ICE are heavily armed killers. They are also big losers

Donald Trump’s homeland security system has been the focus of two crucial stories in the past two weeks. First, the federal agents He shot and killed a man Soon work began to justify the use of force under the simplest pretexts. And in the other, She made house calls For people who said bad things to them online.

Since we took office last year, the Trump administration has told us that fighting the good fight against white supremacy will make you look cool and noble. Department of Homeland Security under former Secretary Kristi Noem Spent $220 million To help her dress up as cowboys against immigrants and call in ICE recruiters as if we were fighting a new world war, this time against our friends and neighbors. everything Very embarrassing.

The propaganda is disturbing. But the anti-immigration crackdown it served was undoubtedly cruel and deadly. In Texas last Tuesday, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a father of three who had lived in the United States for 35 years building homes and caring for his family. The agency immediately issued a statement justifying the use of deadly force on a person it claimed had tried to “weaponize his car.” Videos showing parts of the confrontation already suggest it may be another bullshit story like the one we saw from Minnesota. Federalists He confessed later They were looking for someone completely different. But Salgado Araujo ended up dead.

ICE has proven it can’t handle public confrontation. This is bad. But it also It can’t even handle emails and Instagram posts. It requires a complete lack of accountability not only from the law, but from society itself.

Over the past year, DHS has invented its new version of “investigation” — all at once Field of angry players Online – where the public now dares to expose and name the federal agents responsible for atrocities like the murder of Rene Judd in Minneapolis. The government doesn’t want us to talk about the agent accused of shooting her to death (whose name, by the way, is… He is Jonathan Ross). Before being shot to death, Judd told agents: “I’m not mad at you.” They killed her anyway, then called her a “fucking bitch.”

The government is very upset that people are criticizing it for shooting innocent mothers to death in the street. DHS stalked and intimidated a man Who protested against state-sponsored killing, and was issued a flimsy “warning notice” like extra-judicial “orders.” It is used now To break into people’s homes It’s as if Jay and Silent Bob showed up at your house because of a comment you made online, except with guns and the power of the federal government. It is very serious and not very serious. What are they afraid of? Well, we already know. Accountability in any way.

Minnesota officials had to do just that Sue the federal government To access evidence that would help investigate the ICE shootings because the feds would not cooperate. He – she He was It would be a strange thing for feds run by a party that is allegedly pro-police to do this, except when you consider that it’s not really a pro-police party, as happened with the January 6 insurrection. the Current White House web page Around January 6, he calls it “a date that will live in infamy” as he complains about how police killers are treated unfairly and says The Democrats have staged a true rebellion. Yes, they are lying. But also, seriously: vulnerable things cry.

All of this, of course, comes down to Trump, whose project for more than a decade has been to accumulate power while eliminating the concept of shame and accountability. A man cannot tolerate any insult without going off the rails, and neither can his subordinates. This attitude has carried over to his army of fellow losers who mirror him in several ways: (1) denying any wrongdoing, (2) blaming others, and (3) intimidating anyone who disagrees with them. In some really bad cases, (4) obstruction of justice. Then there is also (5), You look really lame while doing it.

These people feign anger and injustice at any opportunity. Immediately after the murders of Renee Judd and Alex Peretti, Noem abused the victims by using language “Domestic terrorism“—a really malicious thing to do while the bodies were still warm and the evidence was being collected. When they were shot, Jude had just finished driving her 6-year-old to school; Preeti, the ICU nurse, was helping someone prone in the street, like any good nurse.

The federal incitement reinforces what Americans already fear about policing. As I wrote On the occasion of the country’s recent birthday, state and local police also They are clearly bad at standing up for our rights (especially the 1st, 4th, and 5th Amendments) and routinely act like weaklings who can’t handle the slightest criticism. Police are often seen struggling to remain calm at the slightest challenge to their authority. So what happens when they become a superpower through federal intervention? Things like journalists It is alleged that he was deliberately assaulted by police officers.

Policing in America has always been complex, but the Trump administration has turned it into a runaway train of abuse fueled by billions of dollars and blatant racial hostility. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has gotten so much money and permission from Trump that it runs its dear leader’s core racist mission of mass deportation with impunity. Ice company agents They kidnapped peopleI knocked on doors Without judicial orders, Assault on journalists, He terrorized the general public (Including children and infants), and even Innocent people were shot dead In broad daylight. And just that Brief Summary of events.

ICE poses a danger to democracy and its criminal behavior should be viewed with caution. But we must also realize that these people are weak and sad and should be laughed at. Even their stupid outfits, which look like they were taken from a “How to Be a Tactical” buying guide. And the Americans We are Make fun of these people. What better way to protest an army of clowns than to show up like Portlandia did With a frogman in the foreground? The police arrested this frog. Trillions of dollars later, we’ve learned nothing about counterinsurgency, because it’s happening now Frog Corps.

These ICE agents are so young that they wear masks in public like a group of people Cowardly aspirants of the National Frontwhich might have been earned Similar amount of training. You’d think the average DMV worker would have been hidden for years based on abuse they Okay, but then again, the average government employee is much braver than these idiots.

ICE is now the highest-funded law enforcement agency in the federal government. If you know anything about the actual waste, fraud, and abuse of federal defense funding, you’ll know that this is not something that guarantees quality or efficiency. This is just Donald Trump’s new private domestic army. I’ll call them Stormtroopers except for the fact that I’m pretty sure some of them get their uniforms and body armor from Temu.