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ICE Sparks Chaotic Fight After Trying to Arrest Mom Holding Her Baby (newrepublic.com)

submitted 4 days ago by IndustryStandard@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers faced a crowd of opposition while attempting to arrest a mother clinging to her baby on the streets of Worcester, Massachusetts, Thursday morning.

The brazen arrest, in which ICE agents were swarmed by close to 25 onlookers demanding a warrant and identification, was captured on video. Agents attempted to control the crowd as they formed a “human ring” around the ICE vehicle holding the detained woman. Local police were called to the scene amid the chaos

The woman’s daughter, a 16-year-old, was left holding her baby sister and stood in front of the agents’ car at one point, trying to block it. She allegedly kicked the car after handing the baby to someone else, and now faces four criminal charges, including reckless endangerment of a child, disturbing the peace, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest.

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[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 36 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They got off lucky. I’m not looking forward to it, but I’m expecting to see a mob defending a member of their community get violent soon.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 17 points 4 days ago

Trigger happy cops with the entitlement that their actions were justified due to them feeling in danger, even in a situation they created. It's a matter of time.