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(160,902 posts) Sat Sep 13, 2025, 04:56 PM Sep 13

Illinois lawmakers demand answers in Ice killing: 'A traffic violation should never amount to a death sentence'

Source: The Guardian

Sat 13 Sep 2025 12.56 EDT

A US congresswoman from Illinois and local officials in and around Chicago are calling for an investigation into the traffic stop initiated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents that resulted in the shooting death of Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez on Friday.

A joint statement whose signatories included Democratic US House member Delia Ramirez said Villegas-Gonzalez’s killing in the Chicago suburb of Franklin Park illustrated “the inevitable violence” resulting from the deportation campaign mounted by Donald Trump’s administration during his second presidency.

The statement also said community members were “outraged” at the “violent spectacle” that killed Villegas-Gonzalez near a school at a time when parents were dropping their children off. “What happened … is not an isolated incident. It is the consequence of Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda,” the statement said in part.

The Trump-led Department of Homeland Security (DHS) accused Villegas-Gonzalez of having “resisted arrest, attempted to flee the scene and dragged a [Ice] officer a significant distance with his car” at the time of his killing.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/13/illinois-traffic-stop-ice-killing

Links to Rep. Delia Ramirez PRESS RELEASES -

Reps. Ramirez and García and State Rep. Hernandez Statement on Death of Immigrant in Franklin Park

Congresswoman Ramirez, Northwest Side Public Officials Joint Statement on the Death of Immigrant in Franklin Park

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Illinois lawmakers demand answers in Ice killing: 'A traffic violation should never amount to a death sentence' (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Sep 13 OP

Who would Jesus shoot, 1WorldHope Sep 13 #1

It's good to see this story get international coverage. greatauntoftriplets Sep 13 #2

A traffic violation will not get you shot, running over & injuring cops and dragging them with your car will though EX500rider Sep 13 #3

But that is not how the article reads. sheshe2 Sep 13 #4

1WorldHope

(1,657 posts)

1. Who would Jesus shoot,

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Sep 13, 2025, 05:20 PM

Sep 13

after he attempted to kidnap and deport a brown person. I am so sick of this shit!
Why isn't every citizen of this country in the streets demanding a stop to this nazi regime?

greatauntoftriplets

(178,313 posts)

2. It's good to see this story get international coverage.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Sep 13, 2025, 06:25 PM

Sep 13

An episode like this was inevitable once taco sent his stormtroopers to the Chicago area.

EX500rider

(11,978 posts)

3. A traffic violation will not get you shot, running over & injuring cops and dragging them with your car will though

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Sep 13, 2025, 06:54 PM

Sep 13

sheshe2

(94,045 posts)

4. But that is not how the article reads.

Reply to EX500rider (Reply #3)

Sat Sep 13, 2025, 08:10 PM

Sep 13

DHS:

The Trump-led Department of Homeland Security (DHS) accused Villegas-Gonzalez of having “resisted arrest, attempted to flee the scene and dragged a [Ice] officer a significant distance with his car” at the time of his killing.

Surveillance Video:

One surveillance video of the incident uploaded to social media shows Villegas-Gonzalez backing up, then driving forward with at least one officer pulling on his door. Another video shows agents trying to get into Villegas-Gonzalez’s car by pulling on a door handle after it crashed into a truck.

I sure would like to see that surveillance video. Holding on to the car door doesn't mean he was dragged...and he could have let go at any point.

It's DHS that is telling this story aand frankly I don't believe a word they say.

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