«Besides recounting acts of violence, dozens who spoke Tuesday said state and local police violated Vermont’s fair and impartial policing policy, which generally bars officers from “facilitating” civil immigration enforcement.

Lambek said police clearly coordinated with federal agents. He called previous statements from law enforcement officials an example of “victim blaming and outright misdirection.”»
#vermont #ICEviolence #StatePoliceCollaboration #FalseArrest
https://vtdigger.org/2026/04/01/protesters-tell-lawmakers-they-were-choked-assaulted-by-officers-during-south-burlington-immigration-operation/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Digger%204%2F1%2F26%20v2&utm_source=dc3c5486db&utm_source=VTDigger+Subscribers+and+Donors&utm_campaign=b82a7cd490-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_04_01_11_10&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-b82a7cd490-405583705

"On Sunday morning, Border czar Tom Homan said elected officials in Minnesota “ought to be saying thank you” to the Trump administration for making the state safer. "

#Minneapolis #Minnesota #OperationMetroSurge #AbolishICE #ICEViolence #ICE
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/tom-homan-minnesota-should-say-thank-you-for-dhs-operation/

"It’s been a half-century since Thomas Grace was knocked off his feet by an Ohio National Guardsman’s bullet, but he still braces for a flashback whenever people “under the color of uniform” concoct dubious claims to justify deadly force against other Americans."

#KentState #ICEViolence #ICE
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/the-lessons-of-kent-state/

"Two brothers of Renée Nicole Macklin Good, the queer Minnesota U.S. citizen fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis in January, are testifying in Washington, D.C., today at a Capitol Hill hearing examining the use of force by federal immigration agents."

#ReneeGood #Minnesota #UseOfForce #ICEViolence #ICE
https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/renee-good-family-dhs-hearing

"Last week a photographer for the Minneapolis Star Tribune filmed a border patrol agent approach a protester, lying prone in the street, and aim a canister of pepper spray at his eyes. The protester was already detained, three other agents pressing his body into the pavement, but the agent can nevertheless be seen spraying the orange chemical irritant, which causes excruciating pain, at point-blank range."

#ICEAgents #ICEViolence #ICE
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/30/antifa-unmasking-ice