The New Orleans Police Department responded to the DHS statement with its own statement following the arrest of Temah:
Recent statements regarding Recruit Larry Temah are misleading. The New Orleans Police Department verified Mr. Temah’s employment eligibility through ICE’s E-Verify system prior to hiring and was never notified of any ICE detainer. New Orleans is not a sanctuary city, and NOPD does not control jail operations or detainer decisions, which fall under the Sheriff’s Office. Any claim that NOPD knowingly violated the law is false.
Officer Reese Harper (NOPD Director of Communications)
I understand black communities need black, local cops, but I’ll never understand a person of color choosing to be a cop. The institution literally starts as slave catchers.
Kids grow up wanting to make a difference as cops like every other emergency service.
No one is immune to copaganda
Policing is a necessary function of civil society. We need good cops and good law enforcement policy. ICE is not that.
Fuck the police.
I want well-regulated militias pls
Crazy how civilization managed for literally thousands of years without cops
Slave catchers of color existed.