Todd Chretien

Todd Chretien is a Maine-based teacher, interpreter, farm worker and labor organizer running for Portland City Council in 2026. He is also an author and translator who edited Eyewitnesses to the Russian Revolution and an annotated edition of Lenin's State and Revolution for Haymarket Books.

What we have documented

We have documented 1 statement by Todd Chretien, in 1 case. Each statement below gives the quotation, its original source and a link to the full case.

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Statements by Todd Chretien

Todd Chretien

Role at the time: Organizer speaking at an anti-ICE protest in Scarborough, Maine

Condemned

Statement summary

Chretien said immigration agents had executed Durán Guerrero and called them killers.

“These people are killers, and they're going to kill somebody. And yesterday morning, they executed Johan Sebastian Guerrero in the streets of Biddeford in front of his 3-year-old daughter.”
Watch the original video (opens in a new tab)Armed ICE supporter confronts protester outside ICE facility in MaineTodd Chretien soundbite at 00:00 in the published shot list
Why we used this label

The language explicitly condemns the shooting as an execution.

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