Minnesota State Senator Bobby Joe Champion attempted to defend the men who jumped in to assault an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent on Wednesday, claiming that it was a clear example of Minnesotans pitching in to &#8220;help our neighbors.&#8221;
Champion joined CNN&#8217;s Laura Coates to discuss the scene that unfolded on Wednesday when an ICE agent chased down a suspect who was believed to be Venezuelan, and two others — one of whom was wielding a shovel — joined the suspect in assaulting the agent.
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🚨 State Sen. Bobby Joe Champion (D) says last night&#8217;s vicious assault of an ICE agent &#8220;is just an example of Minnesota being a place where we help our neighbors.&#8221;
CNN: If they used weapons to attack the officer, would that change your opinion?
Champion: &#8220;Actually, no.&#8221;
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&#8220;If there were neighbors and others who came out to help this person, that is just an example of Minnesota being a place where we help our neighbors,&#8221; Champion said. &#8220;And we are clear that the ICE agents have been coming here — and there&#8217;s over two thousand of them — and they&#8217;ve been attacking and terrorizing our state.&#8221;
&#8220;So yes, neighbors will come out and be helpful, I&#8217;m not certain if they had brooms or a shovel, that is to be further investigated,&#8221; he added.
Coates pushed back, asking, &#8220;If they did, in fact, have some sort of weapons to use to attack the ICE officer, would that change your opinion of whatever unfolded next?&#8221;
&#8220;Actually, no, right?&#8221; Champion replied. &#8220;Because from our vantage point, we want to make sure, and always want to make sure that Minnesotans are being dealt with properly. And when we think in terms of any pursuit or any apprehension of anyone, there&#8217;s a way for you to do your work where it&#8217;s respectful and it&#8217;s fair.&#8221;
He went on to claim that ICE was not being &#8220;respectful&#8221; or &#8220;fair,&#8221; and asserted that agents were choosing to be &#8220;illegal, and to attack, and to be very aggressive with Minnesotans.&#8221;
Champion concluded by claiming that the federal government was making things worse as more and more agents were surged to the area and allowed to &#8220;misbehave.&#8221;
&#8220;That&#8217;s a tragedy. And a travesty,&#8221; he claimed.

Minnesota Legislature, January 3, 2023, by Glen Stubbe, Star Tribune

‘We Help Our Neighbors’: Minnesota State Lawmaker Tries To Defend Group Attack On ICE Agent

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

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Minnesota

Politics

Actor Kiefer Sutherland was taken into custody for allegedly assaulting a ride-share driver on Monday night, according to the LAPD. 
The 59-year-old was arrested at the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue in Hollywood. The LAPD responded around 12:15 a.m. to a suspected assault, Los Angeles Police Officer Kevin Terzes told <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kiefer-sutherland-arrested-allegedly-assaulting-ride-share-driver-l-po-rcna253933">NBC News</a>.
“The investigation determined that the suspect, later identified as Kiefer Sutherland, entered a rideshare vehicle, physically assaulted the driver (the victim), and made criminal threats toward the victim,” Terzes said via email.
The driver did not require medical treatment, police said, per <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/13/entertainment/kiefer-sutherland-arrest-assault-allegation-hnk">CNN</a>.
Sutherland was arrested and released several hours later on a $50,000 bond, the outlet noted. His first court appearance is scheduled for February 2.
Reps for Sutherland did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Sutherland’s career took off in the 1980s and 90s as he starred in films like “Stand by Me” (1986), “The Lost Boys” (1987), “Young Guns” (1988), “A Few Good Men” (1992), and “The Three Musketeers” (1993). 
The actor found enduring success on the Fox drama series &#8220;24&#8221; (2001–2010, 2014), in which counterterrorism officials attempt to stop imminent threats to the United States. That role earned Sutherland an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe. His father is the late actor Donald Sutherland.
During Donald Trump&#8217;s first presidential campaign, Sutherland <a href="https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/269866-kiefer-sutherland-trump-recalls-segregationist-george-wallace/">compared</a> the Republican candidate to former Alabama Democratic Governor George Wallace, who was a vocal segregationist.
Sutherland has previously gotten into trouble with the law, including multiple DUI incidents and an assault charge. The actor was accused of head-butting a fashion designer in 2009, but the charges were later dropped.

Kiefer Sutherland

Kiefer Sutherland Arrested, Accused Of Assaulting Rideshare Driver

Kiefer Sutherland Arrested For Allegedly Assaulting Rideshare Driver

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Celebrities

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LAPD

Los Angeles

Since President Donald Trump commenced his mass deportation effort, anti-ICE activists have increasingly attacked federal authorities who are making the campaign promise a reality.
ICE officers have faced a more than 1,150% increase in assaults and an 8,000% surge in death threats, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
One of the most egregious examples was perpetrated by the first alleged <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-admin-hits-antifa-with-very-first-terrorism-charges-in-anti-ice-attack">Antifa members</a> to face terrorism charges for shooting up an ICE detention center in Alvarado, Texas.
Eleven militants allegedly lured officers out of the facility by setting off fireworks on July 4 before ambushing them with gunfire, resulting in the injury of one local police officer.
One of the suspects, former Marine Corps Reservist Benjamin Hanil Song, was on the run for a week before authorities caught him.
In nearby Dallas, Joshua Jahn, 29, opened fire from a rooftop hoping to kill ICE officers, but ended up <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-what-we-know-about-ice-shooter-joshua-jahn">killing two detainees</a>. Jahn turned the gun on himself and died at the scene.
Jahn left bullet casings engraved with the phrase “ANTI-ICE” that revealed the “ideological motive” behind the attack, according to the FBI.
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Jahn “conducted multiple searches of ballistics and the &#8216;Charlie Kirk Shot Video'&#8221; in the days leading up to the shooting, according to the FBI. He also left a chilling note that read: &#8220;Hopefully this will give ICE agents real terror, to think, ‘is there a sniper with AP rounds on that roof?'&#8221;
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This morning just before 7am local time, an individual fired multiple rounds at a Dallas, Texas ICE facility, killing one, wounding several others, before taking his own life. FBI, DHS, ATF are on the ground with Dallas PD and state authorities.
While the investigation is… <a href="https://t.co/SMOyxiKLqA">pic.twitter.com/SMOyxiKLqA</a>
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The shooter also used apps that expose ICE agents&#8217; locations and downloaded a list of Homeland Security facilities, the FBI said.
Far-left Illinois congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh, 26, was indicted in October after she tried to block an ICE vehicle outside the agency&#8217;s facility in Broadview, Illinois, as seen in a video posted to her social media.
The video appeared to show Abughazaleh with a group of anti-ICE activists pushing her body against the front of the ICE vehicle.
&#8220;I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice,&#8221; she wrote on X. &#8220;This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.&#8221;
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FACING CHARGES: Illinois Democratic candidate Kat Abughazaleh has been indicted for allegedly blocking an ICE operation — after posting a video showing her standing in front of a federal vehicle. <a href="https://t.co/oAfUAHAU32">pic.twitter.com/oAfUAHAU32</a>
— Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/1983942838053196128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
Alejandro Theodoro Orellana allegedly drove a truck in June that carried bionic shield face masks that were distributed to anti-ICE rioters in downtown Los Angeles. It came as rioters blocked major highways, set cars ablaze, and hurled concrete blocks at ICE agents to protest the Trump administration&#8217;s deportation campaign.
The FBI found Orellana two days later.
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ARRESTED: Alejandro Theodoro Orellana was arrested this morning by <a href="https://twitter.com/FBILosAngeles?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FBILosAngeles</a> on an allegation of Conspiracy to Commit Civil Disorders (18 USC 371) for distributing face shields to suspected rioters on Tuesday. We are moving quickly to identify and arrest those involved in… <a href="https://t.co/Ase8kxupfp">pic.twitter.com/Ase8kxupfp</a>
— F.A. United States Attorney Bill Essayli (@USAttyEssayli) <a href="https://twitter.com/USAttyEssayli/status/1933158095833964798?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2025</a></blockquote>

These Anti-ICE Activists Are Getting Coal This Christmas

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U.S.

An Ohio man who was convicted in the high-profile <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/verdict-delivered-in-death-of-ethan-liming-teen-beaten-to-death-outside-i-promise-school">beating death of 17-year-old Ethan Liming</a> has been released from prison, and was arrested and charged this past week in a different murder.
Deshawn Stafford, 24, has been charged with murdering Timothy Hutchinson, a 25-year-old Ohio man who was working as an engineer in his hometown. Hutchinson was reportedly struck unintentionally during an exchange of gunfire allegedly between Stafford and another individual.
In addition to the murder charge, Stafford is facing charges of felonious assault, discharging a firearm on a public roadway, having a weapon while under disability, drug trafficking, and possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, the Akron Beacon Journal <a href="https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/crime/2025/10/23/deshawn-stafford-24-arrested-in-connection-to-akron-shooting-death/86854916007/">reports</a>.
A <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/timothy-eugene-hutchinson">GoFundMe</a> for Hutchinson set up by the victim&#8217;s sister says Hutchinson graduated from the mechanical engineering program of University of Akron less than a year ago.
&#8220;To my brother, his family and friends meant everything,&#8221; Rachel Hutchinson wrote. &#8220;He was stolen from us due to senseless violence.&#8221;
Rachel said her brother &#8220;was an individual who truly never meant another human harm,&#8221; adding that &#8220;[o]ne of his final moments was him bending over asking, &#8216;Can I pet dat dawg?'&#8221;
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Just two years ago, Stafford was found guilty of aggravated assault and assault in the brutal beating death of Liming, who was 17 years old. He was sentenced to just 18 months behind bars.
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Stafford was initially hit with murder charges, but the charges were eventually reduced. Additionally, Stafford&#8217;s short sentence, along with the leniency shown to the others charged in the case put a spotlight on the incident and the criminal justice system. Liming is white and the three charged in the brutal killing are black.
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Daily Wire host Matt Walsh, who drew attention to the Liming case in 2023, posted on Friday about Stafford&#8217;s latest alleged murder.
&#8220;Two year[s] ago this piece of garbage, Deshawn Stafford, assaulted and killed a white kid named Ethan Liming,&#8221; Walsh posted. &#8220;He was sentenced to just 18 months in prison. Now he has killed another person, 25-year-old Timothy Hutchinson.&#8221;
&#8220;When will we have had enough of this?&#8221; he added. &#8220;How long will our communities be held hostage by these barbarians?&#8221;
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Two year ago this piece of garbage, Deshawn Stafford, assaulted and killed a white kid named Ethan Liming. He was sentenced to just 18 months in prison. Now he has killed another person, 25-year-old Timothy Hutchinson. When will we have had enough of this? How long will our… <a href="https://t.co/b4UvU8AdoF">pic.twitter.com/b4UvU8AdoF</a>
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1981759927824658623?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2025</a></blockquote>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/verdict-delivered-in-death-of-ethan-liming-teen-beaten-to-death-outside-i-promise-school">Verdict Delivered In Death Of Ethan Liming, Teen Beaten To Death Outside I PROMISE School</a>

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Man Convicted In Death Of Ohio Teen Already Out Of Prison And Charged With Another Murder

Man Convicted In Ethan Liming Death Already Out Of Prison And Charged With Another Murder

Murder

Ohio

The teenagers who brutally assaulted DOGE employee Edward “Big Balls” Coristine have walked away with nothing more than probation—no jail, no meaningful punishment, no accountability.
Coristine, a 19-year-old staffer with the Department of Government Efficiency project and a rising star in the effort to clean up Washington, D.C.’s bloated federal bureaucracy, was savagely attacked by a mob of teenagers during an attempted carjacking in early August. The crime occurred in the nation’s capital, just blocks from the seat of American power.
Only two of the estimated dozen assailants were arrested: a 15-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl. This week, in a D.C. courtroom, they pleaded guilty—not to attempted carjacking, not to robbery—but to simple assault, and were sentenced to the judicial equivalent of a participation trophy.
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This was a racist verdict by a racist judge. 
The simple test to apply is if the races has been reversed, the White kids would be in prison.
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The boy received a one-year sentence of house arrest. The girl? A mere nine months&#8217; probation and transfer to a local youth shelter. The court emphasized rehabilitation over punishment, and the judge reportedly scolded the girl for drawing on her hand in the courtroom—as if doodling in court were the actual offense.
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The attack was a violent ambush that left Coristine bloodied and concussed. Coristine<a href="https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/big-balls-muggers-evade-prison-sentence-get-probation-for-beating-up-doge-employee/"> told</a> Jesse Watters of Fox News:
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As we get to the car and she begins to fumble for the keys, they begin to shout at us, and really quickly I knew something was really off about this situation. So she unlocks the car, I rush her into the driving seat. I close the door behind her and she’s able to lock the doors. Right as I turn around, they’re right up on me — just a few feet away. They slammed me against the car and started throwing a bunch of punches. I keep my hands up. I’m getting a lot of punches here and I’m just trying to protect my head the best way that I can.
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Footage of Coristine’s bruised face and torn clothes went viral. So egregious was the crime that President Donald Trump personally intervened, deploying the National Guard to D.C. and threatening to revoke the city’s home rule. “Crime is totally out of control,” he <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114977985620971126">wrote</a> on Truth Social. “Time to federalize D.C.” Elon Musk, former DOGE head, praised Coristine’s courage and called for urgent reform, saying, “It’s time to federalize D.C.”
But instead of consequences for the attackers, D.C.’s soft-on-crime system delivered a clear message: attack a federal employee in broad daylight and you’ll get a curfew and counseling.
The D.C. Attorney General and prosecutor objected to the light sentences—but their opposition was ignored. Instead, the court took pains to <a href="https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/legal/teens-accused-of-attacking-doge-employee-sentenced-to-probation/65-66070bc1-a384-4c0c-a961-7bcc619706a3">explain</a> that juvenile justice is about rehabilitation, not punishment.
Even more galling: both teens are free to roam D.C.—so long as they claim it’s for school or “family obligations.”
Coristine, ever gracious, told one attacker via video, “I hope you can figure things out and be ready for the consequences.”
There were no consequences. Not for the criminals. Only for the city.

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Outrage In D.C.: Teens Who Savagely Beat ‘Big Balls’ Walk Free With Slap On The Wrist

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Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) was apparently baffled by the fact that Washington, D.C., Police Union boss Gregg Pemberton was less concerned with the January 6th pardons than the 1,537 police officers who’ve been assaulted since that day without justice being served on their behalf.
Pemberton and Durbin went back and forth several times on Tuesday, and the Illinois senator struggled to wrap his brain around the fact that Pemberton was unbothered by President Donald Trump’s blanket pardons for January 6 rioters.
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🚨NEW: DC Police Union Boss Gregg Pemberton expresses &#8220;FRUSTRATION&#8221; as Dem Senator Dick Durbin *SOLELY* focuses on J6 officer assaults🚨
PEMBERTON: &#8220;More than 1,500 officers have been assaulted by people since that day — and nothing has happened to those suspects!&#8221;
&#8220;My… <a href="https://t.co/x7mtWS5vzW">pic.twitter.com/x7mtWS5vzW</a>
— Jason Cohen 🇺🇸 (@JasonJournoDC) <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonJournoDC/status/1973038000222134646?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Durbin asked about the pardons right away, demanding to know how Pemberton had felt upon learning that Trump had pardoned those who’d been arrested and convicted for taking part in the January 6th riot on Capitol Hill.
Pemberton conceded that it was frustrating, but then said it was more frustrating to him that in the months since January 6, 2021, some 1,537 police officers had been assaulted — and after the suspects were arrested, the cases were “no-papered” by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, meaning that they could not proceed.
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Durbin once again asked about the pardons, and Pemberton pointed out the fact that those cases had already been adjudicated and that the defendants in question had already been charged and convicted — and some had served jail time — before those pardons were issued. The cases he was talking about never even made it before a judge — and the assaulted officers could never see justice — because the U.S. Attorney’s Office had stopped them cold.
Durbin raised the question of the pardons yet again, but Pemberton continued to push back.
“More than 1,500 officers have been assaulted by people since that day — and nothing has happened to those suspects!&#8221; he said.
&#8220;My frustration, Senator, is that no one seems to care about police officers who were assaulted after that day or before that day,” Pemberton continued. “It seems like people only care about police officers who were assaulted on that day in the calendar!”

Senate Judiciary Holds Hearing On Domestic Terrorism

Dick Durbin Baffled As Police Union Boss Cares More About 1,500 Assaulted Officers Than January 6 Pardons

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Rapper Lil Nas X has pleaded not guilty to four felony charges, including three counts of battery with injury on a police officer and one count of resisting an executive officer, after he was arrested last week while wandering the streets of Los Angeles in his underwear.
The 26-year-old recording artist, whose legal name is Montero Hill, was released from jail after posting $75,000 bail on Monday. He spent the weekend locked up after being arrested on Thursday, per an <a href="https://da.lacounty.gov/media/news/rapper-montero-hill-known-lil-nas-x-charged-assaulting-police-officers">update</a> from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, and now has a hearing scheduled for September 15.
“Attacking police officers is more than just a crime against those individuals but a direct threat to public safety,” Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman said. “Anyone who assaults law enforcement will face serious consequences, no matter who they are or how famous they may be.”
The “Old Town Road” singer is also being required to attend Narcotics Anonymous meetings four times per week, as it’s suspected he was under the influence of drugs when the incident occurred. 
The news release provided details about Hill’s arrest, noting how law enforcement was dispatched after being told the rapper was wandering Ventura Avenue in Studio City in his underwear just before 6 a.m. Hill proceeded to physically assault the responding officers and injured three of them, according to police.
If convicted on all charges, Lil Nas X could face up to five years in prison.
The rapper’s attorney, Christy O’Connor, defended her client, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/lil-nas-x-lapd-felony-charges-780ef8560cd075102257a5404f882b8f" target="_blank" rel="noopener">calling the allegations</a> “an absolute aberration in his life.”
“Nothing like this has ever happened to him,” she added.
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&#8220;He’s never been in trouble for a split second in his existence, we’re not going to let one little event change the trajectory of his amazing life,&#8221; another member of Hill’s legal team, Drew Findling, told <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-news/lil-nas-x-charged-battery-police-officer-arrest-1236352928/">The Hollywood Reporter</a>. 
&#8220;There’s no way to have a sense of what happened this immediately, but we’re going to look into it and do the right thing,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Anybody that has kids, you hear about things like this all the time. Don&#8217;t forget, he&#8217;s 26 years old. It&#8217;s not unusual for something like this to happen, particularly when you have the pressure of being recognized internationally like him.&#8221;
The Atlanta-born recording artist burst onto the scene with viral hits like “Old Town Road” and “Industry Baby,” but quickly became controversial due to his provocative routines, which often included satanic imagery and messaging. 
In 2021, he promoted 666 pairs of limited-edition ‘Satan Shoes’—unauthorized Nike Air Max 97s released alongside the Satan-themed hit &#8220;Montero.&#8221; That same year, Lil Nas X gave an over-the-top, sexually explicit performance of the song during the season finale of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.”

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Lil Nas X Pleads Not Guilty To Felony Assault, Leaves Jail After Posting Bail

Rapper Lil Nas X Pleads Not Guilty To Felony Assault Charges, Gets Released From Prison

Entertainment

Minnesota Representative and Democratic Senate candidate Angie Craig condemned President Donald Trump&#8217;s crackdown on crime in Washington, D.C., although she once swore to put a man who assaulted her in her D.C. apartment behind bars.
Referring to Trump&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-hell-push-for-long-term-extensions-of-d-c-federal-takeover?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Says+He%E2%80%99ll+Push+For+%E2%80%98Long-Term+Extensions%E2%80%99+Of+D.C.+Federal+Takeover" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deployment</a> of the National Guard to the nation&#8217;s capital, Craig <a href="https://x.com/RepAngieCraig/status/1955428012289065257" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> on X Tuesday that &#8220;President Trump&#8217;s actions are totally unjustified and a waste of taxpayer dollars.&#8221;
But Craig was not opposed to cleaning up the city streets when she was assaulted in an elevator of her own apartment complex by a homeless man who was reportedly acting like he was on drugs.
In February 2023, Craig reported seeing a man, who was later identified as 26-year-old Kendrick Hamlin, in the lobby area of her apartment building &#8220;acting erratic,&#8221; as if he was under the influence of an unknown substance, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/police-release-photo-of-suspect-in-assault-of-house-democrat" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
The congresswoman told police that after she told Hamlin &#8220;good morning,&#8221; he followed her into the elevator and &#8220;began to randomly do push ups.&#8221; Craig told police that he then punched her on the chin area of her face, and later grabbed her neck.
After defending herself, Craig escaped with no major injuries and called for the man to be brought to justice.
Hamlin was soon arrested, although he <a href="https://x.com/CBSMornings/status/1625484488695328769" target="_blank" rel="noopener">assaulted</a> the two officers who apprehended him. It then came out that Craig was Hamlin&#8217;s &#8220;assault number 13&#8221; on the repeat offender&#8217;s record, which made Craig promise &#8220;to do everything in my power to make sure there is not a 14, a 15, a 20.&#8221;
Hamlin is serving a <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/district-man-sentenced-prison-assaulting-member-congress-and-two-police-officers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">27-month sentence</a> on assault charges.
According to Craig, what bothered her was that Hamlin had previously attacked 12 people and had never served more than 30 days in jail.
While announcing her Senate bid for the 2026 election year, Craig said in an <a href="https://www.audacy.com/podcast/the-morning-news-with-vineeta-sawkar-2e837/episodes/angie-craig-on-the-biggest-factor-for-voters-to-support-her-us-senate-run-i-dont-hesitate-to-talk-to-anyone-i-can-sit-down-and-talk-to-family-farmers-or-any-worker-a8440?action=AUTOPLAY_FULL&amp;actionContentId=201-91d55cea-ecaa-4019-ad02-ef5a851fa7f7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> that her harrowing experience just two years prior was &#8220;a pivotal moment in my life&#8221; and that &#8220;it took about six months to build up the mental health strength … to be able to evaluate whether I was going to move forward or not.&#8221;
Craig continued by saying that &#8220;Understanding that the man who assaulted me was homeless and was an addict and that we failed him as a country — all of those things can be true at the same time– in addition to [the fact that] I was his thirteenth count of assault.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s hypocritical and shameful for Congresswoman Craig, a DC crime victim who experienced a traumatic assault, to oppose efforts to ensure what happened to her doesn&#8217;t happen to anyone else,&#8221; National Republican Senate Committee Press Secretary Nick Puglia said in a statement to The Daily Wire. &#8220;All Americans deserve to be safe, regardless of their job title, but Craig claims efforts to make the nation&#8217;s capital safe are &#8216;unjustified.'&#8221;
Although many Democrats have criticized Trump&#8217;s move to crack down on crime in the nation&#8217;s capital, the president is swiftly moving forward with plans to extend his takeover of the city by calling on Congress to pass a resolution enabling him to do so.
&#8220;We think the Democrats will not do anything to stop crime, but we think the Republicans will do it almost unanimously,&#8221; Trump said.

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A Catholic priest and well-known exorcist who was accused of misconduct has been cleared of all charges.
Fr. Carlos Martins, an expert in Catholic relics, was leading an event with some 200 people at Queen of Apostles Parish in Joliet, Illinois, in November 2024. The priest, who hosts “The Exorcist Files” podcast, was on a <a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/amp/news/265661/father-carlos-martins-cleared-of-misdemeanor-charges-after-incident-at-illinois-parish" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/amp/news/265661/father-carlos-martins-cleared-of-misdemeanor-charges-after-incident-at-illinois-parish&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1754148224398000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1R4tlgIdpm4ZRfY9kOJ_3x">16-month tour</a> where he lectured on relics. At the Joliet event, he reportedly joked with a group of attendees, commenting on his baldness, and allegedly briefly touching a girl’s hair.
This week, prosecutors “withdrew those charges and dismissed the case” without finding that Martins had done anything wrong or criminal, lawyers for the priest said.
Police reports, obtained by The Daily Wire through Freedom of Information Act requests, the girl—a minor— claimed Martins placed her hair in his mouth and flossed with it, and then sat behind her group, “growling” at them.
Martins and his legal team denied the allegations, and no security footage or independent evidence was presented to support the allegations prior to the police being notified by the parish. The negative media attention led Martins to cancel the remainder of his tour.
On July 30, 2025, Will County Circuit Court dropped the charges and acknowledged that Martins did nothing wrong.
Speaking with Daily Wire, Fr. Martins said he was grateful to be exonerated.
“A Christian doesn’t merely respect the truth —he recognizes it as a person. I trusted that, in God’s time, the facts would be revealed.”
The Joliet Police Department began investigating post-allegations in November, but only filed one count of misdemeanor battery charges on January 23, 2025. Martins <a href="https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2025/02/04/exorcist-carlos-martins-pleads-not-guilty-battery-249837" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2025/02/04/exorcist-carlos-martins-pleads-not-guilty-battery-249837&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1754148224398000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1WdRQbNkf7ipo-haU1jjag">pleaded</a> not guilty on January 27, 2025, with a pretrial set for February 24, 2025.
During the investigation, the Illinois Attorney General’s Office <a href="https://jolietpolicing.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/download/OAG%20Investigation%20of%20the%20Joliet%20Police%20Department%20(Dec.%2012,%202024).pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://jolietpolicing.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/download/OAG%2520Investigation%2520of%2520the%2520Joliet%2520Police%2520Department%2520(Dec.%252012,%25202024).pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1754148224398000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3PMi9NLv0yZWT6PmeblGGr">released</a> a December 12, 2024, report on the Joliet Police Department, finding patterns of unreasonable force, discrimination, and failure to hold officers accountable for misconduct. Examples included officers’ false statements and unaddressed <a href="https://www.shawlocal.com/the-herald-news/2024/12/14/illinois-ag-report-joliet-police-department-fails-to-hold-bad-officers-accountable/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.shawlocal.com/the-herald-news/2024/12/14/illinois-ag-report-joliet-police-department-fails-to-hold-bad-officers-accountable/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1754148224398000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0zhhEbKbeYUSknLIooa27M">violations</a>.
In legal records obtained by The Daily Wire, questions arose as to the methods of police interrogation. No notes or body cam footage, no recordings of any kind, or statements by witnesses were included in Freedom of Information Act documents issued by the Joliet Police Department; only a summary of allegations made by the original investigating officer.
The Daily Wire reached out to Sergeant Dwayne English of the Joliet Police Department for comment, but did not hear back before publication.

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Two medical center employees were arrested and charged with federal crimes after they allegedly assaulted Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents while attempting to prevent them from capturing an illegal alien who was hiding there.
Bill Essayli, U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, shared details on the situation after several social media posts falsely painted the illegal alien in question as an &#8220;innocent landscaper&#8221; and said that he had been arrested in the middle of a surgical procedure.
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“Get your hands off of him! You don’t even have a warrant for him.”
Trump’s masked Gestapo invades a surgical center to grab an innocent landscaper as medical staff tell him to leave their private facility.
A lawless regime. <a href="https://t.co/GOZzP1cOkM">pic.twitter.com/GOZzP1cOkM</a>
— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheTNHoller/status/1943698432272589080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;My office has filed federal criminal charges against Jose de Jesus Ortega, 38, of Highland, and Danielle Nadine Davila, 33, of Corona, who are accused of assaulting and interfering with an ICE investigation earlier this month at a surgery center in San Bernardino County,&#8221; Essayli said, naming the two employees who had attempted to physically bar ICE agents from doing their jobs.
&#8220;The media originally reported that the illegal alien was taken during a medical appointment,&#8221; Essayli continued. &#8220;That was false. The illegal alien arrested inside the surgery center was not a patient. He ran inside for cover and these defendants attempted to block his apprehension by assaulting our agents.&#8221;
&#8220;It doesn’t matter who you are or where you work, if you assault our agents or otherwise interfere with our operations, you will be arrested and charged with a federal crime,&#8221; he concluded.
Essayli discussed the situation further with Fox News national correspondent Bill Melugin.
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NEW: US Attorney <a href="https://twitter.com/USAttyEssayli?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@USAttyEssayli</a> joined me to discuss his decision to arrest two SoCal medical workers on federal charges of interfering w/ ICE.
“The politicians in California have emboldened people to stand up to ICE, they think it’s okay to interfere or obstruct,” Essayli said.… <a href="https://t.co/wV6mfKZPQc">pic.twitter.com/wV6mfKZPQc</a>
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&#8220;The politicians in California have emboldened people to stand up to ICE, they think it’s okay to interfere or obstruct,” Essayli said. “We’ve said this over and over again, if you get in our way, if you lay a hand on a federal agent, you will be arrested and you will be charged.&#8221;
Melugin asked whether federal charges were an overreach in situations like these, but Essayli&#8217;s answer was an emphatic &#8220;no.&#8221;
&#8220;It’s the opposite. We have to charge these cases. We have to set an example. We have to enforce the rule of law. Federal agents are off limits. Do not touch them,&#8221; he said.

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Assaults against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials are up a mind-boggling 830% between January 21st and July 14th, 2025, over the same dates one year earlier.
The Department of Homeland Security shared the staggering information in a press release on Tuesday along with an official statement from DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin.
&#8220;Brave ICE law enforcement are risking their lives every day to keep our communities safe from the worst of the worst criminals. ICE law enforcement are succeeding to remove terrorists, murderers, pedophiles and the most depraved among us from America’s communities, even as crazed rhetoric from gutter politicians are inspiring a massive increase in assaults against them. It is reprehensible that our officers are facing this threat while simply doing their jobs and enforcing the law,&#8221; she wrote.
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Just one day earlier, President Donald Trump&#8217;s rapid response team had shared a series of comments made by elected Democrats that the administration believes have put a target on the backs of federal agents who are doing their jobs to enforce immigration law.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) encouraged people to push back against the Trump administration &#8220;in the streets&#8221; and has repeatedly called for ICE agents to be unmasked despite threats against them and their families.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/RepJayapal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepJayapal</a>, who calls ICE agents “deranged” and says it is “inspiring” to obstruct immigration enforcement. <a href="https://t.co/V7cgpCv62H">pic.twitter.com/V7cgpCv62H</a>
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Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) called the protesters who have been obstructing — sometime violently — the efforts of ICE agents to enforce the law &#8220;inspiring,&#8221; and referred to the agents themselves as &#8220;deranged.&#8221;
Fresh off her own charges of &#8220;forcibly impeding and interfering with federal officers&#8221; after a physical altercation with agents in Newark, New Jersey, Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) encouraged her supporters to &#8220;shut down the city,&#8221; saying, &#8220;we are at war.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/GovTimWalz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GovTimWalz</a> (disgraced loser), who smears ICE agents as the “modern-day Gestapo.”<a href="https://t.co/iEnIIu09Ya">pic.twitter.com/iEnIIu09Ya</a>
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Governor — and former vice presidential candidate — Tim Walz (D-MN) invoked the Nazi regime when he called ICE agents the &#8220;modern-day Gestapo.&#8221;
Rep. Eric Swalwell <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1944925167391793305">criticized</a> ICE agents for covering their faces — many of whom are doing so due to threats against themselves and their families — comparing them to &#8220;some 1800s bank robber or some KGB officer in Russia.&#8221;
Both acting ICE Director Todd Lyons and Border Czar Tom Homan have voiced support for those agents who choose to cover their faces, saying that they have to be allowed some measure of protection against the unprecedented attacks.

‘Reprehensible’: Assaults On ICE Agents Skyrocket, Up 830% Over Last Year

'Reprehensible': Assaults On ICE Agents Skyrocket, Up 830% Over Last Year

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Assaults against Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have increased 500%, according to <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/06/19/exclusive-ice-agents-face-500-increase-in-assaults-while-trying-to-arrest-illegal-aliens/">Breitbart News</a>.
&#8220;Just this week, an ICE officer was dragged 50 yards by a car while arresting an illegal alien sex offender,&#8221; DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told the outlet. &#8220;Every day the men and women of ICE put their lives on the line to protect and defend the lives of American citizens.&#8221;
ICE successfully arrested the illegal alien, and the officer is expected to make a full recovery, the department <a href="https://x.com/DHSgov/status/1935735846973452427">said</a>.
The data comes after Antifa rioters attacked an ICE building in Portland, Oregon, last night, forcing agents to use rubber bullets and flash bangs to disperse the mob, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/masked-rioters-violently-target-federal-law-enforcement-at-portland-ice-building?author=Catherine+Maxwell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Masked+Rioters+%E2%80%98Violently%E2%80%99+Target+Federal+Law+Enforcement+At+Portland+ICE+Building">reported</a>.
Anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles, California, led President Donald Trump to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/national-guard-rolls-into-los-angeles-after-days-of-anti-ice-riots?author=Tim+Pearce&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=National+Guard+Rolls+Into+Los+Angeles+After+Days+Of+Anti-ICE+Riots">deploy</a> the National Guard and the Marines, a move criticized by Governor Gavin Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass.
Riots have also spread to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/masked-protesters-surround-seattle-ice-office-with-agents-and-detained-illegals-inside?author=Virginia+Kruta&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=33&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=Masked+Protesters+Surround+Seattle+ICE+Office+With+Agents+And+Detained+Illegals+Inside">Seattle</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/anti-ice-riots-break-out-in-san-francisco-as-more-troops-deploy-to-l-a">San Francisco</a>.
McLaughlin also criticized Democrat politicians for contributing to violence against agents.
&#8220;Make no mistake, Democrat politicians like Hakeem Jeffries, Mayor Wu of Boston, Governor Tim Walz, and Mayor Bass of Los Angeles are contributing to the surge in assaults of our ICE officers through their repeated vilification and demonization of ICE,&#8221; McLaughlin told Breitbart. &#8220;From comparisons to the modern-day Nazi gestapo to glorifying rioters, the violent rhetoric of these sanctuary politicians is despicable. This violence against ICE must end.&#8221;
Nashville Mayor Freddie O&#8217;Connell <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nashvilles-democrat-mayor-doxxes-ice-agents">doxxed</a> federal agents working with local law enforcement in May. O&#8217;Connell said the names were released by mistake, but the DHS disagreed.
&#8220;They claimed it was a mistake,&#8221; McLaughlin said at the time. &#8220;There’s zero chance it was a mistake and there will be repercussions.&#8221;
An <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-dems-rage-over-nashville-ice-raids-that-targeted-rapists-and-gang-members?author=Spencer+Lindquist+and+Mary+Margaret+Olohan&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=EXCLUSIVE%3A+Dems+Rage+Over+Nashville+ICE+Raids+That+Targeted+Rapists+And+Gang+Members">exclusive report</a> by The Daily Wire revealed that, out of 196 illegal aliens arrested in Nashville during a weeklong raid, 95 had prior criminal convictions or pending criminal charges. Another 31 had reentered the U.S. after being previously deported.
O&#8217;Connell had said he was &#8220;frustrated&#8221; by the raid.
&#8220;The Nashville Mayor is protecting illegal aliens and gang members over his constituents,&#8221; DHS said.

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