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douglas9

(5,814 posts)
Mon Dec 29, 2025, 07:34 AM Dec 2025

Federal judge dismisses indictment against TikToker shot by ICE, citing constitutional violations

Federal authorities had accused Parias, a well-known TikTok streamer of local breaking news, of ramming his car into agents’ vehicles after they boxed him in and tried to arrest him during an immigration enforcement operation in South L.A. in October. An ICE officer opened fire, striking Parias in the arm and injuring a deputy U.S. marshal with a ricochet bullet.

That same day, prosecutors charged Parias with assault on a federal officer. In November, he was indicted by a grand jury. Parias was scheduled to go to trial on Tuesday.

Tricia McLaughlin, a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security, previously told the Times that Parias had “weaponized his vehicle” and said “fearing for the safety of the public and law enforcement, our officers followed their training and fired defensive shots.” But newly obtained body worn camera footage raises questions about that claim.

The video captures an ICE officer holding a gun in one hand and using the other to break open the window of Parias’ car. As the officer shouts at Parias to turn off the car, Parias raises his hands in the air and asks why he is being detained. The officer repeatedly tries to open the passenger side door, before moving the gun to his left hand, right before firing.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-12-28/federal-judge-dismisses-indictment-against-tiktoker

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Federal judge dismisses indictment against TikToker shot by ICE, citing constitutional violations (Original Post) douglas9 Dec 2025 OP
Now a charge against the officer for false swearing and filing a false report. 3Hotdogs Dec 2025 #1
All trails lead back to the fat orange imbecile nt wolfie001 Dec 2025 #2
Keystone Cops. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2025 #3
Kick malaise Dec 2025 #4
Lawsuit time orangecrush Dec 2025 #5
Those Nazis have to be stopped... GiqueCee Dec 2025 #6
Agree about Miller and Noem liberalgunwilltravel Dec 2025 #9
Don't forget Inquisitor Homan, our 'bribery in broad daylight[' toad. travelingthrulife Dec 2025 #14
Good point... GiqueCee Dec 2025 #15
Keep this one kicked. It's important more read about this ICE abuse and lying Attilatheblond Dec 2025 #7
"fired defensive shots"? PatSeg Dec 2025 #8
Seems drunk & never responsible for results SCOTUS justice doesn't like his decision being used as a label for abuse Attilatheblond Dec 2025 #13
Kick MustLoveBeagles Dec 2025 #10
The body cam footage is VERY disturbing to watch Zorro Dec 2025 #11
TSF has HIS perfect people working for ICE! bluestarone Dec 2025 #12

3Hotdogs

(15,370 posts)
1. Now a charge against the officer for false swearing and filing a false report.
Mon Dec 29, 2025, 08:26 AM
Dec 2025

Oh, a lawsuit against him for damages.

GiqueCee

(4,268 posts)
6. Those Nazis have to be stopped...
Mon Dec 29, 2025, 09:46 AM
Dec 2025

... but first, take Nosferatu Miller and Puppy Killer Noem off the board. This shit's been allowed to go on for far too long.

GiqueCee

(4,268 posts)
15. Good point...
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 11:18 AM
Dec 2025

... he's been maintaining a lower profile of late, but he is a poisonous little toad.

PatSeg

(53,214 posts)
8. "fired defensive shots"?
Mon Dec 29, 2025, 10:20 AM
Dec 2025

So raising one's hands and asking a question justifies being shot?

These people are terrible liars as well as being vile monsters.

Attilatheblond

(8,887 posts)
13. Seems drunk & never responsible for results SCOTUS justice doesn't like his decision being used as a label for abuse
Tue Dec 30, 2025, 10:22 AM
Dec 2025
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/12/brett-kavanaugh-stops-immigration-racial-profiling-ice.html]

Justice Brett Kavanaugh does not seem happy that his name has become synonymous with racist immigration enforcement. In September, the justice wrote that Hispanic residents’ “apparent ethnicity” could be a “relevant factor” in federal agents’ decision to stop them and demand proof of citizenship. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection promptly seized upon his opinion as a license to stop any Hispanic person on the basis of race—often with excessive, even sadistic force—and detain them until they proved their lawful presence

...

The justice claimed that these were “brief investigative stops” and that any lawful resident would be “promptly” released. In truth, federal agents brutalized, kidnapped, and tormented people—including many U.S. citizens—simply because of their ethnicity, even after they asserted legal status.

Now it appears that Kavanaugh has some regrets. Last Tuesday, the justice backtracked from his previous position without quite acknowledging the retreat. He did so in a concurrence to the Supreme Court’s decision to block President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard—a case that does not even directly concern “Kavanaugh stops.” In a footnote, he declared that race and ethnicity could not be “considerations” when officers make “immigration stops or arrests.” That directly conflicts with his earlier assertion that officers can use race and ethnicity as a “factor” when deciding whom to detain. The two positions cannot be reconciled. Yet Kavanaugh did not admit that he had changed his position; he simply pretended that the law in this area was “clear,” when he himself muddied it just months earlier.


File under Alcoholic Personality and also under Never Forget



bluestarone

(22,186 posts)
12. TSF has HIS perfect people working for ICE!
Mon Dec 29, 2025, 11:14 AM
Dec 2025

THEY (with TSF's blessing) will KILL when ever the can get away with it. They are DIRTY NO GOOD BASTARDS!!

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