Police

ICE Shoots and Kills Driver in Maine

Was this a lawful act of self-defense or part of a dangerous pattern of unchecked federal force?

Published JUL 13

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Above: Demonstrators protest a federal law enforcement involved shooting in Biddeford, Maine on July 13. Image credit: Joseph Prezioso /AFP/Getty Images

The Spin

Pro-Trump narrative

ICE agents in Biddeford, Maine, shot and killed a driver who witnesses say tried to run down officers with his car — this was a lawful use of force to protect agents' lives. A witness described seeing the driver accelerate at an ICE officer before shots were fired, and footage showed a bullet hole through the windshield. Calls for protest ignore that agents faced a deadly threat and responded to protect themselves.

Eric Daugherty on X Daily Mail

Anti-Trump narrative

This Biddeford killing is the 11th fatal shooting tied to federal immigration agents since Trump took office, and the pattern is undeniable — ICE is escalating force in communities with little accountability. In Houston, ICE killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a man close to legal status with no criminal record, while targeting someone else entirely. Unmarked vehicles, disputed narratives and agency silence are telltale signs of a rogue operation.

Ben Crump on X

Eyes on Ice on Substack