ICE officer accused of excessive force, then sent back to work despite active probe
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ICE officer accused of excessive force, then sent back to work despite active probe
"That's the scary part, that this is just one small case of a larger systemic issue of how law enforcement is being hyper-politicized,"
"The officer's conduct in this video is unacceptable and beneath the men and women of ICE,"
An ICE officer pushed a woman into a hallway and to the ground in a New York immigration court while cameras recorded the woman screaming. Homeland Security placed the officer on publicly announced administrative leave and then reinstated him within 72 hours without further explanation. The officer returned to work before the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General completed its internal review. Nearly two months later the OIG decided the incident did not merit a criminal probe. The sequence raises questions about the adequacy of DHS oversight and transparency amid reduced internal oversight and political pressure to increase deportations.
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