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riversedge

(80,111 posts)
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 05:35 PM Tuesday

WOW. Police in Bloomington, MN: one of the guys they arrested in an underage sex trafficking sting wa

whow beyond whow



Bloomington police announce arrests in sex trafficking bust: "Rashad Johnson out of Maple Grove. This is the most disturbing arrest that we've had here. He is a backgrounder for ICE, Homeland Security, and federal agencies."






WOW. Police in Bloomington, MN just announced that one of the guys they arrested in an underage sex trafficking sting was a *background checker for ICE agents.*

He had a high security clearance in the Trump administration... and he was caught trying to abuse children. Sickening.


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WOW. Police in Bloomington, MN: one of the guys they arrested in an underage sex trafficking sting wa (Original Post) riversedge Tuesday OP
No way..... human refuse is working with/for ICE? I don't believe you.... Moostache Tuesday #1
Yeah MustLoveBeagles Tuesday #18
Given the Trump administration, the surprise is he isn't in the cabinet EdmondDantes_ Tuesday #28
In this regime that's a prime qualification. Gaugamela Tuesday #2
Sounds like... 2naSalit Tuesday #3
Is there a bounty on taking underage immigrant children? OAITW r.2.0 Tuesday #24
The Biden administration found many children that Trump disappeared in his first term. Lonestarblue Wednesday #49
Organ trafficking suegeo Wednesday #54
Most people are not aware KT2000 Wednesday #59
Hundreds, or more that were just "disappeared" popsdenver Wednesday #55
also.... OAITW r.2.0 Tuesday #25
I think it's a... 2naSalit Tuesday #29
I have been on board since 2001. OAITW r.2.0 Tuesday #31
Well cheer up... 2naSalit Tuesday #32
I'm holding my breath until I get 20 more hearts.....starting now. OAITW r.2.0 Tuesday #35
LOL buzzycrumbhunger Tuesday #42
The bottom line BCH.... OAITW r.2.0 Tuesday #43
Virtual hearts count! buzzycrumbhunger Tuesday #44
"Backatcha" is the proper term, I learned this in 8th grade English. OAITW r.2.0 Tuesday #45
Ain't that the goddamn truth! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Wednesday #48
Irving you one for paying your dues. :) lostnfound Wednesday #50
Trump's admin must be paying him well - TBF Tuesday #4
Maybe that's a tactic we can use for the next invasion. Qutzupalotl Tuesday #5
Lock. Him. Up. SheltieLover Tuesday #6
Birds of a feather, the company you keep, yada yada. RockRaven Tuesday #7
#NotADragQueen irisblue Tuesday #8
Well, well, well. orangecrush Tuesday #9
The younger you can get them, the higher your pay and clearance. Scalded Nun Tuesday #10
Ice and pedophiles angrychair Tuesday #11
I remember when we had security in the United States. Emile Tuesday #12
Find them all. Lock them up. Toss the key into the deep, dark sea vanessa_ca Tuesday #13
You can't make this shit up. Pisces Tuesday #14
the USA is being run by a sex trafficking organization TalenaGor Tuesday #15
The sex crime ring is still operational. FalloutShelter Wednesday #53
Pedos working for a pedo. Shocking. FoxNewsSucks Tuesday #16
So what has been happening to all Figarosmom Tuesday #17
Is ANYONE surprised by ANY of this? Warpy Tuesday #19
Nope...that's what degenerate fascists do. OAITW r.2.0 Tuesday #26
Very competent Trump Gub'mnt! Exp Tuesday #20
Well of course he is! liberalla Tuesday #21
This was ForgedCrank Tuesday #22
Twin Cities ICE employee among 16 arrested in child sex trafficking sting cbabe Tuesday #30
No, that ForgedCrank Tuesday #33
Added link to current arrest. That's what I was referring to. cbabe Tuesday #34
I edited ForgedCrank Tuesday #36
Yes, dates are good for verifying. Cheers. cbabe Tuesday #39
I found ForgedCrank Tuesday #23
That makes me feel better. OAITW r.2.0 Tuesday #37
Only the best people. Ocelot II Tuesday #27
I definitely never anything about 45's family separations MagickMuffin Tuesday #38
That explains a lot mcar Tuesday #40
It's a criminal organization from top to bottom. GoodRaisin Tuesday #41
What a surprise! 'No one could ever have predicted this', unless they had Jack Valentino Tuesday #46
Disgusting, but not surprising. 'Be Best'. Joinfortmill Wednesday #47
Holy Cow. Great vetting ICE. Nanjeanne Wednesday #51
So he fits right in with Trump's Epstein crowd ... nt Jarqui Wednesday #52
Given who's running ICE, he was probably hired for that very reason dlk Wednesday #56
ICE is criminal scum. dalton99a Wednesday #57
Has anyone found information on when he was first contracted to feds? pat_k Wednesday #58
Only the best people: rapists, thugs, murderers. Martin68 Wednesday #60
ICE is the lowest of the low. Joinfortmill Wednesday #61
A result of electing the lowest-common denominator to office Torchlight Wednesday #62
A doozie Lulu KC Wednesday #63
I had Noooo idea how prevelant child predation was until the last 20 years. I knew their was some, but not widespread. Evolve Dammit Wednesday #64

OAITW r.2.0

(31,787 posts)
24. Is there a bounty on taking underage immigrant children?
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 08:44 PM
Tuesday

And "losing" them in the system? Would not shock me when you consider the current WH occupant.

Lonestarblue

(13,355 posts)
49. The Biden administration found many children that Trump disappeared in his first term.
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 07:55 AM
Wednesday

They were unable to locate several hundred others, who could have been sex trafficked, sold into bondage to work for free, or given up for secret adoptions to people who would not qualify for legal adoptions. I hope that many of that number are just quietly living with relatives, but the evil of Trump and Miller makes it quite believable that these children suffered heinous acts at their orders.

suegeo

(3,121 posts)
54. Organ trafficking
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 09:57 AM
Wednesday

They were doing that under Ronnie Raygun. Al Gore sponsored a law that you have to approve if you want to be an organ donor.

What are they doing with that brain-thing the Nazi Elon is "developing"

buzzycrumbhunger

(1,751 posts)
42. LOL
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:33 PM
Tuesday

I’ve been here since 2008, and I think I have two. Does that make you feel better?

Always surprised and touched by the ones I get. Just wish I could return the favour, but poverty sucks. *sigh*

OAITW r.2.0

(31,787 posts)
43. The bottom line BCH....
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:40 PM
Tuesday

is....you commented on my comment. If I bothered to get hearts*, I'd have given you one.




* As EarlG would surely attest, I'm paying my dues.

Figarosmom

(10,652 posts)
17. So what has been happening to all
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 07:11 PM
Tuesday

The kids ICE has nabbed? Maybe he was branching out to use the kidnapped women too. Who knows? Maybe they were using the ICE facilities as their houses of I'll repute.

Warpy

(114,517 posts)
19. Is ANYONE surprised by ANY of this?
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 07:31 PM
Tuesday

I know I'm not, right wing power brokers at any level all seem to have major sexual loose screws, and no, I'm no, I'm not talking about orientation. Sadism of various types and an utter disregard for the concept of adult consent seem to be big components of the loose screws I'm talking about.

That guy, if convicted, should never be allowed around other people unsupervised.

ForgedCrank

(3,048 posts)
22. This was
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 08:02 PM
Tuesday

cut off at the end. Is there a link to the actual charges somewhere? All I got from this video is that he was arrested for what I gather would be soliciting, that is, trying to hire a prostitute.
Bad enough, but I heard nothing about children.
Also, when googling, I see the arrest of someone with the same name in New Orleans 2 months ago with child sex related charges.
Does someone have a like to the actual arrest and charges? Because I smell a rat with this twitter post

cbabe

(6,441 posts)
30. Twin Cities ICE employee among 16 arrested in child sex trafficking sting
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 08:50 PM
Tuesday
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/11/18/twin-cities-ice-employee-among-16-arrested-in-child-sex-trafficking-sting

Twin Cities ICE employee among 16 arrested in child sex trafficking sting

Matt Sepic
Minneapolis
November 18, 2025 6:30 PM

A Twin Cities-based employee of Immigration and Customs Enforcement is among 16 men arrested on suspicion of soliciting a minor following a sting operation by police in suburban Minneapolis.

Alexander Steven Back, 41, is among four people charged so far with trying to pay a 17-year-old girl for sex. Back could also face federal charges, Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said at a news conference on Tuesday.

Authorities said that they’ve submitted evidence against the other 12 men to the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office for possible charges.

According to the criminal complaint filed Friday in Hennepin County, Back, of Robbinsdale, responded to a fake online advertisement “offering prostitution services.”

…not this one … more … also meth possession…

This one:

https://www.rawstory.com/ice-minneapolis-2675257484/

'Disturbing': ICE's own background check investigator busted in sex sting
Erik De La Garza
February 10, 2026 8:08PM ET

A federal contractor who conducted background checks for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other government agencies was arrested last week during a prostitution sting in a suburb about 10 miles south of downtown Minneapolis.

… more …

(ICE has a problem)

(Plus who’s doing their background checks?)

ForgedCrank

(3,048 posts)
33. No, that
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:01 PM
Tuesday

is yet another one, even older from 2025. At least I think so.
This is the one I'm referring to: https://www.wdsu.com/article/new-orleans-man-accused-of-kidnapping-human-trafficking/69948240

Edit:
Ok I think I see the score now. This is from last year. It is just now spreading around on twitter etc, making it seem like it happened today. Adding to the confusion is a guy with the same name arrested in NO a couple months back on charges related to a minor. This twitter video is incomplete. So it appears this is real, it just happened 4 months ago There is so much lying bullshit being spread around, I'm on high alert. My mistake

ForgedCrank

(3,048 posts)
36. I edited
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:09 PM
Tuesday

my post to reflect. I see where I went wrong now. The twitter video is old, but it just now is being spread around leading me to get it mixed up with the other case with the same name. They really should date this crap if they post it on twitter without links like that

ForgedCrank

(3,048 posts)
23. I found
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 08:44 PM
Tuesday

the links. This twitter post is misleading and false information. There are no child sex charges, not even remotely related.
Yes, he was arrested. He caught misdemeanor charge of soliciting along with ~30 other people in some sort of bust targeting prostitution. That is, trying to pay a prostitute for sex. There are no children involved.
We really need to look into these things before we spread them around. I'm no fan of these guys to say the least, but accusing someone of child sex crimes with no charges or evidence is low brow, and we are better than that. The Minnesota House DLP needs to take down that post ASAP.
There is another man who was arrested 2 months ago in a completely different state with the same name who was charged with child sex crimes, but all of the articles are clearly labelled and dated. I picked up the discrepancy immediately, so I question whether this was an honest mistake as well. We need to do better

OAITW r.2.0

(31,787 posts)
37. That makes me feel better.
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:10 PM
Tuesday

At least he isn't a peado. But he is a john. I'd really like some data on all ICE "soldiers"/employees: and see what their collective records look like.

MagickMuffin

(18,251 posts)
38. I definitely never anything about 45's family separations
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:11 PM
Tuesday


I don’t even know if they kept tract of such things as identification.

They’re just sex slaves. I do remember some pics from during 45’s first run of things.


dlk

(13,203 posts)
56. Given who's running ICE, he was probably hired for that very reason
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 12:32 PM
Wednesday

The most sick and twisted administration in our history.

pat_k

(12,865 posts)
58. Has anyone found information on when he was first contracted to feds?
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 01:56 PM
Wednesday

Last edited Wed Feb 11, 2026, 02:42 PM - Edit history (1)

I can't find this and would be very interested to know.

Torchlight

(6,552 posts)
62. A result of electing the lowest-common denominator to office
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 03:49 PM
Wednesday

and allowing his immigration policy to reward rafts of sealions landing on the beaches.

Evolve Dammit

(21,639 posts)
64. I had Noooo idea how prevelant child predation was until the last 20 years. I knew their was some, but not widespread.
Wed Feb 11, 2026, 05:16 PM
Wednesday

I recall some in the 60's and 70's for sure, but largely isolated incidents. Of course, the database technology and instant media communication was not there either. And the isolated incidents may have been the tip of the iceburg?

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