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electric_blue68

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41. REMINDER: Most People with Mental Illness are Not Violent

Reply to justaprogressive (Original post)

Fri Jul 17, 2026, 07:05 PM

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A Must Read and Truly Horrifying Story by Josh Marshall [View all] justaprogressive Yesterday OP

... Turbineguy Yesterday #1

So ICE gives him a badge and gun, and tells him "Have fun!" FakeNoose Yesterday #2

Based on what I have read about him here on DU the last two days, niyad Yesterday #4

Exactly! WHY? i think why is, when they make their final push to take Democracy away from every American bluestarone 19 hrs ago #38

ICE gave him a badge, a gun, Seinan Sensei 19 hrs ago #37

ICE prefers to hire losers and violent trash dalton99a Yesterday #3

Yeah, but what about his T levels? The Blue Flower Yesterday #5

You win yankee87 20 hrs ago #31

People like this are running concentration camps where Scrivener7 Yesterday #6

Homan needs to be dragged before Congress to explain how this happened Prairie Gates Yesterday #7

with his bag full of cash mdbl Yesterday #11

NPR aired his background story this morning. wnylib 23 hrs ago #21

Good for her! ShazzieB 20 hrs ago #32

She puts her life at risk for refusing lie for him and wnylib 20 hrs ago #34

Government is still at fault for not vetting these people properly. Baitball Blogger Yesterday #8

But they ARE being vetted. They are EXACTLY what the icestapo wants. niyad Yesterday #12

Yes, they are. ShazzieB 20 hrs ago #33

Holy crap! PatSeg Yesterday #9

Far too many. niyad Yesterday #13

Thousands. And people like them are in charge of wnylib 23 hrs ago #22

After seeing so many disturbing videos, PatSeg 22 hrs ago #28

The same kinds of people joined the Gestapo and wnylib 21 hrs ago #30

And the Border Patrol personnel popsdenver 12 hrs ago #42

Yes PatSeg 1 hr ago #46

Clearly a case of criminal negligence on the part of ICE to properly vet and oversee their agents Martin68 Yesterday #10

He is exactly what the icestapo want. niyad Yesterday #14

Hopefully he will also be ICE's undoing. Martin68 Yesterday #15

Don't hold your breath. niyad Yesterday #16

No, I never hold my breath when it comes to Trump and his supporters, but I never lose hope. Martin68 23 hrs ago #24

To be fair Beausoleil Yesterday #17

It's ironic.... MarcoZandrini 11 hrs ago #44

With great power comes great responsibility. Corruption is the responsibility of the highest in command. multigraincracker Yesterday #18

the highest in command is the greatest in corruption nt CharleyDog 20 hrs ago #36

The root of this, and many other problems we HAVE to deal with and fix: Attilatheblond Yesterday #19

Link to the AP News article Josh Marshall referred to in his TPM post Attilatheblond 22 hrs ago #26

Ho Hum He sounds like the perfect ICE employee. flashman13 23 hrs ago #20

OMG!!! calimary 23 hrs ago #23

Betting that, like ICE officers, military recruiters have quotas to meet in their jobs Attilatheblond 22 hrs ago #25

This is why Trumpists want violent offenders to be able to have guns. TommyT139 22 hrs ago #27

"Only the best (worst) people." CaptainTruth 21 hrs ago #29

WTAF????? ShazzieB 20 hrs ago #35

Recruitment is way off these days popsdenver 12 hrs ago #43

Congress needs to demand all ice agents be recalled Ilsa 19 hrs ago #39

ABOLISH ICE MorbidButterflyTat 18 hrs ago #40

REMINDER: Most People with Mental Illness are Not Violent electric_blue68 15 hrs ago #41

His ex-wife has a heroic testimony that needs to be spread far and wide Blue Owl 5 hrs ago #45