U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., is calling for the immediate release of a Clark County man whose attorneys say was mauled by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement dog despite not resisting arrest.
Undercover immigration officials detained Wilmer Toledo-Martinez, of Vancouver, Wash., outside his home on Nov. 14. An ICE agent pretended to be a construction worker, claiming he had hit Toledo-Martinez’s vehicle and needed to exchange insurance, luring the family out of their home, according to the senator.
Another agent was waiting for Toledo-Martinez outside, releasing a dog that then mauled him, according to his attorney. As of Saturday, Toledo-Martinez, was being held at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma.
The sociologists who study such things say we're way, way out from a large uprising, as the information age has us weak, soft, and demoralized. The size and sprawl of our country means that game theory/prisoner logic/mass bystander effect all apply which keep the flames down. The daily grind and short collective attention span keeps us all stunned and marching along. If we don't find a way to stop the culture wars they wedged in and rediscover our shared values, this will keep going.