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MarineCombatEngineer

(16,951 posts)
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 09:33 AM Friday

Bodycam and security footage shows Border Patrol agent fighting Long Beach police



Another entitled ICEhole who thinks he's above the law.
I guess he received the ultimate reprimand in the end.

Kudos to the Long Beach Police for getting this ICEhole off the streets.
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Bodycam and security footage shows Border Patrol agent fighting Long Beach police (Original Post) MarineCombatEngineer Friday OP
And then... 2naSalit Friday #1
Yep, that's what I meant by the ultimate reprimand. MarineCombatEngineer Friday #3
Ah... 2naSalit Friday #5
This message was self-deleted by its author crud Friday #23
Nope, you are wrong. spudspud Friday #29
My first thought... skypilot Friday #24
At the end of the video we learn that this guy was released and later died of a drug overdose. groundloop Friday #2
No shit, huh? Stacey Grove Friday #6
At some point we taxpayers will have to bankroll Stacey Grove Friday #4
I realize that the thugs who are abusing people UpInArms Friday #7
Exactly! Mr. Evil Friday #22
He died of a drug overdose malaise Friday #8
Please read earlier posts. The US citizen Ilsa Friday #26
Nope. spudspud Friday #30
These people are evil, to a man they signed up for ICE because they get off on hurting vulnerable people Johnny2X2X Friday #9
I'm willing to extend grace to *some* of them YodaMom2 Friday #34
So maybe LEO will start to defend us from ICE and rogue sheriffs? travelingthrulife Friday #10
He was able to afford his drug habit thanks to assaults and kidnappings. 58Sunliner Friday #11
ICE is probably supplying the drugs. Irish_Dem Friday #14
zed's dead Shellback Squid Friday #12
Great movie. MarineCombatEngineer Friday #17
Why was he in a women's restroom with a gun? IronLionZion Friday #13
They glossed over that part in the report on purpose. They wanted to push the whole "tragedy" angle spudspud Friday #31
In his tearful video at the police station he definitely thinks he's the victim IronLionZion Friday #35
Dude sounds intoxicated Fiendish Thingy Friday #15
He sounded drunk. A drunk leo with a gun, what could go wrong? Clouds Passing Friday #16
Gangsters With Badges 2na fisherman Friday #18
Well, bye... Aviation Pro Friday #19
Indeed Stacey Grove Friday #20
Screw that guy angrychair Friday #21
I hope the LB Police weren't careful to duck his head Ilsa Friday #25
ICE snowflake. Dr. T Friday #27
Yep, that's the real Hallmark of a bully. Can sure dish it out, sure can't take it. Walleye Friday #28
This is great! Totally exposes what kind of out-of-control dickwads ICE is employing in their national terror program. Martin68 Friday #32
Happy ending! CanonRay Friday #33
Trolling the ladies room pfitz59 Saturday #36

Response to 2naSalit (Reply #1)

spudspud

(628 posts)
29. Nope, you are wrong.
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 11:46 AM
Friday

Hodgson, the agent in the video, indeed died from an overdose per his attorney. The video in the post also literally says Hodgson died after his release from jail and his attorney confirmed in court he died from a drug overdose.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/border-agent-charged-assaulting-police-officer-dies-days-court-appeara-rcna227396

skypilot

(9,085 posts)
24. My first thought...
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 11:23 AM
Friday

...when watching the video was that he sounded drunk when they were trying to arrest him.

groundloop

(13,467 posts)
2. At the end of the video we learn that this guy was released and later died of a drug overdose.
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 09:41 AM
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ICE is doing one hell of a great job vetting who they hire.

Stacey Grove

(122 posts)
6. No shit, huh?
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 09:51 AM
Friday

Wow.

What a piece of shit that motherfucker WAS.

I have to wait to get home to watch the video, my work computer at the office doesn't have speakers.

UpInArms

(53,762 posts)
7. I realize that the thugs who are abusing people
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 09:54 AM
Friday

have very little foresight and have little to no sympathy for them

That pos whining that people hate him … maybe one shouldn’t do hateful things

Johnny2X2X

(23,625 posts)
9. These people are evil, to a man they signed up for ICE because they get off on hurting vulnerable people
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 10:06 AM
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In a just world, every single one of them would be charged for their crimes.

YodaMom2

(138 posts)
34. I'm willing to extend grace to *some* of them
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 12:04 PM
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and suggest they didn’t sign up because they got off on hurting people, but because the job a) was easy to get due to nearly non-existent standards, and b) paid better than any other job available to an unqualified, unskilled person. They’re doing it for the money.

Not exactly the moral high ground, but not evil either. Now, if they start thugging it up like their ICE compatriots, then they’ve allowed themselves to be corrupted by the evil they’re swimming in.

58Sunliner

(6,246 posts)
11. He was able to afford his drug habit thanks to assaults and kidnappings.
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 10:19 AM
Friday

Makes you wonder how many doped psychos are out committing crimes with a gun and badge under ICE/BP. Is there no drug testing? Probably a silly question.
Our vets have to fight for healthcare and these people will probably get long-term benefits.

Irish_Dem

(78,071 posts)
14. ICE is probably supplying the drugs.
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 10:35 AM
Friday

Makes these guys more violent with poor judgement and impulse control.

IronLionZion

(50,412 posts)
13. Why was he in a women's restroom with a gun?
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 10:34 AM
Friday


Anyone else find that part a bit weird?

more info on this:

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/border-agent-seen-in-viral-arrest-of-u-s-citizen-fatally-overdosed-lawyer-says/

On July 7, Hodgson, the L.A. County District Attorney’s Office alleged, was drunk at the Yard House restaurant on Long Beach’s waterfront, where a woman saw him in the women’s restroom, his gun and ammunition clip visible.

He quickly put the weapon in his waistband, allegedly brushed the woman aside and called her “sweetie” while asking her on a date, The Post reported.

A security guard called 911 after Hodgson was told to leave the restaurant and was then seen pacing around the parking lot, his gun and holster in hand. Security footage captured the off-duty federal agent stashing his firearm behind a palm tree as officers with the Long Beach Police Department were responding with lights and sirens.


spudspud

(628 posts)
31. They glossed over that part in the report on purpose. They wanted to push the whole "tragedy" angle
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 11:50 AM
Friday

for sympathy for these Brown shirts.

Fiendish Thingy

(21,600 posts)
15. Dude sounds intoxicated
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 10:37 AM
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Good riddance- I hope this story goes viral.

Of course, the Trump administration will use it to justify agents wearing masks.

2na fisherman

(176 posts)
18. Gangsters With Badges
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 10:57 AM
Friday

How many BP agents are on the pad of the drug cartels? And how many are doing drugs? There should be mandatory drug testing to keep their job. And they should have their finances monitored to see suspicious spikes in cash transactions or the opening of foreign bank accounts. It will take a national task force to clean up these federal law enforcement agencies after the Dems return to the White House. Such breaches of trust in LEO's must be repaired. And law enforcement people may once again return to being respected as "peace officers" as demonstrated by these Long Beach officers.

angrychair

(11,526 posts)
21. Screw that guy
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 11:13 AM
Friday

I would never harm anyone but I'm not going cry about people like this harming themselves.

Ilsa

(63,616 posts)
25. I hope the LB Police weren't careful to duck his head
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 11:27 AM
Friday

when they put him in the car. Just like Metamucillini said.

Martin68

(26,668 posts)
32. This is great! Totally exposes what kind of out-of-control dickwads ICE is employing in their national terror program.
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 11:53 AM
Friday

Hiding his government-issued firearms! Refusing to comply with police during his arrest! Sobbing like a snowflake while in police custody! dying from a drug overdose soon afterward! No professional could have constructed a worse PR event to discredit ICE.

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