation finds

Their backgrounds stand out. And not in a good way.

#Trump #law #murder #Constitution #RightToProtest #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #HumanRights #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy #RESIST
https://apnews.com/article/ice-background-checks-vetting-immigration-8ae6b7b850f7c0265b3cb8b5060ef8fd

The video contradicts the agent’s claim that 3 assailants had beaten him with a shovel & broom for roughly 3 minutes before he opened fire. Instead, the confrontation depicted in the video lasts about 12 seconds & shows 2 men struggling with the agent. It shows no sustained attack with a shovel.

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #Trump #law #immigration #Constitution #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #HumanRights #fascism #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy

The #House #GOP plan would be a short-term funding extension, providing money for the full department for 8 weeks, one source said.

The move will set up a clash with the #Senate, which has already left town for their 2-week Easter & Passover recess, & will likely prolong the #DHS shutdown by at least several more days.

#law #immigration #Trump #extremism #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #ExtraJudicialKillings #murder #Sturmabteilung #StateSponsoredTerrorism #TheCrueltyIsThePoint

The lawsuit said the #federal government is not permitted to “withhold investigative evidence for the purpose of shielding law enforcement officers from scrutiny where a #State is investigating serious potential violations of its #criminal laws, targeting its #citizens, within its borders.”

#Trump #StateSponsoredTerrorism #law #immigration #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #Constitution #CivilRights #RightToProtest #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #AbuseOfPower #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung

After the investigative material was released Friday, lawyers for #RubenMartinez’s mother, Rachel Reyes, said the footage called the government’s narrative into question.
“These new videos confirm that Ruben’s car was barely moving when he was shot,” Charles M. Stam & Alex Stamm said in a statement. “That he was shot at point-blank range through his side window by an ICE agent who was in no danger.”

#Trump #law #murder #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #fascism #tyranny #HSI #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung

In January, #immigration personnel in Minneapolis shot #RenéeGood & #AlexPretti in separate incidents days apart. 3 months earlier, a #CBP agent shot & injured #MarimarMartinez in Chicago. In each of those 3 cases, admin officials accused the victims of endangering the officers before they were killed, &…their characterizations were proved false once more information about the #shootings became public.

#Trump #law #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #fascism #ICE

The evidence provides a raft of new information about the first known #DHS fatal #shooting of a #US #citizen since #Trump returned to office & began his aggressive #immigration crackdown.

More than a dozen people have been shot by DHS personnel over the past 14 months, including at least 2 other fatal shootings of US citizens during immigration enforcement operations.

#law #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #fascism #StateSponsoredTerrorism #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung

Sosa told investigators that Martinez’s car struck his legs, causing him to fall over the hood before Stevens opened fire. It is not clear from the nighttime footage whether the exceptionally slow-moving car actually hit Sosa. Footage from a nearby business shows the hood of the Ford. But the video is grainy & skips through some portions & does not definitively show whether there is a figure on top of the hood.

#Trump #law #murder #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #HSI #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung

Yet another video of #ICE #shooting of Texas man raises questions about government “claim” [lie]

An #Immigration & Customs Enforcement official said #RubenMartinez “intentionally ran over” an agent before being killed by another agent last March.

#Trump #law #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #Constitution #CivilRights #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #fascism #StateSponsoredTerrorism #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/03/07/ruben-martinez-dhs-killing-texas-video/

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How a #DHS #shooting of a third #US #citizen went unnoticed for months

No state or federal agency disclosed that a Homeland Security Investigations agent had killed #RubenRayMartinez until it was revealed in a public records request.

#Trump #law #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #ReneeGood #AlexPretti #StateSponsoredTerrorism #Constitution #CivilRights #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #AbuseOfPower #fascism #tyranny #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung
https://wapo.st/40d1rzS

Rep #JamieRaskin said that after #ReneeGood & #AlexPretti's deaths in January, #KristiNoem launched a "smear campaign" against them as she made comments that labeled their conduct as "domestic terrorism."

"You've provided no evidence to back up your defamatory lie against either of these American citizens," Raskin said.

#law #CivilRights #HumanRights #Trump #StateSponsoredTerrorism #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #RightToProtest #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #Sturmabteilung

#KristieNoem testifies before #House #Judiciary committee after refusing to apologize for labeling #ReneeGood & #AlexPretti as domestic terrorists

Rep #JamieRaskin criticized Noem over her handling of #ICE enforcement in #Minneapolis.

#law #CivilRights #HumanRights #Trump #StateSponsoredTerrorism #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #Constitution #RightToProtest #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #Sturmabteilung
https://abcnews.com/Politics/noem-testifies-house-committee-after-refusing-apologize-labeling/story?id=130752384

Federal judge accuses #Trump admin of '#terror' against #immigrants in scathing ruling

A federal judge has accused the Trump admin of terrorizing immigrants & recklessly violating the #law in its efforts to deport millions of people living in the country illegally.

#StateSponsoredTerrorism #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #Constitution #CivilRights #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #AbuseOfPower #fascism #tyranny #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-trump-detention-bond-judge-50a5da122aa51eed77cace0830548df3

ICE Dragged Disabled U.S. Citizen From Car—Her Testimony Exposes Brutality

A disabled U.S. citizen recounts being dragged from her car by ICE, denied medical care, and smeared publicly. Her testimony raises urgent questions about federal power and accountability.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota and federal authorities are investigating the alleged beating of a Mexican citizen by immigration officers last month, seeking to identify what caused the eight skull fractures that landed the man in the intensive care unit of a Minneapolis hospital.

#StPaul #Minnesota #ImmgrantRights #ExcessiveForce #ICE
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-enforcement-minneapolis-hospital-ice-beating-assault-eb305587f58dfc8b97d844d0073411c2

In case you don’t remember, this is the total bullshit “snow shovel” incident.

I will boost germane posts from my thread of that incident which included video.

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #Trump #StateSponsoredTerrorism #law #Constitution #CivilRights #RightToProtest #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #MafiaState #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung

Judge Paul A. Magnuson #dismissed the charges on Friday with #prejudice, meaning the case cannot be refiled.

#ToddLyons, the acting director of #ICE, said in a statement Friday that 2 officers seemed to have provided “inaccurate testimony” [straight up #perjury].

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #StateSponsoredTerrorism #law #CivilRights #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung

Rosen wrote that “*newly* discovered #evidence in this matter is materially inconsistent with the allegations” that #federal officials made in a charging #document & in courtroom #testimony.

“Accordingly, #dismissal with #prejudice will serve the interests of #justice,” wrote Rosen, who was nominated by #Trump to be #USattorney in #Minnesota.

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #StateSponsoredTerrorism #law #CivilRights #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung

This is why no one believes anything they say ever at all anymore, this has happened over & over & over. It’s enough already.

Agents Suspended After Their Story of #Shooting an #Immigrant Falls Apart

The top federal prosecutor in #Minnesota asked a judge to drop charges against [another] immigrant shot by an #ICE agent.

#Trump #StateSponsoredTerrorism #law #immigration #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #CivilRights #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #Sturmabteilung
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/us/prosecutor-dismiss-charges-men-shot-by-ice.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

#MarimarMartinez, a teaching assistant & #US #citizen, was shot 5 times by a #BorderPatrol agent in October while in her vehicle. She was charged with a felony after #DHS officials accused her of trying to ram agents with her vehicle. But the case was dismissed after videos emerged showing an agent steering his vehicle into Martinez’s vehicle.

#Trump #law #CivilRights #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #AbuseOfPower #fascism #tyranny #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung

While the #Trump admin has called those arrested in #Minnesota “dangerous criminal illegal aliens,” many people with NO criminal records, including #children & #US #citizens, have also been detained.

#DHS #disinformation fact check∶

https://mn.gov/doc/about/news/combatting-dhs-misinformation/

#ReneeGood #AlexPretti #StateSponsoredTerrorism #law #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #CivilRights #RightToProtest #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #AbuseOfPower #fascism #tyranny #MafiaState #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung

You have “nothing to fear if you’re an American citizen. If you’re not an American citizen, then look out.”

That’s what Border Patrol “Commander at Large” Gregory Bovino said in December, as he and his entourage of masked agents patrolled a residential neighborhood in Kenner, Louisiana, a diverse suburb of New Orleans. Asked by a reporter whether that threat applied to “legal residents,” too, Bovino attempted to clarify. “We’re friends with all legal residents,” he insisted.

#ExcessiveForce #GregoryBovino #DHS #CBP #ICE
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/gregory-bovino-border-patrol-ice-minneapolis-chicago-new-orleans-video/

Fleming represents the two men — a Venezuelan man & a Mexican man both in the country illegally — in the ongoing litigation that claims the #FederalGovernment continues to violate the 2022 Castañon Nava settlement agreement, which limits #ICE's ability to #arrest people without #warrants or #ProbableCause.

#Trump #law #immigration #SocialCleansing #EconomicDiscrimination #CivilRights #DueProcess #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #HumanRights #CBP #Sturmabteilung #USpol

Court records show #Chicago #immigration raid was about #squatters, not Venezuelan #gangs

Newly revealed arrest records show that a high-profile immigration raid on a South Shore Chicago apartment building last year that became a symbol of #Trump's harsh immigration tactics actually targeted squatters, not Venezuelan gang members.

#law #SocialCleansing #EconomicDiscrimination #plutocracy #CivilRights #HumanRights #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #ICE #Sturmabteilung #USpol
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/06/nx-s1-5703603/court-records-chicago-immigration-raid-was-about-squatters-not-venezuelan-gangs