Zincwarrior
Diamond Member
As we see here, ICE has no jurisdiction over American citizens. That ICE officer had no right to try opening that car door. The Supreme Court ruled in Tennessee v Garner that a cop cannot shoot a fleeing felon unless that person poses a threat to the community. So a cop cannot just shoot people if they are attempting to flee. Furthermore, this woman was not committing a crime. So what we must do as citizens is t stop looking for excuses that keep enabling cops to violate our civil liberties and organize ourselves in a manner that creates police reform. These guys have been sworn to uphold the law. Because of this, they should be held to the highest legal standards. This cop needs to be put in prison for at least homicide, and he should have to pay the family of the person he shot damages for wrongful death. If we start penalizing these guys with the harshest penalties allowed by law, including the death penalty, this kind of behavior will stop.
What is ICE and what powers do its agents have to use force?
The immigration agency is under scrutiny after fatal shootings in Minneapolis.
www.bbc.com
What is ICE and what powers do its agents have to use force?
The immigration agency is under scrutiny after fatal shootings in Minneapolis.
What powers do ICE agents have to arrest people?
ICE sees its mission as encompassing both public safety and national security. However, its powers are different than the average local police department in the US.Its agents have the power to stop, detain and arrest people they suspect of being in the US illegally. They can detain US citizens in limited circumstances, such as if a person interferes with an arrest, assaults an officer, or ICE suspect the person of being in the US illegally.
Despite this, according to news organisation ProPublica, there were more than 170 incidents during the first nine months of Trump's presidency in which federal agents held US citizens against their will.
These cases included Americans they had suspected of being undocumented immigrants.