Comment by cdrnsf

Comment by cdrnsf 4 days ago

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I don't think that it's reasonable to see this behavior as anything but threatening given the location and the ample context provided by ICE's behavior up to this point.

> The ICE person states they will not try to enter and if the clerk touches them, they will yank the person out of the building.

Does that not amount to a threat?

It sounds as though most of these agents are poorly trained at best. https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/ice-unloads

> “The brand new agents are idiots,” an experienced ICE agent assigned to homeland security investigations told me.

> The new ICE officer continued: “I thought federal agents were supposed to be clean cut but some of them pass around a flask as we are watching a suspect,” observing as well that the new guys “have some weird tattoos.”

whatsupdog 4 days ago

> Does that not amount to a threat?

"If you touch me, I'll break your jaw" has been ruled by courts to not be a threat.

  • cdrnsf 4 days ago

    If it were said by a masked agent who is part of a group of rampaging thugs murdering bystanders in the street, I would see it as a threat.