David Streever
ON THE RECORD · 9 verbatim quotes · every quote source-verified
“The way you are protecting the obvious execution in Minnesota, even as we see the videos, will lead to your downfall. Even Trump will turn on you before the end, and you will be a sad, despised man who eats himself alive with shame at your own pathetic weakness,”
David Streever · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-07
Streever said this in his January email to ICE's acting director Todd Lyons, according to the lawsuit complaint.
“go down in history as America's Reinhard Heydrich, the butcher,”
David Streever · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-07
Streever sent an email to ICE's acting director Todd Lyons after an ICE agent shot and killed U.S. citizen Renee Nicole Good during a raid in Minneapolis.
“will never know peace”
David Streever · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-07
Streever sent an email to ICE's acting director Todd Lyons after an ICE agent shot and killed U.S. citizen Renee Nicole Good during a raid in Minneapolis.
“I cherish our right to speak openly about issues of public concern,”
David Streever · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-07
Streever said he was shocked that federal officers came to his home to question him over his email.
“a monstrous human being”
David Streever · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-07
Streever sent an email to ICE's acting director Todd Lyons after an ICE agent shot and killed U.S. citizen Renee Nicole Good during a raid in Minneapolis.
“Like many Americans, I was deeply upset after the shootings in Minnesota and I felt compelled to do something,”
David Streever · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-07
Streever said in an earlier statement that he was deeply upset after the shootings in Minnesota and felt compelled to do something.
“Writing an email to the head of ICE seemed like the least I could do to express my sense of outrage. I never dreamed it would lead to a knock on my door by federal officers or descending on my hotel in the dark of night.”
David Streever · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-07
Streever said in an earlier statement that writing an email to the head of ICE seemed like the least he could do to express his outrage.
“You will seek to lose yourself, to escape the burden of knowing the truth about yourself. But wherever you go, you will find yourself. You will torment yourself until your last day on Earth,”
David Streever · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-07
The email from Streever to ICE's acting director Todd Lyons added this passage, according to the complaint.
“I hope others will not be discouraged from peacefully expressing their views, even when those views are critical of the government.”
David Streever · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-07
Streever said he hopes others will not be discouraged from peacefully expressing critical views of the government.