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

A 72-year-old girl says her civil rights had 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 usually be discovered exterior of Delaney Corridor, stated she was in Inwood when she received phrase ICE brokers had been making arrests within the space. She stated she took out her cellphone and began recording.

“I went again on the curb and was simply filming ICE, they usually walked over they usually maced me,” Wolff stated Friday. “My civil rights had been utterly 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 legislation in New York that bans native police departments from taking part in immigration enforcement. One other state legislation permits folks 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 legislation. And I am the primary one to, you already know, have a lawsuit,” Wolff stated.

Civil rights legal professional John Burris is representing Wolff and filed a federal tort declare in opposition to ICE.

“It is unconscionable to cover behind a masks and badge. And folks don’t perceive and know who you might be. So the good job right here is to uncover that particular person, to unmask that particular person,” Burris informed Information 4.

And folks don’t perceive and know who you might be. So the good job right here is to uncover that particular person, to unmask that particular person.

A spokesperson for ICE stated, “Our officers adopted their coaching and used the minimal quantity of pressure vital.”

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