This picture may haunt me to the end of my days. It is an ICE agent taking an axe to the car window of an immigrant in New Bedford, MA. Not far from where I sit now. An immigrant with no criminal record was abducted by this smiling man. An axe taken to a car window and to our democracy. 1/ #MomSky
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@ruthz.bsky.social "....the incident has had a “ripple effect,” bringing on a collective trauma to the wider community, not just the family involved.

Although New Bedford police responded to the scene, they said they could not intervene because it was a federal enforcement action.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ice-agents-shatter-car-window-001151543.html

ICE agents shatter car window during Massachusetts arrest: attorney

Federal immigration agents reportedly shattered a car window in New Bedford while detaining a Guatemalan man on Monday—despite his attorney saying they had...

Yahoo News

@clusterfcku wow they know he’s not even the right person and they did that anyway.

“Sniffin said her clients were told the agents were looking for someone named “Antonio.”

“I said, ‘Well, that’s great, because your name is not Antonio, so you should be fine. Show them the paperwork that you have and you should be fine.’ And the agents didn’t pay attention to that,” she said.”

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