As the clock ticks toward the Super Bowl, one Santa Clara County leader’s vow to arrest ICE agents may force officials across the valley to confront their own rhetoric — pitting local cops against federal ones.
There was no mistaking Board of Supervisors President Otto Lee’s emotional threat Tuesday. Now some city and public safety leaders are reacting, saying they endorse the spirit of Lee’s statement if perhaps not word-for-word. It highlights the tightrope officials are walking between reassurances to residents afraid of unlawful killings, and refraining from provocative gestures for fear of an escalation with federal authorities.
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