#useofforce — Public Fediverse posts
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The #Trump admin promptly sued #Illinois, saying the #law violated the #Constitution’s #SupremacyClause, which generally prohibits #states from enacting measures at odds with #FederalLaw. Whether to allow lawsuits against #federal agents for violating the federal #Constitution, the admin’s complaint said, “is a policy choice for Congress.” [ridiculous]
Professor Amar said aspects of the IL #StateLaW might be problematic, but that its core idea is sound.
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That is where #state lawmakers come in, Professor Amar said.
“Sometimes the #federal government will misbehave,” he said, “& you can’t count on #Congress always to rein the federal government in.”
His article drew on 2 principles often associated with #conservatives: #federalism & #originalism.
“This is exactly what the framers imagined: state law protecting us against federal abuses,” Professor Amar said.
#Trump #law #UseOfForce #Constitution #StatesRights #CivilRights #autocracy #ICE #CBP
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His central point for present purposes was that #state #legislatures can authorize lawsuits against #federal officials for violating the #Constitution. If that is right, such #StateLaws would close an odd gap in #FederalLaw that—broadly speaking—allows such suits against state & local officials, like police officers, but not against #federal ones, like #ICE agents.
#Trump #StateSponsoredTerrorism #law #UseOfForce #Constitution #StatesRights #CivilRights #authoritarianism #autocracy #ICE #CBP
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The American Federation of Government Employees [#AFGE], the #union that #AlexPretti belonged to as an intensive-care #nurse at a #VeteransAffairs hospital & the country’s largest union for #FederalEmployees, is calling for #KristiNoem, the #DHS secretary, & #StephenMiller, a presidential adviser, to resign or be dismissed by #Trump.
#law #murder #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #StateSponsoredTerrorism #ExtraJudicialKillings #CivilRights #UseOfForce #AbuseOfPower
https://www.afge.org/publication/afge-demands-resignation-or-termination-of-dhs-secretary-kristi-noem-and-deputy-white-house-chief-of-staff-stephen-miller-for-smearing-slain-afge-member-alex-pretti-as-domestic-terrorist/ -
Saturday’s victim was a 37-year-old #VeteransAffairs #ICU #nurse named #AlexPretti, shot multiple times while lying on the ground after taking a beating from government agents.
As if to prove that they can always make a terrible situation worse, #Trump admin officials have made a series of statements; some of them are tasteless & immature, while others challenge the intelligence of anyone who has viewed the multiple videos of the killing.
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#BorderPatrol agents shot & killed a 37-year-old man in #Minneapolis yesterday. The victim, #AlexPretti, was an intensive care #nurse at a #VeteransAffairs hospital. He was a #US #citizen, the Minneapolis police chief said.
#StateSponsoredTerrorism #Trump #law #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #Minnesota #Constitution #RightToProtest #CivilRights #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #AbuseOfPower #tyranny #MafiaState #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/24/us/minneapolis-shooting-alex-pretti-timeline.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share -
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.
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#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/ -
Last week, federal #immigration agents targeted #Evanston, #Illinois, a northern #Chicago suburb that is home to #Northwestern, in a sweep that included a raid of a #retirement community. On Oct 31, 3 US #citizens who were watching a woman's violent arrest were shoved into an agent's car & driven around for hours before they were released at an FBI field office without charges, acc/to a court filing in a federal case brought by journalists & protesters against agents' #UseOfForce.
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#Officer accused of asking for #sexualfavors from a #domesticviolence victim
#Longwood #policeofficer who resigned violated #useofforce policy
#LaurelCounty #Schools #policechief 'no longer employed' after #DUI arrest
Ex-#KPD officer charged with #sexualassault
Indicted #FPD officer also accused of choking, having #sexualrelationship with subordinate
#Formerofficer arrested on #childmolestation allegations in #HancockCounty