Congressional candidate rebukes NYPD over ICE shooting in Marble Hill

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 11 Oct, 12:24 · Archive

A New York congressional candidate has accused the NYPD of violating sanctuary city laws after a federal ICE agent shot a man in the Bronx.

An ICE agent shot Oscar Belgal, a 28-year-old Dominican man, as he sat in his car with a five-year-old child in the backseat in Marble Hill on Thursday afternoon. The child was unharmed and Belgal was taken to hospital in stable condition. The Department of Homeland Security said Belgal was undocumented. He was subsequently taken into ICE custody.

Protests erupted in the neighbourhood, drawing several hundred people including congressional candidate Darializa Avila-Chevalier. During the demonstration, the NYPD set up barricades and clashed with protesters demanding ICE leave the area. Police also helped carry Belgal to an unmarked car while he remained handcuffed.

Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the NYPD was not involved in the federal operation before the shooting and arrived to preserve evidence. She referred to Belgal's previous criminal record during a press conference. Avila-Chevalier accused Tisch of violating sanctuary city laws that ban local police from assisting federal immigration enforcement. She said the commissioner's mention of Belgal's record unfairly villainised him and showed Tisch was 'more interested in peddling the narrative of the Trump administration than in upholding sanctuary policies'. Avila-Chevalier called for Tisch to resign and for the NYPD's Strategic Response Group to be disbanded. A City Hall spokesperson said there were no plans for Tisch to leave her post.

How it is being reported

• ‘Deeply concerning’: Democratic congressional candidate rebukes ICE’s presence in New YorkDarializa Avila Chevalier criticizes NYPD’s ‘inaction’ in protecting Marble Hill protesters after ICE shot a man Democratic congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier believes that the New York police departments’ conduct towards protesters after an ICE agent shot and wounded a man in the district she is running to represent violated “the spirit, if not the letter” of the city’s sanctuary laws . These rules ban local police from helping federal immigration authorities in civil immigration enforcement operations. Protests broke out in Manhattan’s Marble Hill neighborhood after a…The Guardian · 11 Oct, 12:00
• Darializa Avila-Chevalier, Mamdani-backed DSA NY pol, rips NYPD for protecting ICE ‘militia’ after migrant shooting“The NYPD spent more time protecting a militia that just shot someone than protecting New Yorkers," Darializa Avila-Chevalier raged on social media.New York Post · 9 Oct, 18:08

In this story: Darializa Avila-Chevalier · Oscar Belgal · Jessica Tisch · NYPD · ICE · Marble Hill · New York

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