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by jmcgough 16 days ago
This is pretty different - in both of those, the officer faced consequences. Unidentified masked ICE officers have killed about a person a month with no consequences, many times over a civil concern (immigration status) or just getting annoyed with protesters who broke no laws. ICE is effectively a lethal extrajudicial force with no means of seeking accountability when they kill.

On top of that, they are acting aggressively and violently in broad daylight solely to terrorize immigrant communities. The chilling effect is very visible in hospital systems right now - I have seen far less Hispanics in the hospital for medical emergencies, and that includes people who are in this country legally.

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You mean a suspended sentence that was later mostly canceled, a guarantee he wouldn't be fired, 6 months holiday at full pay (probably more), oh, and a 400 euro fine.

Yeah they really threw the book at him.