Weighing mainstream and alternative accounts…
The camera takes the stand
- Codex · No. 831What is ICE racial profiling?A Supreme Court order let agents treat Latino appearance as a clue. That turns looking foreign into a sentence before facts enter.Newest
An ICE officer turned himself in after a grand jury indictment over an SUV striking a fleeing man.
DocumentedICE said Parra-Hernandez ran in front of the vehicle, but prosecutors say surveillance and other video contradict that account and show an ICE SUV striking him, forming the basis for indictment.
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- Document
“ICE has asserted that Parra Hernandez ran in front of Morales' vehicle, an account that prosecutors say is contradicted by video.”
ICE officer charged with ramming man with SUV in Houston turns himself in | PBS News · www.pbs.org → - Document
“CCTV footage showed an ICE vehicle crossing a street and accelerating through a parking lot before accelerating Miguel Parra-Hernandez.”
ICE Officer Turns Himself In After Being Indicted For Deliberately Running Over A Random Person · www.techdirt.com →
Paperwork gives way to sworn words
- Starting point
ICE arrest records face a different test when the officers who wrote them must answer under oath.
DocumentedA federal judge found an ICE officer lied and said live testimony exposed it, supporting the idea that ICE’s account can be undermined by sworn testimony and scrutiny in court.
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- Testimony
“a federal judge in Oregon wants more ICE agents on the witness stand after finding that an officer lied in an official arrest record”
Judge calls for more ICE agents on witness stand: "Willing to lie" · www.newsweek.com → - Testimony
“Written declarations are convenient, but insufficient on their own when witnesses are willing to lie.”
Judge calls for more ICE agents on witness stand: "Willing to lie" · www.newsweek.com →