04-28-2025, 04:33 PM
I fear that it's inevitable that a conscientious bystander is going to get killed during the process of one of these renditions.
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This got the ire of the Albemarle County Commonwealth’s Attorney Jim Hingeley…
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This got the ire of the Albemarle County Commonwealth’s Attorney Jim Hingeley…
…who announced an investigation into the raid and warned that “further actions like the courthouse arrests yesterday would constitute a grave danger to our community.”.
Hingeley has taken particular issue with the manner of the detention. Of the three plainclothes ICE agents captured on camera arresting one of the two men as he emerged from Albemarle County General District Court on Tuesday, one was wearing a balaclava masking his face and none displayed badges or arrest warrants to the man.
While Albemarle County Sheriff Chan Bryant said the ICE agents did produce proper badges and paperwork to bailiffs inside the courthouse prior to the confrontation caught on video, Hingeley stands by his assertion that arrests that resemble kidnappings are a danger to the community and could provoke violent confrontations.