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July 1, 2019 06:07 pm GMT

Racist Border Patrol Facebook group confirms all your worst suspicions

Border Patrol agents are only sort of trying to hide it. 

On Monday, investigative non-profit ProPublica dropped a bombshell report revealing a "secret" U.S. Border Patrol Facebook group full of racist and misogynist content targeting both migrant families and elected officials such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. It's incredibly vile stuff, and confirms many of the worst suspicions regarding the agency accused of running "torture facilities."

Just what kind of content, exactly, does this 9,500-member strong Facebook group of reportedly current and former Border Patrol members champion? Why that would be memes mocking dead migrant children, photoshopped images of elected officials performing sex acts, and discussions of throwing things at elected officials who visit Border Patrol detention facilities.  Read more...

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