The Department of Homeland Security blatantly lied about the victim of a recent shooting committed by an ICE agent during an immigration arrest in Chicago.
Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez, 38, was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Franklin Park during an attempted immigration detention. DHS claimed Villegas-Gonzalez had resisted arrest and dragged an officer for “a significant distance” with his car. Nearby surveillance footage revealed the agent fired two shots, and Villegas-Gonzalez died from his injuries later at a hospital.
But the agency’s justification of deadly force doesn’t quite add up.
On September 19, DHS published a press release that claimed that Villegas-Gonzalez was “a criminal illegal alien with a history of reckless driving.” But apparently, that’s completely wrong: NBC News reported that he had no criminal history. Villegas-Gonzalez had pleaded guilty to four traffic violations, including speeding, the most recent of which was in 2013.
The federal press release also claimed that the ICE agent responsible for the shooting had been “seriously injured” in the line of duty. But bodycam videos from Franklin Park police officers shortly after the incident showed the ICE agent describing his injuries as “nothing major,” NBC News reported Monday.
Here’s the non-propaganda title:
ICE Murders Innocent Man.
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Fuck cops, abolish them.
This is pretty old news but is very significant given the murder but the title just saying shot is bs. Yeah this is like the first chicago area thing were they just put out an outlandish statement that contradicts video evidence. ugh.
ICE are cops on steroids. They have said it loud and fucking clear, if we fuck with you, you have nothing to lose. Take that as you will.
He Had No Criminal Record.
would that have mattered?
