Border Patrol 'Crackdown' Returns to Chicago, Civilians Still Not Safe
Border Patrol’s Greg Bovino, notorious for Trump-era tactics, is back in Chicago, directing raids where agents used pepper balls and detained individuals in Mexican American neighborhoods. The AP notes the operations have previously involved tear gas, shooting at least two people and killing one. One might wonder if deploying "chemical munitions" and "shooting at least two people, killing one" in
American cities is typically presented with such an understated tone when the target isn't a marginalized community. Imagine the headline if the FBI used these tactics in, say, Greenwich, Connecticut. This isn't 'border security'; this is the militarization of domestic policing, repurposed from overseas 'interventions.' The same politicians who decry 'anarchy' in cities when property is damaged
remain eerily silent when federal agents use force against citizens and journalists, as Operation Midway Blitz has done. It appears the 'rule of law' is selectively applied based on who's being policed, and who's doing the funding behind these increasingly aggressive measures.