00:00Distressing images and accusations like the one seen here that immigration agents are behaving too aggressively against people are growing as protesters, as well as some lawmakers and police denounce tactics used during anti-ICE demonstrations.
00:15The reports of ICE using excessive force against protesters and sometimes journalists mounted this week as video surfaced of a Turkish journalist being pushed to the ground and briefly knocked unconscious.
00:30In this photo, the journalist can be seen getting medical attention before being taken to the hospital.
00:35Images like this one are being shared widely on social media just as Attorney General Pam Bondi ordered heavier enforcement on protests and deployed federal agents to, quote, protect ICE facilities, arrest violent agitators on the spot.
00:50She has said her department will prosecute every person who aids, abets or conspires to commit crimes against federal officers and property.
00:59Federal officials maintain that they are responding to aggressive rhetoric and threats of violence from the general public and Democratic lawmakers, equating ICE to the Nazi party and Gestapo.
01:10According to DHS, ICE has faced a 1,000 percent increase in assaults against them and their families.
01:17The Department of Homeland Security didn't immediately respond to Straight Arrow News requests for comment.
01:22Some of the alleged brutality used against the public has gone viral.
01:25That's the case for a cyclist in Chicago who was chased by agents after shouting an expletive about Trump.
01:32The person evaded arrest.
01:34The accusations have become so severe that some local police and officials have stepped in to request agents to loosen up their tactics.
01:42In Portland, Assistant Police Chief Craig Dobson said in court testimony that ICE agents weren't, quote, following best practices in the city.
01:50And in Broadview, Illinois, where groups have steadily protested at the ICE facility, Police Chief Thomas Mills said first responders can't do their jobs because of ICE.
02:00We are, and we are experiencing an immediate public safety crisis.
02:07The deployment of tear gas, pepper spray, mace, and rubber bullets by ICE near the processing center in the village of Broadview is creating a dangerous situation for the community and all first responders.
02:21Broadview officials say they are investigating several accusations against ICE for possible criminal penalties.
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