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https://www.europesays.com/ch/122793/ 1 dead and 5 wounded in a shooting at a rave in Switzerland #22YearOldWoman #CapitalAarau #Injury #LargeArea #LargeNumber #ldnd #LocalPolice #manhunt #place #police #rave #RaveShooting #RaveVisitor #scene #Search #shooting #ShootingEurope #suspect #Swiss #Switzerland #SwitzerlandShooting

https://www.europesays.com/ch/122733/ One dead, five wounded in shooting at rave party in northern Switzerland, manhunt on #afp #Geneva #LocalPolice #RaveParty #shooting #Switzerland

Bodies found on S Korean holiday island as missing persons scandal deepens

Four missing people have been found dead on South Korean holiday island Jeju, as local police face mounting…
#EuropeSays #Korea #KR #Bu #Korean #LeeJaeMyung #localpolice #missingadults #missingpersons #policesergeant #PresidentLee #SouthKorean
https://www.europesays.com/korea/132475/

https://www.alojapan.com/1528944/dad-tells-tired-seven-year-old-son-to-wait-here-on-mt-fuji-then-keeps-climbing-for-eight-hours/ Dad tells tired seven-year-old son, to ‘wait here’ on Mt Fuji — then keeps climbing for eight hours #HikingRoute #LocalPolice #MountFuji #MountFujiNews #MountainHut #MountFuji #news #Shizuoka #TVASAHI #富士山 TOKYO, Aug 22 — A man left his seven-year-old son alone on Mount Fuji for hours while continuing his climb, prompting police to issue him a stern warning, police and local media reported. The boy was found alone on a hiking route on Thursda

https://www.alojapan.com/1528944/dad-tells-tired-seven-year-old-son-to-wait-here-on-mt-fuji-then-keeps-climbing-for-eight-hours/ Dad tells tired seven-year-old son, to ‘wait here’ on Mt Fuji — then keeps climbing for eight hours #HikingRoute #LocalPolice #MountFuji #MountFujiNews #MountainHut #MountFuji #news #Shizuoka #TVASAHI #富士山 TOKYO, Aug 22 — A man left his seven-year-old son alone on Mount Fuji for hours while continuing his climb, prompting police to issue him a stern warning, police and local media reported. The boy was found alone on a hiking route on Thursda

https://www.europesays.com/be/25354/ Fire in Antwerp, Belgium apartment building kills 5 #Antwerp #ApartmentBuilding #Belgium #Linkeroever #LocalPolice

https://www.alojapan.com/1495344/body-of-missing-american-student-found-in-japan/ Body of missing American student found in Japan #Alabama #AmericanStudent #AuburnStudent #authority #BlackStripe #body #CNN #effort #family #FamilyMember #front #Higginbotham #Japan #Kyoto #KyotoArea #KyotoNews #life #LocalPolice #Location #may #Mother #mountain #news #officer #PM #police #RegionTuesday #search #SearchTeam #story #Support #time #video #weston #wvtm #京都 #京都府 The body of missing 20-year-old James “Weston” Higginbotham was found

https://www.alojapan.com/1495344/body-of-missing-american-student-found-in-japan/ Body of missing American student found in Japan #Alabama #AmericanStudent #AuburnStudent #authority #BlackStripe #body #CNN #effort #family #FamilyMember #front #Higginbotham #Japan #Kyoto #KyotoArea #KyotoNews #life #LocalPolice #Location #may #Mother #mountain #news #officer #PM #police #RegionTuesday #search #SearchTeam #story #Support #time #video #weston #wvtm #京都 #京都府 The body of missing 20-year-old James “Weston” Higginbotham was found

Japan search for missing American student: What we know https://www.byteseu.com/2081817/ #Alabama #AuburnStudent #BlackStripe #CNN #FamilyMember #front #higginbotham #Japan #kyoto #KyotoArea #LocalPolice #location #may #mother #PM #police #RegionTuesday #Search #story #support #video #Weston #WVTM

https://www.alojapan.com/1494530/japan-search-for-missing-american-student-what-we-know/ Japan search for missing American student: What we know #Alabama #AuburnStudent #BlackStripe #CNN #FamilyMember #front #Higginbotham #Japan #Kyoto #KyotoArea #KyotoNews #LocalPolice #Location #may #Mother #news #PM #police #RegionTuesday #search #story #Support #video #weston #wvtm #京都 #京都府 The search continues for an Auburn University student missing in Japan. Officials and family members are searching after he disappeared during a family tr

https://www.alojapan.com/1494530/japan-search-for-missing-american-student-what-we-know/ Japan search for missing American student: What we know #Alabama #AuburnStudent #BlackStripe #CNN #FamilyMember #front #Higginbotham #Japan #Kyoto #KyotoArea #KyotoNews #LocalPolice #Location #may #Mother #news #PM #police #RegionTuesday #search #story #Support #video #weston #wvtm #京都 #京都府 The search continues for an Auburn University student missing in Japan. Officials and family members are searching after he disappeared during a family tr

https://www.alojapan.com/1494406/search-intensifies-for-missing-student-in-japan-after-phone-location-turned-off/ Search intensifies for missing student in Japan after phone location turned off #Alabama #AuburnStudent #authority #BlackStripe #CNN #family #FamilyMember #father #front #Higginbotham #Japan #Kyoto #KyotoArea #KyotoNews #LocalPolice #Location #may #MissingAuburnUniversityStudent #Mother #news #PM #PhoneLocation #police #RegionTuesday #search #SearchEffort #story #Support #time #trail #video #weston #wvtm #YamashinaArea #京都 #京都府 The search for

https://www.alojapan.com/1494406/search-intensifies-for-missing-student-in-japan-after-phone-location-turned-off/ Search intensifies for missing student in Japan after phone location turned off #Alabama #AuburnStudent #authority #BlackStripe #CNN #family #FamilyMember #father #front #Higginbotham #Japan #Kyoto #KyotoArea #KyotoNews #LocalPolice #Location #may #MissingAuburnUniversityStudent #Mother #news #PM #PhoneLocation #police #RegionTuesday #search #SearchEffort #story #Support #time #trail #video #weston #wvtm #YamashinaArea #京都 #京都府 The search for

Search underway for Auburn University student reported missing in Japan https://www.byteseu.com/2072655/ #Alabama #AuburnStudent #BlackStripe #FamilyMember #higginbotham #Japan #KyotoArea #LocalPolice #may #mother #PM #Search #video #Weston #WVTM

Israel’s Noam Bettan dazzles in second Eurovision rehearsal as FBI helps with security

At the same time, Austrian police said they were preparing for a week of heightened security both before…
#Europe #EU #Eurovision #Austrianpolice #eurovisionsongcontest #EurovisionSongContest2026 #heightenedsecurity #Israel #Israelidelegation #LihiFreud #localpolice #NoamBettan #vienna #WienerStadthalle
https://www.europesays.com/europe/34577/

Monterey Peninsula vandalism suspect held in Bulgaria on terrorism, arson charges https://www.byteseu.com/1982718/ #ArsonCharge #Bulgaria #ChrisJohnson #DelReyOaks #Europe #factory #LocalLawEnforcement #LocalPolice #Marina #MinorVandalism #MontereyPeninsulaVandalismSuspect #NathanLimesand #PossibleCharge #report #Terrorism

Monterey Peninsula vandalism suspect held in Bulgaria on terrorism, arson charges

A Monterey County man has been arrested in Europe, accused of international crimes that include terrorism and arson.The…
#Bulgaria #BG #Europe #Europa #EU #arsoncharge #bulgaria #chrisjohnson #delreyoaks #factory #locallawenforcement #localpolice #marina #minorvandalism #montereypeninsulavandalismsuspect #nathanlimesand #possiblecharge #report #terrorism #България #новини
https://www.europesays.com/2959472/

#Hochul's a #Republican! Check her policies snuck into this budget:
1) Give #insurance companies bigger profits while limiting #payouts to #injured #NewYorkers.
2) "Streamline" the environmental review process for certain #housing projects (=profits 4 builders, losses 4 #environment).
3) Destroy NY's 2019 #climate law, rendering moot the 2030 mandates.
Only good thing on the list is stopping #LocalPolice from sharing information with federal #immigration.
#fascist #USA
https://gothamist.com/news/gov-hochul-lawmakers-to-miss-ny-budget-deadline-yet-again

#Hochul's a #Republican! Check her policies snuck into this budget:
1) Give #insurance companies bigger profits while limiting #payouts to #injured #NewYorkers.
2) "Streamline" the environmental review process for certain #housing projects (=profits 4 builders, losses 4 #environment).
3) Destroy NY's 2019 #climate law, rendering moot the 2030 mandates.
Only good thing on the list is stopping #LocalPolice from sharing information with federal #immigration.
#fascist #USA
https://gothamist.com/news/gov-hochul-lawmakers-to-miss-ny-budget-deadline-yet-again

#Hochul's a #Republican! Check her policies snuck into this budget:
1) Give #insurance companies bigger profits while limiting #payouts to #injured #NewYorkers.
2) "Streamline" the environmental review process for certain #housing projects (=profits 4 builders, losses 4 #environment).
3) Destroy NY's 2019 #climate law, rendering moot the 2030 mandates.
Only good thing on the list is stopping #LocalPolice from sharing information with federal #immigration.
#fascist #USA
https://gothamist.com/news/gov-hochul-lawmakers-to-miss-ny-budget-deadline-yet-again

#Hochul's a #Republican! Check her policies snuck into this budget:
1) Give #insurance companies bigger profits while limiting #payouts to #injured #NewYorkers.
2) "Streamline" the environmental review process for certain #housing projects (=profits 4 builders, losses 4 #environment).
3) Destroy NY's 2019 #climate law, rendering moot the 2030 mandates.
Only good thing on the list is stopping #LocalPolice from sharing information with federal #immigration.
#fascist #USA
https://gothamist.com/news/gov-hochul-lawmakers-to-miss-ny-budget-deadline-yet-again

#Hochul's a #Republican! Check her policies snuck into this budget:
1) Give #insurance companies bigger profits while limiting #payouts to #injured #NewYorkers.
2) "Streamline" the environmental review process for certain #housing projects (=profits 4 builders, losses 4 #environment).
3) Destroy NY's 2019 #climate law, rendering moot the 2030 mandates.
Only good thing on the list is stopping #LocalPolice from sharing information with federal #immigration.
#fascist #USA
https://gothamist.com/news/gov-hochul-lawmakers-to-miss-ny-budget-deadline-yet-again

https://www.europesays.com/uk/812215/ Mom’s Last Gun | The Marshall Project #daughters #Family/Families #GunControl #GunLaw #GunPolitics #GunRights #GunSafety #guns #Health #LifeInside #LocalPolice #MentalHealth #MentalIllness #mothers #Oregon #PsychiatricHospitals #Psychiatry #SecondAmendment #sons #UK #UnitedKingdom

Mom’s Last Gun | The Marshall Project

When I was 11 years old and living in a small town in Oregon, my mother came downstairs…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Mentalhealth #daughters #Family/Families #Guncontrol #gunlaw #gunpolitics #GunRights #GunSafety #guns #Health #LifeInside #localpolice #mentalillness #MentalHealth #Mothers #oregon #Psychiatrichospitals #Psychiatry #SecondAmendment #sons
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/510163/

Mom’s Last Gun | The Marshall Project

When I was 11 years old and living in a small town in Oregon, my mother came downstairs…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Mentalhealth #daughters #Family/Families #Guncontrol #gunlaw #gunpolitics #GunRights #GunSafety #guns #Health #LifeInside #localpolice #mentalillness #MentalHealth #Mothers #oregon #Psychiatrichospitals #Psychiatry #SecondAmendment #sons
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/510163/

Mom’s Last Gun | The Marshall Project

When I was 11 years old and living in a small town in Oregon, my mother came downstairs…
#NewsBeep #News #Mentalhealth #daughters #Family/Families #GunControl #GunLaw #gunpolitics #GunRights #GunSafety #Guns #Health #LifeInside #Localpolice #mentalillness #MentalHealth #Mothers #Oregon #Psychiatrichospitals #Psychiatry #SecondAmendment #sons #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/463338/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/373388/ Mom’s Last Gun | The Marshall Project #daughters #Éire #Family/Families #GunControl #GunLaw #GunPolitics #GunRights #GunSafety #Guns #Health #IE #Ireland #LifeInside #LocalPolice #MentalHealth #MentalIllness #MentalHealth #Mothers #oregon #PsychiatricHospitals #Psychiatry #SecondAmendment #sons

“The department has been in contact, to the best of our abilities, with ICE to ask that they give the department notification when they are in town. There is a mutual understanding between the federal agency and the OCPD that they will notify when possible, but there are some instances where they won’t be able to. Captain Eade made it clear to the Commission that OCPD is not involved with ICE operations.”

#OceanCity #Maryland #LawEnforcement #LocalPolice #287g #ICE
https://www.wmdt.com/2026/01/ocean-city-police-would-like-u-s-immigrations-customs-enforcement-to-notify-them-when-on-the-resort-town/

“The department has been in contact, to the best of our abilities, with ICE to ask that they give the department notification when they are in town. There is a mutual understanding between the federal agency and the OCPD that they will notify when possible, but there are some instances where they won’t be able to. Captain Eade made it clear to the Commission that OCPD is not involved with ICE operations.”

#OceanCity #Maryland #LawEnforcement #LocalPolice #287g #ICE
https://www.wmdt.com/2026/01/ocean-city-police-would-like-u-s-immigrations-customs-enforcement-to-notify-them-when-on-the-resort-town/

“The department has been in contact, to the best of our abilities, with ICE to ask that they give the department notification when they are in town. There is a mutual understanding between the federal agency and the OCPD that they will notify when possible, but there are some instances where they won’t be able to. Captain Eade made it clear to the Commission that OCPD is not involved with ICE operations.”

#OceanCity #Maryland #LawEnforcement #LocalPolice #287g #ICE
https://www.wmdt.com/2026/01/ocean-city-police-would-like-u-s-immigrations-customs-enforcement-to-notify-them-when-on-the-resort-town/

“The department has been in contact, to the best of our abilities, with ICE to ask that they give the department notification when they are in town. There is a mutual understanding between the federal agency and the OCPD that they will notify when possible, but there are some instances where they won’t be able to. Captain Eade made it clear to the Commission that OCPD is not involved with ICE operations.”

#OceanCity #Maryland #LawEnforcement #LocalPolice #287g #ICE
https://www.wmdt.com/2026/01/ocean-city-police-would-like-u-s-immigrations-customs-enforcement-to-notify-them-when-on-the-resort-town/

“The department has been in contact, to the best of our abilities, with ICE to ask that they give the department notification when they are in town. There is a mutual understanding between the federal agency and the OCPD that they will notify when possible, but there are some instances where they won’t be able to. Captain Eade made it clear to the Commission that OCPD is not involved with ICE operations.”

#OceanCity #Maryland #LawEnforcement #LocalPolice #287g #ICE
https://www.wmdt.com/2026/01/ocean-city-police-would-like-u-s-immigrations-customs-enforcement-to-notify-them-when-on-the-resort-town/

...The audit logs originate from Texas school districts that contract with Flock Safety, an Atlanta-based company that manufactures artificial intelligence-powered license plate readers and other surveillance technology...

#FlockCameras #SchoolSurveillance #Texas #LocalPolice #ICE
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/10/ice-school-cameras-police-license-plates

...The audit logs originate from Texas school districts that contract with Flock Safety, an Atlanta-based company that manufactures artificial intelligence-powered license plate readers and other surveillance technology...

#FlockCameras #SchoolSurveillance #Texas #LocalPolice #ICE
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/10/ice-school-cameras-police-license-plates

...The audit logs originate from Texas school districts that contract with Flock Safety, an Atlanta-based company that manufactures artificial intelligence-powered license plate readers and other surveillance technology...

#FlockCameras #SchoolSurveillance #Texas #LocalPolice #ICE
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/10/ice-school-cameras-police-license-plates

...The audit logs originate from Texas school districts that contract with Flock Safety, an Atlanta-based company that manufactures artificial intelligence-powered license plate readers and other surveillance technology...

#FlockCameras #SchoolSurveillance #Texas #LocalPolice #ICE
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/10/ice-school-cameras-police-license-plates

...The audit logs originate from Texas school districts that contract with Flock Safety, an Atlanta-based company that manufactures artificial intelligence-powered license plate readers and other surveillance technology...

#FlockCameras #SchoolSurveillance #Texas #LocalPolice #ICE
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/10/ice-school-cameras-police-license-plates

Why Local and State Police Rarely Investigate Federal Agents – ProPublica

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“You’re Not Going to Investigate a Federal Officer”

It doesn’t happen often, but local law enforcement can arrest and charge federal agents. Legal experts say there’s a moral obligation to at least try to hold federal immigration officers accountable when they violate the Constitution and the law.

by Andy Mannix, Melissa Sanchez and Nicole Foy

February 5, 2026, 6:00 am

Minutes after a federal agent shot and killed a Mexican immigrant in a Chicago suburb last September, a group of police officers stood on the sidewalk trying to figure out the answer to a question of protocol: Who would investigate the shooting?

“Wouldn’t it be state’s, at a minimum?” one Franklin Park officer asked, according to body camera footage.

Chief Mike Witz shook his head. “No, because it’s a federal shooting,” he said. “You’re not going to investigate a federal officer.”

His officers didn’t investigate. In their report, they didn’t even note the names of the two Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at the scene of Silverio Villegas González’s death. Instead, they deferred to the FBI.

Local law enforcement officials also did not investigate when a Border Patrol agent shot and wounded a U.S. citizen in her car in Chicago less than a month later. Or when an ICE agent in Phoenix shot a Honduran man during a traffic stop later that month.

In fact, local police did not open investigations into six of the 12 shootings by on-duty federal agents that have led to the deaths or injuries of citizens and immigrants since September, a ProPublica analysis found. In three other shooting cases, state or local police said they have opened inquiries, which they called a routine practice in those jurisdictions. And in Minnesota, where ICE and Border Patrol shot and killed two U.S. citizens and injured a Venezuelan man last month, state police have tried to conduct independent investigations only to be thwarted by the Trump administration, which has gone so far as to block officers from a scene, even when they had a judicial warrant.

In almost every instance, President Donald Trump’s administration blamed the injured and dead for the shooting within hours of the incident, raising questions about whether federal officials can fairly and objectively investigate their own. Legal experts and advocates for immigrants say this apparent lack of accountability demands that local authorities step up and exercise their power to investigate and prosecute federal agents who break state laws — from battery to murder.

“Local police and the state have gotten a free pass,” said Craig Futterman, a law professor at the University of Chicago and the co-founder and director of its Civil Rights and Police Accountability Project. “Residents have every right and should be demanding that, ‘Hey, state authorities, police, local police: Protect us. Arrest people who kill us, who batter us, who point guns at us and threaten and assault us without legal cause to do so.’”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXw9k7JWufI

Body camera footage shows then-Franklin Park Police Chief Mike Witz responding to his officers’ questions about whether they would investigate the shooting of a Mexican immigrant by federal agents. Obtained by ProPublica

It’s usually the opposite scenario: federal authorities coming in to investigate a troubled police department. But local authorities have investigated and charged federal agents in the past. It’s just rare and complicated. The federal supremacy clause in the U.S. Constitution bars local interference with federal law enforcement officers when they act reasonably and within the scope of their duties.

But given the aggressive tactics employed by immigration agents under the Trump administration, Futterman and other legal experts said local police and prosecutors are morally obligated to at least try to hold federal law enforcement officers accountable.

“We’re in an environment right now where ICE officers are blatantly and egregiously violating the Constitution and the law,” said Joanna Schwartz, a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. “The federal government has made it very clear that they are not going to do anything to provide any sort of accountability backstop to its officers. Unfortunately, because Congress is not taking any steps to rein ICE officers in, there really is no option other than states protecting their constituents’ rights.” 

Continue/Read Original Article Here: Why Local and State Police Rarely Investigate Federal Agents — ProPublica

Why Local and State Police Rarely Investigate Federal Agents – ProPublica

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“You’re Not Going to Investigate a Federal Officer”

It doesn’t happen often, but local law enforcement can arrest and charge federal agents. Legal experts say there’s a moral obligation to at least try to hold federal immigration officers accountable when they violate the Constitution and the law.

by Andy Mannix, Melissa Sanchez and Nicole Foy

February 5, 2026, 6:00 am

Minutes after a federal agent shot and killed a Mexican immigrant in a Chicago suburb last September, a group of police officers stood on the sidewalk trying to figure out the answer to a question of protocol: Who would investigate the shooting?

“Wouldn’t it be state’s, at a minimum?” one Franklin Park officer asked, according to body camera footage.

Chief Mike Witz shook his head. “No, because it’s a federal shooting,” he said. “You’re not going to investigate a federal officer.”

His officers didn’t investigate. In their report, they didn’t even note the names of the two Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at the scene of Silverio Villegas González’s death. Instead, they deferred to the FBI.

Local law enforcement officials also did not investigate when a Border Patrol agent shot and wounded a U.S. citizen in her car in Chicago less than a month later. Or when an ICE agent in Phoenix shot a Honduran man during a traffic stop later that month.

In fact, local police did not open investigations into six of the 12 shootings by on-duty federal agents that have led to the deaths or injuries of citizens and immigrants since September, a ProPublica analysis found. In three other shooting cases, state or local police said they have opened inquiries, which they called a routine practice in those jurisdictions. And in Minnesota, where ICE and Border Patrol shot and killed two U.S. citizens and injured a Venezuelan man last month, state police have tried to conduct independent investigations only to be thwarted by the Trump administration, which has gone so far as to block officers from a scene, even when they had a judicial warrant.

In almost every instance, President Donald Trump’s administration blamed the injured and dead for the shooting within hours of the incident, raising questions about whether federal officials can fairly and objectively investigate their own. Legal experts and advocates for immigrants say this apparent lack of accountability demands that local authorities step up and exercise their power to investigate and prosecute federal agents who break state laws — from battery to murder.

“Local police and the state have gotten a free pass,” said Craig Futterman, a law professor at the University of Chicago and the co-founder and director of its Civil Rights and Police Accountability Project. “Residents have every right and should be demanding that, ‘Hey, state authorities, police, local police: Protect us. Arrest people who kill us, who batter us, who point guns at us and threaten and assault us without legal cause to do so.’”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXw9k7JWufI

Body camera footage shows then-Franklin Park Police Chief Mike Witz responding to his officers’ questions about whether they would investigate the shooting of a Mexican immigrant by federal agents. Obtained by ProPublica

It’s usually the opposite scenario: federal authorities coming in to investigate a troubled police department. But local authorities have investigated and charged federal agents in the past. It’s just rare and complicated. The federal supremacy clause in the U.S. Constitution bars local interference with federal law enforcement officers when they act reasonably and within the scope of their duties.

But given the aggressive tactics employed by immigration agents under the Trump administration, Futterman and other legal experts said local police and prosecutors are morally obligated to at least try to hold federal law enforcement officers accountable.

“We’re in an environment right now where ICE officers are blatantly and egregiously violating the Constitution and the law,” said Joanna Schwartz, a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. “The federal government has made it very clear that they are not going to do anything to provide any sort of accountability backstop to its officers. Unfortunately, because Congress is not taking any steps to rein ICE officers in, there really is no option other than states protecting their constituents’ rights.” 

Continue/Read Original Article Here: Why Local and State Police Rarely Investigate Federal Agents — ProPublica

Why Local and State Police Rarely Investigate Federal Agents – ProPublica

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“You’re Not Going to Investigate a Federal Officer”

It doesn’t happen often, but local law enforcement can arrest and charge federal agents. Legal experts say there’s a moral obligation to at least try to hold federal immigration officers accountable when they violate the Constitution and the law.

by Andy Mannix, Melissa Sanchez and Nicole Foy

February 5, 2026, 6:00 am

Minutes after a federal agent shot and killed a Mexican immigrant in a Chicago suburb last September, a group of police officers stood on the sidewalk trying to figure out the answer to a question of protocol: Who would investigate the shooting?

“Wouldn’t it be state’s, at a minimum?” one Franklin Park officer asked, according to body camera footage.

Chief Mike Witz shook his head. “No, because it’s a federal shooting,” he said. “You’re not going to investigate a federal officer.”

His officers didn’t investigate. In their report, they didn’t even note the names of the two Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at the scene of Silverio Villegas González’s death. Instead, they deferred to the FBI.

Local law enforcement officials also did not investigate when a Border Patrol agent shot and wounded a U.S. citizen in her car in Chicago less than a month later. Or when an ICE agent in Phoenix shot a Honduran man during a traffic stop later that month.

In fact, local police did not open investigations into six of the 12 shootings by on-duty federal agents that have led to the deaths or injuries of citizens and immigrants since September, a ProPublica analysis found. In three other shooting cases, state or local police said they have opened inquiries, which they called a routine practice in those jurisdictions. And in Minnesota, where ICE and Border Patrol shot and killed two U.S. citizens and injured a Venezuelan man last month, state police have tried to conduct independent investigations only to be thwarted by the Trump administration, which has gone so far as to block officers from a scene, even when they had a judicial warrant.

In almost every instance, President Donald Trump’s administration blamed the injured and dead for the shooting within hours of the incident, raising questions about whether federal officials can fairly and objectively investigate their own. Legal experts and advocates for immigrants say this apparent lack of accountability demands that local authorities step up and exercise their power to investigate and prosecute federal agents who break state laws — from battery to murder.

“Local police and the state have gotten a free pass,” said Craig Futterman, a law professor at the University of Chicago and the co-founder and director of its Civil Rights and Police Accountability Project. “Residents have every right and should be demanding that, ‘Hey, state authorities, police, local police: Protect us. Arrest people who kill us, who batter us, who point guns at us and threaten and assault us without legal cause to do so.’”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXw9k7JWufI

Body camera footage shows then-Franklin Park Police Chief Mike Witz responding to his officers’ questions about whether they would investigate the shooting of a Mexican immigrant by federal agents. Obtained by ProPublica

It’s usually the opposite scenario: federal authorities coming in to investigate a troubled police department. But local authorities have investigated and charged federal agents in the past. It’s just rare and complicated. The federal supremacy clause in the U.S. Constitution bars local interference with federal law enforcement officers when they act reasonably and within the scope of their duties.

But given the aggressive tactics employed by immigration agents under the Trump administration, Futterman and other legal experts said local police and prosecutors are morally obligated to at least try to hold federal law enforcement officers accountable.

“We’re in an environment right now where ICE officers are blatantly and egregiously violating the Constitution and the law,” said Joanna Schwartz, a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. “The federal government has made it very clear that they are not going to do anything to provide any sort of accountability backstop to its officers. Unfortunately, because Congress is not taking any steps to rein ICE officers in, there really is no option other than states protecting their constituents’ rights.” 

Continue/Read Original Article Here: Why Local and State Police Rarely Investigate Federal Agents — ProPublica

Indian Restaurant Manager Exposes JD Vance’s “Crazy” Minneapolis Story

Vice President JD Vance’s story about protesters mobbing off-duty ICE and Border Patrol officers in a Minneapolis restaurant…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #BalliSingh #borderpatrol #Federalagents #JamesDavidVance #jdvance #localpolice #vance #vicepresident #VP
https://www.europesays.com/2744645/

Trump, Vance Blame Minneapolis Police For Not Protecting Their Federal Officers

President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance laid blame on Minnesota officials and local law enforcement following…
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Former NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez hospitalized in apparent stabbing incident

Former NFL quarterback and current Fox Sports commentator Mark Sa…
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Former NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez hospitalized in apparent stabbing incident https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/420419/ #ArizonaCardinals #ChicagoBears #DenverBroncos #Football #FoxSports #Indianapolis #IndianapolisColts #IndianapolisMetropolitanPoliceDepartment #LasVegasRaiders #LocalPolice #MarkSanchez #NewYorkGiants #NewYorkJets #NFL #NflDraft #PhiladelphiaEagles #SanFrancisco49ers #StabWounds #WashingtonCommanders

Former NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez hospitalized in apparent stabbing incident https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/420419/ #ArizonaCardinals #ChicagoBears #DenverBroncos #Football #FoxSports #Indianapolis #IndianapolisColts #IndianapolisMetropolitanPoliceDepartment #LasVegasRaiders #LocalPolice #MarkSanchez #NewYorkGiants #NewYorkJets #NFL #NflDraft #PhiladelphiaEagles #SanFrancisco49ers #StabWounds #WashingtonCommanders

Pokemon-like sea creature with painful sting forces beaches in Spain to close https://www.byteseu.com/1308301/ #BlueDragon #BlueDragons #CostaBlanca #GuardamarDelSegura #LocalPolice #PortugueseManO’War #SeaCreatures #Spain #SpanishBeaches #Sting

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#Chicago #cop used #racialslur and shoved guard at #Florida resort

#NewPaltz #policeofficer indicted on #misconduct, #harassment, #stalking of former girlfriend

#NY. #correctionsofficer pleads guilty to charges related to #inmate's death

Emails Reveal the Casual #Surveillance Alliance Between #ICE and #LocalPolice

#Police push #correspondent on live TV during #immigrationprotest in #downtownLA

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#ACAB #News -

#Chicago #cop used #racialslur and shoved guard at #Florida resort

#NewPaltz #policeofficer indicted on #misconduct, #harassment, #stalking of former girlfriend

#NY. #correctionsofficer pleads guilty to charges related to #inmate's death

Emails Reveal the Casual #Surveillance Alliance Between #ICE and #LocalPolice

#Police push #correspondent on live TV during #immigrationprotest in #downtownLA

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#ACAB #News -

#Chicago #cop used #racialslur and shoved guard at #Florida resort

#NewPaltz #policeofficer indicted on #misconduct, #harassment, #stalking of former girlfriend

#NY. #correctionsofficer pleads guilty to charges related to #inmate's death

Emails Reveal the Casual #Surveillance Alliance Between #ICE and #LocalPolice

#Police push #correspondent on live TV during #immigrationprotest in #downtownLA

https://flipboard.com/@dustcircle/acab-1312-52p4pqmfy

#ACAB #News -

#Chicago #cop used #racialslur and shoved guard at #Florida resort

#NewPaltz #policeofficer indicted on #misconduct, #harassment, #stalking of former girlfriend

#NY. #correctionsofficer pleads guilty to charges related to #inmate's death

Emails Reveal the Casual #Surveillance Alliance Between #ICE and #LocalPolice

#Police push #correspondent on live TV during #immigrationprotest in #downtownLA

https://flipboard.com/@dustcircle/acab-1312-52p4pqmfy

#ACAB #News -

#Chicago #cop used #racialslur and shoved guard at #Florida resort

#NewPaltz #policeofficer indicted on #misconduct, #harassment, #stalking of former girlfriend

#NY. #correctionsofficer pleads guilty to charges related to #inmate's death

Emails Reveal the Casual #Surveillance Alliance Between #ICE and #LocalPolice

#Police push #correspondent on live TV during #immigrationprotest in #downtownLA

https://flipboard.com/@dustcircle/acab-1312-52p4pqmfy

Nevada County's call logs continue to deliver a perfect mix of chaos, confusion, and comedy. From frying pan conspiracies to trash bag fashion, Call Log Diaries #8 breaks down this week’s most unforgettable calls. #lawenforcement #truecrime #911calls #police #nevadacounty #grassvalley #nevadacity #funny #secretservice #localpolice #NCSO #funnycalls #fryingpans #satellites #trashbags

http://ittybitty4life.com/2025/02/10/frying-pans-trash-bags-and-tamales-call-log-diaries-8/

Nevada County's call logs continue to deliver a perfect mix of chaos, confusion, and comedy. From frying pan conspiracies to trash bag fashion, Call Log Diaries #8 breaks down this week’s most unforgettable calls. #lawenforcement #truecrime #911calls #police #nevadacounty #grassvalley #nevadacity #funny #secretservice #localpolice #NCSO #funnycalls #fryingpans #satellites #trashbags

http://ittybitty4life.com/2025/02/10/frying-pans-trash-bags-and-tamales-call-log-diaries-8/

Nevada County's call logs continue to deliver a perfect mix of chaos, confusion, and comedy. From frying pan conspiracies to trash bag fashion, Call Log Diaries #8 breaks down this week’s most unforgettable calls. #lawenforcement #truecrime #911calls #police #nevadacounty #grassvalley #nevadacity #funny #secretservice #localpolice #NCSO #funnycalls #fryingpans #satellites #trashbags

http://ittybitty4life.com/2025/02/10/frying-pans-trash-bags-and-tamales-call-log-diaries-8/

Among the changes #Trump has promoted: allowing the use of #StopAndFrisk to interrogate suspects, rescinding a #Biden admin ban on the transfer of #military equipment to local #police depts, deputizing local officers to enforce #immigration laws, & deploying the #NationalGuard to fight *#crime*.

…Trump has signaled his intent to curb federal monitoring of #LocalPolice & to withhold #funds from PDs unwilling to employ more confrontational tactics….

#law #PoliceAccountability #HarrisWalz2024

Among the changes #Trump has promoted: allowing the use of #StopAndFrisk to interrogate suspects, rescinding a #Biden admin ban on the transfer of #military equipment to local #police depts, deputizing local officers to enforce #immigration laws, & deploying the #NationalGuard to fight *#crime*.

…Trump has signaled his intent to curb federal monitoring of #LocalPolice & to withhold #funds from PDs unwilling to employ more confrontational tactics….

#law #PoliceAccountability #HarrisWalz2024

Among the changes #Trump has promoted: allowing the use of #StopAndFrisk to interrogate suspects, rescinding a #Biden admin ban on the transfer of #military equipment to local #police depts, deputizing local officers to enforce #immigration laws, & deploying the #NationalGuard to fight *#crime*.

…Trump has signaled his intent to curb federal monitoring of #LocalPolice & to withhold #funds from PDs unwilling to employ more confrontational tactics….

#law #PoliceAccountability #HarrisWalz2024

Among the changes #Trump has promoted: allowing the use of #StopAndFrisk to interrogate suspects, rescinding a #Biden admin ban on the transfer of #military equipment to local #police depts, deputizing local officers to enforce #immigration laws, & deploying the #NationalGuard to fight *#crime*.

…Trump has signaled his intent to curb federal monitoring of #LocalPolice & to withhold #funds from PDs unwilling to employ more confrontational tactics….

#law #PoliceAccountability #HarrisWalz2024

Among the changes #Trump has promoted: allowing the use of #StopAndFrisk to interrogate suspects, rescinding a #Biden admin ban on the transfer of #military equipment to local #police depts, deputizing local officers to enforce #immigration laws, & deploying the #NationalGuard to fight *#crime*.

…Trump has signaled his intent to curb federal monitoring of #LocalPolice & to withhold #funds from PDs unwilling to employ more confrontational tactics….

#law #PoliceAccountability #HarrisWalz2024

https://truthout.org/articles/senators-letter-exposes-disturbing-extent-of-phone-surveillance-program/
According to an analysis this week of the letter…written by Sen. @RonWyden (D-OR), the program, formerly called #Hemisphere and now known as #DataAnalyticalServices #DAS, allows #lawenforcement agencies across the country — from #localpolice and #sheriffsdepartments, all the way up to federal agencies — to simply ask for phone records from the program, with little, or no oversight whatsoever.