Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal is not backing down from calling ICE agents “made up, fake, wannabe law enforcement.” The broadside, which she first made earlier this month in response to an ICE agent’s fatal shooting of Renee Good, made national headlines and set off a viral firestorm that drew praise and condemnation.
Bilal slammed the ICE agent for two actions she said officers are trained not to do — standing in front of Good’s car and firing his gun at her moving vehicle. Bilal also criticized ICE agents’ practice of wearing face masks, which she said law enforcement officers don’t normally do.
“Law enforcement professionals around the country do their jobs,” Bilal said at a January 9 news conference convened by District Attorney Larry Krasner. “We have been fighting for years to build that bridge between us and our communities. You have one negative nutcase that causes this problem, and now we all have to fight again to let people know that law enforcement works with communities.”…