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Stories by A.C. Thompson
Posted Aug 5, 2020, 2:30 pm
A.C. Thompson
/ProPublica
Agents in a secret Facebook group shared crudely manipulated images of men sexually assaulting Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat and frequent antagonist of the Border Patrol; joked about migrants who died while trying to enter the United States; and made racist insults about Central Americans. The group called itself “I’m 10-15,” Border Patrol radio code for “aliens in custody,” and included some 9,500 current or former agents.
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Posted Feb 24, 2020, 3:48 pm
A.C. Thompson & Jeff Ernsthausen/ProPublica
The head of the powerful union representing BP agents nationwide said the FBI is probing who stole some $500,000 out of the coffers of the El Paso local. The theft raises more questions about lawlessness in the union’s ranks.... Read more»
Posted Aug 16, 2019, 1:01 pm
A.C. Thompson
/ProPublica
Border Patrol Agent Matthew Bowen had been investigated for years before he used his 4,000-pound truck to assault a fleeing migrant.... Read more»
Posted Jul 10, 2019, 2:13 pm
A.C. Thompson
/ProPublica
The agency won’t say how many employees have been disciplined or warned in the ongoing scandal over offensive social media posts.... Read more»
Posted Jul 1, 2019, 9:43 am
A.C. Thompson
/ProPublica
The three-year-old group, which has roughly 9,500 members, shared derogatory comments about Latina lawmakers who plan to visit a controversial Texas detention facility on Monday, calling them “scum buckets” and “hoes.”... Read more»
Posted Jun 27, 2019, 3:21 pm
A.C. Thompson
/ProPublica
An expert panel’s pleas for swifter, more consistent, more transparent punishment of rogue agents languish.... Read more»
Posted Jun 5, 2019, 10:21 am
A.C. Thompson
/ProPublica
From 2009 to 2014, at least 214 complaints were filed against federal agents for abusing or mistreating migrant children. According to the Department of Homeland Security’s records, only one employee was disciplined as a result of a complaint.... Read more»
Posted Aug 14, 2017, 2:46 pm
A.C. Thompson, Robert Faturechi & Karim Hajj/ProPublica
The white supremacist forces arrayed in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend represented a new incarnation of the white supremacy movement. ... Read more»
Posted Aug 14, 2017, 2:00 pm
A.C. Thompson, Robert Faturechi & Karim Hajj/ProPublica
State police and National Guardsmen watched passively for hours as self-proclaimed Nazis engaged in street battles with counter-protesters. ProPublica reporter A.C. Thompson was on the scene and reports that the authorities turned the streets of the city over to groups of militiamen armed with assault rifles. ... Read more»
Posted Nov 15, 2016, 1:47 pm
A.C. Thompson & Ken Schwencke/ProPublica
There is considerable anxiety about the potential for violence after a bitter national election. The data kept on hate crimes won’t reassure anyone. ... Read more»
Posted Aug 19, 2014, 2:51 pm
A.C. Thompson
/ProPublica
In the next few weeks, separate teams of doctors will issue autopsy reports about Michael Brown, the unarmed African American shot to death by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. If history is any guide, they will differ, perhaps significantly, on how to interpret the gunshot wounds on his body. ... Read more»
Posted Dec 18, 2012, 10:49 am
A.C. Thompson
/ProPublica
A federal appellate court has overturned the convictions of two former New Orleans police officers imprisoned in connection with the killing of Henry Glover after Hurricane Katrina, dealing a blow to federal prosecutors' efforts to hold police accountable for misconduct before and after the storm.... Read more»
Posted Aug 25, 2010, 6:06 pm
A.C. Thompson
/ProPublica
After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans police officers circulated orders authorizing them to shoot looters and "take back the city," but it remains unclear who issued them.... Read more»
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