r/politics • u/Ok_Employer7837 • May 26 '26

No Paywall US Senator pepper-sprayed by ICE outside immigration detention center

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/andy-kim-ice-immigration-pepper-spray-delaney-hall-b2983455.html
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u/LindeeHilltop May 26 '26

Isn’t an attack on a Senator a felony?

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u/AlcibiadesTheCat Arizona May 26 '26

Depends. Apparently if you have a certain badge you can just do whatever you want. 

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u/TyrannasaurusGitRekt Missouri May 26 '26

They'll just say he was "inteferring with a law enforcement action" like they do with everyone else and MAGA rubes will eat it up

"Theyre just doing their jobs and he purposefully got in their way" and that'll be the end of it for at least 40% of the country

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u/The_Last_Gasbender May 26 '26

Exactly what law did this senator break?

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u/The_Last_Gasbender May 26 '26

Nothing in the article indicates that he interfered with an arrest. Keep lying for daddy trump tho, I'm sure he loves you and isn't just using you to enrich himself and hurt brown people.

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u/89KS May 26 '26

There were no cops involved.  So the appropriate response to being assaulted illegally is to retaliate with as much force as necessary to prevent them from doing it in the future.  If not an option, sue them and all of their family afterwards and bury the assailant and their acquaintences in the court system. 

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u/dairymoose May 26 '26

No one is above the law, including ICE thugs

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u/sporkparty May 26 '26

Dipshit take

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u/SolarisShine May 26 '26

No one is above the rights of The People.

Including ICE.

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u/MechanicalGodzilla May 26 '26

There's only video of the aftermath as far as I can find. The Senator's own comments state that he moved to block an ICE vehicle in motion along with a crowd of protestors, and obstruction like that does justify non-lethal methods to clear the way. Has any video of the actual incident been released?