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The Aurora Police Department worked with ICE to investigate and arrest the Tren de Aragua gang members who kidnapped and tortured their victims, and the American Civil Liberties Union is very upset about it.
TheyhavebeenwarningotherpolicedepartmentsnottoworkwithICEandare“investigating”theAPDandintendtodragthemintocourt.
NodoubttheACLUwillfindsomeproceduralmistakeorembarrassingcommentmadeinthevolumesofbodycamfootage–afterall,whenyouareraiding19heavilyarmedandviolentgangmembers,somebody,somewhere,islikelytofindsomethingembarrassingyoucanuseasalegalhooktosue.
Andthatisthepoint:atthemoment,nobodyisclaimingthatacivilrightsviolationhastakenplace;theACLUhopestofindsomethinginordertointimidatepolicedepartmentsacrossColoradotostopworkingwiththefederalgovernmenttostopmigrantcrime.
AURORA,Colo.—TheACLUofColoradosaiditisinvestigatinglawenforcement’sresponsetoareportedhomeinvasionandkidnappingatatroubledAuroraapartmentcomplexlastmonth.
ThecrimehappenedattheEdgeofLowryapartmentsinAurorajust
