City officials condemn use of illegal force after reports of federal agents injuring resident
Salem’s top executives are condemning illegal use of force by federal agents. They are calling for state and federal policy changes to protect immigrants after reports that federal agents injured a Salem woman while demanding her “papers.”
“The city of Salem is aware of reports of federal law enforcement use of force against Salem residents. The reports allege racial profiling, detention, property damage and injuries to Salem residents by masked teams of federal agents. The…
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I’m happy to see City of Salem is stepping up to curtail the ICE antics. Also glad that comments need to be submitted in this format.
US citizens are not required to carry ID unless we are driving. Telling people to carry passports to show to federal agents is asking those people to legitimize the request. This should not be normalized. Do not comply in advance!
Rachel, she was driving. I can’t understand why she didn’t hand them her passport, especially when she had it? None of this would have happened if she did.
She was trying to find it in her purse. They didn’t give her a chance.
The agents had no legal authority box her in like they did. Ice agents can’t pull you over like they did. No plates on the vehicles that boxes her in. You are ok with violating our rights as long as it’s making us safer. Sacrifice some civil rights to make us safer is the attic of you trumpanzees. This is the United States.
Their will be more to this story. Give it time don’t assume anything till all facts are present.
I see in your article that our city attorney and city manager have signed a resolution approved by our city council tonight. Would it have been appropriate for our current mayor to have signed this also? If so, should the council ask her to?
Is an Oregon Real ID sufficient? It gets me through TSA….
ice needs to leave Oregon, Trumps going to hell, he needs to be in prison, why do we even have a felon as a US president, +*****@)trump so messed up
The mayor of Chicago has ordered CPD to document and investigate complaints about federal agents. Perhaps no charges will come of it, but why won’t the City Council do the same? In America we’re supposed to have civilian control of the police. It doesn’t particularly feel right now that we do.