He looks like a real "Tough-On-Crime type.
Posted on 07/23/2025 7:24:06 AM PDT by TheDon
MESA COUNTY, Colo. — The Colorado Attorney General has sued a sheriff’s deputy following a state investigation that uncovered that the deputy illegally coordinated with federal immigration officials to detain a University of Utah student last month.
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But what seemed like a mundane encounter actually led to unlawful actions by that deputy, which helped federal officials detain the 19-year-old nursing student, according to Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser.
“This morning, our office filed a complaint against Mesa County Sheriff’s Deputy Alexander Zwinck,” Weiser said Tuesday in a press conference.
“Unbeknownst to the driver, the sheriff’s deputy took a picture of her license… uploaded it, along with other personal identifying information, to a Signal chat,” Weiser continued.
The lawsuit reads that the chat was for Western Colorado’s Drug Task Force High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (“HIDTA”) Task Force. Created in November of 2024, it included federal immigration officers, and the lawsuit claims that Zwinck stalled in his car while they put Goncalves’s personal info through several databases.
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Weiser says Zwinck’s actions violated civil law in Colorado, and the lawsuit claims that law enforcement at the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office was recently reminded of their guidelines around providing information to ICE.
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“I think that’s the first time I’ve ever seen an attorney general sue one of their own law enforcement officers for collusion… This is unique,” Crayk said. “We’re in territories that have never, ever been seen before.”
Zwinck was placed on administrative leave as the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office in Colorado investigated this incident.
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Congress needs to pass a law to protect federal law being enforced. States should not be allowed to make laws protecting federal criminals.
More ICE please!
It’s illegal in Colorado for a LEO to assist with law enforcement?
Unconstitutional law..................
“It’s illegal in Colorado for a LEO to assist with law enforcement?””””””
We live in weird times.
Pre-emptive pardon?
The Colorado Attorney General has sued a sheriff’s deputy following a state investigation that uncovered that the deputy illegally coordinated with federal immigration officials to detain a University of Utah student last month.
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It cannot illegal for LEO to assist LEO! Colorado is perverse!
Colorado is trying to outdo California in immigration virtue signaling?
I believe the deputy was simply being true to the oath he swore as a peace officer, where as the AG is violating his oath.
Never the less, this is Trump's fault.
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There needs to be more of this with the sanctuary city cops. No reason they can’t report the bad hombres to the feds using their own private contacts.
I'm wondering if this nursing student was found with drugs in the car.
I find it very hard to believe, in this era of AI, wireless Internet, massive government database and no privacy, that this isn't done ALL the time.
All the deputies defense team has to prove is that is a common practice in investigations and traffic stops.
Then EVERYONE starts suing Colorado cops and DAs!
Sounds like the DOJ should get involved here.
He looks like a real "Tough-On-Crime type.
Unfortunately, the deputy purposely violated Colorado State law. From the complaint:
“Within moments of the Driver leaving Deputy Zwinck’s patrol car and driving away, Deputy Zwinck messaged the federal immigration officers on the Signal Chat. He relayed to them that she had left, providing them with a description of her car, her vehicle’s license plate number, and the direction she was traveling.”
https://coag.gov/app/uploads/2025/07/2025.07.22-Officer-Zwinck-Complaint.pdf
“Unfortunately, the deputy purposely violated Colorado State law.”
If the deputy broke a law, why is he being sued rather than charged with breaking whatever law he broke?
Sounds like the DOJ should get involved here.Why not a district judge? They seem to think they have more power over a President, why not the Colorado AG?
The complaint is on behalf of The Driver.
Hew looks like he has a hemp deficiency...
He looks like he has a hemp deficiency...
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