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Christian values? ICE shoot pastor with pepper-spray projectile

A video has come to light which shows United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents shooting a pastor in the head with a pepper-spray projectile.

The footage shows protesters gathered outside an ICE processing facility in Broadview, a suburb of Chicago, back in September.

One of the ICE agents shoots pepper balls – which are essentially pepper spray projectiles – at David Black, a pastor at a Presbyterian Church.

This comes at a time when Donald Trump has increased ICE presence in the Chicago area. This has led to daily protests outside the Broadview facility. Additionally, this weekend, Trump ordered US National Guard troops into Portland, Oregon and Chicago, Illinois, under the guise of ‘rampant crime and illegal immigration’.

But as the Canary previously reported, Trump has made a habit of targeting Democrat-led cities. Recently, he took similar actions in both Los Angeles and Washington.

Christian values?

MAGA Republicans claim to be the party of Christian values. But the footage we are seeing from the US – almost daily – makes you question which Bible these people read.

The Trump administration – and all the goons happily working for them – have made it clear what they think of ordinary American people.

Now, David Black has joined a lawsuit with Chicago reporters and protesters. It accuses Donald Trump’s administration of unconstitutional threats to religious freedoms and First Amendment rights, with a “pattern of extreme brutality” designed to “silence the press and civilians”.

America, the land of the free

And it’s not just Chicago where ICE agents are firing at unarmed citizens.

This week in Portland, ICE also attacked protesters with rubber bullets.

 

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Meanwhile, Trump is also attempting to crack down on ‘liberal groups’. According to Reuters, ICE agents are being redeployed to target the:

finances and activities of liberal non-profits and groups opposed to his agenda.

The administration plans to deploy the FBI, Homeland Security, the Justice Department, the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department to fight certain left-wing groups, which it accuses of funding and organising “political violence”.

Trump also appears to be toying with invoking the Insurrection Act. This gives him the power to deploy US troops or federalise the National Guard inside the US to tackle ‘domestic uprisings’. Basically, he wants to shut down the right to protest.

The act has been used many times before. However, since the civil rights movement in the 60s, it has become very rare. It has not been used since 1992.

But civil rights groups and legal experts worry that the president will abuse the act. It gives him broad authority to use the military as a domestic police force. Trump has proven time and time again that he does not care about the rule of law. He cares about power, plain and simple. And those Christian values which MAGA claim to be restoring? From not releasing the Epstein files to shooting pastors with pepper balls – his record speaks for itself. The faith of these Republicans is nothing more than a political prop filled with hypocrisy.

Feature image via New York Post/Youtube 

By HG

This post was originally published on Canary.