Mulberry Heel
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Indeed. Trumpism has found its Eva Braun.
—> ICE / Immigration Catch-All
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lawtig02
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Such disgusting dishonesty.
1. That was clearly written to suggest Bovino was hit in the head by a "commercial artillery shell firework." At most, he may have been hit by a rock -- Border Patrol's Bovino called to court after being accused of throwing tear gas canister in Chicago
2. Nobody has actually seen evidence that Bovino was hit with anything, before or after he threw the tear gas at legal protestors.
3. All of this is a pathetic attempt to distract from the embarrassment Bovino has brought on his department -- Judge orders Bovino to appear in court every weekday to report on immigration enforcement
U.S. Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino, who appeared in federal court on Tuesday sporting his trademark dark green uniform and crew cut, seems likely to become a regular presence there.
U.S. District Court judge Sara Ellis ordered Bovino, the Border Patrol sector chief overseeing the agency’s operations in Chicago and previously in Los Angeles, to appear in federal court each weekday at 6 p.m. to report on daily immigration operations. She also ordered that he turn over all agents’ use of force reports from Sept. 2 through Saturday and the body cam footage corresponding to those reports by Friday.
The exchange highlights the mounting tensions between immigration officials and residents across the Chicago area after Bovino and immigration agents were captured on video and in photos deploying chemical agents in numerous residential neighborhoods here. Attorneys argued the actions were in violation of Ellis’ temporary restraining order issued on Oct. 6 that said immigration authorities must curb the use of tear gas and chemical agents when they are not under threat, particularly where the general public could be affected.
As part of that order, Ellis also ordered immigration agents also had to wear — and turn on — body cameras.
That led to one of Tuesday’s most revealing questions: Did Bovino, as the head of the operation in Chicago, have a body camera?
“I do not, ma’am, no,” he replied. Nor did he have training, he said. On body cameras, Bovino said he did not know how many of his 201 agents in Chicago did not have them, but that he believed 99% did have them. Bovino committed to getting his agents equipped.
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Ellis told Bovino that he must have not understood her temporary restraining order she previously entered, and reread it to him as he looked on, occasionally nodding and often saying: “Yes, ma’am.”
Bovino and Customs and Border Protection officials previously defended the recent use of tear gas and other tactics, arguing the agents were under threat and thus not in violation of the judge’s order. In some cases, witnesses have contested those claims and also said they were given no warning before tear gas was used.
Ellis on Tuesday pointed to recent incidents across the city that she believed may have been in violation of her order that tear gas not be used on protesters who don’t present a threat and that ample warning be given when it is deployed.
“Kids dressed in Halloween costumes walking to a parade don’t pose an immediate threat” to a law enforcement officer, she said, referencing a weekend incident in Old Irving Park neighborhood, a safer part of Chicago. “Those kids were tear gassed on their way to celebrate Halloween in their local school parking lot,” she later added, noting the fear the kids must have felt.
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Well, ICE, if you're reading this I have just a few things to say.
Fuck Trump. Fuck MAGA. Fuck ICE.
You got a problem with that I live at 551 Bunker Hill Street. Stop by anytime.
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For those that don’t know it, the lyrics to the distorted version of this song g used by DHS:
I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now in the morning, I sleep alone
Sweep the streets I used to own
I used to roll the dice
Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes
Listen as the crowd would sing
Now the old king is dead, long live the king
One minute, I held the key
Next the walls were closed on me
And I discovered that my castles stand
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand
I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringin'
Roman Cavalry choirs are singin'
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason, I can't explain
Once you'd gone, there was never, never an honest word
And that was when I ruled the world
It was a wicked and wild wind
Blew down the doors to let me in
Shattered windows and the sound of drums
People couldn't believe what I'd become
Revolutionaries wait
For my head on a silver plate
Just a puppet on a lonely string
Aw, who would ever wanna be king?
I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringin'
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason, I can't explain
I know Saint Peter won't call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh
I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringin'
Roman Cavalry choirs are singin'
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
I know Saint Peter won't call my name
Never an honest word
But that was when I ruled the world
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