No more stern letters. Fuck that shit. rePUKES and the SC don't respect Americans' civil rights.

Under the next Dem POTUS 2029????

Damn right! ✊🏼

Now THAT's courage and conviction! Every DA and AG should be putting out statements like this, with the same level of certainty and firmness, when ICE deploys in their jurisdictions.

Good on him! C'mon Dem officeholders - pile on!!

So where are all of these ‘States Rights’ people (especially Repugs who always cry ‘States Rights!’ when a Dem. administration proposes a progressive idea) who are in DC to ‘serve the people?’
Oh, right - Donny might get mad at me - who cares about the people I’m supposed to serve…..

We'll see how Philadelphia LEOs hold to that warning when ICE exceeds its authority. There's enough weasel-words in the statement to permit a complete 180.

-- Mal

opting for going deep into neighborhoods and snatching people vs doing any Los Angeles/Portland/Chicago/Minneapolis-style "made for TV" productions.

It seems the biggest instigator of that bullshit was Bovino, who is essentially reduced to doing pan-handling for some attention nowadays after his "exit".

Would you mind pointing them out? I just rewatched both videos, and I don't see anything except a very clear warning that ICE agents will be prosecuted by the Philly DA if they misbehave there, and a reminder that Trump will not be able to help them. What am I missing?

Also "If it becomes necessary." Basically, any "if" statement gives them room to wriggle out. You or I may say "Hey, they just shot a defenseless man lying on the sidewalk in the back" is a crime, but they can obfuscate and qualify and weasel their way out, if they want to.

So the question becomes whether the will is there to actually carry out their threats, or if it's just optics. Since these days, almost everything is just optics, I'm skeptical.

-- Mal

I kinda see what you mean, but I didn't get that vibe.

I can see that he weighed his words carefully, but that's just something lawyers do. They are trained to see a million nuances that you and I would miss and to be aware of every possible ramification of whatever they're saying. With that in mind, saying that he WILL prosecute "if they break the law" sounds pretty straightforward to me. Some of the other statements like "if you get out of line" are more vague, but that one sounds about as unequivocal as he probably feels he's able to be. I don't see any reason to think he doesn't mean that. He sounds like a prosecutor, and that's how prosecutors talk, in my experience.

I suspect he has the backing of Gov. Josh Shapiro also.

FAFO, ICE goons!

The guy who killed Rene Good …?

Literally

All federal employees and military service members have immunity for official acts allowed under the law. Now if they just beat a guy on the street with no cause they can be prosecuted for an unofficial act.

and there were numerous witnesses and videos to those.

First, do you really think the local LEOs will do this? Very unlikely. Even if they do, imagine them trying to arrest ICE. What if the ICE goons refuse to surrender? Are we going to have a shootout between local LEOs and ICE? It is just not going to happen.

The good thing about his tough stance is that it may cause ICE to behave. However, if it goes south, all bets are off.

if they operate WITHIN THE LAW and not do a multi-agent beat-down against PROTESTORS like was done in Minneapolis, then they won't have anything to worry about.

They were also warned by the city Sheriff NOT to enter the city's court buildings without a warrant. If they do, HER officers will arrest them.

As I mentioned elsewhere, when they drop-kicked Bovino out of his post and sent him back to TX to eventually go bye bye, stuff started calming down.