Footage captured the moment a Democrat Massachusetts councilwoman attempted to impede the arrest of an illegal alien, despite the fact the invader had beaten her pregnant daughter.
The incident unfolded May 8 in Worcester, as 25 “unruly” demonstrators attempted to interfere with the arrest of 40-year-old Brazilian national Rosane Ferreira de Oliveira, who authorities referred to as a “violent criminal illegal alien” reportedly accused of assaulting her pregnant 16-year-old daughter.
Democrat City Councilor Etel Haxhiaj was among the activists, with body cam footage showing her grabbing ICE officers and telling them to “get out of our neighborhood.”
Haxhiaj was also seen defending de Oliveira’s daughter, who police arrested after she handed off a baby to someone before running after and kicking a police vehicle her mother was inside.
The Daily Mail has more details on the altercation:
The overwhelming scene began when police officers arrived to help ICE officers who requested assistance with the rowdy crowd.
De Oliveira’s teenage daughter, dressed in a black and white sweater vest, was seen with her face on the hood of a car as officers surrounded her.
Haxhiaj was then seen interfering, as she put her finger in an officer’s face before turning to the 16-year-old, screaming: ‘Let her go! Do not touch her!’
Other people then gathered around the scene as the teen suspect shouted: ‘Don’t touch me!’
‘Don’t touch her!,’ Haxhiaj then yelled as she shoved an ICE officer’s arm and tried to get a hold of the girl.
During another moment, the councilwoman was seen arguing with several officers on the sidewalk begging them to let the teenager go.
‘She hasn’t done anything. She’s traumatized. She’s my constituent!,’ she yelled as officers pushed her back.
Haxhiaj added: ‘She’s my constituent and you’re hurting her!’
She then questioned why the minor was being arrested, telling officers: ‘She has done nothing!’
An officer then addressed her as councilor and warned her to back away.
“Following the dramatic incident, authorities said Haxhiaj ‘incited aggression towards the police’ and ‘eventually assaulted both Worcester police and federal law enforcement officers on scene,'” The Mail reported.
The Worcester police union president commented officers “acted totally appropriately” during the arrest of the illegal, and chastised the councilwoman for her actions.
“We had an active city councilor, Etel Haxhiaj, from District 5, who was inciting the crowd, physically touched our officers and federal agents on the scene,” said Worcester Police Patrolmen’s Union Thomas Duffy.
“Any official, particularly a sitting councilor, who acts in such a manner is, in the opinions of those of us ordered to keep the peace during such hostilities, unfit to serve,” Duffy added.
School Committee candidate Ashley Spring was also arrested and charged with assault after throwing an unknown liquid on officers and pushing them.
Time will tell whether Haxhiaj faces charges for obstruction, as Massachusetts US Attorney Leah Foley indicated anyone who interferes with ICE would be investigated.
“This conduct poses significant public and officer safety risks,” Foley said last month. “It is conduct that should be vilified rather than glorified. I will not stand idly by if any public official, public safety officer, organization or private citizen acts in a manner that criminally obstructs or impedes ICE operations.”
“The United States Attorney’s Office, along with our federal partners… will investigate any violations of federal law and pursue charges that are warranted by such activity.”
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