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Trump cranking up the propaganda machine again: claiming Brad Lander “unlawfully interfered” and that ICE is just “enforcing Trump’s policy.” Reality: Lander stood up for civil rights. ICE’s conduct reflects a deeply troubling use of federal power.
They’re cranking up the propaganda machine again: claiming Brad Lander “unlawfully interfered†and that ICE is just “enforcing Trump’s policy.†Reality: Lander stood up for civil rights. ICE’s conduct reflects a deeply troubling use of federal power.
— Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) 2025-06-17T18:26:08.082Z
Reality: Lander stood up for civil rights. ICE’s conduct reflects a deeply troubling use of federal power.
What happened on June 17, 2025:
New York City Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander was arrested by masked ICE agents at Manhattan’s federal immigration court (26 Federal Plaza) while accompanying an immigrant whose case had just been dismissed.
Key details:
- As they exited the courtroom, agents approached. Lander locked arms with the man and demanded to see a judicial warrant and badge numbers.
- He was charged with obstructing governmental administration or impeding a federal officer, depending on the report.
- Video footage shows agents pinning Lander to a wall, cuffing him, and leading him away. One agent was heard saying, “Do you want to arrest the comptroller?”
- Lander’s wife, Meg Barnette, said they were “swarmed,” calling the arrest shocking and unacceptable. She emphasized he was simply exercising his right to ask for a warrant.
- The immigrant he accompanied was also arrested.
- The arrest comes one week before the Democratic mayoral primary on June 24, amid rising problems over ICE’s courthouse operations.
This is fascism. It’s time to release Brad Lander. What happened today mirrors the chilling ICE arrests of Ras Baraka and Senator Alex Padilla. It’s deeply troubling, because this is exactly what authoritarianism looks like.
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.â€
— loveisphere (@loveisphere.bsky.social) 2025-06-17T18:30:05.272Z
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Gm7
(20 posts)ICE doesn't need a warrant to arrest someone in a public space. And by refusing to unlock arms, Lander did interfere. That's what the law says. No one is above the law, so we need to protest better than this
IrishBubbaLiberal
(2,561 posts)Masked agents,
Not providing IDs,
Not providing a judge’s warrant.
That’s an abduction
Gm7
(20 posts)IrishBubbaLiberal
(2,561 posts)Masked thugs that just grab you
obamanut2012
(29,172 posts)Gm7
(20 posts)It's a federal crime of obstruction to interfere with an arrest made by federal agents
IrishBubbaLiberal
(2,561 posts)Fuck these masked thugs
No one knows who these masked thugs are.
No badges.
No ID
No Warrant.
FUCK EM
IrishBubbaLiberal
(2,561 posts)“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.â€
— loveisphere (@loveisphere.bsky.social) 2025-06-17T18:30:05.272Z
IrishBubbaLiberal
(2,561 posts)Abductions by masked UN-named goons!
No one knows who these assholes are.
Violent convicted Proud Boy goons that were pardoned by Trump?
Wuddles440
(1,965 posts)Based on my 30 year career as a Federal LEO, they certainly are not behaving as such! I'm fairly confident that many, if not most, are contracted, private security-type personnel or just basic bounty hunters.
SalviaBlue
(3,105 posts)It looks like some guys in t shirts with questionable logos and lots of tattoos. They look like bad guys kidnapping innocent people.
IrishBubbaLiberal
(2,561 posts)Impersonating officers
Impersonating ICE agents
That danger is now
So these masked thugs,
No one knows who these masked thugs are,
Even if it’s a courthouse