{"id":19103,"date":"2025-08-20T21:24:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T21:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=19103"},"modified":"2025-08-20T21:24:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T21:24:42","slug":"shattering-norms-federal-immigration-agents-arent-afraid-to-smash-your-car-window","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=19103","title":{"rendered":"Shattering Norms: Federal Immigration Agents Aren’t Afraid to Smash Your Car Window"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“An investigation by ProPublica<\/em> has revealed<\/a> nearly 50 instances of officers shattering windows while conducting immigration-related arrests in the last six months. Although not comprehensive and hard to verify without government statistics, only eight occurrences were found in the decade preceding Trump’s return to office. The uptick in window destruction coincides with growing uneasiness around how federal agents conduct themselves\u2014and how aggressive behavior may even be rewarded within the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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American citizens have also been implicated during these forceful arrests. In a since-deleted Facebook Live video, agents pulled over Jennifer Gribben, a U.S. citizen, and her boyfriend Martin Rivera (ProPublica<\/em> did not note his citizenship status), and told them they were looking for a fugitive named Garcia. Officers then smashed the car’s window to arrest them. Gribben said in a Facebook post that she was hit in the head by officers and that Rivera suffered a broken arm. She was later charged with resisting arrest and third-degree assault, to which she pleaded not guilty.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/reason.com\/2025\/08\/01\/shattering-norms-federal-immigration-agents-arent-afraid-to-smash-your-car-window<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“An investigation by ProPublica has revealed nearly 50 instances of officers shattering windows while conducting immigration-related arrests in the last six months. Although not comprehensive and hard to verify without government statistics, only eight occurrences were found in the decade preceding Trump’s return to office. The uptick in window destruction coincides with growing uneasiness around how federal agents conduct themselves\u2014and how aggressive behavior may even be rewarded within the Trump administration.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

American citizens have also been implicated during these forceful arrests. In a since-deleted Facebook Live video, agents pulled over Jennifer Gribben, a U.S. citizen, and her boyfriend Martin Rivera (ProPublica did not note his citizenship status), and told them they were looking for a fugitive named Garcia. Officers then smashed the car’s window to arrest them. Gribben said in a Facebook post that she was hit in the head by officers and that Rivera suffered a broken arm. She was later charged with resisting arrest and third-degree assault, to which she pleaded not guilty.”<\/p>\n

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