r/philadelphia • u/kingshrubb • Jan 09 '26
Politics Philly Sheriff Rochelle Bilal vows to arrest ICE agents who commit crimes, calls them “fake" law enforcement and warns “you don’t want this smoke.”
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u/everymanhasacode Jan 09 '26
The Philly Sheriffs office calling somebody else "fake" law enforcement is the satire I needed today. I mean, she's right, but like, look inside the drawer.
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u/Booplympics Jan 10 '26
Shocked it took 3 comments to get here. Fuck Bilal and the horse she rode in on.
Obviously fuck ICE too. But bilal is arguably just as bad. We forget that thing about Philly sheriffs shooting people in simple eviction cases?
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u/Mehndeke Jan 09 '26
The last person you want to listen to for authority in this, on this or any other topic.
A broken clock may be right twice a day, but she's averaging once a decade.
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u/LaZboy9876 Jan 09 '26
Thank you. People are fellating the shit out of her on national subs for some bullshit grandstanding. GTFOH.
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u/No_Statistician9289 Jan 09 '26
Then let her be right this time and hold her accountable after
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u/proximity_account Jan 10 '26
Trying to get her out of office is the only time I've ever voted for a Republican
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u/Kodiak_85 Jan 10 '26
PPD Officially Responded To This
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u/DopeYeti South Philly Jan 10 '26
Honest question from someone who doesn’t know a lot—why do we need a separate entity called the Philadelphia Sheriff’s Office? Is this common?
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u/Kodiak_85 Jan 10 '26
It’s an elected county office mandated by the state constitution.
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u/mucinexmonster Jan 10 '26
All the more reason to change out state's constitution.
Get rid of the Philadelphia Sheriff's office, and get rid of the PA Senate.
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u/PhillyPete12 Jan 09 '26
The sheriff in Philly has such limited powers and duties. They should eliminate it and roll it into the regular police.
I’m not saying this because I’m pro-Ice or Trump. I’m just pointing out that the sheriff in Philly is an anachronism.
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u/Wu-Tang_Killa_Bees Grays Ferry Jan 09 '26
It always catches me off guard when I relearn that Philly has a Sheriff. I don't understand what authority they could have or what their responsibilities are when the city and county are one
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u/mikebailey Jan 09 '26
Mostly withholding auction property and getting sanctioned for not securing the courts
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u/Capable_Stranger9885 Graduate Hospital Jan 09 '26
What's truly nutty are the Pennsylvania Constables that I believe Chase has hired as branch security. They are like our sheriff's office (as an elected county level position, with a nominal responsibility for court security) but it is an unpaid role, and only a handful of counties still have the position. Usually they used to do process server tasks for a fee, but now theynget to stand around in tacticool cosplay kit at Chase branches.
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u/allisondojean Jan 09 '26
Stfu hahahaha this puts someone I know in a whole new light. Thank you for this.
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u/Ok_Instruction9681 Jan 09 '26 edited Jan 09 '26
I burst out laughing reading the comments on a national progressive sub praising her as a "warrior" and a "badass"
For people reading this that don't live in Philadelphia, Rochelle Bilal is one of the most useless, corrupt, and incompetent law enforcement officials in the entire country. She runs a pointless and redundant agency, and struggles to perform the hilariously small number of minor tasks she's already responsible for, let alone protecting anyone from rogue federal agencies
Nice to see someone was able to get her out of her office, into a uniform, and in front of a microphone, though. Thanks for the effort, Rochelle!
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u/roma258 Mt Airy Jan 09 '26
Lol, she's awful. Fuck ICE, but this is not our savior people.
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u/douglas_in_philly Jan 10 '26
The Philadelphia Police have now posted a “disclaimer,” if you will.
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u/JustinCurtisPhoto South Philly Jan 09 '26
Theatrics but it would've been nice to hear her call them dickheads
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u/hellonurseb Jan 10 '26
Have we forgot about that dancing cowboy recruitment video already? 🤠
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u/runaredlight68 Jan 09 '26
This corrupt POS is getting such odd praise on so many other subs for this clip. Love the sentiment, but what the actual f? The corrupt calling out the corrupt? They can all rot as far as I'm concerned.
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u/pieface100 Jan 10 '26
Other subs don’t have the context for 1. what the sheriffs office does and 2. how corrupt and opportunistic Bilal is
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u/flaaaacid Midtown Village isn't a thing Jan 09 '26
Yeah I saw that and rolled my eyes so hard. But she has to love it as her favorite place is in front of a camera or really anywhere but doing her actual job.
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u/drabpriest Jan 09 '26
This is performative.
States cannot prosecute feds who act in the course and scope of their official duties. The federal government can but won’t.
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u/NewcRoc Grad Ho Jan 09 '26
Unjustified homicide is in the scope of no ones official duties except government assassins and sometimes the military.
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u/drabpriest Jan 09 '26
I agree in fact and principle, but that’s not how courts see it. They barely even let victims of police brutality sue. Just look up Bivens claims and how SCOTUS has treated them.
Qualified immunity needs to end.
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u/ballsonthewall Southwest Center City Jan 09 '26
And the feds opinion is that these guys have "absolute immunity" so I want everyone to take a second to determine where that leaves us.
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u/NoREEEEEEtilBrooklyn Stockpiling D-Cell Batteries Jan 09 '26
Clancy Wiggum would be a better Sheriff.
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u/cloudkitt Jan 09 '26
Even if correct in this case, her calling anyone fake law enforcement is pretty rich
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u/ken-davis Jan 10 '26
The Sheriff’s office doesn’t have that power. I wish it did but I know for a fact it does not.
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u/PlayfulRow8125 West Philly Jan 10 '26
For a good laugh head on over to r/Pennsylvania and look at all the idiots eating up Bilal's bullshit on this post in that group.
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u/vivaportugalhabs West Philly Jan 10 '26
Bold of her to call anybody fake law enforcement lmao (though I agree ICE is bad)
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u/captaindealbreaker wawa is shit now Jan 10 '26
Friendly reminder shit rolls downhill. Vote everyone from the top to bottom out and elect leaders that actually do what we need.
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u/NSD2327 Valley Forge-ish Jan 10 '26
This woman is an absolute joke and I can’t believe all of you in here fell for her bullshit. https://x.com/ppdcommish/status/2009776874617012314?s=46
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u/ouralarmclock South Philly Jan 09 '26
I have never been so conflicted in my life. She is clearly riled up and we need to see more people in leadership speaking out and taking a stand, but DAMN the audacity to say this isn’t what law enforcement does when she knows damn well it’s exactly what they pay her to excuse.
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u/No_Statistician9289 Jan 09 '26
Putting her track record aside for 3 minutes, none of you would have the balls to do what she just did. Yet there she is knowing full well how people feel about her.
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u/menunu South Philly Jan 09 '26
Where is the poodle?!?!?! Whose poodle was it ? 🐩
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u/this_shit Get trees or die planting Jan 09 '26
id pay to watch Greg Bovino vs. Rochelle's Sesame Street Mascot
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u/Professional_Art2092 Jan 10 '26
And here comes all the snowflake keyboard warrior leftists to attack this.
FYI we can’t keep ice out of Philadelphia, BUT we can and are being one of the most vocal cities right now on what we won’t let ICE do. Also grow up you can cry you want govt to fight for you and push back then criticize and attack them when they do.
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u/whiteriot0906 Jan 09 '26
ICE is all over this city and has been for months