ICE Goons Must Go

BREAKING: In an OUTRAGEOUS scene that has quickly gone viral, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent dropped his pistol and then POINTED IT AT BYSTANDERS during a chaotic arrest Wednesday morning in Hyattsville, Maryland. The incident, captured on video by local photographer Raphi Talisman, unfolded just seven miles northeast of the White House—right in the heart of morning rush hour.

Talisman, who witnessed and recorded the ordeal, says he was driving home after dropping his child off at school when traffic suddenly halted. Moments later, he stepped out of his car to find ICE officers pinning a man to the asphalt in the middle of a busy intersection. The man, who appeared to be resisting arrest, cried out for help in both English and Spanish as two agents—one masked and wearing a vest labeled “POLICE ICE”—struggled to handcuff him.  

During the struggle, as one of the agents maneuvered to restrain the man, his pistol fell from his holster and hit the ground. The detainee then reached for the weapon and smacked it a few feet away. The agent immediately lunged to retrieve the unsecured firearm. 

As the agent recovered the weapon and moved back into a crouched position, video evidence shows him briefly pointing the pistol in the direction of the gathered onlookers. This action drew immediate and angry reactions from witnesses, with one person reportedly yelling, “What, you going to shoot me? Go ahead, shoot me.” Additionally, some online critics of the footage noted that the pistol's magazine appeared to have fallen out during the scuffle, indicating improper handling of the firearm.

The tension escalated after the suspect was finally handcuffed and placed into an unmarked Dodge minivan. At one point, the agent who dropped the pistol engaged directly with the crowd of witnesses, asking, "Do you want to take him home? Are you going to take care of him?" When an onlooker asked why the man was being arrested, the agent shouted back, "Because he is a criminal. How about that?"

Later in the clip, the second ICE agent, wearing the balaclava, walked toward the group of onlookers and appeared to issue a further challenge, asking, "Want to be next?"

ICE has not released any official details regarding the operation or the identity of the detainee.  However, according to the photographer who recorded the clip, the arrest was "brutal”. The video has sparked widespread debate over federal law enforcement procedures and the treatment of detainees and the public during enforcement actions by Trump's out-of-control immigration agents.