Many, many American citizens do not agree with the Trump administration’s roundup of migrants for deportation. We have heard the propaganda — that those being chased down are dangerous criminals — and we’re not buying it.
Because we know it is a lie.
The crimes allegedly committed by the migrants targeted by federal officials in Minneapolis include possession of cocaine, prostitution and driving without a valid license.
Meanwhile, we know that the vast majority of these people are innocent of any crime and are our neighbors, our colleagues, our friends. So in some of our communities, when Trump send in his ICE agents, brave citizens come out to stand witness, blow whistles, and record video of the arrests.
For this, two citizens have been killed by ICE this month in Minneapolis, a 37-year-old woman and a 37-year-old man.
This is unacceptable. From my work over the years with the Human Rights Data Analysis Group, I’ve learned that obtaining justice and accountability in cases like these can take many years of painstaking work.
If this is still America, the truth shall prevail eventually and the perpetrators will be brought to justice.
But the key word in that sentence is “if”.
(What follows is a detailed analysis of yesterday’s killing by ICE, courtesy of the New York Times.)
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