Family of Afghan man who died in ICE detention says he was ‘a hero for American people’

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Every single US veteran that served in Afghanistan should be livid. This is disgusting. His initial ICE detention, even if he had not died, is disgusting.

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This is how the US treats it’s allies. It’s why we don’t have any anymore.

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ICE said Paktyawal was arrested for committing fraud against the food aid programme SNAP by allegedly misusing food stamps.

A spokesperson for the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office said there were two cases of SNAP fraud of $200 or more – a third-degree felony – registered against Paktyawal as well as one case of theft. The cases hadn’t been heard in court at the time of his death.

The father of six children, the youngest of them 18 months old, was confirmed dead at the Parkland Hospital in Dallas at 9am on Saturday due to circumstances unknown to the family.

Food stamp fraud? He had 6 fucking kids to feed!

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“Food stamp fraud” seems fairly consistently to mean using food stamps to feed people who aren’t white enough.

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I hate those single man stories with passion.

Why are you focusing on one person journalist, why?

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Because one death is a tragedy. Many is a statistic.

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