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Police behaving badly
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ICE Has Deported at Least 70 U.S. Citizens
GAO confirms ICE deported U.S. citizens due to systemic failures — and the agency still doesn’t know how many more it’s wrongly targeting
migrantinsider.com
ICE agents arrest 6-year-old boy with cancer at Los Angeles Immigration Court
This story was first reported by Texas Public Radio. LOS ANGELES, CA — A Honduran mother and her two young
jewelcitytimes.com
Jesus christ, seems like ICE agents are better at detecting cancer than they are immigration status.
ICE Impersonations Proliferate Amid the Agency’s Undercover Tactics
Pretending to be an ICE agent to commit crimes is disturbingly easy.
prospect.org
And it's their own fault because they don't identify themselves, which honestly should just mean they count as criminals themselves.
In a surprising turn of events...
Immigration agents told a teenage US citizen: ‘You’ve got no rights.’ He secretly recorded his brutal arrest
Video from Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio, 18, puts fresh scrutiny on the harsh tactics used to reach the Trump administration’s ambitious enforcement targets
www.theguardian.com
Police officers ‘also abused’ Rotherham grooming gang victims
One says she was raped from the age of 12 by a South Yorkshire Police officer in a marked police car.
www.bbc.com
Thanks, Trump: ICE Just Gassed a Public School Into Submission
Portland charter school faced fallout from chemical munitions federal riot cops fired at ICE protesters
www.rollingstone.com
Watch: Met Police chief says Panorama's findings are 'horrific'
Met Police chief Sir Mark Rowley has spoken to BBC London after a Panorama investigation found misogyny and racism inside the force.
www.bbc.com
Why the BBC went undercover in the Met Police to investigate claims of racism and misogyny
A BBC reporter describes secretly filming misogynistic and racist attitudes among serving Metropolitan Police officers.
www.bbc.com
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Manchester latest: One of victims killed in attack was hit by police gunfire, chief constable says
Police name the victims as Melvin Cravitz, 66, and Adrian Daulby, 53. The attacker is believed to be Jihad Al-Shamie, a British citizen of Syrian descent.
www.bbc.co.uk
(Yes, I am relieved that police in mainland Britain aren’t routinely armed, and hope that they never are allowed to carry guns.)
That's the problem with police gun use in general. Bullets don't know the difference between an active criminal and a bystander. A missed shot carries a very good chance of unintentionally hitting someone else, especially in a crowded area. Heck, depending on the range and type of firearm and ammo used, a shot that hits it's intended target has a chance of hitting a bystander as well.
That's also the problem with police officers. Most of the time, the cop has no more information than the bullet does.
Rule 4 of gun safety.
And this is why the standard ammo on duty is hollow points. They're not supposed to have the penetration of full metal jackets.
Hmm, wonder if that’s the case here generally.
(Police forces are county-based, FWIW. I mean as in mainland Britain – Northern Ireland being different, and having routinely armed police.)
Of course I won’t go up to the police and ask, as likely the police person might never have held a gun. And it’d look suspicious to ask.
(I have only ever seen armed police here at international airports, the Eurostar station and at Labour Party conferences, FWIW. The latter were very heavily armed.)