And in that confusion, you can't tell who's a federal officer and who's just a dude ... oh what a perfect way for an officer to get shot.

The posted article is excellent and everyone should read it [techdirt always writes great stuff]. The story's primary source is [this NYT article via archive.is. Every secondary source fail to mention "collateral aliens", and I'm here to rectify that.

ICE is already arresting people just because an officer is suspicious. the NYT article is 2 things:

1. the director changing the justification of why it's ok. That being: "the person might not be here later, so we have to arrest them now" ... In reality they call this "likely to escape" (same difference).

2. The new thing is using this justification to arrest anyone who is nearby, who they call "collateral aliens", in group round-ups.

In summary: A single ICE officer can think a dude on the corner looks wrong; can arrest him because he might not be there later; then arrest you just because you're nearby. Now you're a "collateral alien", and have no due process and cannot plead your case.

tldr

We don't know what gas grenade it is or what's in it. But there is old data from grenades that look similar, and those old grenades are safer than normal tear gas grenades.

But we don't actually know what they are. They could be anything.

Can't wait for my mashed rice

Gold. How fukken basic. Basic bitch.

tldr: A CDC-funded, Danish research group. To study if withholding the Hepatitis B vaccine for 6 weeks after birth is detrimental (as opposed to at birth, as is standard). This research group already has a history of controversy about poor and misleading research practices leading to unusable science (also in Guinea-Bissau, also on thousands of children). They were awarded $1.6 mil in a non-compete proposal under CDC's RFK Jr; who you might remember is an antivaxxer.

The article contains many links and more details.

Link is a summary of this NYT article (archive.is link). The TLDR is: officers are given the authority to arrest anyone they personally suspect is an illegal immigrant who they think might not be "at the scene" later (e.g. a street corner).

Link fails to mention this:

The memo tells agents who make warrantless arrests to fill out a form afterward that documents the factors they considered in determining that someone was “likely to escape.” That includes situations in which agents set out to arrest a particular person and then take others in the vicinity into custody. Mr. Lyons called that group “collateral aliens.”

This should terrify every American. Group round-ups based on one officer's vibes that day.

Indian curries for sauce.

Remember:

1] The US public has no right to film ICE (per the DOJ). 2] ICE has complete immunity, and you have no due process. 3] ICE hates cameras.

4] therefore, it's illegal to film ICE. (do it anyway)

What possible reason could immigration officials have to patrol the Super Bowl with guns?

I think the killing was rehearsed. Not necessarily for Alex specifically.

1] The shooter stares continuously at the disarmer placing his hand on, then removing Alex's gun. This lasts for multiple seconds.

2] The shooter maintains arm-to-arm contact with the disarmer, a move commonly taught so you know where your partner is and what they're doing.

3] The shooter pauses before drawing his own gun. When he draws it coincides the disarmer removing Alex's gun

4] Upon disarm, the disarmer immediately turns around and runs. They don't pause when the shooting starts

5] Upon disarm, the shooter immediately fills the space left by the disarmer.

The "State's Rights" crowd is gonna love it. Unironically.

I LOVE BIG BROTHER ^/s^

I have one house mate in his 70s and one in her 80s, and she has lung cancer. Luckily our social systems are taking care of them, barely; but that's going away and the cost of living is rising way faster than projected.

It's not about immigration enforcement

Dang and I just made this account too. Time to find a new instance... Any recommendations? How is lemmy.today?

This whole process has looked sus to me. And on top of that, I don't think voting by up/downvoting the post itself is a good way to call votes --- it means a minority can pass a rule without it being even seen by the majority (not sure that matters in this case). Voting should be done in a top-level comment.

This is almost double the funding of NASA (1 year)

Stop calling the protests "anti-ICE". That's not what they're about! They're closer to "No Kings"

Good interview. Give it a listen or read. Aliens don't pop up 'til the end.

Kinda wild the interviewer just let "they're real" slide by with no follow up.

the Cheat is to the limit