Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal joined other officials Thursday to condemn Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, calling them “wannabe law enforcement” and reminding agents that wearing a mask won’t stop them from getting arrested if they commit a crime.
“No law enforcement professional wears a mask,” Bilal, who was joined by District Attorney Larry Krasner and several city council members, said. “None. None. Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime, I thank God for our District Attorney Larry Krasner, who says he’s gonna lock ’em up.”
Her comments came a day after a woman in Minneapolis was gunned down by Jonathan Ross, who has worked as a deportation officer with ICE since 2015.
Video shows the moment Renee Good, 37, appeared to wave for cars to pass her before pulling out of a residential street. That’s when one agent attempted to open her car door. Good reversed her Honda Pilot, then put it in drive and attempted to turn her wheels to leave the scene when Ross ― who was holding a cell phone in one hand ― pulled out a gun and fired once into her windshield, then again through her open driver’s side window, killing her.
“Law enforcement professionals do not shoot at moving vehicles,” Bilal said. “I’m not saying fleeing, because she wasn’t fleeing, she was getting out of the way. Law enforcement professionals do not stand in front of moving vehicles, invoking an action that is illegal. No, we don’t. And so we stand here today with all those who stand against the made-up, fake ― what you can call ICE, professional law enforcement ― I don’t call ’em none of that.”
