ProPublicaFeb 5

The Constitution's supremacy clause bars local interference with federal officers when they act reasonably, within the scope of their duties.

But when agents cross that line, experts said, there's an obligation to try to hold them accountable.
https://www.propublica.org/article/why-local-state-police-rarely-investigate-ice-cbp-fbi?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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“You’re Not Going to Investigate a Federal Officer”

It doesn’t happen often, but local law enforcement can arrest and charge federal agents. Legal experts say there’s a moral obligation to at least try to hold federal immigration officers accountable when they violate the Constitution and the law.

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@ProPublica The "officers" have to be from a legitimate and constitutionally abiding government in order to be viewed under that clause. What part of public execution of civilians fits that?
This blatant use of violence to coerce a civilian population - strips this regimes legitimacy and places it squarely on the wrong side of the law. Just because republican congress people are clawing at the last vestiges of 'reasonable' doubt by melodramatically flailing about, doesn't mean much
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