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Absence of Accountability
from the series Something I Said... Dwight Hobbes By DWIGHT HOBBES An absence of accountability is the core evil at the heart of ICE’s nightmarish assault on humanity, driven by President Donald Trump’s ruthless abuse of power. He has never taken responsibility for any wrong doing, most conspicuously egging on, then pardoning the January 6, 2021 White House rioters who committed wanton violence against law enforcement and everyone else in their wake of wholesale destruction. Accordingly, ICE heeded his lead, beating, locking up, even killing citizens with impunity. The worst of it is this stemmed from a legitimate, quite lawful premise. Even affirmative action icon President Barack Obama oversaw upwards of 3 million deportations over his two terms - 400,000 in 2012. It wasn’t, however, characterized by atrocities, but carried out via due process not persecution. Importantly, it was a matter of diligently pursuing illegal immigrants, not outright [...]
