THE POLICE PROBLEM

As he and a teammate walked back toward the field from inside the tunnel, a Texas state trooper appeared to walk between the pair, bumping shoulders with both, and then turned around and pointed at them — shouting at them in the process.

Barco enlisted in the army at 17 and served two tours in Iraq. Barco was injured by an improvised explosive device during one of his deployments, and received a Purple Heart for his service in combat. He was also awarded a Combat Infantry Badge. During his military career, Barco had filled out paperwork for citizenship, but his application was never processed for an unknown reason, despite his submitting it. His legal team says his former commander attests to helping him complete and submit the application.

A recent report from ProPublica Department of Homeland Security spokesperson that “we don’t arrest U.S. citizens for immigration enforcement.” The facts on the ground tell a very different tale.

Not as awful as the facist militia American have but it’s important to remember that cops are awful everywhere they are

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - A local police chief who shot two Boston Terriers after he says they attacked him during a walk is now suing the dog owners.

cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/c/wtf@lemmy.wtf/p/407024/8-year-old-injured-after-being-bitten-by-sheriff-s-k-9-er-sorry-i-meant-sheriff-s-deputy

Gerardo ‘Jerry’ Estrada, 30, was hit head-on by weaving car with sirens on that had drifted from correct side of street

According to the brief in Chicago Headline Club et al. v. Noem et al, lawyers combed through every frame of video turned over by the government looking for proof that a rock was thrown at Bovino before he launched gas—but “they could identify no such video,” the filing says—then pressed Department of Justice to point to any clip that supported their claim. None did, the motion says.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/38379853

You give us Bivens federally, we’ll stop throwing sandwiches.

Crosspost

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/44971320

Fuck this site and i hate that i have to use it so i can survive and find a job in this hellscape.

As bad as the headline is… it gets WORSE:

Claim that Tren de Aragua planned to attack officers was widely shared – only for FBI to later acknowledge it was mistaken, internal files show

Prosecutors accuse Martinez and Ruiz of driving into and “striking the Customs and Border Protection vehicle on both the driver’s and passenger’s side” and say 10 civilian vehicles then boxed in the ICE agents.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/48103722

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/48089837

We haven’t found evidence of Stingrays being used at protests in the US yet, but if you’re going to a No Kings protest this weekend, why not bring Rayhunter to be sure? Don’t forget to charge and update it, then let us know what you find!

HANOVER PARK, Ill. (WLS) – United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested a police officer Thursday morning in Hanover Park, accusing him of being an unlawful immigrant from Montenegro.

Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20251014113155/https://apnews.com/article/arizona-racial-profiling-arpaio-costs-immigrants-ec5be6a1ba7ee41f1ea58f6508e57ac9

https://www.wweek.com/news/2025/10/12/documents-allege-a-federal-agent-at-portland-ice-threatened-to-shoot-an-ambulance-driver/

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Manchester police Chief Constable Stephen Watson said on Friday that one of the [two] deceased victims “would appear to have suffered a wound consistent with a gunshot injury,” according to a preliminary report from the Home Office pathologist.

Agents rappelled in from helicopters, broke down doors, used flash bangs, tore tenants from their units, and detained several people—including numerous U.S. citizens—for hours before leaving the building ravaged, according to multiple reports.

Admittedly this is almost 20 year old data, but I doubt it’s much different today.