A youngster in Pittsburgh was pressured to struggle a person armed with a knife after he allegedly broke into the teenager’s household house and falsely claimed to be an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent earlier than attempting to steal some electronics, together with a PlayStation console.
As reported by local news network WTAE 4, in response to a lately filed prison criticism, 35-year-old William Gregory allegedly broke right into a home within the Beltzhoover neighborhood exterior of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and commenced shouting that he was an ICE agent and demanded that the reportedly Hispanic household present him figuring out paperwork. He was carrying a big pocket knife and threatened a 17-year-old boy dwelling within the house as he tried to steal a PlayStation console and grabbed the boy’s telephone. The outlet didn’t specify what sort of PlayStation was practically stolen by the robber.
Police report that {the teenager} fought again in opposition to the faux ICE agent and finally punched Gregory within the face onerous sufficient to knock him out chilly. Police later arrived on the scene and located the intruder nonetheless unconscious.
“I believe that is a Hispanic home, you know, and our neighborhood is very diverse,” Crystal Calloway, who lives subsequent door to the home the place the theft occurred, advised WTAE 4. She additionally advised the outlet that she was involved about somebody pretending to be a part of ICE.
Gregory has been charged with ethnic intimidation and housebreaking and is at present in jail. He was additionally needed for a earlier theft cost.
“It’s a great thing that the young man, his adrenaline went through going and action and went to defend his family, you know, thank goodness for that,” stated Calloway.
As ICE continues to ship 1000’s of masked and violent officers into states like Minnesota, we have now seen many individuals injured by their aggressive ways. On January 7, Renée Good was fatally shot by ICE agent Johnathan Ross. The Department of Homeland Security and federal officials declare Good hit the officer along with her automobile, however many information companies and consultants who’ve seen the footage dispute this declare.
This incident in Pittsburgh isn’t the primary instance of a prison claiming to be an ICE agent to do nefarious actions. ICE brokers persevering with to behave recklessly and dangerously whereas usually hiding their identities has made it straightforward for some unhealthy actors to fake to be ICE brokers, as seen in Texas earlier this month. Maybe we shouldn’t have 1000’s of armed, masked goons tossing teenagers and harmless folks round?
