2 DHS Agents Enter Syracuse Polling Site Over January Post on ICE Shooter
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Updated · Democracy Now! · Jun 26
2 DHS Agents Enter Syracuse Polling Site Over January Post on ICE Shooter
3 articles · Updated · Democracy Now! · Jun 26
Summary
Two Homeland Security officers entered a Syracuse polling place during Tuesday’s primary and asked elections inspector Paigelynne Gonyea to delete her Instagram account over a January post about ICE agent Jonathan Ross.
A voicemail from a man identifying himself as special agent Dave Brody said the post had “doxxed” an agent, and the officers later handed Gonyea a letter warning she “may be in violation of federal law” for threatening a federal official.
Gonyea said the post used a still from a publicly available video and cited a Minneapolis Star Tribune report identifying Ross, the agent who fatally shot Renee Good, while calling for him to be indicted.
She refused to remove the post or shut down her account, said the encounter intimidated an election worker at her job site, and launched a GoFundMe to cover possible legal costs.