Chaos unfolded in Brooklyn on Tuesday evening when ICE agents showed up and tussled with local residents who sought to prevent them from detaining a man.
Chaos unfolded in Brooklyn on Tuesday evening when ICE agents showed up and tussled with local residents who sought to prevent them from detaining a man.The incident began unfolding at around 6 p.m. on Feb.
24 near the corner of Bushwick Avenue and Suydam Street in Bushwick, and marks one of the most dramatic ICE raids on a New York streetagents and a federal enforcement and removal officer were spotted in the area detaining a man outside of an apartment building, leaving his wife and two children behind.“The person lived in the building, and unfortunately, they left behind a wife and two kids. One, I think, being two or three, and the other one being three months old,” said Neil Constantine, who came to document the interaction. “She was bawling.”When neighbors in the building got wind of what was taking place, sources said, they notified one another through a group chat and attempted to rally around the man whom ICE targeted for arrest. According to an eyewitness, about 15 people converged outside the building on the street, but it was already too late. The crowd then began blowing whistles when they noticed an unlicensed vehicle with tinted windows lurking about a block away in order to warn others of ICE’s presence. As they drew closer, it sounded its sirens and flashed its lights. “That’s when the people were trying to stand in the way, at the front of it, and also started to pull things from the street,” Constantine said. “And the car was still doing what has been a noticeable commonplace thing among ICE agents, which is slowly still pushing the car forward, even if people are pushing back against it, and there’s three or four people at the front of the car.”The crowd looked to prevent the vehicle from making a getaway by not only standing in its path as it continued to chug along, but also by pulling debris into its path, such as construction barriers. Video from the scene showed the car continuing to drive even as New Yorkers threw themselves onto it. Eventually, the vehicle’s driver found a gap in the human blockade, hit the accelerator and sped away. According to a spokesperson for NYC ICE Watch, a group documenting immigration enforcement sightings, activists caught up to ICE agent vehicles on Washington and Willoughby Avenues in Clinton Hill at around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday night,During the chaos, at least one ICE agent deployed pepper spray, injuring a civilian. At this point, the spokesperson added, NYPD officers arrived on scene and attempted to disperse the crowd, leading to at least one arrest. “This seems to us to be a violation of the sanctuary city policy, and something that the mayor has to answer for,” the spokesperson for NYC ICE Watch told amNewYork. “This goes to show that federal agents are still abducting people in New York City.”amNewYork reached out to Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s office for comment and is awaiting a response. Mamdani has been an outspoken opponent of ICE activities and a supporter of the city’s sanctuary city policies prohibiting city cooperation with federal immigration agencies. Police sources disputed claims of a collaboration with ICE agents in speaking with amNewYork on Wednesday. The sources said officers arrived at the Clinton Hill intersection after receiving a 911 call, and thereupon found 15-20 people blocking ICE vehicles in the roadway, including other traffic behind them. Cops say that ICE was not in active operation at the time. Police demanded that the individuals leave the road and made one arrest, resulting in aDean Moses Dean Moses is the Police Bureau Chief at amNewYork and resident photographer. He leads coverage of the NYPD, crime, criminal justice, and breaking news.Hundreds march, two arrested, in Lower Manhattan protesting Canal Street ICE raid ‘They are like the mafia’: Canal Street vendors scared and irate a day after ICE’s surprise Chinatown raidQueens bassist Trifon Dimitrov releases new album honoring the renowned players who came before him NYPD releases images of teens who pelted cops with snowballs in Washington Square Park as outrage grows over unruly mob2026 NFL Draft: Giants’ Joe Schoen open to trading back from No. 5, talks prep with John Harbaughand modern luxury in MidtownNYPD releases images of teens who pelted cops with snowballs in Washington Square Park as outrage grows over unruly mob Queens grade school assistant principal freed on bail on charges that he allegedly pimped out porn performerBronx Times
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