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  1. #Minnesota AG Keith Ellison is asking a federal judge to bar the sheriff in Cameron County, #Texas, from releasing #ICE agent Christian Castro, & to order TX Gov #GregAbbott to sign his #extradition warrant so that MN officers can take custody.

    MN officials have clashed with the #FederalGovernment over who has #jurisdiction to investigate & prosecute federal officers for on-duty conduct. Ellison is a Democrat & Abbott is a Republican & an ally of #Trump.

    #law #immigration #UseOfForce #fascism

  2. … “The concern here is that #ICE is going above & beyond to guarantee law enforcement does not have even the slightest risk of #liability for violating Americans’ rights while helping ICE arrest people,” said David Bier, director of #immigration studies at the Cato Institute, who has called on #Congress to make it easier to sue ICE agents for wrongdoing.

    #Trump #law #Sturmabteilung #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #fascism #MafiaState #WhiteSupremacy

  3. #ICE is proposing to subsidize liability insurance for state & local officers who are “trained” & deputized to enforce federal #immigration laws, acc/to a planning document published Friday.

    sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp

    …Under the plan, officers would purchase insurance covering up to $500k in personal #liability, which typically funds legal fees, settlements & judgments. Officers would be reimbursed up to $250 annually — roughly what the insurance is expected to cost.

    #Trump #law #UseOfForce

  4. After Molina, 36, posted video of the encounter Monday, it racked up tens of thousands of views & reignited scrutiny over the aggressiveness of the #Trump admin’s crackdown on “illegal” #immigration. The #gun in the agent’s hand can be seen raised & held at the center of Molina’s open driver’s side window.

    “I don’t think I comprehended it in that moment, but looking back on it, it really felt like a #RenéeGood situation,” Molina told WaPo….

    #ICE #Sturmabteilung #law #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce

  5. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: New ‘anomaly detector’ flags outlier counties in police uses of lethal force. “A new data-driven dashboard produced by the Cline Center for Advanced Social Research at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign uses predictive modeling to pinpoint U.S. counties that have unusually high or low numbers of police use of lethal force incidents relative […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/07/university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign-new-anomaly-detector-flags-outlier-counties-in-police-uses-of-lethal-force/
  6. #Police #shooting in #Madison, #Wisconsin being investigated as a #homicide, police chief says
    
The city’s independent watchdog accused police of obstructing her inquiry into the shooting. Madison’s police chief said he was “committed to working with the independent monitor.”

    #law #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #murder #BLM
    washingtonpost.com/nation/2026

  7. In case there was any doubt, #Trump is fully condoning the #ExtraJudicialKillings by #ICE.

    Federal Agents Were Told #FBI Will No Longer Investigate ICE “Confrontations”

    Senior officials deny such a change is in the works, despite guidance shared with agents around the country in recent days.

    #law #murder #Constitution #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState #ICE #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy
    nytimes.com/2026/07/19/us/poli

  8. #Trump border czar, #TomHoman, has warned that there will be more “bloodshed” unless #Democrats “shut their mouths.”

    Following the back-to-back fatal #shootings [ #murders ] of a Colombian native in Maine & a Mexican man in Houston by #ICE, the Trump admin has tried to shift the blame onto Democratic leaders who have been educating #immigrants on their #rights.

    #law #immigration #Sturmabteilung #ExtraJudicialKillings #UseOfForce #CivilRights #MafiaState #WhiteSupremacy
    independent.co.uk/news/world/a

  9. #DavidBrouillette has a history of terrifying & #violent behavior, acc/to those relatives. They accuse him of attacking #women in his life over the years, & one shared a voicemail with the AP from last winter in which he told her that he thought someone should slit her throat.

    Brouillette’s troubling past further challenges how #DHS has vetted recruits as it went on a hiring spree to help carry out #Trump’s #immigration crackdown.

    #law #ICE #Sturmabteilung #murder #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality

  10. #ICE officer in #Maine #shooting has history of #violent behavior, family & records say

    The ICE officer who shot a Colombian man in Maine this week is an Army vet who has struggled with serious mental health issues since early childhood & never should have been given a #badge & #gun to #patrol #US streets, several of his close relatives told AP.

    #Trump #law #immigration #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #MafiaState
    apnews.com/article/ice-david-b

  11. Trump said Wednesday that #ICE should continue traffic stops after 2 deadly #shootings in 1 week, contradicting new policy to halt them. To remove criminals from the country, “we CANNOT give up one of ICE’s most important and effective Crime Fighting tools, THE TRAFFIC STOP!” Trump posted on social media.

    #law #immigration #Sturmabteilung #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #DueProcess #UseOfForce #CivilRights #HumanRights #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #AbuseOfPower #WhiteSupremacy
    apnews.com/article/ice-immigra

  12. HT @KimPerales

    Alarms sound after 'horrifying' red-state police training exposed: 'More people will die'

    by Alexander Willis
    July 14, 2026 2:53PM ET

    "Progressive activist and media figure #JustinKanew sounded an alarm Tuesday after a Democratic district attorney shared a 'horrifying' account of law enforcement training in the GOP-controlled state of #Tennessee.

    "On Saturday, an op-ed written by Democratic District Attorney Steven Mulroy of Memphis was published in USA Today detailing his experience attending a 'weeklong use-of-force training for law enforcement by #ForceScience, a private company hired by many law enforcement agencies across the country.' "

    Read more:
    rawstory.com/police-2677222901/

    #PoliceState #USPol #ACAB #CopCities #PrivateSecurity #UseOfForce #DeadlyForce #StateViolence

  13. …At least 22 people have been fired on by agents involved in Trump’s #deportation crackdown since he took office for his second term in January 2025. Six people, including three #US #citizens, have been killed as a result of those #shootings, nearly all of which involved officers firing at people in vehicles.

    [because they weren’t properly trained. And they believe they can kill with impunity.]

    #Trump #law #immigration #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #murder #UseOfForce #AbuseOfPower #fascism

  14. Apparently the officer "feared for public safety. How many of us do they have to kill to keep us safe?

     Nonilex wrote the following post Mon, 13 Jul 2026 10:35:31 -0400 One person killed in #Maine in second fatal #ICE #shooting in less than a week

    A person was killed Monday in an ICE-involved shooting in Biddeford, Maine, according to the state’s speaker of the house — just days after a federal #immigration officer fatally shot a Mexican immigrant during a traffic stop in Houston, sparking mass #protests & demands for #transparency & #accountability.

    #Trump #law #Sturmabteilung #murder #DueProcess #UseOfForce #AbuseOfPower #fascism
    https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/13/us/ice-shooting-maine
  15. Sen #AngusKing [an independent who caucuses with the Democrats] earlier told reporters, citing a separate conversation with #MarkwayneMullin, that the man who was fatally shot was the target of a warrant.

    “Senator King continued to emphasize the need for a full, comprehensive, & transparent investigation,” his office said.

    #Trump #law #immigration #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #DueProcess #UseOfForce #CivilRights #AbuseOfPower #fascism #MafiaState #WhiteSupremacy

  16. #DHS Secy corrected himself after initially saying victim was target of #ICE operation, senator says

    Since his press conference Monday, Sen. #AngusKing again spoke with DHS SecY #MarkwayneMullin who said the man fatally shot by federal agents in Biddeford was “NOT the target of the warrant,” acc/to the #Maine senator’s office.

    #Trump #law #immigration #Sturmabteilung #murder #DueProcess #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #AbuseOfPower #fascism #MafiaState #WhiteSupremacy
    cnn.com/2026/07/13/us/live-new

  17. “Through the *cooperation* of our federal partners we have obtained the hard drives of previously withheld evidence in the killings of #ReneeGood & #AlexPretti & the shooting of #JulioSosaCelis,” Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said. “We have also obtained some of the physical evidence that was previously withheld, including Renee Good’s car.”

    #Trump #law #immigration #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #ExtraJudicialKillings #DueProcess #UseOfForce #CivilRights #AbuseOfPower #fascism #MafiaState

  18. #Minnesota prosecutors announced Monday that they have obtained long withheld key evidence in their ongoing investigations into fatal #shootings of #ReneeGood & #AlexPretti during pitched protests against a federal #immigration enforcement crackdown in the state earlier this year & withheld evidence in the shooting of #JulioSosaCelis.

    #Trump #law #Constitution #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #murder #DueProcess #UseOfForce #CivilRights #AbuseOfPower #fascism #MafiaState
    apnews.com/article/immigration

  19. “A person was killed. #ICE was involved. State Police & the Department of Public Safety are now on scene to gather details & would expect the #FBI to investigate as well,” #Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau said in a statement on Facebook. “These are the details that I have at this time. I will provide further updates, as they are relayed to me.”

    #Trump #law #immigration #Sturmabteilung #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #DueProcess #UseOfForce #AbuseOfPower #fascism #MafiaState #WhiteSupremacy

  20. One person killed in #Maine in second fatal #ICE #shooting in less than a week

    A person was killed Monday in an ICE-involved shooting in Biddeford, Maine, according to the state’s speaker of the house — just days after a federal #immigration officer fatally shot a Mexican immigrant during a traffic stop in Houston, sparking mass #protests & demands for #transparency & #accountability.

    #Trump #law #Sturmabteilung #murder #DueProcess #UseOfForce #AbuseOfPower #fascism
    cnn.com/2026/07/13/us/ice-shoo

  21. ICE Faces Scrutiny Over Lack of Evidence in Houston Shooting Incident

    📰 Original title: After another fatal shooting, ICE faces a familiar test of credibility

    🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
    👥 Users: It's clickbait ⚠️

    View full AI summary en.killbait.com/ice-faces-scru

    #justice #iceshooting #governmentinvestigation #useofforce