An ICE agent pointed a presumably loaded gun at a Queens, New York, resident who was filming him, prompting fears about the agency’s increased presence in New York City.
The confrontation, reported on by AMNY, occurred on September 2, just one day after DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin threatened to flood New York City with more ICE agents.
ICE Agent Points a Gun at a Protestor
The confrontation occurred on 24th Avenue between 97th and 98th streets in East Elmhurst. A Queens resident was filming the ICE agent with their phone from a public street, an action which is protected by the First Amendment.
The cameraman pressed his cell phone against the agent’s vehicle as he protested ICE, yelling, “Get the [expletive] out of the neighborhood…