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Public commenters press Helena officials for transparency on arrest, urge no cooperation with ICE and protest monument changes
Summary
During public comment at the July 16 Helena City Commission administrative meeting, several speakers raised civil-rights and law-enforcement concerns and asked the commission to review local cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
During public comment at the July 16 Helena City Commission administrative meeting, several speakers raised civil-rights and law-enforcement concerns and asked the commission to review local cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
Jessica Saxon, a self-described civil-rights advocate and litigator from Washington, D.C., framed her remarks around the U.S. Constitution, citing the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments and asserting that Montana law permitting charges by information rather than indictment is unconstitutional. Saxon said she was…
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