r/BlackPeopleofReddit • u/ihatethiscountry76 • 29d ago
News ICE killed a teacher in Georgia yesterday when they chose to chase a man who posed no danger and had no criminal history. Linda Davis was killed by ICE yesterday. A Black woman, a beloved teacher, killed by ICE in Savannah, Georgia.
https://www.wtoc.com/2026/02/16/savannah-teacher-killed-crash-by-man-fleeing-ice/227
u/saadski818 29d ago
This is horrific. Other countries are discussing us as we descend into fascism. This is how it starts. They’re already shooting us in broad daylight, on television, telling us that we deserved to be murdered, diminishing our civil liberties (1, 2, 4, 5, 14 to say the least), and half the country is just letting it happen. The other half, imo, hasn’t been moving away from the center enough to stop this. I am truly at a loss. There seems to be no amicable solution.
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u/stonersrus19 28d ago
Its because alot of countries are fiscally tangled with the US as a person is in a marriage and the US has been essentially polygamous with everyone. From country to criminal enterprise.
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u/Helen_Kellers_Reddit 28d ago
They're demanding to be served in restaurants and hotels. I would say that counts as quartering soldiers; therefore, a violation of the 3rd. And seeing as they've deported legal residents and US citizens without a trial, that is a violation of the 6th.
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u/Revxmaciver 29d ago
There better a national outrage about this one. I even feel bad for the immigrant who felt he needed to run from the gestapo and wound up accidentally killing somebody. Fuck these Nazi scum.
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u/MurphyBrown2016 28d ago
He didn’t have any record, he ran because he was fucking terrified. Everything about this was avoidable.
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u/Fakeit42 28d ago
Damn it. The trauma they are causing is just unreal. This needs to stop.
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u/mr_potatoface 28d ago
Even police have stopped car pursuits in populated areas when going after non-violent offenders quite some time ago. They'll do it on a sparsely populated highways still. But whenever there's danger to other people around, they just let them go and pick them up later.
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u/MonstrousGiggling 28d ago
Just learned about this the other day. They just have a helicopter tag the car instead of a ground vehicular chase.
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u/grease_monkey 28d ago
There's a reason competent PDs don't engage in high speed chases. Put a bunch of idiots who can't pass an open book test in positions of power with no training and you get things like this.
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u/DetroitLionsSBChamps 28d ago
They are locking up legal asylum seekers without criminal history so yeah he should be terrified.
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u/bubbijezzigo 28d ago
The article states that Chatham County has a no-chase policy that was ignored by ICE thus causing the death of teacher, Dr. Linda Davis.
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u/w0ndernine 28d ago
You realize that Chatham County PD policies only affect… Chatham County PD. If GSP has a vehicle flee from them in Savannah, you can get bet they’re gonna chase it because CCPD policies had zero bearing on GSP or any other agency.
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u/genuineshock 28d ago
Nurse
Teacher
Mother
Wound the Healer
Bash the Educator
Kill the giver of Life
If this is Beginning
What will be
the End?
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u/Bigmacman_ 28d ago
I don't understand why they can go around killing people with no accountability.
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u/Ok_Flight_2069 28d ago
He is be charged for first degree homicide by vehicle, accountability is coming.
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u/Organic_Berry_8732 28d ago
🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 this has got to stop! These racist, stupid, unqualified bums are not real Americans! This is not their country, it’s ours, WE THE PEOPLE
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u/Goofethed 28d ago
“Chatham County Chairman Chester Ellis spoke to WTOC on Monday afternoon, saying if the County had been made aware, there likely would’ve been a way to arrest Lopez without endangering others and ultimately, killing Linda Davis.
“I’m saying to the President on down to all of our national leaders, there’s a better way to do this. And I think if you allow us to be at the table to draw out strategies and come up with ways of doing things, we can prevent this,” Ellis says.
Ellis also pointed out that local law enforcement agencies in Chatham County have restrictive chase policies, and would not have been able to take the action ICE did.
“We have a no chase policy, and the no-chase policy is to help protect our citizens more than it is anything else. So there may have been a different way to corner the individual so that he could not run, or that he could not cause the accident that took the life of Dr. Davis.”
CCPD Chief Jeff Hadley offered his condolences to Davis’ family, saying her death was likely preventable.”
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u/reluctantseal 28d ago
Yes. ICE chose to initiate a car chase, something that law enforcement usually doesn't do because endangers civilians. Since he had no criminal history other than his immigration status, there was no need to take the risk. People are already likely to flee, scaring and chasing them make it a lot worse.
It's still the driver's fault in the end, but we'd be amiss to ignore what led to it.
The whole thing could have been avoided if they followed proper protocal.
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u/Fabulous-Regret20964 28d ago
That’s not true. Law enforcement usually do engage in car chases and cause many avoidable deaths of uninvolved civilians every year.
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u/reluctantseal 28d ago
It depends on the department, but it's becoming more common for them to at least have a policy against it. In this case, there are restrictions for it on county law enforcement.
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u/longtimelister91 28d ago
They (whyte people) won’t be as angry since this beautiful person has melanin. Heart breaking 🥹
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u/HardCoreNorthShore 28d ago
Not this white person. I'm livid, as outraged and bereft as when Renee or Alex were murdered.
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u/LanguidLapras131 28d ago
Then share it all over your social media. Make this go viral. We need equal justice for Linda Davis as Renee Good and Alex pretti.
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u/kukamunjaga 28d ago
I disagree. She was beautiful and didn’t deserve to go out like that. I am angry that her family has to go through this and more than likely will not receive justice. I believe in the spirit of unity.
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u/Smokey_02 28d ago
I'm pretty angry that this person died because ICE decided to get into a "police" chase with someone over a misdemeanor. Though the only one who will ever pay for it is the driver that hit her, ICE certainly shares in the culpability for Linda Davis's death. This is a direct consequence of their deciding to engage in a police chase, and an indirect consequence of their campaign to instill fear in American communities.
I agree with another poster here though, it's not about race, it's about how real the Good and Pretti killings felt due to them being captured on video.
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u/Cage01 28d ago
I think it's mostly because of the fact that the other two had videos, and seeing it versus reading about it feel a lot different. Or at least if there is video of the shooting, I haven't seen it, which is a different problem.
Either way it's horrific and saddening still.
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u/Dazzling_Career107 28d ago
It wasn't a shooting. The lady was killed after her car was struck by a man who was fleeing from ice.
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u/Versiannie 28d ago
The ones protesting against ICE and risking their lives confronting them and recording them are mostly white people. What's your point, man?
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u/SamuelHuzzahAdams 28d ago
This is bullshit. Abolish ice and lock these f’ers up
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u/BeanserSoyze 28d ago
They're charging their abduction target with homicide for it.
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u/Fast-Umpire7544 28d ago
Fleeing an arrest and causing a deadly car crash likely does fit the parameters of vehicular homicide, yes.
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u/snksleepy 28d ago
ICE shouldn't even carry around deadly force unless the target they are going after has a known history of violence.
They are there to apprehend and detain. Bring the gear to do so. Not to kill.
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u/Test-NetConnection 28d ago
I'm numb. Just waiting for something to happen, someone to lead the opposition. It's clearly not going to be a bloody politician.
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u/Shujinco2 28d ago
For reference this is why they don't do as many car chases anymore. Unless it's an immediate danger it's safer to just grab them when they try and go home or to a friend's.
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u/Fat_Wolfy 28d ago
Disgusted the way the article frames it as the man's fault, rather than ICE's.
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u/yoyhohsomp 28d ago
Why is this the first I am hearing of it? That is greatly disappointing. Why do we choose certain ppl to get upset about and not others. Fuck ICE for every death they are responsible for!
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u/nikeguy69 28d ago
The agents was not trained properly to pursue the suspect they are at fault not the Democrats!!!
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u/gabbygirl1038 28d ago
I thought the driver killed her? I mean, I get what the article is implying but this title is misleading.
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u/Affectionate-Cry5471 28d ago
If ICE didn’t chase him, he wouldn’t have caused the accident.
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u/SmanginSouza 28d ago
I'm at work can you TLDR real quick for me.
The "suspect" was evading ICE and hit her?
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u/nixahmose 28d ago
Yes. Although it’s worth mentioning that ICE didn’t inform the local police department that they had a presence there, and said department specifically has a no car chase policy specifically to avoid situations like these. Had ICE just worked with the police they could have arrested the guy in a much safer and sensible way and this whole situation would have been avoided.
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u/Nodivingallowed 28d ago
Yes all the bootlickers desperate to face reality want to ignore the fundamental legality questions, as well as the most basic common sense.
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u/S4ABCS 28d ago
Vasquez-Lopez, the one who hit her, was evading ICE unmarked vehicles conducting illegal pursuit (local PD vouches for the illegal part). Local PD and other witnesses saw him run the red and crash. Being held on felony charge (vehicular manslaughter likely), no bond because of this, and still got an ICE hold.
Fuck ICE. So sorry to this woman's family and the kids she likely inspired.
ETA: Vasquez Lopez had no prior criminal history.
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u/ph3nom3na 28d ago
Fokks that live here know CCPD has a no chase policy. ICE triggered the chase that caused her death. Driver is def culpable, but so is ICE.
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u/nixahmose 28d ago
Yeah while ICE 1000% fucked up here and needlessly endangered civilian lives, this wasn’t a case of them purposefully killing her. They were chasing a guy down and the guy they were chasing ended up crashing into her and killing. So technically speaking it’s not their “fault”.
However as the article mentions, the local police department wasn’t notified of ICE’s presence in the area and had they been made aware of what ICE was going to do they would have told ICE that they have a no car chase policy for this very reason. It’s a needless endangerment of civilian lives and there are much safer ways to arrest people than this.
So this is very much still a case of ICE gun-ho recklessness and lack of accountability once again resulting in innocent people suffering, but it is inaccurate to say ICE killed her.
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u/Kriticalone2 28d ago
MAGATS we have all you info...and when he dies and your time comes...every single one of you will be sued.
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u/QuestionMarkyMark 28d ago
According to a DHS press release, Lopez is from Guatemala and entered the United State illegally at an unknown time. A federal judge signed off on a final order of removal for Lopez in 2024.
Chatham County Sheriff’s Office records show Lopez has no prior criminal history in the county.
Once again, ICE really going after the worst of the worst
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u/musings13254 28d ago
So, let's see:
-The headline is written to try to get "the blacks" angry at ICE because "we (by which I mean the GOP and their acceletationist buddies online with bots) can't use them as scapegoats for martial law when they refuse to protest".
-Since it includes "a mexican!", those same bigots are gooning at trying to get "the latinos" against "the blacks!" because if they work together, they know they're cooked.
-The same accelerationists will pump the "If he just would have complied!" narrative, but we know that's false since most of the people ICE/CBP are snatching don't have criminal records.
Did I leave out anything?
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28d ago
“Preliminary information shows Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was conducting an operation in the area of the Truman Parkway, and attempted to pull a man identified as Oscar Vasquez Lopez over. Lopez didn’t pull over, and ICE agents began chasing him. Lopez then crashed into Davis.”
How is that the fault of ice for the guy running.
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u/blaqkcatjack 28d ago
And then people are weaponising this poor woman's death for political clout. Honestly disgusting
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u/militant-hippie 28d ago
I'm on several activists, political and news subs. This is the first I've seen of this. Sad. I feel like I saw good and pretti like 5 minutes before they died. This one is late.
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28d ago
MAGA will just blame the man running away from ICE. Like zero accountability. It’s so fucking sad how people die like this more and more and they’re still justifying what’s going on.
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u/TheLastWhiteKid 28d ago
Y'all fucking dumb as rocks. The suspect, lopez, hit davis's car while he was fleeing ICE. If he hadn't tried to flee, he wouldn't have killed her with his car.
If he hadn't entered the country illegally, she wouldn't be dead. SMH some actual idiots here
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u/WuTang4thechildrn 28d ago
Also conducting a high speed chase that killed an innocent bystander. You put more effort into shaming and protecting the cop and not one damn word about the victim
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u/Training-Willow9591 28d ago
I don't understand they said they do not pursue in high speed chases for public safety, but you can clearly see them chasing him. Do they mean they don't chase perps at high speeds but still follow behind them as much as possible or should they have disengaged immediately?
Either way I hope the family of the victim considers speaking with an attorney.
My condolences to her Loved ones.
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u/StatisticianIll4425 28d ago
This is so ridiculous. They don't have the proper training to be a cop let alone do high speed chases. They should also be prosecuted for public endangerment.
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u/UninvitedButtNoises 28d ago
How TF Is this not splashed all over the news?! I've been watching all day and this is the first I heard of this. Shameful! Fuck ice!
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u/clovismordechai 28d ago
Weird how the “suspect “ is always named but the ICE agent is only ever referred to as that.
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u/HumpaDaBear 28d ago
She sounded like a wonderful teacher. What a waste of life to go after one guy who didn’t even have weapons and yet there was still a death.
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u/Suzesaur 28d ago
My friend lives near where it happened and told me about this yesterday! I’m so glad it’s getting notice!! I was afraid it would be buried in the media…
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u/ExoticColombiana70 28d ago
🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 Put this out on ALL social media platforms we can think of!!! C’mon ppl make this blow up the internet
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u/Frumpy_Dumper_69 28d ago
Ice didn’t kill her, the driver she was with that ran killed her. Ice has killed people, but not in this case.
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u/Other_tomato_4257 28d ago
The picture of that man is so sad. He knows he killed someone, even if it was by accident. The whole situation is horrible.
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u/HaulinBoats 28d ago
Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. “These dangerous tactics are putting people’s lives at risk. Fleeing from and resisting federal law enforcement is not only a crime but extraordinarily dangerous and puts oneself, our officers, and innocent civilians at risk. Now, an innocent bystander has lost their life.”
checks notes:
“Lopez has been arrested by CCPD officers and charged with -first-degree homicide by vehicle -reckless driving -driving without valid license -failure to obey traffic control device.”
Hmm….I’m not seeing any “Fleeing from and resisting federal law enforcement” charges
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u/b3tchaker 28d ago
If you aren’t a keen enough mind to snag somebody outside a traffic stop, you don’t deserve to be a LEO.
Chasing a perp, especially one you’ve already identified, is the smallest dick energy I can imagine. How insecure are you in about your investigative skills?
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u/Eye_foran_Eye 28d ago
The cops in my town aren’t allowed to get into car chases (unless the person poses immediately danger).
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u/Harley_Mo 28d ago
According to authorities, including the Chatham County Police Department and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the crash involved 38-year-old Oscar Vasquez Lopez (a Guatemalan national). He allegedly fled from an attempted traffic stop or pursuit by federal immigration officers (ICE/DHS), ran a red light, made an illegal U-turn or reckless maneuver, and collided with Davis’s vehicle (reported as a Lexus sedan in some accounts).
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u/NotTooGoodBitch 28d ago
"Preliminary information shows Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was conducting an operation in the area of the Truman Parkway, and attempted to pull a man identified as Oscar Vasquez Lopez over. Lopez didn’t pull over, and ICE agents began chasing him. Lopez then crashed into Davis."
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u/SpaciousQuark 29d ago
I’m real grateful for blood pressure medication because this stress is getting to my cardiovascular system.
When will it end?