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ICE Wants to Know If You’re Posting Negative Things About It Online (theintercept.com)

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ICE wants to hire contractors to monitor social media for threats. Those who criticize the agency could be pulled into the dragnet.

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[–] disguy_ovahea 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (2 children)

Well, the Justice Department made us one anyway. As of February 5th, they have permission to respond to unfair criticism.

Protecting Law Enforcement Personnel. One of the Department of Justice's top priorities is protecting law enforcement at the federal, state, and local levels who protect us all. This includes aggressively investigating the all-too-common instances of violence against and obstruction of law enforcement, seeking the death penalty for those who perpetrate capital crimes against law enforcement, and backing and promoting the efforts of law enforcement when they are subjected to unfair criticism or attack.

https://www.justice.gov/ag/media/1388541/dl

[–] Skyrmir 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

promoting the efforts of law enforcement when they are subjected to unfair criticism

Pretty sure that violates the first amendment. Makes me think there's a lot of other laws they're violating, which really makes me think they need aggressive reforms.

[–] disguy_ovahea 1 points 1 day ago

Oh, it absolutely does. Do you know who enforces compliance with constitutional law? The US Marshalls, who report to the Department of Justice.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Huh? Your excerpt only says that the death penalty is for capital crimes against them, like killing them.