I keep seeing the adjective “untrained” casually used to modify “agents” when discussing the problem of the Trump administration’s use of thousands of them to terrorize communities across the country.
They’re all awful, but the most publicly awful on-the-ground federal agents are those who murdered Rene Good (Jonathan Ross) and Alex Pretti (Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez).
ICE agent Jonathan Ross, 43, has been serving since 2015.
Boarder Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa, 43, has been serving since 2018.
Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez, 35, has been serving since 2014.
Body cameras won’t fix it, because we have plenty of video.
Mask bans won’t fix it, because we are identifying abusers even when they wear them.
More training won’t fix it, because they’re doing what they’re trained to do.
This is what this goon squad is.
The only place to start is to abolish them all.