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2019-07-14 -Land of the Free

[FoxNews] Police in Washington state say an armed man was shot and killed early Saturday after trying to attack a local Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center.

The Seattle Times reported that the unidentified man appeared outside of the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma with a rifle and threw incendiary devices at both the facility and nearby propane tanks, at one point setting a vehicle on fire.

Officers responded to the incident around 4 a.m. and called out to the man before shots were fired. It was not clear how many shots were fired or whether the man fired at police.

Police spokesman Loretta Cool said the officers weren't wearing body cameras, but the area is covered by surveillance cameras from the detention center. The four officers involved were placed on administrative leave in accordance with the department's policy. None of them were injured.

ICE said in a statement that no employees "were harmed nor involved in this tragic incident."

The shooting took place hours after a rally in front of the detention center to protest planned mass deportation raids around the country. The Tacoma facility, which is run by the Department of Homeland Security, holds migrants pending deportation proceedings. The detention center has also held immigration-seeking parents separated from their children under President Donald Trump's "zero tolerance" policy, an effort meant to deter illegal immigration.

GEO Group, which runs the 1,575-bed Northwest Detention Center, in an email to The Associated Press said baseless accusations about how detainees are treated at its facilities "have led to misplaced aggression and a dangerous environment for our employees, whose safety is our top priority. Violence of any kind against our employees and property will not be tolerated. We are thankful for the quick and brave action by the Tacoma Police Department, which prevented innocent lives from being endangered."

GEO Group said the detention center in Tacoma has modern amenities with air conditioning, recreational activities, a bed for every individual and medical care available at all hours.

Last year, a federal judge ruled that Washington state could pursue its lawsuit seeking to force GEO Group to pay minimum wage for work done by detainees at the detention center.

The planned raids come me at a time of intense scrutiny surrounding ICE and the treatment of migrants at detention centers. The administration's child separation policy was the subject of a contentious Congressional hearing Friday, during which former ICE director Tom Homan vehemently defended law enforcement amid criticism from Democratic politicians.

"As a 34-year veteran of law enforcement, it is shocking, shocking to see constant attacks against those that leave the safety and security of their homes every day, put on a Kevlar vest and put a gun on their hip and risk their own safety to defend this nation," he said, at times appearing to get choked up as he defended his former colleagues.

While President Trump and others have defended immigration authorities, some Democrats have called to either restrict federal funding for ICE or abolish the agency outright.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., for example, said on Thursday that she and her colleagues still supported defunding ICE. She and other freshmen, like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., tried blocking funding for ICE and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in June, accusing authorities of "killing innocent children."

Posted by Phaick Uneretle6310 2019-07-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 Those four idiots are inviting violence now.

A court needs to tell them to cease and desist from telling lies and spreading absurd fables about how ICE is "killing children."

These four are a clear and present danger to peace and order.

Stop them. Before they get someone or several or many people killed.

Posted by Lex 2019-07-14 01:32|| 2019-07-14 01:32|| Front Page Top

#2 In Congress there are law makers and there are law breakers. Everybody needs laws. If one is a law breaker, they make their own hap-hazard rules, which do not work in the long run, even for themselves. That is when they turn on each other and eat each other up.

Posted by Varmint Splat1454 2019-07-14 08:09|| 2019-07-14 08:09|| Front Page Top

#3 And then there's this little act of war:

WATCH: Protesters Replace American Flag with Mexican Flag at ICE Facility

Posted by Abu Uluque 2019-07-14 09:12|| 2019-07-14 09:12|| Front Page Top

#4 Meanwhile, Antifa celebrates their martyr

Posted by Rex Mundi 2019-07-14 10:51|| 2019-07-14 10:51|| Front Page Top

#5 One fewer to deport.

Posted by Skidmark 2019-07-14 12:51|| 2019-07-14 12:51|| Front Page Top

#6 Friend says rifle-toting man killed by cops 'wanted to provoke fatal encounter' when he threw incendiary devices at Washington ICE facility

Posted by Skidmark 2019-07-14 13:14|| 2019-07-14 13:14|| Front Page Top

#7 Somebody might have had a little fun with this retard conspiracy nut.

"Go on, Willem. The revolution...snigger... the revolution needs your blood ! Go !"

Posted by Dron66046 2019-07-14 13:28|| 2019-07-14 13:28|| Front Page Top

#8 From Skidmark’s article: the dead man is Willem Van Spronsen, 69, Antifa member with a history.

Posted by trailing wife 2019-07-14 18:06|| 2019-07-14 18:06|| Front Page Top

#9 No fool like an old fool.

Posted by Lex 2019-07-14 18:18|| 2019-07-14 18:18|| Front Page Top

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