* It’s been my experience that whenever politicians, government officials, etc. claim their comments were “taken out of context” by a news media outlet, they’re often just plain wrong. Click here, here, here, here, here, here and here for just a few examples. More here.
Sometimes they’re right, but it’s often just a ploy.
* Three days ago…
Gregory Bovino, commander at large of the border force, contrasted the people being arrested with a white WBEZ reporter, saying agents consider a person’s appearance before taking them into custody.
“You know, there’s many different factors that go into something like that,” Bovino said. “It would be agent experience, intelligence that indicates there’s illegal aliens in a particular place or location.
“Then, obviously, the particular characteristics of an individual, how they look. How do they look compared to, say, you?” he said to the reporter, a tall, middle-aged man of Anglo descent.
* NewsNation…
Bovino told NewsNation early Monday that comments made to the newspaper were taken out of context and was “grossly inaccurate.”
* Um, no…
Mitchell: My partner — Ashlee [Rezin], the [Sun-Times] photographer — she said that you, the guy who was arrested before, seemed to be because he ran. Is that what happened?
Bovino: No, there’s various indicators, we call them articulable facts, and he exhibited articulable facts that made us take a look and then we took a look and our suspicions were proven true. It does appear right now he’s an illegal alien.
Mitchell: How can you tell by appearance?
Bovino: You know, there’s many different factors that go into something like that. It would be agent experience, intelligence that indicates there’s illegal alienage in a particular place or location. Then obviously the particular characteristics of an individual, how they look. How do they look compared to, say, you?
Mitchell is a white guy.
There’s more, of course.
Also, click here for the audio file.
- low level - Wednesday, Oct 1, 25 @ 8:44 am:
“Various indicators”. Right. Interesting that everyone being detained is from Latin America and none from Europe or Russia.
These people are completely incompetent.
- Friendly Bob Adams - Wednesday, Oct 1, 25 @ 9:12 am:
The Supreme Court (via Justice Kavanaugh) has said it’s perfectly OK to detain people based on their appearance. So this Bovino guy is only following orders….
- ArchPundit - Wednesday, Oct 1, 25 @ 9:25 am:
The facts are very articulable but he cannot articulate them for the person just detained. If they are all trained experienced professionals identifying facts should be consistent and easy to identify by any agent.
- hisgirlfriday - Wednesday, Oct 1, 25 @ 9:26 am:
This Bovino joker is also going around to various media outlets claiming 80% or 95% of people come up to him and say how glad they are at the troop presence. GMAB.
- Crispy - Wednesday, Oct 1, 25 @ 9:56 am:
@hisgirlfriday–Do they also preface their comments with “Sir,” as they do in the president’s numerous fish tales–excuse me, totally true anecdotes?
- southside cubs fan - Wednesday, Oct 1, 25 @ 10:11 am:
“Articulable” means more than just a hunch. You need specific, objective facts that a person can identify.
- Larry Bowa Jr. - Wednesday, Oct 1, 25 @ 10:22 am:
“he exhibited articulable facts”
I want to blame ICE and I do, but far more than that I blame the court that relies on insulting gibberish like this to justify what everyone knows is race based “policing.”
Every judge on that court knows what they’re doing with decisions like this, and unlike this ICE officer they will never have to answer for them, to anyone. No journalist will ever be in position to ask them these kinds of questions.
- That Guy - Wednesday, Oct 1, 25 @ 10:45 am:
= So this Bovino guy is only following orders….
Hmmmm, where have I heard THAT before??
- Thomas Paine - Wednesday, Oct 1, 25 @ 11:13 am:
Kavanaugh said ethnicity could be considered along with other factors, I expect to get some version of this soon:
Latino in Old Vehicle = ‘Illegal Alien’
Latino in New Vehicle = ‘Gang Member’
Latino in Old Clothes = ‘Illegal Alien’
Latino in New Clothes = ‘Gang Member’
There are 68 million Latinos in the US. They are the second-largest racial/ethnic group.
If you removed all undocumented immigrants, Latino Americans would still outnumber Black, non-Latinos.
Trump is profiling an extra-ordinary number of US citizens and legal residents.
- SJOH - Wednesday, Oct 1, 25 @ 11:57 am:
@Thomas Paine You are correct. But I also find my self profiling people with red Maga hats…..