Federal agents track down woman, demand she remove Instagram post about ICE

lokar

I know in CA it is a violation of election law for an armed law enforcement officer to enter a vote center unless they are responding to an incident or there to vote.

conartist6

The content of the post deemed by ICE to warrant ~~federal prosecution~~ crime-boss-style intimidation: > BREAKING: The ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Good in broad daylight has been identified as Jonathan Ross by the Minnesota Star Tribune. I think today is a great day for Johnathan to be indicted! If anyone is wondering, it would still be a good day : )

fanatic2pope

I wonder how far we are away from people being arrested for holding up blank pieces of paper.

delichon

This kind of intimidation sucks and I'd like to see individual officers who indulge in it lose their qualified immunity and be prosecuted for it. But I'm at least grateful to live under a regime that needs to break its own laws to do this, and so such charges can be dismissed by courts that follow the law, even if they don't apply consequences to the offending officials. Compare that to the UK where more than 12k people were arrested for social media posts in 2023 alone and where it is fully permitted under the law with great discretion and supported by the courts. It's a bit like "my husband is better than yours because he doesn't beat me as hard", but it's something.

josefritzishere

The US regime's effort to avoid any culpability for killing American citizens is very concerning.

OutOfHere

More broadly, across various instances, the administration and feds have been coming out strongly against basic freedom of speech which is a core constitutional pillar that defines America. It is highly unAmerican. Meanwhile, the crook in charge keeps doing everything he can to keep his cronies rich, at the expense of the planet's climate. Those who voted for him continue to remain utterly uninformed of the tornadoes and floods they sow.

rekabis

How is this anything other than a flagrant violation of her constitutional right to free speech? This is the government suppressing her speaking the name of the executioner, which was already publicly published. If I was her, I would be launching a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the government for a violation of constitutional rights.

JuniperMesos

It was reasonable for ICE agents to shoot to kill Renee Good under the circumstances, and I support efforts to protect Jonathan Ross from being maliciously prosecuted by anti-immigration-enforcement state political forces. That said I don't think that US law should make it illegal to mention his name, or in general should make it illegal to mention anyone's name in connection with a public incident, especially if that person is a public official - and certainly ICE shouldn't be trying to demand that American citizens remove such posts. American free speech law and custom should legally protect mentioning the names of people involved in newsworthy incidents.

sleight42

7 hours old and not flagged? Amazing.

paleotrope

She claims that the post with his name is the one that triggered the visit.

paleotrope

I remember the good ole days when the White House would coordinate with former employees that got jobs with SV companies in their "online safety" orgs and would just ban or shadowban people. Less legally suspect because it was action by private companies.

NuclearPM

When is the tipping point?