Allison Pickard
Role at the time: Anne Arundel County Councilwoman for District 2
Mixed or conditional
Statement summary
Pickard, who represents the Glen Burnie area on the Anne Arundel County Council, said "we, so far, only know what ICE agents reported happened that morning" and said she has concerns that federal agents lack "the same kind of equipment or technology" as county police.
“In Glen Burnie, we, so far, only know what ICE agents reported happened that morning ... I have concerns that federal ICE agents are not in our community with the same kind of equipment or technology to make sure that all of the information gets out about what happens in these situations”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Questions remain about ICE shooting in Glen Burnie in wake of Minneapolis ICE shooting · WBAL-TV 11Comments by Councilwoman Allison Pickard; police clarification; ICE body-camera inquiry
Why we used this label
The reference point is the officers' decision to fire and DHS's account of it. Pickard neither endorses nor rejects the shooting; she says only ICE's account was known and that she hopes video evidence will clarify what happened, so her position depends on evidence not yet public. Challenges the characterization loses because she does not dispute any part of the account.