ICE agent arrested in sex trafficking sting told police, "I’m ICE, boys"
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"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said.

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement worker was among 16 men arrested in a Minnesota trafficking investigation that targeted individuals seemingly attempting to solicit a minor for sex, police said.

Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said at a news conference on Tuesday that the three-day “Operation Creep” began on November 5 and focused on identifying people seeking to purchase sex from a 17-year-old girl.

“When he was arrested, he said, ‘I’m ICE, boys,’” Hodges said. “Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up.” Alexander Back, 41, of Robbinsdale, is a civilian auditor with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and has been charged in the sting, Fox 9 reported. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty.

  • ThePantser@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    98·
    1 month ago

    Works for the president, guess he wanted to see if he was above the law too. He will be released soon and pardoned. Trump will cut some funding somewhere to force the local charges to be dropped.

  • Fetus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    1 month ago

    “I’m totally undercover, boys! This is like a sting or something, ICE does that, right?”

  • sudo@lemmy.todayEnglish
    18·
    1 month ago

    All suspects are innocent until proven guilty.

    Strange. That article insists on reinforcing this fact, but the first 5 other random articles over some civilian arrests I clicked on didn’t feel the need to bring this up.

    • PyroNeurosisEnglish
      5·
      1 month ago

      Not knowing the other arrest articles you clicked, it may be a byproduct of his alleged crime - pedophilia tends to be a popular “vigilante justice” kinda crime.

  • brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    13·
    1 month ago

    He either thought there would be comradery with other law enforcers or that ICE will pull strings to get him out.

    I don’t think these people have realized how disposable they are individually to the gestapo.

  • Flickerby@lemmy.zipEnglish
    12·
    1 month ago

    So used to doing illegal shit he’s just assumed he’s immune to it. Which is depressingly true on so many occasions. Fuck the police but if this had happened in like, Missouri or something I’d bet dollars to donuts that defense would’ve worked.

  • manxu@piefed.socialEnglish
    11·
    1 month ago

    Not sure this belong into the category, The Police Problem. For a change, and despite his attempts to make it business as usual, the cops did what they are supposed to do.