ICE Shooting, Press Boycotts, and Weinstein's 15-Year Sentence
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Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a 28-year-old DoorDash driver, was shot in the torso by ICE agents during a delivery in Austin, hospitalized, and then taken into immigration custody upon his release. A federal judge has ordered him to appear at a September 30th hearing, temporarily blocking his deportation while a civil lawsuit proceeds. DHS opened an internal probe into the shooting itself — a use-of-force review separate from the immigration proceedings.
An Amnesty International report described U.S. deportees in Equatorial Guinea being beaten and arrested by authorities upon arrival, raising legal questions under the Convention Against Torture about deportation proceedings that may not adequately assess conditions in destination countries. The report adds an international human rights dimension to ongoing scrutiny of enforcement operations.
Four major television networks — ABC, CBS, Fox News, and NBC — joined CNN in boycotting Trump's helipad debut over the administration's ban on CNN, leaving presidential remarks inaudible on the White House livestream. Fox News's participation in the boycott was particularly notable given the outlet's general alignment with the administration; its decision to stand with CNN on a press access question signals a line even sympathetic outlets appear unwilling to cross.
Harvey Weinstein received a 15-year sentence in the New York sexual assault case — a prosecution that proceeded after his Los Angeles conviction was overturned earlier this year and survived considerable procedural challenges in re-trial. His legal team has signaled continued appeals. The persistence of the prosecution through appeal and retrial, legal observers noted, demonstrates institutional commitment to the outcome that critics of the original MeToo reckoning predicted would not survive. The Department of Justice separately opened a criminal probe into the executors of Jeffrey Epstein's estate; the scope of that investigation — whether financial administration or a broader examination of the Epstein network — will determine what new disclosures, if any, result.