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  1. At the time, the League of United #LatinAmerican Citizens, one of the nation’s oldest #Latino #CivilRights organizations, said that officers conducting the raids took cellphones, computers & documents. An 87-year-old retired educator described heavily armed officers barging into her home & taking personal items.

    #LULAC leaders accused the famously *conservative* AG #KenPaxton of trying to #suppress Latino voters & asked the #DOJ to investigate the raids.

    #VotingRights #law #ElectionLaw #racism

  2. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton raids Latino Democrats' homes, including those of LULAC members

    "Manuel Medina, the chair of Tejano Democrats, is another LULAC member who was targeted, LULAC's CEO said. Medina's home was raided last Thursday by police in riot gear, who were armed and broke down his door, according to LULAC officials."

    This is infuriating 😡

    cbsnews.com/news/texas-attorne

    #news #lulac #latino #texas #police #USpol #Politics #press #Racism #voting #political #cbsnews #democrats

  3. youtube.com/watch?v=Q6sKkyEEns

    A day ago 🚨

    #LULAC condemns #KenPaxton's #racist #election 'fraud' raids at news conference (approx. 40 minutes)

    3.37 min is when 80 year old #LidiaMartínez is brought up. 20 August, armed 9 pigs showed up at her house and she was interrogated and her home searched. Took her outside her house in her nightgown whilst they searched.

    Isn't #KenPaxton supposed to be in jail?

    #fascism #racism #TX #Texas #Election2024 #VoterIntimidation

  4. #Law enforcement seized Martinez's phone, computer, personal calendar, blank voter registration forms & her certificate to conduct voter registration….

    "This is a free country, this is not Russia," Martinez said Mon during a press conference denouncing the raid.

    Manuel Medina, the chair of Tejano #Democrats, is another #LULAC member who was targeted…. Medina's home was raided last Thurs by #police in riot gear, who were armed & broke down his door….

    #ElectionLaw #AbuseOfPower #WhiteSupremacy

  5. Proaño said one of those targeted was Lidia Martinez, an 87-yr-old who lives in San Antonio. Martinez has been a #LULAC member for >35yrs & works to expand voter registration among #seniors & #veterans in South #Texas.

    She said that last Tues, there was a knock on her door in the morning, & she was greeted by 9 officers in tactical gear & firearms who said they were executing a search warrant. Martinez was questioned for >3 hrs about her voter registration efforts in TX.

    #law #AbuseOfPower

  6. "Attorney General #Paxton is using his position of authority to #harass & #intimidate #Latino non-profit organizations like #LULAC, LatinoLeaders & LULAC members," Juan Proaño, LULAC's CEO told CBS, calling the state AG's effort "point-blank" #VoterIntimidation. "It is evident through his pattern of lawsuits, raids, searches, & seizures that he is trying to keep Latinos from voting."

    #democracy #ElectionLaw #law #AbuseOfPower #WhiteSupremacy #VoterSuppression #ElectionInterference

  7. Last week, #KenPaxton's office announced in a press release that it was launching undercover operations & an investigation into reports alleging some orgs in #Texas are unlawfully registering noncitizens to #vote, in violation of state & federal #law.

    #LULAC ofcls told CBS that some of the group's TX members were targeted & had their laptops & cell phones confiscated by TX authorities executing search warrants. Some of the raids focused on #Latino #activists across the state.

    #AbuseOfPower

  8. #LULAC is accusing #KenPaxton's office of carrying out #illegal searches premised on voter fraud.

    "These actions echo a troubling history of #VoterSuppression & #intimidation that has long targeted both #Black & #Latino communities, particularly in states like #Texas, where #demographic changes have increasingly shifted the #political landscape," LULAC CEO Juan Proaño & the group's national president, Roman Palomares, said in the letter.

    #democracy #ElectionLaw #law

  9. Full-blown #AbuseOfPower & #WhiteSupremacy:

    #Texas AG #KenPaxton raids #Latino #Democrats' homes, including those of #LULAC members

    The nation's oldest Latino #CivilRights org, LULAC, is one of several entities in TX targeted in [Trumped up] voter fraud raids led by state AG Ken #Paxton.

    In a letter first obtained by CBS News, LULAC requested that the #DOJ investigate Paxton's office for #VotingRights Act violations.

    #VoterSuppression #intimidation #law
    cbsnews.com/news/texas-attorne