All posts tagged "Domestic Violence"

David Brouillette, the ICE agent who fatally gunned down a 25-year-old Colombian immigrant in Maine last month, is far from the only immigration agent with a history of domestic violence, according to a new report.

The Ohio Immigration Alliance flags the cases of 25 federal immigration agents or contractors criminally charged or credibly accused since President Donald Trump returned to power. The cases reveal a pattern of domestic violence, sex offenses against children, abuses of authority and corruption among the federal agents responsible for carrying out the administration’s mass deportation campaign.

While the Department of Homeland Security has claimed it is targeting the “worst of the worst,” some of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol officers charged are accused of predatory behavior against women who are vulnerable because of their immigration status....

A Republican Minnesota state Senate candidate who was endorsed by GOP leaders was arrested and charged with domestic assault in 2009 after his former fiancée told authorities he had slammed a car door on her legs and strangled her until she lost consciousness, The Minnesota Star Tribune reported on Monday.

Court filings show that Aaron Brutger was charged with one felony count of domestic assault by strangulation and one misdemeanor count of domestic assault, according to The Star Tribune. He was 26 at the time.

He later pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct in a plea agreement and received a suspended sentence of 90 days, which were dropped under the condition he stay out of trouble for a year, pay a $50 fine, and attend counseling — conditions he met, court documents show....

Last October, every racist's favorite hero George Zimmerman retweeted a guy who applauded him for shooting Trayvon Martin, along with a photo of the unarmed boy's  dead body. While Zimmerman continued to gloat about the fact that he murdered Martin after profiling and following him in a gated community, calls to #BanGeorgeZimmerman began to gain some traction.

Prosecutors declined to charge an Ohio State Patrol trooper with a history of domestic violence who admitted to a sexual encounter with a boy.

After beating the rap on murder charges and a pair of domestic violence cases, George Zimmerman has turned to art.

Sadly, not all victims are packed and ready to leave when they reach out for help.