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ICE Agents Appear To Track Down Woman, Demand She Delete Social Media Post

ICE Agents Appear To Track Down Woman, Demand She Delete Social Media Post

Summary

Two ICE agents visited a New York woman at her polling site to demand she delete an Instagram post that named an ICE agent involved in a fatal shooting. The woman was asked to sign a form saying she may have broken federal law but refused to remove the post.

Key Facts

  • The woman, Paigelynne Gonyea, was working at a polling site in Syracuse when ICE agents came to talk to her.
  • The agents warned her to delete an Instagram post identifying an ICE agent who fatally shot Renée Good in Minneapolis.
  • Gonyea said the agents showed her a folder with her social media posts and her driver’s license.
  • She was asked to sign a form claiming her post might violate federal law by threatening a federal official.
  • Gonyea did not remove the post and disagreed that her post was doxing since the agent’s name was already public.
  • The ICE shooting of Renée Good caused public outrage and calls for prosecution of the agents involved.
  • ICE said the shootings were justified despite videos that suggested otherwise.
  • Gonyea shared a video of her encounter with ICE agents and posted a photo of the form she refused to sign.
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