Heavily armed and masked ICE storm troopers raided Chinatown's Canal Street, detaining several street vendors drawing fierce backlash from bystanders and immigrant advocates. The crackdown began at about 3PM in the area of Centre and Canal Streets where ICE brownshirts showed up to question street vendors as part of an alleged operation to tackle counterfeit goods, according to DHS. A crowd of New Yorkers surrounded the thugs as they carried out the enforcement action in Lower Manhattan. Within moments, ICE agents moved in to arrest some of the bystanders as well, prompting further fury from the gathering crowd. New Yorkers pulled out their cellphones and began recording the ICE operation. Some onlookers shouted at the agents, calling the arrests "disgusting" and demanding they stop as they tackled one individual to the ground. One person scolded the agents, "Does that feel good? I bet your mom and dad are so proud of you ... .You should be ashamed of yourself."

As ICE agents went to their vehicles, New Yorkers ran into the streets. The agents then began pushing people and tackling some to the ground. That led to more enraged bystanders joining the mob and lashing out at the ICE Sturmabteilung. The feds then pulled out batons and riot shields in an effort to get the crowd under control, striking some in the process. SDNY federal courthouse is just moments away from Chinatown and the arrested Gothamites should have been immediately seen and released by a federal magistrate. Here is the DHS spin on the expensive and chaotic spectacle which netted a grand total of nine suspects and injured innocent people: DHS Rightwing Theater. Look at the tattoos on the ICE thug on the left wearing the Yamaha baseball cap. He looks just like one of the white supremacists who attacked Capitol Hill on 6 Jan 2021. This para-military goon looks like he is equipped to deal with the Taliban in Kandahar, like America is a warzone for him.