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Best regards, Andrew Stewart Begin forwarded message: > From: Fang Collective <thefangcollect...@gmail.com> > Date: April 10, 2019 at 7:01:17 PM EDT > To: undisclosed-recipients:; > Subject: Two people arrested disrupting meeting between ICE, Bristol County > Sheriffs > > Contact: 401-559-6218, cont...@thefangcollective.org > > North Dartmouth, MA - On Wednesday evening two people were arrested while > disrupting a public meeting held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) > officials and Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson regarding Bristol County > Sheriff's Office's 287(g) agreement with ICE. The two disruptors deployed a > banner that read "Bristol County End Your Agreements with ICE" and read > statements from those impacted by ICE. (can update here how they were > arrested or how they left). > > Bristol County Sheriff's Office's 287(g) agreement with ICE empowers sheriffs > to detain people on immigration charges. The Bristol County House of > Corrections also has an agreement with ICE to hold detainees at their > facility. > > In recent months, multiple protests and lawsuits have targeted Sheriff > Hodgson and the BCSO. This past summer, in response to deplorable conditions > at the Bristol County House of Corrections, including inedible food, nearly > nonexistent medical care, and abuse from facility employees, ICE detainees > launched a hunger strike that soon spread to the general prison population. > In August, members of The FANG Collective, a Rhode Island community-based > direct action group, announced the #ShutDownIce campaign to pressure counties > in Massachusetts to end their 287(g) agreements. The campaign was launched > with an action that blockaded all entrances of the Bristol County House of > Corrections. Four people were arrested as part of the action, two of whom > suffered injuries due to Sheriff Hodgson's aggressive response. > > Sheriff Hodgson has also faced criticism for his relationship with President > Trump. He recently appeared at the White House with the President to announce > an online fundraising campaign to "build the wall" across the United States' > southern border. > > "All agreements between local law enforcement and ICE must end, as well as > the detention and incarceration of our communities, if we want to truly end > family separation. We must look beyond punitive measures and think critically > about what community accountability could be if we ever want to end the > cycles of violence that impact our most vulnerable communities." Lee, who was > arrested as part of the action. > > "I am acting in support of the leadership of undocumented people here in > Bristol County and everywhere, who resist the everyday surveillance and > brutality of the detention and deportation industrial complex." Max, who was > also arrested as part of the action. _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
