ICE agent maced girl in Inwood, Manhattan; lawsuit filed towards company – NBC New York

A 72-year-old girl says her civil rights have been violated when an ICE agent in Manhattan sprayed her with mace.

Three weeks in the past, Linda Wolff, an immigrant rights supporter who can typically be discovered exterior of Delaney Corridor, mentioned she was in Inwood when she obtained phrase ICE brokers have been making arrests within the space. She mentioned she took out her cellphone and began recording.

“I went again on the curb and was simply filming ICE, and so they walked over and so they maced me,” Wolff mentioned Friday. “My civil rights have been fully violated at that second.”

Now, Wolff plans to take ICE to court docket.

Earlier this week, she stood alongside Gov. Kathy Hochul at a press convention, highlighting a brand new regulation in New York that bans native police departments from collaborating in immigration enforcement. One other state regulation permits individuals to sue particular person federal ICE officers in state court docket for violating their constitutional rights.

“I am grateful for Gov. Hochul for making that regulation. And I am the primary one to, you realize, have a lawsuit,” Wolff mentioned.

Civil rights lawyer John Burris is representing Wolff and filed a federal tort declare towards ICE.

“It is unconscionable to cover behind a masks and badge. And other people don’t perceive and know who you’re. So the nice activity right here is to uncover that particular person, to unmask that particular person,” Burris instructed Information 4.

And other people don’t perceive and know who you’re. So the nice activity right here is to uncover that particular person, to unmask that particular person.

A spokesperson for ICE mentioned, “Our officers adopted their coaching and used the minimal quantity of drive crucial.”

The regulation agency representing Wolff can also be dealing with comparable fits alleging extreme drive by ICE brokers in Minneapolis.