Politics

It should be noted that the guy did not escape ICE arrest.

A judge has wide discretion in how they run their courtroom. It is in the best interest of Justice if people are not intimidated from coming to court and seeing ICE arresting people outside the doors of a courtroom can cause intimidation. Immigrants may not want to show up for subpoenas or testify if they think they'll get arrested and the Justice system requires people to be willing to come to courts. It's in everyone's best interest that law enforcement not use the courthouse as a lure to arrest people, as people will simply stop showing up for court which hurts everyone.

The judge exercised her discretion and let the man use an alternate exit back into the public area. He was immediately followed into the elevator by a plain clothes ICE officer who alerted the arrest team and they arrested him outside. The judge had the man use the alternate door to prevent his arrest from becoming a spectacle directly outside of her courtroom which could intimidate people.

While this is a serious escalation of the regime’s conduct towards the judiciary by punitively charging a judge for actions taken in her own courtroom during an active trial, a grand jury indictment ultimately means nothing, as it always has - they get to present an entirely one-sided opinion.

As NY Judge Sol Wachtler said, “If a district attorney wanted, a grand jury would indict a ham sandwich.”

During a grand jury proceeding, the [prosecuting] U.S. Attorney presents its case to the grand jury; there is no judge present, and the target of the investigation is not present… Thus, the prosecutor is the only party who controls what the grand jury hears.

Again, not a white dude. Is this reverse Streisand Effect? They're sure making it look like white dudes are cowards.

Nullify the fuck out of this one jury.