#useofforce — Public Fediverse posts
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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
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#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 -
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
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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….
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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
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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 -
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 -
#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 -
“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
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#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
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-enforcement-minnesota-alex-pretti-renee-good-21835226891f2a8d91710519b457031d -
And predictably, it was BS
Witnesses of #ICE Killing in #Houston Dispute the #Trump Admin’s Account
#DHS said a Mexican immigrant driving a van tried to ram agents before they shot him dead. A lawyer for three passengers said that was untrue.
#law #immigration #Sturmabteilung #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #HumanRights #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #AbuseOfPower #fascism #tyranny #MafiaState #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/us/houston-ice-shooting-witnesses.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share -
The complaint cites the findings of the El Paso County Office of the Medical Examiner, which ruled Lunas Campos’s death a #homicide, saying that he died by asphyxiation. The finding of homicide does not imply intent to kill, but rather that the victim’s death was caused by another person.
#law #immigration #DutyOfCare #Constitution #8thAmendment #CivilRights #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #murder #ConcentrationCamps #PrivatePrisons #ICE #Sturmabteilung #Trump
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What took place in his final moments, behind the walls of a privately run detention center, is the subject of conflicting accounts, with a witness claiming the 55-year-old Cuban immigrant was choked to death by guards & #DHS alleging he had been trying to take his own life & was killed in an ensuing struggle.
#law #immigration #DutyOfCare #Constitution #8thAmendment #CivilRights #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #murder #ConcentrationCamps #Sturmabteilung #Trump
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An #ICE detainee sought treatment for his #MentalHealth. He died in a struggle with guards.
The family of Geraldo Lunas Campos is suing #detention center operators & guards over his death. Records show he repeatedly requested treatment for his mental illness.#law #immigration #DutyOfCare #Constitution #8thAmendment #CivilRights #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #ExtraJudicialKillings #murder #ConcentrationCamps #Sturmabteilung #Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/07/02/ice-detainee-sought-mental-help-before-fatal-struggle-with-guards-records-show/ -
#Trump said on Saturday that he plans to nominate #LanceSchroyer, a former #Oklahoma state #trooper [ #StormTrooper ], to be the next director of #ICE, a federal agency at the center of the admin’s mass #deportation effort [& #HumanRights abuse scandals].
#law #sturmabteilung #immigration #ExtraJudicialKillings #Constitution #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #HumanRights #fascism #MafiaState #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #WhiteSupremacy -
Not an improvement. I know, you’re shocked.
#Trump taps #LanceSchroyer to lead the #Sturmabteilung aka #ICE, agency at center of #deportation campaign
#law #immigration #ExtraJudicialKillings #Constitution #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #HumanRights #fascism #MafiaState #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/06/27/trump-taps-former-oklahoma-state-trooper-lance-schroyer-lead-ice/ -
Hennepin County attorney’s office charged him with 4 counts of second-degree #assault earlier this month.
“Today’s arrest is a critical step forward in our prosecution of Mr. Castro,” Mary Moriarty, the Hennepin County attorney, said in a statement.
#law #Trump #immigration #Minnesota #CivilRights #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #StateSponsoredTerrorism #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
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Internal #ICE records reveal the widespread #UseOfForce in “#detention” centers [#ConcentrationCamps].
Reports detail how guards have increasingly used chemical agents & physical tactics on detainees, including on people demanding adequate water, food & medical care.
#Trump #law #immigration #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #fascism #HumanitarianLaw #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #PoliceBrutality #ExcessiveForce #WhiteSupremacy
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Court records show Morgan had a history of financial problems, & the police department in Alexandria, Virginia, said he was an entry-level recruit for 6 weeks in 2022 but never completed its police academy. It is unclear when he started at #ICE, which didn’t return messages seeking comment.
#Trump #law #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #Constitution #RightToProtest #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #HumanRights #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy #RESIST
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The federal govt had access to that video within hours of the #shooting on Jan 14, the #Minneapolis police chief said. Yet prosecutors did not watch the footage, an official said, until nearly 3 weeks after they filed charges against the 2 men.
“Bare #DueDiligence would have shown that the agents were lying,” Mayor Jacob Frey of Minneapolis said in a recent interview, shortly after he watched the video for the first time.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #Trump #law #immigration #DueProcess #UseOfForce
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After the investigative material was released Friday, lawyers for #RubenMartinez’s mother, Rachel Reyes, said the footage called the government’s narrative into question. “These new videos confirm that Ruben’s car was barely moving when he was shot,” Charles M. Stam & Alex Stamm said in a statement. “That he was shot at point-blank range through his side window by an ICE agent who was in no danger.”
#Trump #law #murder #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #fascism #tyranny #HSI #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung
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Yet another video of #ICE #shooting of Texas man raises questions about government “claim” [lie]
An #Immigration & Customs Enforcement official said #RubenMartinez “intentionally ran over” an agent before being killed by another agent last March.#Trump #law #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #Constitution #CivilRights #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #fascism #StateSponsoredTerrorism #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/03/07/ruben-martinez-dhs-killing-texas-video/ -
Lawyers of #Chicago woman shot by #FederalAgents say documents show how #DHS #lies about investigations
#BorderPatrol commander Greg #Bovino praised a federal agent who shot a Chicago woman during an #immigration crackdown last year, acc/to evidence released Wednesday by attorneys who accused the #Trump admin of mishandling the investigation & spreading lies about the #shooting.
#MarimarMartinez #law #CivilRights #UseOfForce #fascism #tyranny #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-chicago-shooting-crackdown-border-f05c446c37bf0cd7e7e2ad1dcfa104b1 -
#US #state lawmakers push to allow lawsuits against #ICE agents
Several #Democratic led #states are pursuing laws to enable people to sue #FederalAgents deployed to their communities for #CivilRights abuses, a push that has gained steam amid protests over tactics used by ICE during #Trump's #immigration “crackdown” in #Minneapolis & elsewhere.
#law #RightToProtest #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CBP #Sturmabteilung #authoritarianism #tyranny #StateSponsoredTerrorism
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-state-lawmakers-push-allow-lawsuits-against-ice-agents-2026-01-28/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement -
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