Texas is where MAGA goes to escape the rule of law.
For a brief moment last week, it appeared that an ICE officer, who allegedly shot a man during the early 2026 occupation of Minneapolis and then lied about it, might actually face legal consequences for his actions.
Christian Castro, the now-suspended ICE officer in question, was confined to a Texas jail and potentially faced two sets of criminal charges. Minnesota prosecutors charged him with four felony counts of assault and one count of falsely reporting a crime, and sought his extradition from Texas, where he ordinarily lives, to Minnesota. Federal prosecutors, meanwhile, were reportedly planning to charge Castro with a criminal violation of a federal civil rights law.
Castro’s case was on track to become an encouraging example of how the American system can bring rogue law enforcement officers to account — a federal officer facing clear consequences for allegedly breaking the law in the unpopular and violent wave of ICE raids in Minnesota.
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It's like none of these idiots understand that the tools they give to those in power will be used against them when the other side us in power. Have they no sense of self preservation?...or do they feel they have nothing to worry because it's just the state versus the people, and if you are on the state's side, you are happy to see it's power grow?
American cops have been above the law for a very long time.