ICE Deploys Chemical Weapons on Toddler, "Appears To Show" Newsweek
Newsweek carefully reported that video 'appears to show' ICE agents throwing pepper spray into a car with a toddler inside. The 2018 incident in Chicago, involving a federal agency supposedly protecting national security, raises questions about what constitutes 'national security' and for whom. This isn't just an isolated incident; it’s a symptom of a systemic militarization of domestic law
enforcement, echoing decades of aggressive tactics against marginalized communities, from COINTELPRO targeting civil rights activists to Border Patrol’s ongoing abuses. Perhaps the next headline will read: 'Agents Apparently Employing What Might Be Considered Non-Lethal Force on Whom One Could Interpret as a Minor.' How many unequivocal acts of state violence need to be 'appeared to be witnessed'
before it’s simply called what it is?