It’s OK to tell ICE their actions will haunt them, judge rules in speech fight
Man wins fight to block ICE threat over off-the-cuff angry email.
A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that it is not illegal for an individual to inform Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials that their actions will cause them personal suffering, as the judge granted a preliminary injunction blocking ICE from threatening prosecution against a critic for exercising their protected speech rights.
In January, David Streever sent a detailed three-paragraph email to then-acting ICE director Todd Lyons, expressing outrage over the killings of two Minnesota protestors, Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Streever accused Lyons of being "a monstrous human being" and predicted that even President Trump would one day turn on Lyons for defending the officers who shot unarmed individuals. In his email, Streever compared Lyons to Reinhard Heydrich, a notorious high-ranking Nazi officer.
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