EPTBut of course the 700 number is going to contain people that blocked government vehicles from entering government facilities and all the rest of that. So observe the bait and switch. Look at all these citizens unjustly detained by illegal immigrant raids by ICE ... scratch that ... isn't it just so terrible that ICE and DHS can arrest people for non-immigration federal crimes and isn't it so sad that disorderly conduct isn't just a warning.
In 1,082 locations—including Chicago and Minneapolis—at least one of the crimes supposedly committed by the arrestees is “Public Peace,” a category of convictions that includes unlawful assembly and disorderly conduct.
Absurd weasel words.Total Arrests 2,209
Criminal Charges Assault, Burglary, Commercialized Sexual Offenses, Congress, Damage Property, Dangerous Drugs, Etc., Family Offenses, Flight / Escape, Forgery, Fraudulent Activities, General Crimes, Homicide, Immigration, Invasion of Privacy, Kidnapping, Larceny, Legislature, Liquor, Obscenity, Obstructing Judiciary, Obstructing the Police, Public Peace, Robbery, Sex Offenses (Not Involving Assault or Commercialized Sex), Sexual Assault, Stolen Vehicle, Tax Revenue, Traffic Offenses, Weapon Offenses
Criminal Charges Assault, Burglary, Commercialized Sexual Offenses, Congress, Damage Property, Dangerous Drugs, Etc., Family Offenses, Flight / Escape, Forgery, Fraudulent Activities, General Crimes, Homicide, Immigration, Invasion of Privacy, Kidnapping, Larceny, Legislature, Liquor, Obscenity, Obstructing Judiciary, Obstructing the Police, Public Peace, Robbery, Sex Offenses (Not Involving Assault or Commercialized Sex), Sexual Assault, Stolen Vehicle, Tax Revenue, Traffic Offenses, Weapon Offenses
The reader is expected to shake his head that Chicago criminal charges include the category of public peace, right before Robbery and Sex Offenses
Real story: The Trump administration once again inflated numbers by including all kinds of arrests, and made up numbers on a website. It published a website with a stupid and offensive joke at its center. It's riddled with errors. But you have to wade through bullshit journalistic malpractice to actually get to the meat of it.
