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candelista

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36. Your argument leaks like a sieve.

Reply to Gormy Cuss (Reply #27)

Thu Jul 9, 2015, 10:42 AM

Jul 2015

If the job of ICE is to determine immigration status, then ICE can't do its job if the local cops hide information from them about the status of criminals in local jails.

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AP source: Fed's gun used in San Francisco pier slaying [View all] bluedigger Jul 2015 OP

This story keeps getting more and more bizarre arcane1 Jul 2015 #1

Huh. Was this a setup for a murder? n/t jtuck004 Jul 2015 #2

A federal agent's gun? Somethin' somethin, a good man with a gun... Hoppy Jul 2015 #3

There is a problem here passiveporcupine Jul 2015 #4

I agree he's a scapegoat for immigration hatred. Bet he wishes he never picked up the teeshirt Sunlei Jul 2015 #8

"The sheriff said ICE could have obtained a warrant or court order to keep Sanchez in custody" brett_jv Jul 2015 #5

In the "real world" SF should have held him Historic NY Jul 2015 #12

Why was he released to SF in the first place? KamaAina Jul 2015 #17

SF had a warrant out for him. former9thward Jul 2015 #29

On a 20-year-old pot charge? In SF?! KamaAina Jul 2015 #30

More proof why only LEOs should be trusted with guns. Psephos Jul 2015 #6

the man said he picked up a teeshirt bundled with the gun inside. Sunlei Jul 2015 #7

Holy crap. That whole "I found the gun wrapped in a t-shirt" thing might actually be true. SunSeeker Jul 2015 #9

Weapon was stolen. LisaL Jul 2015 #10

Yes, but they don't know who stole it or how the killer got it. SunSeeker Jul 2015 #23

The gun was stolen from the BLM officer's car 4 days before the killing. OnlinePoker Jul 2015 #19

Yes, you're the second person to point that out to me. SunSeeker Jul 2015 #20

I hope they search the FBI agent's vehicle for DNA, hair etc to see what linkages can be made to who avaistheone1 Jul 2015 #33

I smell a rat. Darb Jul 2015 #11

The mud is on San Francisco's face... Historic NY Jul 2015 #13

Not just San Fran. candelista Jul 2015 #15

Law Enforcement demands those laws Recursion Jul 2015 #21

If the cops helped to enforce federal law, many of the people you mean would be deported. candelista Jul 2015 #25

But their aggrieved family and friends would still be here Recursion Jul 2015 #26

"Aggrieved family & friends hesitant to talk to cops"? candelista Jul 2015 #35

No, these laws don't need to be overturned. Gormy Cuss Jul 2015 #27

I'm pretty sure the victims family wouldn't agree..... Historic NY Jul 2015 #28

So the victim's family must also be for disarming BLM rangers Gormy Cuss Jul 2015 #31

Stolen from a vehicle... Historic NY Jul 2015 #32

Sounds like Local Enforcement Officers in San Francisco did not do their job. avaistheone1 Jul 2015 #34

It's more nuanced than that. Gormy Cuss Jul 2015 #38

Your argument leaks like a sieve. candelista Jul 2015 #36

ICE is a Federal agency with independent law enforcement charges Gormy Cuss Jul 2015 #37

It is Congress that has refused to pass comprehensive immigration reform. Comrade Grumpy Jul 2015 #24

What are you saying? candelista Jul 2015 #14

Just seems too perfect. Darb Jul 2015 #22

SF's beaches are Federal jurisdiction. Park Ranger's gun? n/t dogknob Jul 2015 #16

This is across town KamaAina Jul 2015 #18

I was thinking of where the gun might have come from, not where the shooting took place. n/t dogknob Jul 2015 #39

Turns out the gun belonged to a BLM agent. KamaAina Jul 2015 #40