Chaos erupted in Lower Manhattan Tuesday afternoon, as dozens of masked federal agents targeting street vendors on Canal Street were met with droves of New Yorkers who joined in a spontaneous protest of the arrests. It’s unclear how many street vendors the federal agents ultimately detained, though video and eyewitness accounts suggested as many as four — and likely several …
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Detectives Stephanie Winter and Devin Rigo of the Hillsboro, Oregon, Police Department had never encountered a crime scene like the one they encountered in January 2023. Natalie Morales: How would you two characterize this case when you first got it? What did you think? Det. Stephanie Winter: You know, I just thought that it’s a wild case. Det. Stephanie Winter: …
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“Kristi Noem is going to have a bad day today,” exclaimed Gavin Newsom‘s press office X feed this morning, calling out the South Park–parodied Homeland Security Secretary by name. “You’re welcome, America.” The taunting post came just a few hours before the California Governor Saturday put pen to paper on Senate Bills 627, a.k.a. the “No Secret Police Act” and …
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CHICAGO — Immigration agents arrested at least seven people Wednesday on the Southwest Side and five Tuesday on the Northwest Side, local organizers said. Federal agents were spotted Wednesday afternoon along South Western Avenue, and several people were detained in the area, organizers said in a social media alert. The arrests came as organizers have reported a surge of immigration …
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The man who confessed to fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students nearly three years ago was investigated in connection with an earlier break-in that involved a knife-wielding intruder wearing a ski mask, records show. The 2021 break-in was at a home in Pullman, Washington, just across the state line from Moscow, Idaho, where Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle …
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Law enforcement officers who attempt to conceal their face or identity while on the job in Michigan could face jail time under a bill introduced by state House Democrats. The bill, unveiled Thursday, July 24, targets Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which has become increasingly known for using plainclothed or masked officers during immigration raids and operations to hinder identification. …
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Democratic members of Congress are pressing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to reveal information about immigration officers’ practice of wearing masks and concealing their identities, according to a letter viewed by the Guardian. The letter marks another step in pushes by US lawmakers to require immigration officials to identify themselves during arrest operations, especially when agents are masked, a …
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