The Marshall Project likewise described ‘neighborhoods’ with upbeat names like ‘Yellow Frog’ and ‘Red Parrot,’ framing them as euphemisms meant to soften the reality of confinement.​

So it is entirely possible that ‘Blue Butterfly’ is simply an old label, now being reinterpreted in the most ominous way imaginable. It is also possible that a named area is being used for a specific operational purpose that has not been explained publicly, and that is exactly why vague terminology makes people nervous.

Until there is on-the-record confirmation of what these online claims describe, the only honest position is to keep asking for verifiable facts while refusing to treat a viral phrase as proof.

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      No doubt about it. Protesters have already caught ICE goons !@#$ing women in port-a-potties and murdered people with impunity, so there’s no limit to what these motherfuckers will do.

      You tell someone they have absolute immunity and they’ll do whatever they want, no matter how monstrous.

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    Transparency instead of stonewalling would foster better public trust: why has this been patently denied? Why have US senators been blocked? There is no trust, nor proof there should be any trust with these criminals who execute citizens in the streets without remorse. They have made their bed