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  Re: ICE GESTAPO!  The abuse of ICE GESTAPO THUGS is widespread as informed people are well aware.  I have attempted to post some of the many OUTRAGEOUS, ILLEGAL, ABUSIVE TACTICS and  SHARED....  This deserves scrutiny:  When ICE stormed a cemetery, I fought back. I want to tell you a story that says more about why I am running for Congress than any slogan or talking point ever could. Earlier this year, in the middle of the afternoon, ICE agents stormed Concordia Cemetery in Forest Park, where I’m proud to serve as Mayor. The workers on site had just tried to help a man who was struggling in the river. They were doing their jobs. They were watching out for human life. They were on private property. Then ICE showed up. Agents cut the lock off the cemetery gate. They pushed their way inside. They fired pepper balls and pepper spray at the workers. They slammed men to the ground. They zip-tied four of them and hauled them away for questioning. And every singl...

  I want to tell you a story that says more about why I am running for Congress than any slogan or talking point ever could. Earlier this year, in the middle of the afternoon, ICE agents stormed Concordia Cemetery in Forest Park, where I’m proud to serve as Mayor. The workers on site had just tried to help a man who was struggling in the river. They were doing their jobs. They were watching out for human life. They were on private property. Then ICE showed up. Agents cut the lock off the cemetery gate. They pushed their way inside. They fired pepper balls and pepper spray at the workers. They slammed men to the ground. They zip-tied four of them and hauled them away for questioning.  And every single one of those workers was a United States citizen. Let me pause on that. These were working people. Groundskeepers. Fathers. Neighbors. They were not suspects. They were not fugitives. They were not even the individuals ICE claimed to be looking for. The agents held them for hours....