A journalist was hospitalized after being pushed by agents of the immigration and customs service (ICE) during the coverage of an immigrant arrest in a federal building in New York.
A journalist was hospitalized Tuesday after a push of agents from the which made him fall to the ground while covering an immigrant arrest in a federal building in New York. An incident similar to what happened last week.
Both the city inspector, like the state governor, condemned in the social network X the performance of the agents of ICE in the 26 building 26 of Federal Plaza, where is located an immigration court, agency offices and a denounced detention space.
“Another violent attack from an ICE officer to a civilian at 26 Federal Plaza, this time to a journalist who had to be removed on a stretcher. Another attack on the first amendment, our neighbors and our democracy,” said Lander, who has been detained several times in protests in this building.
“Ice Masked agents pushed and wounded journalists today at Federal Plaza, a reporter was taken from stretcher. This abuse of immigrants complying with the law and reporters, who tell their stories, has to end. What the hell are we doing here?” Asked Hochul.
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According to a video of the incident published on Instagram by the journalist Stephanie Keithtwo women enter an elevator of the ICE, disguised, disguised building, and follows a confusion when they Agents grab and expel a man carrying a chamber.
In this confusion, another officer is seen pushing a photographer, who falls backwards and apparently drags another photographer. This one looks have suffered some injury that prevents you from movingfrom what rescuers take him on a stretcher and with a strap in his neck.
According to Keith’s message in the video, “Federal agents, as they stopped people in the elevator, sent two photographers to the ground, hurting L. Vural Elinor, Andaloua cameraman, which was removed on a stretcher.”
Other New York Democratic Policy and Politicians criticized the event, including the mayor Zohran mamdaniwhich recalled that, recently, “Ice pushed a woman who asked her husband’s arrest” e “Today they attacked journalists.” Mandani considered these act a “Routine Violence”.
The incident occurs after, last week, a video that shows ICE agents to overthrow an immigrantwhich begs not to arrest their husband, a conduct to which Mamdani made reference and which the classified as “unacceptable” generated indignation.
O agent involved in this incident was dismissedaccording to the assistant secretary of DHS, Tricia McLaughlin. However, on Monday, it was reported that the same agent was reinstated in Sue Post after a “revision” of the facts.
