Give ICE Some Space Guys

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Look, Americans are big believers in freedom.

We love freedom.

And when we see some things out there that look like people are getting their freedom taken away we want to stand up and do something about it.

I love that.

But we also need to be smart guys.

When federal law enforcement is actively following and enforcing the law we have to give them space to operate.

Getting in their face and calling them names and trying to stop them from doing their job isn’t right.

And really… it isn’t helping.

I understand the people are angry right now.

They’ve been LET DOWN.

But screaming in an ICE agent’s face is NOT helping anyone. If anything it creates anger and resentment in that human being that will come out in other ways later.

Bad ways.

Anger begets anger.

Love begets love.

Let’s remember we all love each other.

And yes, MISTAKES HAVE BEEN MADE. But these guys have a VERY tough job and the more times people get in the way the more mistakes are going to happen. And NOBODY wants that.

Protest safely. Protest SMART. Otherwise REALLY BAD stuff is coming guys. Trust me.

First rule of litigation– you can’t let one mistake lead to more mistakes.

So let’s be smart. Remember we love each other and give ICE some room to work while we try to make a deal to solve all of this once and for all.

Washington needs level-headed leadership. Support Troutman now!

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Published by Eric "Czar" Troutman

The Czar of TCPAWorld Eric J. Troutman is one of the country’s prominent class action defense lawyers and is nationally recognized in Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) litigation and compliance. He has served as lead defense counsel in more than 250 national TCPA class actions and has litigated nearly a thousand individual TCPA cases in his role as national strategic litigation counsel for major banks and finance companies. He also helps industry participants build TCPA-compliant processes, policies, and systems. Eric has built a national litigation practice based upon deep experience, rigorous analysis and extraordinary responsiveness. Eric and his team feel equally at home litigating multibillion dollar telecommunications class actions in federal court as they do developing and executing national litigation strategies for institutions facing an onslaught of individual TCPA matters. They thrive in each of these roles – delivering consistently excellent results – while never losing sight of the client experience. While many firms now tout TCPA expertise, Eric has been there from the beginning. He built one of the country’s first TCPA-only defense teams and began serving as national TCPA counsel for his clients nearly a decade ago. This perspective allows him to swiftly develop the right litigation strategies for dealing with recurring problems, without wasting time on tactics that are bound to fail. Eric’s rich historical perspective and encyclopedic knowledge of the TCPA landscape also make him an invaluable resource to institutional compliance teams struggling to comply with the shifting regulatory landscape. No task is too small – or too big. Indeed, Eric and his team have helped build TCPA-compliant systems and processes for some of the largest and most complex corporate entities in the country. He commonly works with in-house compliance counsel to build and implement enterprise and business-line specific TCPA solutions, performs TCPA audits and drafts and reviews proposed TCPA policies and procedures. He and his team also have the technical expertise necessary to assist call centers seeking to develop TCPA-resistant call path architecture or to modify existing telephony and software integration to better insulate from potential TCPA exposure. Eric has built a reputation for thought leadership. An avid blogger and speaker, he has been at the forefront of the industry’s effort to push for clarity and a return to sanity for the TCPA for years. He was selected to advocate for the financial services industry on important TCPA issues before the Federal Communications Commission and co-authored the nation’s only comprehensive practice guide on TCPA defense. In his spare time, Eric leads defense teams representing banks and other financial services companies in consumer finance litigation matters. He has experience representing clients in UCC, TILA, RESPA FCRA, CCRA, CLRA, FDCPA, RFDCPA and FCCPA claims, as well as in fraud and bank operations issues.

3 Comments

  1. I understand what you are saying. But this is also a slap in the face saying its okay for them to unalive people in unimaginable ways…. just wow yes let them do their job but they are killing innocent American’s. This is surprising coming from you. But I respect your opinion because it’s called freedom of speech. The man that was just shot all those times was trying to remove someone away from ICE

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  2. People are peacefully protesting. When border patrol agents throw women to the ground I don’t see that as being disrespectful to the agents. I see that is being aggressive towards peaceful protesters. Let’s not make excuses for these people. The border patrol lost control of the situation and murdered someone. You should write about that.

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  3. Thanks for the measured, logical, and respectful post on this subject. Eric is not making any indictments regarding protesting or ICE operations. He’s simply emphasizing a couple very important points…honest and truthful points that gets clouded by emotion all too many times; be smart with your protests and give law enforcement room to operate. That’s it. Basic truths, folks.

    Getting emotional leads to terrible decisions, even worse policy, and delusional thinking.

    Innocents are not being killed. There have been 2 unfortunate deaths in Minneapolis, both of which resulted from protestors interfering with operations, provoking LEOs, and not giving them room to operate. Just as Eric mentioned. It’s very simple. Both would be alive today if they followed Eric’s advice and anyone who does from this point forward will be completely safe from ICE’s “aggressiveness”.

    Be smart out there. That’s the ask. Simple.

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