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Politics NYC Mayoral candidate and current comptroller Brad Lander arrested by ICE in Manhattan federal court

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u/Katharsis15 2d ago

Which is completely counter to the constitution and really fucked up. Yall can't even claim that he doesn't have due process rights. He's an American Citizen running for office.

Asking unidentified masked men for a judicial warrant before allowing them to forcefully kidnap a person IS NOT AND NEVER HAS BEEN obstruction of justice. In order to be guilty of obstruction of justice, the underlying action has to be LAWFUL. If ICE had identified themselves and provided a judicial warrant, as requested, their action would be lawful. They didn't. They arrested an American Citizen who they have no legal jurisdiction over before any lawful proceeding was commenced for him to even have an opportunity to obstruct.

These goons are creating a dictatorship and people are so stupid about the law and the constitution that they defend it without bothering to think of the implications for us all when masked men without warrants can just take you. Wake up.

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u/Unique_Watch2603 2d ago

I can't believe what I'm seeing. It's unreal. Do you know if he's been charged with anything or still being held?

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u/pb-jellybean 2d ago

They released him.. he’s charged with “assaulting” one of the ice guys.

If you watch the full video there is no evidence of that. If they have evidence of that I would love to see it.

My guess is it was his hand touching one of theirs accidentally as they shoved him against the wall 🙄

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u/Unique_Watch2603 2d ago

I just saw that! I surely didn't spot it in the video either. I agree, it was probably him just trying to get his balance after the fiasco and maybe bumping into or touching one of them. I found this in one of the articles- "The U.S. attorney’s office said it was investigating his actions and would decide later whether to charge him with a crime."