Federal immigration agents held a teenage boy at gunpoint Wednesday and bloodied him up, before they realized they had the wrong person.

  • crimson_iris@piefed.social
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    What’s the benefit of not referring to ICE as ICE? What they’re doing should reflect on the organization as a whole. They should not get to say “well they weren’t our agents, I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

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      It’s giving white supremacy a normalized name. Most people don’t know it’s all racists. Maybe KKK-ICE?

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        Anyone who doesn’t know it’s all racists would love the fact that it’s all racists.

        I hope cameras are rolling when the first one gets domed.

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        But that creates a distinction the people in charge can use to deny what’s happening. Now and in the future. “It’s a small group of bad apples, most ICE agents aren’t like that.” Etc. It’s all of them. The whole agency has to go. For that purpose, I think continuing to just call them ICE is useful.