Two New York residents criticized ICE. Federal agents showed up at their homes. On the same day. With the same two agents.
David Streever sent an email to the then-acting ICE director after the agency fatally shot Minneapolis protester Renee Good in January. Months later, agents appeared at his home with a warning notice saying his email was considered a threat. His attorney called it plainly protected political speech: "A true threat is a serious expression of an intent to commit violence. This email doesn't even come close."
The same day Streever's story went public, Syracuse poll worker Paigelynne Gonyea revealed federal officers confronted her at a polling place over social media posts she made about the same ICE officer. When Streever and Gonyea compared notes on Facebook, they realized the same two agents had visited both of them.
This is the First Amendment under pressure in real time. For Black communities who have always known that speaking truth to power carries risk, th...
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