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This Violence is not New
['The Editors', 'William Mitchell Jr.', 'Rocco Benedetto Rubino', 'Carl Reynolds', 'John J Betancur']
South Side Weekly
But this violence is not new.
These patterns of violence instill fear across immigrant communities, yet often go unaccounted for.
ICE agents said Villegas Gonzalez resisted arrest and attempted to flee, and that an agent was seriously injured, prompting another to fire.
Claims that Villegas Gonzalez was fleeing, or that there isn’t enough footage, do not justify lethal force.
Recognizing these patterns doesn’t lessen any one death; it highlights persistent inequalities in how immigrant communities are policed, reported on, and defended.