Eric Dinowitz says he is "horrified" by the ICE shooting in the Northwest Bronx
Eric DinowitzNew York City Council member, in a post on X
Council Member Eric Dinowitz said he was horrified by the ICE-involved shooting in the Northwest Bronx, which he called his home and where he used to teach, and that he was on the scene standing with his colleagues and the community against ICE.
“Horrified by the ICE involved shooting here in the Northwest Bronx, my home and where I used to teach. I am on the scene, standing with my colleagues and the community against ICE”
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Where this statement fits
Was ICE justified in shooting a man in a car in Marble Hill?
On October 8, 2026, an ICE officer shot a man in a car near Marble Hill Avenue and West 225th Street in Marble Hill, a neighborhood the NYPD placed in the Bronx and ABC News and The Intercept placed in upper Manhattan. DHS said ICE officers were conducting a targeted operation in the Bronx to arrest a man from the Dominican Republic with a prior grand larceny conviction and multiple prior arrests, and that an officer discharged his weapon during the incident. Mayor Zohran Mamdani said early reports indicated agents surrounded the man and his 5-year-old child in the car before firing multiple rounds. The NYPD said it was not involved and that the man was conscious at a hospital. NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch later said evidence at the scene indicates at least one ICE agent discharged seven rounds, striking the driver in the neck. As of October 9, DHS had not said what prompted the officer to fire.
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About this source
The council member's own post on his official account.
Before the quotation
Dinowitz was among the officials who spoke at a rally at the scene that evening, according to the Riverdale Press.
After the quotation
He was one of the eight officials who signed the October 5 letter about ICE staging in the West 225th Street parking lot.
How this statement is classified
The label describes this statement's response within the context above.
Why this label?
The reference point is whether the ICE officer was justified in shooting the man in the car. Dinowitz says he is horrified by the shooting and stands against ICE, which rejects the shooting as justified, so we labeled it Condemned. The closest competing label is Mixed or conditional, which would fit a statement that withholds judgment; his post states his reaction and his side.
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