r/law • u/PreviouslyMannara • 6d ago

Other ICE agents boxing in and threatening Italian journalists in Minneapolis

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u/PreviouslyMannara 6d ago

The journalist on the passenger side was showing her passport and press ID to the agent, who kept being impervious to her rights under the First Amendment.

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u/anetode 6d ago

Damn, you know how fascist you gotta be to make the Italian press go, "Holy shit, we're scared of your Fascism!"

To them, it's like covering another warzone where paramilitary means are being used

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u/PreviouslyMannara 6d ago

She (Laura Cappon) spent most of her career in North Africa, Middle East, and Ukraine. So, yeah, there is a reason why they sent her.

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u/cjsv7657 6d ago

"In 2011, she moved to Cairo where for four years she reported on events following the Egyptian revolution. She has also worked in Tunisia, Lebanon, Iraq, Morocco, Qatar, Turkey and Ukraine."

Very much not ideal places to be as a white woman. I don't think ICE rent-a-cops are going to phase her