ICE Agent Who Shoved Woman to Ground Reportedly Reinstated to Duty
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NEED TO KNOW
- The ICE agent who shoved a woman to the ground in a New York courthouse has been reinstated, according to a CBS report
- The agent had previously been “relieved” of duty
- Video of the incident appeared to show the agent shove the woman against a wall and then onto the ground
An ICE agent who was relieved of duties after a video showed him shoving a woman to the ground has reportedly been reinstated.
The apparent shoving incident occurred at a New York City courthouse. Videos of the altercation circulated online, appearing to show the plain-clothes agent shove a woman against a wall and then onto the ground.
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In another video of the incident cited by CNN, the woman had been seen interlocking her arms with a man believed to be her husband who had been detained.
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander said the woman was taken to the hospital after the incident.
After the video began circulating, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed to PEOPLE that the agent had been “relieved” of his duties.
“The officer’s conduct in this video is unacceptable and beneath the men and women of ICE,” DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement.
But now, CBS reports, citing U.S. officials, that the agent in the video is now back on duty after a preliminary review.
In a post on X, Lander also said that the ICE agent had been reinstated.
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“Last week, in the briefest moment of decency, violently throwing a woman to the floor was ‘beneath the men and women of ICE,'” Lander wrote. “This week, it’s back to business as usual. The cruelty, after all, is the point.”
The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to an inquiry about whether the agent was back on duty.
On Wednesday, Sept. 30, an ICE officer allegedly shoved a photojournalist to the ground at the same courthouse, requiring the photographer to be carried out on a stretcher, according to reporters at the New York Times, WNYC and amNewYork.
Photojournalists at amNewYork and the Associated Press were also shoved, amNewYork reported. The photographers were allegedly rushing to snap pictures of agents detaining migrants, per WNYC.
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