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House Democratic candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier is calling for New York Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch to step down after a suspected illegal immigrant from the Dominican Republic was shot by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in the city on Thursday.
TL;DR
- House Democratic candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier calls for NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch to step down.
- The demand follows the shooting of a suspected undocumented immigrant by ICE officers in New York City.
- Avila Chevalier participated in an anti-ICE protest and reported being pushed by a police officer.
- She witnessed unmarked law enforcement vehicles hitting protesters and NYPD officers pushing people.
- Avila Chevalier criticized Tisch for attempting to justify the shooting rather than condemning ICE's actions.