The world's future is in a really frightening place right now. It looks like, with the US advocating for a world controlled by US, China, and Russia, that "they"* are literally trying to make 1984 happen with forever wars between colluding enemies and everything else that dystopia brings.

I agree, Epstein was a .. not a pawn. Maybe a bishop.

*In this case we know some of who "they" are. Like the Heritage Foundation.

There is if you are rich enough.

If we're going to live in a privacy-less world, it needs to be for everyone

Tried updating it. it's https://archive.is/eU1K9 And Here's the NYT article

*edit * had to update this too

The posted article is excellent and everyone should read it [techdirt always writes great stuff]. The story's primary source is [this NYT article via archive.is. Every secondary source fail to mention "collateral aliens", and I'm here to rectify that.

ICE is already arresting people just because an officer is suspicious. the NYT article is 2 things:

1. the director changing the justification of why it's ok. That being: "the person might not be here later, so we have to arrest them now" ... In reality they call this "likely to escape" (same difference).

2. The new thing is using this justification to arrest anyone who is nearby, who they call "collateral aliens", in group round-ups.

In summary: A single ICE officer can think a dude on the corner looks wrong; can arrest him because he might not be there later; then arrest you just because you're nearby. Now you're a "collateral alien", and have no due process and cannot plead your case.

hey, I saw that phrasing in a reddit comment. ... its a good phrase though

Artistic choice. But good to know.

Link is a summary of this NYT article (archive.is link). The TLDR is: officers are given the authority to arrest anyone they personally suspect is an illegal immigrant who they think might not be "at the scene" later (e.g. a street corner).

Link fails to mention this:

The memo tells agents who make warrantless arrests to fill out a form afterward that documents the factors they considered in determining that someone was “likely to escape.” That includes situations in which agents set out to arrest a particular person and then take others in the vicinity into custody. Mr. Lyons called that group “collateral aliens.”

This should terrify every American. Group round-ups based on one officer's vibes that day.

At this rate, we'll be forced to house ICE agents. I really think they'll try.

Remember:

1] The US public has no right to film ICE (per the DOJ). 2] ICE has complete immunity, and you have no due process. 3] ICE hates cameras.

4] therefore, it's illegal to film ICE. (do it anyway)

Stop calling the protests "anti-ICE". That's not what they're about! They're closer to "No Kings"

And in that confusion, you can't tell who's a federal officer and who's just a dude ... oh what a perfect way for an officer to get shot.

tldr

We don't know what gas grenade it is or what's in it. But there is old data from grenades that look similar, and those old grenades are safer than normal tear gas grenades.

But we don't actually know what they are. They could be anything.