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wnylib

(25,540 posts)
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 05:41 PM Thursday

More on the blind refugee in Buffalo that Border Control agents killed.

Buffalo NPR and the Buffalo newspaper say that Nurul Amin Shah Alam was dropped off at a Tim Hortons that was closed. He did not have any shoes. He was wearing orange paper booties issued to him at the holding center. His body was found 5 miles from there.

Temps in this region at night have been in the teens, with wind chills near zero.

Buffalo mayor Ryan said about the agents who left him at a closed restaurant that it was not just bad policing. It was bad human beings. They should have taken him to one of the several shelters in Buffalo.

Buffalo police and the county DA's office are investigating.

That poor man must have wandered around trying to find shelter.

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More on the blind refugee in Buffalo that Border Control agents killed. (Original Post) wnylib Thursday OP
Bruises?...................... Lovie777 Thursday #1
No reports of bruises. They killed him by wnylib Thursday #3
Manslaughter Cirsium Thursday #2
I think 2nd degree murder is more appropriate. patphil Thursday #5
I'm sure there are videos of him being let off Maraya1969 Thursday #6
There are body cam videos that police and the DA are wnylib Thursday #10
I hope those agents are charged and c9nvicted. wnylib Thursday #7
Just so tragic underpants Thursday #4
A human body means nothing to these bluestarone Thursday #8
Murder malaise Thursday #9
Manslaughter charges MUST be brought against those sadistic barbarians. hlthe2b Thursday #11
And state charges! SheltieLover Thursday #13
Yes. I am assuming only state charges. DOJ is defunct the next three years except retribution, I guess hlthe2b Thursday #28
They are ridiculous! SheltieLover Thursday #33
They knew exactly What they were doing. justhanginon Thursday #12
Racism and cruelty is the point malaise Thursday #15
I agree. This looks like it was intentionally cruel. wnylib Thursday #17
What was his cause of death, the weather? doc03 Thursday #14
Yes. Exposure on a freezing cold night with no shoes and wnylib Thursday #16
That is what I assumed, I never saw the cause death posted. They should be charged with doc03 Thursday #20
The medical examiner said the cause of death was "health related in nature" and ruled out exposure or homicide sl8 Thursday #23
I didn't see that. The incident has front page headlines wnylib Thursday #29
I'm not quite sure what to make of it. sl8 Thursday #30
I'm wondering if the cause of death was a political rather than a medical ruling. wnylib Thursday #31
I wanna see ICE heads rolling over this Blue Owl Thursday #18
Negligent homicide Dawgman49 Thursday #19
About those warehouses they're buying up... GiqueCee Thursday #21
They murdered him. dalton99a Thursday #22
Criminally Negligent Homicide CanonRay Thursday #24
In Minneapolis, Zackzzzz Thursday #25
Hideously contemptible. wnylib Yesterday #35
They should get 15 - 20 for involuntary manslaughter. ChicagoTeamster Thursday #26
Malice aforethought would seem easy to prove BaronChocula Thursday #27
Looks like he was attempting to get back home. La Coliniere Thursday #32
I am familiar with Niagara Street but not wnylib Thursday #34

wnylib

(25,540 posts)
3. No reports of bruises. They killed him by
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 05:49 PM
Thursday

abandoning him at a closed restaurant at night during a cold Buffalo winter. He was blind and could not ask for help because he did not speak English.

wnylib

(25,540 posts)
10. There are body cam videos that police and the DA are
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 05:55 PM
Thursday

looking at in their investigation.

wnylib

(25,540 posts)
7. I hope those agents are charged and c9nvicted.
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 05:53 PM
Thursday

They can serve their sentence in a DHS detention center, aka American concentration camp.

hlthe2b

(113,480 posts)
11. Manslaughter charges MUST be brought against those sadistic barbarians.
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 05:57 PM
Thursday

And I want a public PERP walk!

hlthe2b

(113,480 posts)
28. Yes. I am assuming only state charges. DOJ is defunct the next three years except retribution, I guess
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 08:30 PM
Thursday

justhanginon

(3,380 posts)
12. They knew exactly What they were doing.
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 06:01 PM
Thursday

I would imagine there were more than one agents involved and it is incredible to me that not one would speak up and say we can't do this. What vile, disgusting semi human beings ICE employees are.

wnylib

(25,540 posts)
17. I agree. This looks like it was intentionally cruel.
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 06:30 PM
Thursday

As a deliberately life endangerment action I think that murder might apply more than manslaughter.

wnylib

(25,540 posts)
16. Yes. Exposure on a freezing cold night with no shoes and
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 06:24 PM
Thursday

insufficient clothing to keep warm. Not only have the temps been very cold this winter, for longer stretches than usual, but this is one of the windiest winters I have ever seen. The cold is bone chilling. Even after coming indoors, it takes a long time to warm up.

doc03

(38,994 posts)
20. That is what I assumed, I never saw the cause death posted. They should be charged with
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 06:40 PM
Thursday

murder.

sl8

(17,109 posts)
23. The medical examiner said the cause of death was "health related in nature" and ruled out exposure or homicide
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 07:21 PM
Thursday
https://www.counton2.com/news/national-news/ap-police-probing-death-of-a-nearly-blind-myanmar-refugee-dropped-off-at-a-doughnut-shop-in-buffalo/

The county medical examiner determined the cause of death was “health related in nature” and ruled out exposure or homicide, according to the Buffalo Police Department. Detectives were investigating the events leading up to his death, first reported by the Investigative Post.

wnylib

(25,540 posts)
29. I didn't see that. The incident has front page headlines
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 08:42 PM
Thursday

in the newspaper but I had not read the whole article when I posted about the cause

Seems like a strange coincidence that he would die of a health related cause and not exposure when he was outdoors without shoes in freezing weather. If he had a health condition, surely the cold did him no good.

sl8

(17,109 posts)
30. I'm not quite sure what to make of it.
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 08:53 PM
Thursday

Hopefully,, the family will get get a second opinion from their own pathologist.

wnylib

(25,540 posts)
31. I'm wondering if the cause of death was a political rather than a medical ruling.
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 09:03 PM
Thursday

Blue Owl

(58,816 posts)
18. I wanna see ICE heads rolling over this
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 06:32 PM
Thursday

And countless other acts of craven, unnecessary brutality they have inflicted on thousands of Americans — most of whom are later found innocent (and fuck their shrug offs)

GiqueCee

(3,792 posts)
21. About those warehouses they're buying up...
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 06:57 PM
Thursday

... it would be nice to fill 'em up with ICE agents, doncha think? One entrance, no exits.

Zackzzzz

(339 posts)
25. In Minneapolis,
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 07:38 PM
Thursday

Ice was dumping detained people, some injured,
without proper clothing in a woods in the middle of the night.

BaronChocula

(4,351 posts)
27. Malice aforethought would seem easy to prove
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 08:03 PM
Thursday

They intentionally left him in harm's way. It was no mistake.

La Coliniere

(1,863 posts)
32. Looks like he was attempting to get back home.
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 09:07 PM
Thursday

I’m very familiar with Buffalo. It appears he walked from the Tim Horton’s on Niagara St. where he was criminally and cruelly discharged, about 5 miles south and then dropped dead very close to where he actually lived. It’s curious and tragic that law enforcement didn’t see this shoeless man struggling along Niagara St and intervene in some way. He’d have to walk along major thoroughfares to get from point A to point B and there would’ve been frequent patrol cars passing by him along that route. That said, the bastards who dumped him at the closed donut shop need to be brought to account and charged, at a minimum with manslaughter.

wnylib

(25,540 posts)
34. I am familiar with Niagara Street but not
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 11:58 PM
Thursday

with the area where he was found.

I would think that Buffalo police would patrol around Niagara Street. A man stumbling around would be noticeable. Maybe they saw him and thought he was drunk. They would stop a drunk driver but not a drunk walker.

He survived attacks on his people in Myanmar only to die as a refugee in the US.

There are no words to describe my contempt for ICE.



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