And if you are WRONG about having some made-up authority to inspect a construction site, you can be arrested upon your first refusal to leave.
Doesn't matter. If he was part of a group of people asked to leave and he refused, then he broke the law and is subject to arrest. ICE agent made it clear that as a non-member of Congress he has NO authority or right to be there.
In the audio in the video provided by @Hercules56, there is a discussion among the mayor, the members of Congress, and the ICE agent. Most of it is indistinct and drowned out by shouts from the protesters on the public side of the gate. The discussion seems to be over whether the mayor will be granted entry, but the only distinct statement is a "last warning" spoken ostensibly by the ICE agent at the end of the discussion. The video then cuts to the mayor voluntarily crossing back to the public side.
Straw man.
No, that is not how trespassing works, nor what your video evidence shows. That's how the prosecutor seems to want it to look.
ICE agents are not lawyers and officers do not have the final say over what elected officials are permitted to do, especially when there is a genuine controversy.
Ignorance of the law is no excuse for breaking the law. ICE agents had probable cause to make the arrest based on a reasonable understanding of the law and their knowledge of what powers and authority a local mayor has.
You are being quite clear that law enforcement does not need to obey laws but the slightest thing a black man does he needs to be charged.
Why are ICE agents enforcing state laws then have not been trained in?
Wrong again police are never accountable for their mistakes that violate peoples constitutional rights. That is for the public, ignorance of the law is a great excuse for law enforcement.
How, exactly?
Straw man. No one is claiming the mayor was ignorant of the law. The claim is that the mayor had a right to enter the facility, not as a member of Congress would have, but as the chief executive of the city in which the building sits.
No, ICE agents do not have that training, nor do they have the last word. This is likely why they initially let the mayor leave after issuing warnings, but then later explicitly went outside after consulting with the political leaders of DHS who ordered the arrest.
Their goal of blocking access to the representatives. Clearly that should be charged as a misdemeanor too.
Federal officers have the authority to arrest people for which there is probable cause to charge them with a local crime, such as theft, littering, assault, illegal possession of a weapon, etc.
YOU are. YOU are claiming that the mayor had a reasonable belief that he had the authority to enter the site, due to its lack of proper inspection and repair. Ignorance of the law is no excuse for breaking the law, and he has NO authority to refuse a legal order to vacate the premises.
ICE agent made it clear the Congress persons can be there. Everyone else must leave.
Again, being ignorant of the law is no excuse. Mayor of city does not equal King.
I never made the claim that the mayor was going to perform a construction inspection.
No one is claiming the mayor was ignorant of the law.
That's not how trespassing works.
No, they do not have such authority. And you are unable to cite state law showing such authority. Ignorance of the law is no excuse for breaking the law.
Actually ya kinda did. See above.
The ICE agent stated his belief that members of Congress could not be refused entry, which is a reasonable interpretation of the law and comports with published ICE policy. That does not preclude other sources of statutory that allow other officers to enter on official business. ICE agents are not necessarily experts in that regard. In fact, the presumption of regularity requires deference to a mayor's belief for what his authority includes.
