Monday, October 6, 2025

ICE Agents actions are reminiscent of Blackwater in Iraq. Can the Illinois Safe-T act provide relief?

Fascism is just Colonialism turned inward, Aimé Césaire

     The actions of ICE agents in and around Chicagoland are criminal and unconstitutional.  As I watch them here in Illinois and in other states I am struck by their similarity to the actions of Blackwater assholes, actions which I saw firsthand, in Iraq and Afghanistan.  ICE use of force is blatantly illegal and violate state law and much federal law built around the 4th Amendment.

Much of the MAGA doctrine towards people in the targeted cities has been to treat them as a foreign occupied peoples and to ignore all manner of laws including the supreme law the Constitution.

ICE claimed the woman shot them
and had 10 cars ramming and 
blocking them in.

Doesn't appear to be true...
I wonder if the Illinois Safe-T Act could be a recourse to be used against them?  Now, I know the immediate rejoinder is Federal Supremacy and The Kavanaugh Stops doctrine.  So, Faux News Fascists and Republicans will say ICE can do whatever they want to these criminal "illegal aliens" and the protestors who are "threatening" the lives of agents.

But, that's not the angle I'm thinking of;  the Safe-T Act puts an obligation onto Illinois Officers (from patrol all the way to various Chiefs and Sheriffs), a duty to intervene.  Now while this was drafted in the wake of the George Floyd murder and in response to repeated Officer involved extrajudicial killings of mainly unarmed black people, this law is written that Officers must take an active hand to stop excessive force or violations of a person's constitutional rights committed by law enforcement.

50 ILCS 705/6.3)
    Sec. 6.3. Discretionary decertification of full-time and part-time law enforcement officers.
    (a) Definitions. For purposes of this Section 6.3:
    "Duty to intervene" means an obligation to intervene to prevent harm from occurring that arises when: an officer is present, and has reason to know (1) that excessive force is being used or that any constitutional violation has been committed by a law enforcement official; and (2) the officer has a realistic opportunity to intervene. This duty applies equally to supervisory and nonsupervisory officers. If aid is required, the officer shall not, when reasonable to administer aid, knowingly and willingly refuse to render aid as defined by State or federal law. An officer does not violate this duty if the failure to render aid is due to circumstances such as lack of appropriate specialized training, lack of resources or equipment, or if it is unsafe or impracticable to render aid. 
    "Excessive use of force" means using force in violation of State or federal law.

Hessian Trump to send
Foreign Mercenaries
into Sovereign States 
Now, understand I'm not touting this as a "One Weird Trick stops ICE in their tracks" panacea and I'm certain Governor J.B Pritzker, his staff, and Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul have been throughly briefed and apprised of this.  But, it might be time We, the People put the onus on sworn Illinois law enforcement to take an active hand to the crimes and unconstitutional actions of ICE occurring directly in front of them.

Let me say no person should want to put some rookie officer to the test on the street in this scenario but, that's what Police training is ostensibly supposed to cover, and no rational sane person would be pushing to have a confrontation between Municipal and/or State police and Federal "Officers" but, this is the Republican Party we are dealing with; everyone in it is certifiably insane or in the grips of full-blown fascist fever.  Like Stephen Miller who spent his weekend screaming racist invective against Judges, elected officials, and the Democratic Party broadly.  One of the Judges, Diane Goodstein of South Carolina had her house burned down severely injuring her husband after Stephen Miller attacked her on Twitter (X).

MAGA and ICE are pushing further and further, Trump routinely suggests murdering Democrats as he did today in one of diarrhea filled rallies this time to have a crowd of Naval Midshipmen forced to listen.  

Fascism never cedes power peacefully and giddy Republicans are a fully-fascist organization which is already unlawfully using force on people here and abroad.  It's only going to increase;  make sure you are ready.

Update:

        I see Traitor Trump's plan to take control of the California National Guard and send them to and fro this time into Oregon was blocked by District Judge Karin Immergut, this shows there is still value in using the tools of the State against the vile fascist traitors in the Trump administration.  In response, dementia riddled Trump again regaled his loving Corporate Media stenographers with tales of Portland having burned to the ground yet again, screaming,

“Portland is burning to the ground.  It’s insurrectionists all over the place. It’s antifa, and yet the politicians are petrified. Look, the politicians are afraid for their lives. That’s the only reason that they say like there’s nothing happening, and you’ve seen it. The place is burning down and they pretend like there’s nothing happening.”


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