Trump's promised ICE raids have begun

[arthwollipot]

Sandwich terrorist found not guilty.

It's good to see that the condimental principles of justice still apply. He is a true gyro to all of us.

 

[ZiprHead]

The subway sandwich guy won.

The 12 inch amendment has been upheld.

 

[Reformed Offlian]

My view is that nobody should be throwing anything at armed police, and that anyone throwing anything at armed police, no matter how innocuous it seems, should be treated as throwing a lethal device.

Unless they're Capitol Police. Then the thrower deserves a full pardon.

 

[Blue Mountain]

Lawyer here, this is called jury hilarification. If the jury is too busy laughing at the prosecutor and the witness to take them seriously, you can’t secure a verdict.

https://bsky.app/profile/asrothstein.bsky.social%2Fpost%2F3m4yfvw3vks24

Damn! I got an error message when I tried that link:

"Error: handle must be a valid handle"

Replace the '%2F' with '/'. However, the Bluesky user has restricted his account to logged-in users only:

https://bsky.app/profile/asrothstein.bsky.social/post/3m4yfvw3vks24

The Bluesky post has a link to here:

Sandwich Guy, Thrower of Hoagie–Or Hero?

The trial ended in an acquittal. But the proceedings felt like a strange sort of performance art—highly amusing and highly menacing at the same time.

www.lawfaremedia.org

 

[Segnosaur]

I absolutely love that he was found not guilty. That is absolutely outstanding.

Yeah that was the best possible outcome.

I figured since they couldn't get a felony indictment from the grand jury that there was no way they were going to get a conviction at trial. But, there might have been a small risk of a hung jury... Some holdout MAGAchud who sides with the fascists.

But no, all 12 said not guilty. Pretty good sign for the other indictments the administration is trying to push

 

[AmyStrange]

Hopefully ICE will do the right thing, but I'm not holding my breath:


FBI urges ICE agents to identify themselves amid rise in criminal impersonators

The FBI is urging the Department of Homeland to ensure that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents "adequately identify themselves" amid a rise in impersonators committing crimes such as kidnapping and assault.

"Due to the recent increase in ICE enforcement actions across the country, criminal actors are using ICE's enhanced public profile and media coverage to their advantage to target vulnerable communities and commit criminal activity. This not only affects the victims and communities but also has broader negative consequences on law enforcement agencies," the FBI wrote in a bulletin.

(SNIP)

I've posted this before, but it's worth repeating:


ICE impersonator incidents rise during Trump’s second term

The woman in a black jacket and an ICE shirt hid her eyes behind sunglasses and her face behind a mask as she stepped up to the hotel desk clerk.

When she pulled out an ID card that seemed to show she was an immigration agent, she made it clear to the frightened young clerk that she had no choice but to follow her out to a silver sedan.

But this was no immigration raid. It was a kidnapping, police say.

(SNIP)

If anyone has a problem accessing this article, let me know.

Here's one more that you can easily access:


People are impersonating ICE agents to threaten others amid Trump’s immigration crackdown

In recent weeks, authorities have arrested people in at least three states and accused them of acting like they’re carrying out the work of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Authorities have arrested people in at least three states and accused them of impersonating law enforcement officers and agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, amid heightened fears over President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Arrests have taken place in North Carolina, Pennsylvania and South Carolina over the past few weeks, as ICE officials aggressively round up undocumented immigrants in raids that have ensnared U.S. citizens, setting off a climate of fear across the country.

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[Trebuchet]

Paywalled.

 

[AmyStrange]

Paywalled.

You should be able to read the first article, but I just added another article under the second one which is dated Feb 7, 2025 that has some info in it.

I'll try and find another copy of the second article, but if you're in a hurry, I can DM it to you, although, it's really long.

Or you can click on the link again, use CTRL+A first, and then CTRL+C to copy it before the paywall notice comes up. All you have to do then is paste it to Notebook or something similar.

It's how I got it.

 

[AmyStrange]

Paywalled.

Or you can go to this Wikipedia page:

Impersonations of United States immigration officials

During the second Donald Trump presidential administration, ongoing impersonations of United States immigration officials have become a chronic crime problem across the United States. President Donald Trump prioritized large-scale deportation of immigrant populations through United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). This includes mandatory quotas for Federal law enforcement and state security forces in the U.S. to capture and detain at least 3,000 people per day.

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This page has more info:

Deportation in the second Trump administration

During Donald Trump's second and current tenure as the president of the United States, his administration has pursued a deportation policy generally described by both advocates and detractors as "hardline", "maximalist", and as a "mass deportation" campaign, involving the detention, confinement, and expulsion of hundreds of thousands of immigrants. The Trump administration has claimed that around 140,000 people had been deported as of April 2025, though some estimates put the number at roughly half that amount. On August 28, 2025, CNN reported that ICE alone has deported nearly 200,000 people in seven months since Trump returned to office. By September 23, 2025, the Trump administration claimed that 2 million illegal immigrants had left the country through a combination of over 400,000 deportations and an estimated 1,600,000 self-deportations.

(SNIP)

There are more page links at the top of the second page.

 

[AmyStrange]

Paywalled.

This is not the same article, but it's very similar:

ICE Impersonation Incidents Reach Record High in 2025, Outnumbering Four Administrations' Combined Total

At least two dozen incidents of people posing as Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been documented in 2025, exceeding the total number recorded across the previous four presidential terms, according to a review of court filings, social media posts and local news reports by CNN. The cases range from intimidation and fraud to alleged kidnapping, robbery, assault and rape.

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, whose office is prosecuting two cases this year, told the news site that the pattern is unprecedented. "I've been at this for 38 years, and I've never seen cases involving the impersonation of ICE agents before Donald Trump won the second time," he said.

Experts and local officials have linked the spike to the government's expanded, highly visible immigration operations and the use of masks and plain clothes by agents during raids, which critics say blurs identification and invites copycats. "It's very easy for somebody to just play dress up and go out acting like these agents," said former FBI agent Mike German. "Because these agents have been so aggressive in public without identifying themselves, it creates fear and that fear is an opportunity for a criminal."

(SNIP)

 

[shemp]

If you find your article is paywalled, you can copy the article title and search for it. Many of these articles are reposted on MSN. This works almost every time with the BBC (which is now partially paywalled) and often with others as well. And if you don't find the exact article on MSN, you're sure to find something similar.

 

[theprestige]

Do you realise how absolutely unhinged that sounds?

Yeah, on review it does seem kind of deranged. On the other hand, we probably shouldn't minimize or excuse throwing things at armed police. Or any police. Or anyone, really.

 

[plague311]

My view is that nobody should be throwing anything at armed police, and that anyone throwing anything at armed police, no matter how innocuous it seems, should be treated as throwing a lethal device.

That's fractally the dumbest thing I've read today.

 

[shemp]

Yeah, on review it does seem kind of deranged. On the other hand, we probably shouldn't minimize or excuse throwing things at armed police. Or any police. Or anyone, really.

You mean like on January 6, 2021?

 

[theprestige]

You mean like on January 6, 2021?

Yes, of course. Don't throw things at cops.*

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*Unless you've actually decided to go to war with the state. Then, do what you have to do, I guess.

 

[Resume]

Yes, of course. Don't throw things at cops.*

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*Unless you've actually decided to go to war with the state. Then, do what you have to do, I guess.

Or unless you're sure your cult leader is going to pardon you.

Then, heave ho with the fire extinguishers.

 

[Safe-Keeper]

How does fractal stupidity work anyway? Is it just more stupidity all the way down for infinity if you zoom in?

 

[theprestige]

How does fractal stupidity work anyway? Is it just more stupidity all the way down for infinity if you zoom in?

It's a figure of speech, but that's the basic idea: Stupid in every part. There's nothing about Offlian's scenario that makes any sense at all.

 

[Gulliver Foyle]

If you find your article is paywalled, you can copy the article title and search for it. Many of these articles are reposted on MSN. This works almost every time with the BBC (which is now partially paywalled) and often with others as well. And if you don't find the exact article on MSN, you're sure to find something similar.

Archive.ph is a better option, and you're not funnelling ad revenue to one of the most evil companies in history.

 

[Resume]

Of course he lied.

Chicago —
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction restricting the use of force by federal agents in Chicago, finding the Trump administration’s version of recent events involving agents was not credible.

One of the incidents in question was a confrontation between federal agents and protestors, where Gregory Bovino, a top Border Patrol official charged with the immigration crackdown in Chicago deployed tear gas.

Judge Ellis found that Bovino wasn’t hit in the head with a rock prior to deploying tear gas despite claims from the Department of Homeland Security justifying the use of force. “Defendant Bovino admitted that he lied,” she said.

“Video evidence ultimately disproved this,” said Ellis, who is presiding over a case concerning the heavy-handed tactics used by federal agents in Chicago. Bovino, who sat for an hours-long deposition, said he was hit after the tear gas was thrown, Ellis said. The top Border Patrol official has started wearing his body-camera, according to attorneys for the government, after revealing in court last month that he did not have one.

To paraphrase former Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley: "Ice isn't here to create disorder, they're here to preserve disorder."