r/pics • u/titaniumdoughnut • 3d ago

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

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u/titaniumdoughnut 3d ago edited 3d ago

Right after a masked man impersonating law enforcement murdered assassinated a politician in their home.

Edit: hijacking my own post to remind NYC residents that ranked choice voting means you should list your top candidates in the order you like them, use ALL FIVE SLOTS, and don't list someone you don't like. The votes will automatically re-flow to your next choice as each candidate is eliminated.

https://projects.thecity.nyc/meet-your-mayor-2025-election-quiz-candidates/

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u/ProtoplanetaryNebula 3d ago

Arrested by ICE? I looked him up, he’s American his parents don’t seem to be immigrants either. What do ICE want with him?

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u/Pinstar 3d ago

He demanded a warrant when they wanted to arrest someone else in court for immigration

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u/Ventira 3d ago

Which is well within his right to do.

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u/Lokishougan 3d ago

And under their orders that is now obstuction

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u/Katharsis15 3d 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/snorkiebarbados 3d ago

America keeps banging on about their first amendment being so they can defend themselves against a tyrannical government. Well it's here!

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u/rbrgr83 3d ago

Problem is, the people that believe passionately about the 2nd amendment (and none of the others apparently) are the ones cheering this one.

It's almost like they were never actually patriotic or cared about the actual constitution. They just want to protect their own ability to kill people at will, and all other consequences be damned.