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RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern
- protocolture 11mo agoI will simply not be caught dead in that country.
- ta9000 11mo ago[dead]
- markoman 11mo agoDo you mean we're NOT the greatest country in the world anymore?
- protocolture 11mo agoI wouldnt agree that you were the greatest ever, but currently I would rather take my chances with the Taliban.
- OutOfHere 11mo agoThis is a scary time for American citizens. At least the non-citizens typically still have a backup home abroad, whereas the citizens have everything invested domestically. It's still just the first year of the presidency.
- collingreen 11mo agoThe real fear is that this is the first year of something much worse than a presidency.
- zem 11mo agohaving a backup home abroad does you no good if you are trafficked to a labour camp in some random hellhole country
- IAmBroom 11mo agoYes, you can imagine bad things.
- Volundr 11mo agoI mean we watched those things happen already. The whole CECOT thing was just a few months ago.
- OutOfHere 11mo agoWhich US citizen got shipped to CECOT?
- Volundr 11mo agoNone. But the thread isn't about US citizens, so I'm not sure why you'd ask.
- OutOfHere 11mo ago[flagged]
- Volundr 11mo agoOriginal comment, written by you! > ... At least the non-citizens typically still have a backup home abroad. Next reply: > having a backup home abroad does you no good if you are trafficked to a labour camp in some random hellhole country Then the comment I replied to: > Yes, you can imagine bad things. (Implying this fear is unfounded) Yeah man, I can read. We're very clearly talking about non-citizens. Your original comment did ALSO mention US citizens, but since we are talking about people with a "backup home abroad" the reply is clearly referencing the non-citizens in your original comment.
- OutOfHere 11mo ago
- cmxch 11mo agoAs a citizen, not really scared at all. Actually relieved. I’d rather have aggressive enforcement than lax enforcement.
- OutOfHere 11mo agoAggressive enforcement of what exactly? Of picking targeted citizens up from the street without a court order to arrest them? Because that's what's happening. It's not enforcement; it's lawlessness and kidnapping. It's what the Nazis did - they made citizens disappear.
- tiahura 11mo ago[flagged]
- x______________ 11mo ago> The student, a high school intern at Superior Court, was reportedly detained by the agents outside the Licht Judicial Complex on Benefit Street. >Superior Court Judge Joseph McBurney insisted the agents had the wrong person. It was not until ICE verified their information and admitted the intern was not their intended target that he was released. A kid, detained, and released after... due diligence. >Multiple sources told Target 12 that Rhode Island sheriffs earlier noticed someone taking photos of the intern inside the courthouse and in Superior Court Judge McBurney’s courtroom. When approached, the individual identified himself as an ICE agent and was told to abide by standard courthouse rules, and to stop taking pictures. >The intern was reportedly shaken, so McBurney offered to drive him home. ICE agents then surrounded the judge’s car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply. >Dana Smith, Head of Security Operations for R.I. Superior Court, confronted the agents and told both the judge and the intern to stay inside the car. After an argument, ICE confirmed they had misidentified the teen and left. The intern was released once his ID was checked. Holy shit. Straight up random profiling to photo ops at your workplace to violent abduction.
- mrlonglong 11mo agoThere are parallels between 1930s Nazi Germany's Gestapo, 1980s East Germany's Stasi and today's American ICE agents. They all can disappear people without due process of law. Seems like the current administration are only paying lip service to the law and most importantly the Constitution.