Immigration agents have shot more than 20 people — most of them in cars — during President Donald Trump’s second term, so far. On Oct. 8, Oscar Belgal became the latest.⁠
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For decades, law enforcement agencies have discouraged shooting into a vehicle because of the danger this tactic presents to officers and the public.⁠
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Many federal immigration officials’ shootings — like those of Wilber Rafael Garces Perez and Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero — appear to conflict with the Department of Homeland Security’s use of force policy.⁠
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“It doesn’t matter what the training is and it doesn’t matter what the policy is, if you don’t have someone enforcing those standards, then the standards exist purely on paper,” criminologist Seth Stoughton told us. ⁠
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✍️: Wilbert L. Cooper / The Marshall Project⁠
📷: New York City Police Department, via Associated Press⁠
📱: Ashley Dye / The Marshall Project