“My first job is to run this city,” Mayor Mike Johnston said. “But in today’s America, that means answering questions from our residents about what happens if ice troops des…

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston signed an executive order Thursday that’s intended to protect protesters demonstrating against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations if the city becomes the next target for a surge of agents.

His order requires Denver Police Department officers to intervene and detain ICE agents if they see any using “excessive force.” It also bans the federal agents from using city-owned property for their operations.

Standing in front of the City and County Building in downtown Denver, Johnston told reporters that his goal with the order wasn’t to provoke President Donald Trump. He said he didn’t have any information about whether ICE or the Trump administration intended to send an influx of agents to the city anytime soon.

“My first job is to run this city,” he said. “But in today’s America, that means answering questions from our residents about what happens if ICE troops descend on our city.”

  • electric_nan@lemmy.ml
    274·
    8 hours ago

    The cops won’t do it. This is why mayors haven’t been doing this. Cops will just ignore the order and expose that the mayor isn’t the one with power. Anyone expecting the fucking cops to protect anyone from ICE is delusional.

    • grue@lemmy.world
      71·
      4 hours ago

      Then it’ll be easy to tell which cops need to be immediately fired for cause. If trump can purge the military, mayors can purge the police.

      • electric_nan@lemmy.ml
        1·
        1 hour ago

        Trump can purge the military, because there’s nobody to stop him. I guess the mayors could fire all the cops, which would be fucking rad, tbh. I doubt any of them would do it though. Trump or even their governor would probably have them arrested and reinstate all the cops.

      • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.world
        11·
        3 hours ago

        i mean, they are all apparatus of the state. local police unlikely to arrest federal police because that is absolutely not going to end well for your local police department given the vindictiveness of the current federal security leadership. they are all on the same team, even when there’s infighting.

    • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net
      14·
      6 hours ago

      I think there’s also a high likelihood the Supreme Court tells them they can’t do this. Even though it’s totally legal as of existing precedent.