#useofforce — Public Fediverse posts

The official, a unit chief who directly oversaw more than 100 employees who evaluated thousands of #ICE applicants, was so troubled by what he saw that he outlined these concerns not to his superiors, but in a formal #whistleblower complaint to the Office of #InspectorGeneral in the #DHS.

#Trump #law #immigration #Sturmabteilung #ExtraJudicialKillings #DueProcess #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #fascism #tyranny #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/09/03/us/ice-recruits-whistleblower-complaint.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-VA.Kf_q.RleXDEq3_hqW&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Citing an “unprecedented lowering of standards,” the career #ICE ofcl said that “systemic breakdowns” had allowed applicants to receive job offers before they had passed basic fingerprint‼️, identity or credit checks in a preliminary vetting process. Political appointees had unjustly skirted background investigations & received #NationalSecurity eligibility.

#Trump #law #immigration #Sturmabteilung #ExtraJudicialKillings #DueProcess #UseOfForce #CivilRights #MafiaState #fascism #WhiteSupremacy

In the wake of a hiring surge last summer, an official in charge of evaluating new recruits to #ICE issued a dire warning.

The #Trump admin, he wrote in a memo, was cutting corners, violating the #law & fast-tracking unqualified, “improperly vetted” candidates into ICE’s ranks, part of a dangerous move that exposed the agency—& its law enforcement operations—to “grave national security risks.”

#immigration #Sturmabteilung #DueProcess #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #WhiteSupremacy

#ICE Skipped Basic Checks in Rush for Recruits, #Whistleblower Says

An official who oversaw the vetting of ICE recruits cited an “unprecedented lowering of standards” amid a hiring surge.

#Trump #law #immigration #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #HumanRights #MafiaState #PrerogativeState #AbuseOfPower #fascism #tyranny #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/us/ice-recruits-national-security-risk-whistleblower.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-VA.oxVd.ttgirG3H-EEE&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Update

An #ICE officer charged with #shooting a man & #lying about it during the #immigration crackdown in #Minneapolis was released from a #Texas jail Thursday, after a judge refused to order his return to #Minnesota.

Christian Castro was released at dawn from a detention center in Brownsville. He motioned his hand toward a few camera operators & a reporter crowding around him & quickly got into an SUV that drove off.

#law #Trump #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce
https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-texas-ice-shooting-christian-castro-extradition-d1299b21657fe35afae615386d40552d?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=more_org_joinmastodon_app_shareactionextension

I think it’s been said before /s, but #FuckTexas pardon my language—it’s just enough already; you eventually start to say it like it is…

A federal judge on Wednesday refused to order #Texas to #extradite an #ICE officer charged with #shooting a man & fully lying about it [there’s video] during the #Trump #immigration crackdown in #Minneapolis.

#law #immigration #CivilRights #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #ExtraJudicialKillings #murder #Sturmabteilung
https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-texas-ice-shooting-christian-castro-extradition-384843049feeba26fac6fc09412161ca?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=copy_link

#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

TYVM

#Minnesota attorney general sues #Texas Gov #GregAbbott to compel #extradition of #ICE agent for trial

MN’s AG sued the governor of TX Tuesday, seeking to compel the extradition of an ICE agent charged with wounding a man & then #lying to justify the #shooting during the agency’s crackdown in #Minneapolis.

#Trump #law #immigration #Sturmabteilung #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #AbuseOfPower #fascism #WhiteSupremacy
https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-texas-ice-shooting-christian-castro-461acb1a459bc0ecb41fef5f728df502?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=more_org_joinmastodon_app_shareactionextension

… “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

#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.

https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/75bbb5583c834eb4a87f66391efde1ff/view

…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

Literally planning for #PoliceBrutality

#ICE is pitching a plan to help shield local #police officers who make #immigration arrests from possible financial consequences if they are accused of on-duty #misconduct.

#Trump #law #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #Sturmabteilung #StateSponsoredTerrorism #Constitution #DueProcess #CivilRights #HumanRights #RightToProtest #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #AbuseOfPower #fascism #tyranny #MafiaState #WhiteSupremacy
https://apnews.com/article/ice-liability-insurance-misconduct-civil-lawsuit-af330d49dcb9e40295c1fea4fc9ae6f6?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=more_org_joinmastodon_app_shareactionextension

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

#GiftArticle

The first frame of the video #CarolinaMolina posted across her social media accounts shows a masked #ICE agent pointing a gun at the camera.

#ReneeGood #AlexPretti #Trump #immigration #CBP #Sturmabteilung #StateSponsoredTerrorism #law #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #Constitution #CivilRights #RightToProtest #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny #MafiaState
https://wapo.st/4g8Uw23

AP Exclusive: #ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks

ICE plans to spend up to $20 million to purchase thousands of “conductive distraction & de-escalation devices” for officers & agents by March, according to a notice published Monday by #DHS.

#law #Trump #immigration #RightToProtest #CivilRights #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #Sturmabteilung #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #fascism #tyranny
https://apnews.com/article/ice-electric-shock-gloves-85ff746d3e0ee5f39e7a9a3f1f576252?utm_source=app&utm_medium=iOS_share&utm_campaign=more_org_joinmastodon_app_shareactionextension

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 […]

#Trump murders again

#Immigrant Held at #Delaney Detention Center [ #ConcentrationCamp ] Has Died, Officials Say

The mayor of #Newark, #NewJersey identified the dead man as Edwin Jovanny Lopez Cornejo. The NJ center has been the focus of intense scrutiny for its #inhumane treatment of detainees.

#law #immigration #DueProcess #ExtrajudicialKillings #murder #UseOfForce #CivilRights #HumanRights #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism #ICE #Sturmabteilung
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/nyregion/ice-detention-center-death-delaney-hall-nj.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2lA.W_xj.iS3G4L4Id25S&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Substance in #Houston #ICE #shooting van was NOT drugs, district attorney’s office says testing confirms

#Trump #law #immigration #Sturmabteilung #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #HumanRights #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #AbuseOfPower #fascism #tyranny #MafiaState #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/24/us/houston-ice-shooting-substance-testing?cid=ios_app

#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
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/07/23/police-monitor-madison-subpoena-department-evidence-shooting/

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
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/us/politics/fbi-ice-agents-investigations-shootings.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

#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
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/tom-homan-ice-shootings-democrat-b3015843.html

#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

#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
https://apnews.com/article/ice-david-brouillette-johan-guerrero-maine-shooting-dbc30d6d59e2a95fb470afc188e125c6

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
https://apnews.com/article/ice-immigration-enforcement-deaths-traffic-stops-3d614361d8354474bc4eb8e37ec26b28

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:
https://www.rawstory.com/police-2677222901/

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

…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

#ICE Ordered to Cease Most Vehicle Stops After 2 Killings in a Week

Agents fatally shot a man in #Houston, TX & another in coastal #Maine, both in their vehicles. The killings were just the latest in a string of ICE #shootings during #Trump’s second term.

#law #immigration #Sturmabteilung #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #AbuseOfPower #fascism #tyranny #MafiaState #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/us/ice-agents-traffic-stops.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

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

Oh hell no

#Trump #DOJ Seeks to Drop Charges Against #Police Officers in #Shooting Death of #BreonnaTaylor

The #CivilRights charges against the 2 #Louisville, #Kentucky, police officers stemmed from their involvement in falsifying the no-knock search warrant that led to her fatal shooting.

#law #UseOfForce #AbuseOfPower #fraud #BLM
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/us/politics/breonna-taylor-officer-charges.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

#GiftArticle

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

#US #Marines opened fire on #demonstrators during the storming of the #Karachi #consulate over the weekend, 2 US ofcls said Monday—a rare #UseOfForce at a #diplomatic post that could sharply escalate tensions in the country ‌amid widespread protests over the killing of Iran's leader.

10 people were #killed Sunday when protesters breached the compound’s outer wall after Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali #Khamenei was killed in strikes on #Iran.

#war #Trump #crime #law
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/us-marines-fired-protesters-storming-consulate-karachi-officials-say-2026-03-03/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

At one point, Gregory Bovino, the #BorderPatrol leader who was the face of the admin’s #immigration crackdown in #LosAngeles, #Chicago & #Minneapolis, called federal #prosecutors, pressing them to charge #demonstrators with #crimes. When a prosecutor asked what the operation’s end goal was, several people familiar with the call recalled #Bovino saying that he did not intend to “calm it down,” but instead, he said, “We’re going to put it down.”

#Trump #law #CivilRights #UseOfForce #ICE #CBP

The brothers & attorney representing the family of #ReneeGood, a 37-yr-old #Minnesota woman who was #murdered when an #ICE agent shot into her vehicle, are also expected to speak at the event, which is organized by Democratic lawmakers — Sen #RichardBlumenthal (CT) & Rep #RobertGarcia (CA).

#AlexPretti #law #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #Trump #StateSponsoredTerrorism #Constitution #RightToProtest #CivilRights #UseOfForce #authoritarianism #fascism #MafiaState #CBP #Sturmabteilung

The admin’s operations, they said, flout “our nation’s deepest moral commitments” & “values of human dignity.”

The group includes #RomanCatholic Cardinal Archbishop Robert McElroy; #Episcopal Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde; Rabbi Abbi Sharofsky of the #Jewish Community Relations Council; & #Zoroastrian Head Priest Berham Panthaki, among others.

#law #Trump #authoritarianism #UseOfForce #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #StateSponsoredTerrorism

#NewHampshire #bishop warns #clergy to prepare for 'new era of #martyrdom'

Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the #EpiscopalChurch of New Hampshire made his comments earlier this month at a vigil honoring #ReneeGood, who was fatally shot on Jan 7 by an #ICE officer.

#Trump #StateSponsoredTerrorism #religion #law #ethics #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #Constitution #RightToProtest #CivilRights #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #MafiaState #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #protest #resist
https://apnews.com/article/bishop-ice-martyrdom-new-hampshire-b58050770e7d40e3247d0aa3b91fe0d2

The #Army placed the units on prepare-to-deploy orders in case “violence” in #Minnesota escalates, officials said, characterizing the move as “prudent planning.” It is not clear whether any of them will be sent to the state, the officials said, speaking like some others on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive #military planning.

#Trump #law #Congress #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #MartialLaw #Constitution #CivilRights #RightToProtest #UseOfForce #AbuseOfPower #autocracy

This is actually what #CivilWar looks like. #Trump is pitting #USsoldiers against #US soldiers on #domestic soil.

#Pentagon readies 1,500 #soldiers to possibly deploy to #Minnesota

Troops with the #Army’s #11thAirborne Division in Alaska are preparing after Trump’s #InsurrectionAct threat, according to defense officials.

#NationalSecurity #law #PosseComitatusAct #MilitaryState #MartialLaw #Constitution #CivilRights #RightToProtest #UseOfForce #AbuseOfPower #autocracy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/01/18/trump-minnesota-insurrection-act/

The mobilization comes after throngs of #demonstrators protested in the snow Friday night near the Bishop Henry #Whipple Federal Building in the #Minneapolis area.

“Stay safe & stay peaceful today,” #TimWalz urged the public in a social media post Saturday. “Our public safety team has the resources, coordination, & personnel on the ground to maintain public safety & respond if needed. Thanks to local law enforcement for keeping the peace.”

#law #RightToProtest #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality

My god, this is Getty #photojournalist John Abernathy. He wrote on instagram “I was tackled by #ICE agents & surrounded by about 50 #border #police. Just for taking photos. I tossed my camera to another Photographer to make sure it wouldn't be confiscated. #gettyreportage #getty at the #Whipple Federal building in #Minneapolis.”
Photo by Pierre Lavie.

#Trump #law #Constitution #FreePress #CivilRights #RightToProtest #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #MafiaState #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung

Tensions are flaring in the #Minneapolis area, as #protesters & “law enforcement” clash after an #ICE agent fatally shot a woman yesterday. #PepperBalls have been fired toward a crowd of #demonstrators outside a federal building, with agents also deploying a #gas-like substance.

#ReneeNicoleGood #Trump #law #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #fascism #tyranny #Sturmabteilung #RESIST
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/minneapolis-ice-shooting-01-08-26?post-id=cmk5j135v00053b6pazaw785p

Holy shit & hell yeah

#SCOTUS on Tuesday barred #Trump from deploying the #NationalGuard to #Chicago to “protect” #ICE agents, handing the White House a rare loss at the court as Trump has sought to send #military troops to multiple US #cities.

#law #immigration #PosseComitatusAct #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #despotism #fascism #Tyranny #MafiaState #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-national-guard-97192a48f01dd4954f1ba505628b5f21?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-12-23-Breaking+News

Bowman, meanwhile, repeatedly accused Khojasteh of trying to hijack the proceedings with his drumbeat of objections & accusations….

“Stop it. Just stop it,” an exasperated Bowman told Khojasteh at one point. “You don’t need to give speeches.”

The transcript of #Bovino’s #deposition was made part of the court record…in an ongoing lawsuit accusing… #CBP & #ICE of routinely violating a restraining order issued by US Dist Judge Sara Ellis limiting #UseOfForce against #protesters & #media.

#law

#Deposition of #BorderPatrol Cmdr #GregBovino went off the rails at hello, transcript shows

The recent deposition of #CBP Cmdr #Bovino about the #UseOfForce by his #immigration agents during “Operation Midway Blitz” seemed to go off the rails the minute they said “hello.”

#Trump #Chicago #law #judiciary #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #AbuseOfPower #MafiaState #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #ICE #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/25/deposition-gregory-bovino-transcript/

Federal #immigration officers are using chemical irritants to *disperse* #protesters in ways that violate #US policing norms & are testing the boundaries of #UseOfForce #laws, video footage from #Chicago shows, in some cases [intentionally] hitting #demonstrators directly with the munitions.

#CBP & #ICE officers have deployed #TearGas in cities around the country, but its use has been especially prevalent in Chicago, where the #Trump admin launched Operation Midway Blitz in Sept….

#law