Posted on 10/02/2019 8:38:44 AM PDT by Red Badger
A police officer in Fairfax County, Virginia has been suspended for the transgression of aiding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in detaining an illegal alien fugitive.
If this isn’t proof that right is wrong and up is down in liberal sanctuary cities and counties, we don’t know what is.
The officer in question responded to a traffic accident in Alexandria two weekends ago when he realized one of the drivers did not have a license.
In the course of checking the individual’s DMV records, ICE notified the officer that the person was wanted by the law enforcement agency for having skipped a deportation hearing.
The police officer let ICE know of the situation and a pair of agents who happened to be in the area arrived on scene.
#StandWithICE #BacktheBlue Fairfax County sanctuary anarchists should be prosecuted, not cops who uphold immigration enforcement! https://t.co/EfctlLVvcE
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) October 1, 2019
CNS News reports:
The officer issued a uniform summons to the driver for not having a license and had the driver sign it. Then the officer detained the driver through a custodial detention and turned the driver over to the ICE agent’s custody.
Fairfax County Police Chief Edwin Roessler was so distraught that one of his officers followed protocol as established by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), that he ordered an immediate investigation … into the officer!
“When I learned of this event, I directed an immediate internal investigation to look at all factors in this matter to ensure that all are held accountable for this violation,” Roessler said in a statement.
“Our county is one of the most diverse counties in the nation and no one should have the perception that FCPD is acting as a civil immigration agent for ICE,” he added. “This matter damages our reputation and the longstanding policy that I have stated many times that our officers shall not act as immigration agents.”
And he said this without realizing it was he – not the officer – who was damaging his department’s reputation.
Chief Roessler’s statement on officer’s custodial detention and ICE notificationhttps://t.co/gopgpdHAAk
— Fairfax County Police (@FairfaxCountyPD) October 1, 2019
Fairfax County became a so-called ‘sanctuary’ county in 2018. The county GOP noted at the time that the term ‘sanctuary’ only really applies to illegal aliens, not the legal residents in the area.
“The Democrat-controlled Board of Supervisors have officially declared Fairfax a Sanctuary County,” they wrote. “In doing so [they] have put the lives of Fairfax residents at risk.”
“[They are] sending a message that she would rather protect criminal illegal aliens than Fairfax residents.”
Not only that, they are now sending a message that people who enforce the law are actually the criminals.
Eleven members of MS-13 in June of 2018 were charged in connection with the kidnappings and deaths of two teens in Fairfax, Virginia whose bodies had been found in a local park.
In June the previous year, ICE placed a detainer on a 22-year-old illegal immigrant who was accused of killing a 17-year-old Muslim girl in Virginia. He was sentenced to life in prison after admitting to bludgeoning her with a baseball bat, raping her and then dumping her body in a pond.
These are the kinds of animals Democrats in Fairfax County are protecting.
Insanity.
Sounds like Chief Roessler should be relieved of command and then charged with being an accessory to criminal activities.
Why isn’t the officer taking the city / state to court for aiding and abetting illegal aliens as a result of his suspension?
Is Rossler a dirty cop? How about a dynamic raid at 3am to find out. The Chief needs an attitude adjustment.
Our local cops are being prevented from protecting us from fraudulently documented foreigners.
Rule of law?
Seems like not.
Get a good lawyer.
I am sure that's in the works.
“Sounds like Chief Roessler should be relieved of command and then charged with being an accessory to criminal activities.”
The Chief of Police serves at the pleasure of the Mayor. He’s just following orders.
Federal charges against local officials who enact these policies would bring it to a screeching halt.
Even a BAD lawyer should be able to knock this one out of the park!....................Federal Laws supersede state and local laws..................
There were a ton of German soldiers who ran with that “defense” at the end of WWII. It was BS then and it is BS now.
Correct.
Just getting the FIRST one formally charged would go a very long way to sorting that mess out.
Hey Fairfax County Police Chief Edwin Roessler, if you don’t want to enforce laws, which law can I break in Fairfax County that you will ignore? Armed robbery? Bank robbery? Theft?
I believe one of the biggest arguments these illegal enablers use is that the illegals will be afraid to call the police if they think ICE will be notified. Well congratulations Sanctuary city morons, what you have done is emboldened the illegals to pretty damn well anything they want without fear because you will just kick them right back out to the streets even if they do get arrested! Sanctuary cities have made the illegals superior to American citizens and legal immigrants.
Does anyone have the phone number of the law firm that represented that bakery against Oberlin College?
“There were a ton of German soldiers who ran with that “defense” at the end of WWII. It was BS then and it is BS now.”
We’re not talking about war crimes here. I’m just saying that he’s trying to keep his job. The mayor is the problem.
Is this the one where ICE released the illegals 3 hours later? Disgusting.
I understand that the mayor is a huge problem. In RAT controlled cities, they almost always are.
That said, I expect more from law enforcement than I will ever expect from some bottom dwelling political hack. If one can’t keep their oath, then perhaps one step aside.
“The Chief of Police serves at the pleasure of the Mayor. He’s just following orders.”
Which is why I’m a big supporter of County Sheriff’s Departments. Elected Sheriff’s do a admirable job representing their constituents, as opposed to big City and State Police Chiefs who would gladly dishonor their own mothers to gain favor with their Mayor or Governor.
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