‘They’re playing with people’s lives’: the double amputee detained by ICE speaking out at public events

With wife Mildred, Rodney Taylor of Atlanta was moved to activism after his detention led to deteriorating healthRodney Taylor stood outside on a balmy late afternoon recently in Atlanta’s Candler Park neighborhood, relishing his first root beer float in a year and a half.Released on 1 May from Georgia’s Stewart Detention Center, the Liberia-born barber had been detained since 15 February of last year, after ICE agents with guns drawn dragged him from his car in front of his house, while his two...