Chu says the violence against Garces Perez must end
Member of the United States Congress
“Yesterday, an ICE agent shot Wilber Rafael Garces Perez while he was making a food delivery. Now, he is being held at the South Texas Detention Complex with a bullet lodged in his body, forced to sleep on the floor with no pain medication. This is the reality of the Trump administration's brutality. I have joined @RepCasar's letter demanding an independent investigation. This violence must end.”
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In a direct post, Rep. Judy Chu said she joined Rep. Greg Casar’s letter demanding an independent investigation and called for the violence to end. Her statements about Garces Perez’s detention and medical condition are attributed to her and are not treated as independently verified by this source.
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The statement followed the September 20 shooting of Wilber Rafael Garces Perez by an ICE officer in Austin.
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The post is the speaker’s assessment of the use of force and does not independently resolve the disputed account of the shooting.
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Case context: Should ICE's use of force in the shooting of Wilber Rafael Garces Perez be condemned or condoned?
The label describes this statement’s response within the context above.
Why this label?
On whether ICE's use of force should be condemned or condoned, Chu directly condemns it, calling the shooting and its aftermath "the reality of the Trump administration's brutality" and saying "This violence must end" — an express evaluation that the force used was wrongful.
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Should ICE's use of force in the shooting of Wilber Rafael Garces Perez be condemned or condoned?
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