A routine day covering immigration hearings at a Manhattan federal building turned violent when a group of journalists were caught in a confrontation with ICE agents — leaving one photojournalist hospitalized.
Video captured by freelance photojournalist Stephanie Keith shows amNewYork’s Dean Moses following ICE agents into an elevator. Agents ordered Moses to leave before physically removing him. “Get the f*** out of the elevator!” one agent shouted. During the commotion, freelance journalist Olga Fedorova was knocked to the ground, potentially by another agent.
According to the Daily News, L. Vural Elibol, a photographer for Turkey’s Anadolu Agency, was also pushed during the scuffle. “They pushed me off, and as another guy pulled me from behind, I hear the other [journalists] fall,” Moses told the paper. “I just heard the resounding thud as they hit the floor.”
The altercation took place on the 12th floor of 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan, where ICE agents appeared to be escorting two women who had reportedly just completed an immigration hearing. During the chaos, at least one photojournalist was injured. Photos from the scene show the individual being carried out on a stretcher, wearing a neck brace. A co-worker later identified the injured journalist as Elibol, according to Gothamist.
Brad Lander, New York City Comptroller, condemned the altercation, calling it a “violent attack by an ICE officer.” He wrote on X, “Another violent attack by an ICE officer on a civilian at 26 Federal Plaza — this time on a journalist, who had to be carried out on stretcher. Another attack on the First Amendment, our neighbors and our democracy.”
https://knewz.com/journalist-carried-off-stretcher-following-violent-attack-ice-officer
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