Will the Civil War Start in California, Chicago or New York?
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“Our state and local authorities may arrest federal agents if they break California law.”
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Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, whose Day One memo had ordered prosecutors to give armed robbers a pass, has announced that he’s looking into prosecuting ICE agents.
While Bragg had let a man accusing of raping a teenage girl go with 30 days and probation so that he went on a “sex-crime spree” attacking four different women until one of his victims hit him on the head with a hammer, he aggressively pursued President Trump and subway hero Daniel Penny who had prevented a crazed homeless man from attacking fellow passengers.
As New York City reels from a rape crisis, Bragg is now thinking of prosecuting ICE personnel who are deporting some of the illegal alien sex offenders who are assaulting women and girls.
Bragg and the New York politicians who have been urging the NYPD to arrest ICE personnel are not alone. California Democrats, as usual, are leading the way, passing laws, urging police to arrest ICE personnel and threatening prosecutions over immigration enforcement.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Democrat bills into law that claim to bar federal law enforcement personnel from entering some areas, wearing masks and ordering them to display their names.
Senate Bill 627 warns that law enforcement personnel wearing masks (but not COVID masks) can be charged with “an infraction or a misdemeanor” and also deploys another form of intimidation in the form of a legally futile policy of civil damages for arrests of illegal aliens.
“While the President may enjoy absolute immunity courtesy of his rogue Supreme Court, those who operate under his orders do not. Our state and local authorities may arrest federal agents if they break California law — and if they are convicted, the President cannot pardon them,” Rep. Nancy Pelosi warned.
San Francisco DA Brooke Jenkins proposed identifying ICE agents from videos (demonstrating exactly why masks and the lack of visible badges are needed) and then issuing arrest warrants for them while emphasizing that, at least for now, she’s not proposing direct confrontations between local and federal law enforcement. Not all California officials however are that reticent.
“He is urging law enforcement to investigate and intervene in any unauthorized operations that place public safety or civil liberties at risk,” a statement from Huntington Park Mayor Arturo Flores declared.
The move by the California state government to create the legal infrastructure for trying to arrest federal law enforcement personnel marks a major escalation that could easily tip into violence.
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has recognized the dangerous futility of local prosecutions now, threatening ICE personnel, “that maybe they’re not gonna get prosecuted today, although we’re looking at doing that, but they may get prosecuted after the Trump administration.”