This is JP Cooney, a career federal prosecutor and Special Counsel Jack Smith's top deputy. He's running for Congress to flip a GOP-held seat in Virginia.
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When Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis, he says he was detained and shackled for hours.
“We're turning into something that I can't even begin to respect, and something that I literally went to war—or they told me I went to war—to fight against,” he says.
Since he was arrested, he’s continued protesting. Mother Jones senior reporter Julia Lurie spoke to Austin outside the Whipple Federal Building, where ICE is based.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
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Arlit Maria Martinez is a mother of 4. Her son, Kevin, died of cancer while she was in ICE custody.
ICE refused her request to be at Kevin's side in his final moments. They must let her attend Kevin’s memorial.
Arlit, I hope you hear how many patriots stand with you.
This isn’t immigration policy. It’s a business model.
ICE keeps growing, not because it makes America safer, but because corporations are raking in billions off cages, bodies, and suffering. ICE’s existence is a massive revenue stream.
This man is part of a group that helps pick up released detainees who are thrown out in the cold of winter in Minnesota! They also provide them with clothes,food and somewhere to stay if they need it! Thank God for these people because what they’re doing is a life saver! 👇👇👇
To paint a clearer picture of what’s going on in Minneapolis one of their reps has taken to TikTok. Please watch and don’t look away. You don’t have to be on the frontlines but you must be informed and help how you can.
This is Ryan Eckland who is a well known & respected Realtor in the Twin Cities & he got behind a ICE vehicle in Woodbury & started filming & they ended up throwing him to the ground & detained him & took him to Whipple where he was for hours with other U.S citizens!
It’s interesting to see this from a professional photojournalist’s perspective, where there is no agenda but to capture events as they unfold.
The more I see these interactions the more I believe that this is a campaign to deliberately inflame tensions. The ICE officers are persistently provocative and clearly demonstrate a lack of training.
Tactics are those you would expect from a street gang seeking to terrify a neighbourhood. Nobody is safe around them because they are enjoying being violent towards people, in particular women and those they see as easy targets for them to humiliate.
This is systemic violence and cruelty. I saw a clip yesterday where tear gas was discharged in the home of their target in which young children were present. One child had to resuscitated by EMTs as a result.
These are dangerous reckless individuals able to hide behind masks a badge and now apparent immunity to victimise people and ask questions later. There is no doubt in my mind that Trump is going to war with blue states literally and the public are acceptable collateral damage in a violent political fight.
Thanks to David Guttenfelder and Todd Heisler from NYT for the clip.
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ICE arrested Arlit Martinez two days before her 15-year-old son died from cancer. The Maryland mother of four was headed to work when she was detained. Despite urgent pleas from her family, lawyers, and doctors, she was not released to say goodbye. She is reportedly still in federal custody. Her husband is now left to grieve and bury their son alone. This is beyond cruelty.
ICE agents snatched a father and then illegally choked out his son who’s a U.S citizen and a 10th grade High School student! They stole his phone after he was caught filming them. He was finally released & tracked his phone to a machine like in Walmarts that buy your cell phones!
The United States federal government is violating a 150-year-old treaty with Native Americans and they are rounding them up and extorting the tribes.
This is absolutely disgusting on so many levels. It will keep getting worse until we do something.
Trump wants you to miss this but a medical examiner has declared that the cause of death for a 55 year old man in an ICE detention center in Texas was homicide. He died via asphyxia and a witness says they saw guards strangle him. Horrific. Article linked below.