A driver plowed into an anti-ICE protester in Downtown Los Angeles Saturday night, leaving her bloodied on the street as federal agents scrambled to figure out who was supposed to help her.
WHAT’S GOING ON: The incident happened around 9:30 p.m. near the ICE detention center, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. An unidentified woman was photographed with blood streaming from her head while fellow protesters and a Department of Homeland Security officer surrounded her. A male officer was seen applying bandages to her wound at the scene before she was taken to the hospital. Her condition remains unknown.
The driver stayed at the scene and was taken in for questioning. It’s unclear what caused the collision or if anyone has been arrested.
THE DETAILS: Video posted to Instagram captured the chaos that followed. Federal agents stood in the middle of the street as demonstrators shouted, “You’re not helping!” One male official was heard yelling at protesters: “If you give a sh*t about your friend, you’ll get out of the way.”
A social media user who shared the footage wrote: “While they lay bleeding in the road, DHS police seemed unable to figure out whose job it was to render aid, who should be directing traffic, who should be on crowd control…”
ZOOM OUT: This is the latest violent clash as anti-ICE protests continue to erupt across the country in response to the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Things have been particularly brutal in Minnesota, where two American citizens—Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti—were fatally shot by federal agents during protests in the past month.
Good, a 37-year-old mother, was shot in the face by an ICE agent on January 7 after she drove near a demonstration in Minneapolis. Pretti, an ICU nurse who cared for wounded veterans, was shot 10 times by Border Patrol agents on January 24.
The deaths prompted a shake-up in Trump’s immigration operation. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was redirected to focus solely on the border, while Border Czar Thomas Homan took over. Last week, Homan announced 700 federal agents would be pulled out of Minnesota after cutting a deal with Democratic leaders to deport immigrants from local jails instead.
BOTTOM LINE: The administration wants you to believe the deportation machine is running smoothly. But when protesters are getting hit by cars and federal agents can’t coordinate basic first aid, it’s clear this crackdown is creating chaos—not order.