Plainclothes agents swooped in and took Wilson Martell-Lebron outside a courthouse in Boston on Thursday.

Federal immigration agents arrested an immigrant as he was leaving court on the first day of his trial in Massachusetts on Thursday, with a judge now holding one agent in contempt for disrupting due process.

Plainclothes U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents showed up at the court in Boston and took Wilson Martell-Lebron without prior notice, according to The Boston Globe.

  • JSocial@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    158·
    1 day ago

    Copied my comment from an earlier link to this article:

    So the guy who got picked up is currently detained without charge, after having his original charges dismissed. Brian Sullivan, the ICE agent, was held in contempt, which might turn into a charge, and is currently free.

    Certainly sounds like Brian Sullivan is enjoying his due process while denying others theirs.

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
      211·
      21 hours ago

      I don’t care how evil you are what you did. You deserve due process as that is a basic human right.

      We need rule of law especially now more than ever

      • JSocial@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        24·
        20 hours ago

        That’s the thing people seem to miss (although they seem to be coming around a bit). What you did or how evil you are can only be determined by due process.

        • Initiateofthevoid@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          8·
          7 hours ago

          What you did or how evil you are can only be determined by due process.

          Yes. Without due process for everyone, no American is ‘innocent until proven guilty’. You are guilty until they decide otherwise.

          • Kbobabob@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            6 hours ago

            Without due process for everyone, no American person is ‘innocent until proven guilty’.

            FTFY

            It’s amazing how many people think you need to be a citizen of the US to have due process.