The excuse for targeting those with tattoos is that some of those are commonly seen on real Tren de Aragua gangsters. There are a half dozen or so of these tattoos that ICE and friends use to justify arrests and detention.
I spent much of my career as a Deputy D.A. and District Judge in a district bordering Mexico. Law enforcement used ta…
The excuse for targeting those with tattoos is that some of those are commonly seen on real Tren de Aragua gangsters. There are a half dozen or so of these tattoos that ICE and friends use to justify arrests and detention.
I spent much of my career as a Deputy D.A. and District Judge in a district bordering Mexico. Law enforcement used tattoo recognition, along with many other tools, to identify and arrest
suspects. Law Enforcement also cooperated with Federal agencies by notifying them of possible gang affiliation and incarceration status. Again tattoo comparison was a major tool.
For example: There is a very distinct "crown" tattoo that is singular to Tren de Aragua. Several photos I have seen of persons believed to be Tren gangsters have that tattoo in the neck area or upper chest, but always where the tattoo can be seen.
Sadly innocent arrestees are inevitably caught up in this net and treated as hard core gangsters affiliated with TDA. I have been witness to many injustices against otherwise innocent persons simply due to manner and method of dress, regional accents and so forth.
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Tattoo comparison unfortunately will be used as a pretext even with absence of any negative history. Obviously this is accelerating every day now and is spurred by an administration intent on reaching numbers goals.
The guy mentioned in the article had two tattoos, neither of them a crown. That should have been recognized by the Migras, but they didn't care as long as they could make up something. It's that kind of attitude and behavior that makes people disrespect law enforcement. And, yes, cruelty is the whole reason that gives these people their joy in life.
The excuse for targeting those with tattoos is that some of those are commonly seen on real Tren de Aragua gangsters. There are a half dozen or so of these tattoos that ICE and friends use to justify arrests and detention.
I spent much of my career as a Deputy D.A. and District Judge in a district bordering Mexico. Law enforcement used tattoo recognition, along with many other tools, to identify and arrest
suspects. Law Enforcement also cooperated with Federal agencies by notifying them of possible gang affiliation and incarceration status. Again tattoo comparison was a major tool.
For example: There is a very distinct "crown" tattoo that is singular to Tren de Aragua. Several photos I have seen of persons believed to be Tren gangsters have that tattoo in the neck area or upper chest, but always where the tattoo can be seen.
Sadly innocent arrestees are inevitably caught up in this net and treated as hard core gangsters affiliated with TDA. I have been witness to many injustices against otherwise innocent persons simply due to manner and method of dress, regional accents and so forth.
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Tattoo comparison unfortunately will be used as a pretext even with absence of any negative history. Obviously this is accelerating every day now and is spurred by an administration intent on reaching numbers goals.
Another serving of cruelty anyone?
The guy mentioned in the article had two tattoos, neither of them a crown. That should have been recognized by the Migras, but they didn't care as long as they could make up something. It's that kind of attitude and behavior that makes people disrespect law enforcement. And, yes, cruelty is the whole reason that gives these people their joy in life.