A federal judge in Oregon says he can no longer assume ICE agents are telling the truth in their arrest paperwork, declaring Monday that live testimony is now "necessary" after finding that warrantless arrests are still being made and facts are being "fabricated in official records" by immigration officers.

In a 50-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Mustafa Kasubhai ruled that ICE repeatedly violated an existing court order governing warrantless immigration arrests in the Beaver State, with inaccurate reports, missing records and accounts that did not match what actually happened.

The judge's loss of confidence in the agency was so pronounced that he withdrew the usual presumption that government officials have properly performed their duties.

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[–] 7 points 10 hours ago (1 child)

Right?

The entire rhetoric used around LEOs in the legal system is that they are "held to a higher standard", but the incredibly obvious conclusion from a modicum of research into how the legal system treats LEOs is that they are given a bunch of privelege and preference and deference, thus, are held to a much lower standard... when we also just know how often they abuse those things, we have the data lol.

Its basically formal gaslighting?

Yeah this has never made any sense to me, its so obviously presented as the polar opposite of the actual reality.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 hours ago

    It's one of the many reasons why I'm kinda done with the concept of "The benefit of the doubt" when it comes to the area of government right now. The entire system is allergic to accountability, to the point that we can't even make it priority when it's obvious its sorely needed like with Jeffries/Schumer and Trump.

    So tired of the whole thing that I'm ready to rebuild from better foundations.

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