Tuesday, October 07, 2025

Body-cam Video Appears to Contradicts ICE Claims About Shot Woman

Body-camera video of a Border Patrol agent involved in the shooting of a woman who was allegedly chasing agents in Brighton Park over the weekend shows an officer saying, "Do something, b---," before pulling over and shooting the woman five times, the woman's attorney said in federal court Monday.

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Marimar Martinez' lawyer says video shows agents provoked a clash before firing, fueling scrutiny of federal use of deadly force.

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-- Newsweek (@newsweek.com) Oct 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM

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More: The judge said it "is a miracle to me that no one was more seriously injured" in the incident in which Martinez and Ruiz allegedly followed agents for more than 20 minutes as they drove after conducting an operation in Oak Lawn. But she said the defendants' lack of criminal history and extensive family and community ties compelled her to release them pending trial.

In the charges filed Sunday, prosecutors notably did not mention a loaded gun in Martinez's car that was referenced in a previous statement by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. But in court Monday, Hennessy said Martinez had a loaded firearm on the passenger side of her car but never brandished it. Martinez's attorney, Parente, said she has a valid firearm and concealed-carry license.

Parente also offered to play an agent's body-camera video that shows the shooting, noting prosecutors did not show the video that he claimed disputes the government's version of the shooting.

Parente said the video shows an agent turning a federal vehicle left into Martinez's vehicle, after which an agent says, "Do something b----." The agent then exits the vehicle and shoots at Martinez.

Parente said Martinez had "seven holes" in her from the shooting and that agents were in such a hurry to take her into custody at the hospital that they had to return later when Martinez began bleeding from her wounds.

Parente disputed the government's claim that Martinez is a danger to the community and should be detained, saying instead that the officer who shot her was a threat.

"I think there's a danger to the community, but I don't think it's Ms. Martinez," he said.

#1 | Posted by qcp at 2025-10-07 01:50 PM

I just assume that ICE, like Noem and Trump, lie about everything.

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2025-10-07 01:53 PM

Oh so this was just a run of the mill attempted murder by the cops.

#3 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-10-07 01:54 PM

I just assume that ICE, like Noem and Trump, lie about everything.

#2 | POSTED BY ZED

Nothing coming from this administration can be trusted anymore without verification from at least two reliable sources.

BASH: I remember a time when Republicans were very careful about the government having access to personal data

NOEM: Well, we can't trust the government anymore

BASH: You are the government

#4 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-10-07 02:04 PM

Just goes to show what untrained morons the Trump administration has decided to arm and give authority to as the new American Gestapo.

Undisciplined, crass hotheads who can't shoot for s&^%.

#5 | Posted by jpw at 2025-10-07 02:17 PM

Cowardly ICE agents hide their faces, shoot people and then lie about it.
I'd be afraid to have my identity exposed to if I was committing crimes at the rate they are doing.

#6 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2025-10-07 04:25 PM

Republicans will never see the body cam footage.

#7 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-10-07 06:04 PM

... Body-cam Video Appears to Contradicts ICE Claims About Shot Woman ...

Pres Trump will solve this problem by signing an Executive Order preventing ICE agents from wearing body-cams.

#8 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-07 06:53 PM

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