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wnylib

(25,535 posts)
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 05:41 PM Yesterday

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

wnylib

(25,535 posts)
3. No reports of bruises. They killed him by
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 05:49 PM
Yesterday

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

(25,535 posts)
10. There are body cam videos that police and the DA are
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 05:55 PM
Yesterday

looking at in their investigation.

wnylib

(25,535 posts)
7. I hope those agents are charged and c9nvicted.
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 05:53 PM
Yesterday

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
Yesterday

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
Yesterday

justhanginon

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

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

(25,535 posts)
17. I agree. This looks like it was intentionally cruel.
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 06:30 PM
Yesterday

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

wnylib

(25,535 posts)
16. Yes. Exposure on a freezing cold night with no shoes and
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 06:24 PM
Yesterday

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
Yesterday

murder.

sl8

(17,108 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
Yesterday
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

(25,535 posts)
29. I didn't see that. The incident has front page headlines
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 08:42 PM
23 hrs ago

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

(17,108 posts)
30. I'm not quite sure what to make of it.
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 08:53 PM
23 hrs ago

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

wnylib

(25,535 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
23 hrs ago

Blue Owl

(58,815 posts)
18. I wanna see ICE heads rolling over this
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 06:32 PM
Yesterday

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

(3,791 posts)
21. About those warehouses they're buying up...
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 06:57 PM
Yesterday

... 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
Yesterday

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

BaronChocula

(4,349 posts)
27. Malice aforethought would seem easy to prove
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 08:03 PM
Yesterday

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
23 hrs ago

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

(25,535 posts)
34. I am familiar with Niagara Street but not
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 11:58 PM
20 hrs ago

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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