AI6YR Ben1d ago

LA Times: In rare move, ICE drags criminal defendant out of a federal courtroom

"...Plainclothes agents believed to be ICE pulled a man out of a downtown federal courtroom after a pre-trial hearing, surprising the judge and defense attorneys.
The agents didn’t identify themselves or display a warrant before removing the defendant, a defense attorney says..."

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-03-20/in-rare-move-ice-drags-criminal-defendant-out-of-federal-courtroom

In rare move, ICE drags criminal defendant out of a federal courtroom

A criminal defense attorney said agents in plainsclothes pulled his client out of a federal courtroom Thursday. The Department of Homeland Security confirmed that ICE arrested his client that afternoon.

Los Angeles Times
AMS1d ago
Show threadRusty Shackleford

@ai6yr @coolcalmcollected

"Believed to be"

You don't know who just kidnapped a man out of your own federal court?

Mar 21 at 12:23pmFedilab
Show thread🏴🏳‍⚧🏴‍☠1d ago

@rusty__shackleford @ai6yr

that's my problem with this whole thing. we're just gonna get snatch grabbed out of a federal court room and everyone's gonna be 🤷‍♂️ ?

then guess what i'm not doing?

rule of law cuts both ways and if it's not being applied evenly then i'm not doing that

Show threadRusty Shackleford1d ago

@coolcalmcollected @ai6yr

Agreed.