Lucerna Diogenis

Like Diogenes wandering Athens with his lamp, searching for one honest man among the corrupt, this document shines a light on a pattern of conduct that demands examination. What follows is not opinion, but a compilation of official government reports, court records, DOJ press releases, and extensively vetted investigative journalism.

The evidence reveals: at least 30 shootings by immigration agents since January 2025, resulting in 8 deaths. It reveals ICE and CBP agents convicted of sexual assault, coercion, and child exploitation. It reveals blanket pardons for over 1,500 January 6th rioters—including child sex offenders and cop-beaters—while the administration claims to stand for "law and order." And it reveals a catastrophic release of Epstein documents that exposed victims' identities and nude photos, including images flagged as possible child sexual abuse material.

The rot runs deep. This report documents how deep.

I. Systemic Violence in Immigration Enforcement

Since January 20, 2025, there have been at least 30 shootings by immigration agents, resulting in 8 deaths [11]. The Wall Street Journal identified at least 13 instances of officers "firing at or into civilian vehicles" since July 2025 alone [11]. At least 5 of those shot were U.S. citizens.

A. The Dead

B. The Survivors

"This is clearly developing into a pattern and practice of how they deal with people in the enforcement of immigration laws."

C. Wrongful Detention and Abuse of U.S. Citizens

A December 2025 Senate investigation found over 170 instances of ICE and CBP wrongfully detaining U.S. citizens in the first nine months of 2025 alone [3]. The government does not officially track this.

Documented abuses include:

• Fabricated assault claims against citizens to justify arrests [2]
• Holding citizens for up to four days without lawyers or family [2]
• Dragging people from cars, zip-tying a 14-year-old girl [2]
• Denying medical care to a 79-year-old man with broken ribs and recent heart surgery [3]

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem publicly claimed "No American citizens have been arrested or detained." The Senate investigation proved this demonstrably false [2].

II. The Agents Themselves: A Pattern of Predation

The violence is not limited to enforcement operations. ICE and CBP agents have been arrested, indicted, and convicted for sexual assault, coercion, child exploitation, and abuse of the vulnerable people in their custody. These are not isolated incidents—they are a pattern.

These are the people entrusted with enforcing the law. These are the people shooting civilians, detaining citizens, and separating families. The institution is rotten from within.

III. The Hypocrisy of "Law and Order"

On his first day in office, President Trump issued a blanket pardon for every person charged or convicted in connection with the January 6th attack—nearly 1,600 people—during which over 140 police officers were injured [6] [7].

According to analysis by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), at least 33 pardoned insurrectionists have been rearrested, charged, or sentenced for other crimes since January 6, 2021 [15]:

• 6 pardoned rioters charged with child sex crimes (sexual assault, CSAM)
• 2 pardoned rioters charged with rape
• 5 pardoned rioters charged with illegal weapons possession (at least 2 had prior domestic violence convictions)
• 5 pardoned rioters charged with DUI (2 cases resulted in fatalities)
• 4 pardoned rioters have reoffended AFTER receiving their pardons

Pardoned Rioters with Violent Criminal Histories

"I'm just afraid that I'm going to come home from work one night and he's going to be right there."

Trump himself admitted it would be "very, very cumbersome" to review all 1,500 cases [7]. So he didn't. Child rapists and cop-beaters walk free while the administration claims to stand for "law and order."

IV. The Epstein Files: Protecting Perpetrators Over Victims

After initially resisting the congressionally mandated release, the Department of Justice published 3.5 million pages of Epstein documents in a manner that exposed victims to further harm [8] [9].

• Unredacted Victim Information: Names, faces, bank account numbers, and Social Security numbers of victims were published [10]
• Release of Nude Photos: The DOJ published unredacted nude photos of women and girls
• Possible CSAM: Images that investigators had flagged as "POSSIBLE CSAM" (Child Sexual Abuse Material) were released [9]

"The single most egregious violation of victim privacy in one day in United States history."

One victim reported receiving death threats after her private financial information was published [10]. The DOJ blamed "technical or human error."

The documents revealed over 1,000 mentions of Trump, including unverified assault allegations compiled by the FBI, and confirmation that Trump flew on Epstein's private plane—contradicting his previous denials [8].

Was this gross incompetence? Or a deliberate choice to prioritize the protection of powerful individuals over the safety and dignity of victims? Either answer is damning.

Conclusion

Diogenes never found his honest man. This report does not expect to either.

What it does find is a pattern: 30+ shootings by immigration agents. 8 dead, including U.S. citizens. Agents convicted of sexual assault, coercion, and child exploitation. Blanket pardons for child sex offenders and cop-beaters. And a catastrophic release of documents that exposed trafficking victims to further harm.

This is not partisan. This is documented. Every claim in this report is sourced to official government records, DOJ press releases, court filings, or extensively vetted investigative journalism.

The lamp is lit. The question is whether anyone is willing to look.