In the state of New York, one particular ICE officer had an altercation with a woman whose husband had just been obtained by authorities.
“Seconds earlier, her husband had been abducted by masked ICE agents who did not identify themselves, did not present a warrant, did not give any lawful grounds for his detention,” Lander posted. In a video taken and posted online, the officer is seen pushing said woman to the ground and up against the wall.
Right before the initial push, the officer is seen repeatedly saying “goodbye” in Spanish. She replied, “Don’t f****** touch me. Why are you pushing me? Why are you shoving me? I am not following you!”
A fellow officer can be heard saying,” Just grab her, pull her away,’ as she is pulled by her hair. Once she was detained to the ground and moved to a nearby elevator bay, she was then transferred to a hospital.
Soon after, she was taken to the Federal Protective Custody and was given a series of two citations: trespassing in a secure area and failing to follow lawful commands from an officer.
The incident occurred at the Jacob K. Javits building at 26 Federal Plaza in New York City.
“The officer’s conduct in this video is unacceptable and beneath the men and women of ICE. Our ICE law enforcement are held to the highest professional standards and this officer is being relieved of current duties as we conduct a full investigation,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told ABC News.
This is not the first interaction with ICE officers that has resulted in violence. A recent video shows multiple ICE officers pinning a man to the ground in Prince George’s County, Maryland, on Sept. 24. During the scuffle, an agent’s firearm appears to fall from its holster. Once it was received, the officer instead pointed it towards bystanders and threatened them to stop recording and move away.
When asked by a bystander why the firearm was pointed at the crowd, the officer defended his actions by saying he had to “protect his people” from unknown individuals.
At the end of the video, another officer seemed to walk closer to the bystanders and asked if they wanted to be next.
