Philadelphia sheriff rips ICE as 'fake' law enforcement after Minnesota shooting
Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal categorized U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as "fake" law enforcement in fiery remarks after the Minnesota shooting. (Credit: Philadelphia Sheriff's Office)
Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal slammed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as "madeup, fake, wannabe law enforcement," asserting that ICE's actions violate both "legal law" and "moral law."
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner warned that law enforcement officials who commit crimes in Philadelphia will be arrested and charged.
"So I'm with the DA," Bilal declared. "You don't want this smoke. Cuz we will bring it to you," Bilal said. In a dig at President Donald Trump, she warned that "the criminal in the White House would not be able to keep" ICE agents from heading to jail.
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Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal speaks during a news conference in Philadelphia, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
"Clearly Larry Krasner has not seen the newly released footage which corroborates what DHS has stated all along—that this individual was impeding law enforcement and weaponized her vehicle in an attempt to kill or cause bodily harm to federal law enforcement," Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for public affairs Tricia McLaughlin noted. "The officer was in fear of his own life, the lives of his fellow officers and acted in self-defense. The American people can watch this video with their own eyes and ears and judge for themselves."
Bilal has previously been slammed with allegations of wild offenses ranging from spending department money on promotional items like trading cards with her likeness to having bogus news stories about her being generated by AI.
Bilal and Krasner's comments on Thursday came after an ICE agent fatally shot a driver in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
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DHS indicated that the shooting was in self-defense but some have decried the officer's action.
"Today, ICE officers in Minneapolis were conducting targeted operations when rioters began blocking ICE officers and one of these violent rioters weaponized her vehicle, attempting to run over our law enforcement officers in an attempt to kill them—an act of domestic terrorism," DHS noted in a Wednesday post on X.
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"An ICE officer, fearing for his life, the lives of his fellow law enforcement and the safety of the public, fired defensive shots," DHS asserted. "The alleged perpetrator was hit and is deceased."
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