BREAKING: DHS refutes claim by TMZ that ICE officers “dragged a man out of a hospital”

by The Right Scoop

Yesterday TMZ put out the video below claiming that ICE officers had ‘dragged a man out of a hospital’ this weekend, causing a mob of ‘livid protesters’ to form.

Here’s what they wrote:

ICE agents dragged a man out of a hospital in New York City Saturday night … all while chaos broke out in the streets outside due to a mob of livid protesters.

 
But, as usual, this claim is far from the reality of the situation. I don’t know if TMZ contacted DHS before putting this video out there, but they should have, because here is what really happened.

Via DHS:

Last night, @ICEgov conducted a targeted enforcement operation in Brooklyn that resulted in the arrest of Chidozie Wilson Okeke, a criminal illegal alien from Nigeria with previous arrests for ASSAULT AND CRIMINAL DRUG POSSESSION.

During his arrest, Okeke refused to comply with officers’ lawful commands to exit the vehicle and weaponized his vehicle to attempt to hit ICE officers. Okeke became physically combative attempting to punch and elbow ICE officers. Our officers followed their training and used the minimum amount of force necessary to make the arrest.

After his arrest, Okeke requested medical assistance, so ICE officers escorted him to Wyckoff Heights Medical Center for a medical evaluation. Okeke remained non-compliant during the medical evaluation throwing himself to the floor and screaming. The medical staff cleared him.

During the medical evaluation, a significant crowd of anti-ICE agitators gathered at the hospital and became violent. The protestors damaged several ICE vehicles and assaulted ICE officers, resulting in minor injuries to the officers. Assaulting law enforcement is a felony and crime

Officers from the New York Police Department responded to the scene and arrested several rioters.

Because of evil Democrat politicians, many in these leftist jurisdictions react violently when they see ICE performing a perfectly sound arrest. There is no trust for ICE because Democrats claim that these legitimate law enforcement operations are illegal and compare ICE agents to Nazi thugs. And even though DHS puts out the truth about what really happened, it won’t matter, and agents will continue to be targeted by rioters until the police start working with agents to protect them.


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