- in advance of any Discourse about this I suggest everyone familiarize themselves with the demographics of Border Patrol and ICE
- 1. Turns out the Border Patrol officers who murdered Alex Pretti are of Hispanic lineage. Their names are Jesus Ochoa, 43, and Raymundo Gutierrez, 35, according to Pro Publica. www.propublica.org/article/alex...
- there is academic lit about this as @unlawfulentries.bsky.social pointed out (linked below) but in short these are accessible government jobs with government paychecks www.npr.org/2019/07/07/7...
- if you find this confusing, well, you're also going to find the demographics of police departments and COs in large swaths of the country with large Black populations confusingFeb 5, 2026 13:19
- Yeah as a person who sees cops almost daily, I don’t understand how this is mind blowing.
- I remember David Simon saying that, from his experience as a reporter in Baltimore, Black LEOs in mostly Black neighborhoods were more likely than white officers to use excessive force.
