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The videos show him doing mundane tasks, like laying on a bunk bed inside the facility, riding in a golf cart and sitting at a table in front of a cup of instant ramen in a mess hall. He also shows something that looks like meat loaf or bread in a container, while a voice says, “Doesn’t look very appetizing, does it?” Then he throws the food away.

“A lot of officers quit just because they were trying to help out the residents/inmates,” he said, according to New Times. “And their bosses kept telling them, ‘If you help them out, like give them water, take them to the bathroom, you will be fired.’”

The TikTok videos have surfaced among controversy about conditions at the site. Wives of detainees told the Herald that they have limited access to showers. Bugs like mosquitoes and grasshoppers are inside the cells, and the air conditioning had stopped working earlier this week, they said.

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[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 39 points 1 day ago

Alligator Auschwitz

Its a concentration camp.

[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 30 points 1 day ago (2 children)

When this is over, we will need to find ways to hold admin officials and ICE agents accountable. Trump will issue a blanket pardon at the end of his term, and SCOTUS is no longer a legitimate institution. So we need to look for other routes to bring these criminals to justice.

I'm sorry, but if you're working at a concentration camp, you are committing crimes against humanity. So, who assuming the US justice system can't hold them to account, who can? Well this is where ICE agents are boned. Operating these concentration camps, they're going to be responsible for the deaths of scores of citizens from dozens of foreign countries. And those countries don't give a shit about US pardons. We need to ship ICE agents off to Venezuela and other countries whose citizens they have killed. Rendition them there, and they can put them on trial for the deaths of their citizens. ICE loves shipping people off to random countries. Let's ship ICE agents off to countries where they can be held accountable for their crimes.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well, if the justice system fails, justice needs to be sought by other means.

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The beauty of this is approach is that even the American Service Member's Protection Act is irrelevant here. The process I outlined would occur at the direction of a future administration. That law you cited only gives the president the option of interfering with the ICC. The president is still perfectly capable of allowing prosecutions at the ICC. It's purely voluntary.

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is our new trail of tears and Japanese intern camp embarrassment.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I feel like getting fired from that job would be a blessing. But then again, I also feel like you have to be a shitty person to take that job in the first place.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 53 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It sounds like some of them tried to get in there just to help and/or expose what's going on. I have no problem with those people taking a job, they're like undercover journalists.

[–] floo@retrolemmy.com 35 points 1 day ago (2 children)

In fact, I think it’s rather brave considering that getting fired is probably the least terrible thing that could happen

[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Fired and showed right into a cell. Do not pass go, do not collect wages.

[–] lowleekun@ani.social 9 points 1 day ago

Yes indeed. Even if a person changes their mind while doing that job it still shows compassion and courage.

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 15 points 1 day ago

"Listen Billy, you aren't getting it. The cruelty is the point. We're not supposed to be "helping people" because these aren't people! Did you even read the handbook? It's the one called Mein Kampf: Work Brings freedom. We handed them out with the mandatory swastika that I noticed you aren't wearing."

[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Concentration camp.