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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How a culture of dehumanization and denial keeps ICE and Border Patrol personnel “at war with an enemy that does not fight back.”
Archived at https://archive.ph/Qv0Wk
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.
Over/under that he’s still a cop?
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.
Well, if he’s working for a small department, it’s possible he doesn’t have to turn a blind eye to really heinous shit.
It’s a mid-size department with an above-average reputation for handling officer misconduct.
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.