How a culture of dehumanization and denial keeps ICE and Border Patrol personnel “at war with an enemy that does not fight back.”

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[–] 10 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I know someone who once worked for the US Border Patrol.

He ended up holding two other agents at gunpoint because they were planning to sexually assault a detainee. He left for a local police department not long after that.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago (3 children)

    Over/under that he's still a cop?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    He's still a cop.

    I don't expect people here to take my word for it that he's one of the good ones, but I'll say it anyway.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago

    I used to travel along the southern border at least once a year, usually twice, for weeks at a time. At that time, border patrol were pretty friendly. We really stuck out and I'm sure we're in their database somewhere.

    I stopped going down there as soon as the ICE violence started. I'm not only afraid for my safety, I'm afraid of how I will react if border patrol asks me for ID at one of the checkpoints.

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