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Charles Tillman, a former defensive star back for the Chicago Bears and Carolina Panthers, joined the FBI after the end of his 13 -year career in the NFL.
Tillman revealed in an interview with the former defensive rear of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Ryan Clark, that he had left the agency after several years because he refused to support President Donald Trump’s policies such as the repression of illegal immigration.
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Chicago Bears Charles Tillman’s quarterrier speaks at the 2011 Walter Payton Man of the Year Award at the Super Bowl XLVI MEDIA Center at JW Marriott on February 3, 2012. (Kirby Lee / Sport Image / USA TODAY SPORTS)
“Let me start by saying this-the FBI was great with me,” he said on “the pivot podcast”. “I did great. I worked with an incredible group of individuals. I think some of the things they do now, personally, I did not agree with … Immigration. I do not agree with the way the administration has arrived and I tried to make people do things against their – it did not go well. An example being immigration, right?
“Everyone was said:” You are going to go after the most dangerous criminals “, but what you see on television and what really was going on, people did not continue that. Personally, that did not put well with me, it was not content with my conscience. You have the capacity to refuse an order.”
Tillman, twice a professional player in the NFL, said he wanted to be “on the right side of history”.
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Charles Tillman said he did not agree with Trump’s policies. (Images Leon Neal / Getty)
“Do I think there are individuals in the organization, do they like to do some of the things they do? Absolutely not. I think they hate. I was in a different position because of my previous career,” he continued.
“I made enough money for where I could just go away and say” Do you know what the guys? I’m doing well. I think I’m fine. My first eight years, I was solid, we did good things. Some of the things you do now, I don’t necessarily agree. “And it’s not in Chicago, who comes from Washington.”
Two million illegal immigrants “were deleted or manage “ From the United States since January 20, putting the Trump administration on Pace To Boking Records, announced the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
In less than 250 days, around 1.6 million illegal immigrants voluntarily self-supported, while 400,000 were withdrawn by federal police, DHS said this week, describing the situation as a “new step”.
Tillman graduated from the FBI Academy in 2019 and joined the agency during the Trump’s first administration.
The corner half of Chicago Bears Charles Tillman (33) interception against the Bengals of Cincinnati during the first quarter on the Soldier Field on September 8, 2013. (Mike Dinovo / USA TODAY SPORTS)
He obtained a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from the University of Louisiana-Lafayette before being selected by the Bears in the draft of the 2003 NFL. His father, Donald Tillman Jr., was a sergeant of the American army, according to the Chicago Tribune.
