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ICE Shot a Man While Trying to Detain Him. He Had No Criminal Record. (newrepublic.com)

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[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

On September 19, DHS published a press release that claimed that Villegas-Gonzalez was “a criminal illegal alien with a history of reckless driving.” But apparently, that’s completely wrong: NBC News reported that he had no criminal history. Villegas-Gonzalez had pleaded guilty to four traffic violations, including speeding, the most recent of which was in 2013.

Cool so speeding while brown is punishable by death

[–] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

Cool so speeding while brown is punishable by death

I think we can both imagine exactly the justification chuds will use, even considering the last ticket the guy got was in 2013