At least two dozen U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees and contractors have been charged with crimes since 2020, and their documented wrongdoing includes patterns of physical and sexual abuse, corruption and other abuses of authority, a review by The Associated Press found. [More]
By all means, expose and pursue criminality and corruption everywhere it is found, and punish the guilty as harshly as they deserve.
That said, how many sworn agents, how many convictions, and how does it compare in numbers and rates with, say, “blue” city and state LE’s — not to excuse anything, but to keep things in perspective?
Sorry, but force of habit makes me wonder about a clumsily-masked agenda every time I see the Associated Press is pushing a narrative, in this case, wanting to aid and abet illegals remaining in this country to give Democrats political dominance.
Looking at “reporter” Ryan J. Foley’s X feed, his sympathies are hardly kept close to the vest.
[Via Jake S]
Quick internet search says ICE has about 22,000 employees (not including contractors).
“Over two dozen ICE employees and contractors” means a rate of approximately 0.1%. One in a thousand. Which means 99.9% have NOT been charged with wrongdoing. Also, that’s since 2020, so about 5 years of data.
Another quick internet search says that NYPD officers faced over 180,000 misconduct investigations (which could be initiated for anything) in 2021 alone, and “only” 4,200 resulted in serious discipline. It also says that nearly 60% of such cases are closed without review.
For context, NYPD employs about 30,000 officers (another quick internet search), so the “misconduct leading to serious discipline” (it’s safe to assume, acts the rest of us would be arrested and jailed for) rate is about 14%. One in seven.
This took about 10 minutes to type, and about 30 seconds for the three internet searches to pull that data.
But “over two dozen” sounds scary, doesn’t it?
Just to clarify, the typing-time and search-time line in the above comment is not a jab against Mr. Codrea, but against the Associated Press. It took me very little time and effort to pull the data to make an apples-to-apples comparison, and I’m “Just A Blogger (Commenter)”; I don’t do this for a living.
But I also don’t push a narrative for a living, either. Like the AP.
Oh, no, would have never taken it as such– you saved me the time and I’m sure I’ll find occasion in the future to link to your comment. Especially since it looks like ICE “criminality” is a new media talking point to parrot.