In October, Apple caved to pressure from the Trump administration and removed ICEBlock — and similar apps which crowdsourced the location of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement activity — from its App Store. Apple’s stated rationale? The apps could “be used to harm law enforcement officers.” But armed-to-the-teeth ICE officers don’t need protection from civilians. Apple had that exactly backward.
That became impossible to ignore on Wednesday, when ICE agent Jonathon Ross killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in cold blood. By now, you don’t need me to recount her brutal last moments. But the footage (graphic and disturbing as it is) is out there, and we can see the Trump administration’s
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