Chuck Schumer
Role at the time: U.S. Senator for New York and Senate Minority Leader, in a post on X
Statement summary
Sen. Chuck Schumer said the shooting of a New Yorker by ICE agents is deeply disturbing, especially amid reports that a child was in the car, and that enough is enough. He said DHS must immediately release all body camera footage and ensure a full, independent investigation, that there must be accountability when excessive force is used, and that the footage will speak for itself.
“The shooting of a New Yorker by ICE agents today is deeply disturbing, especially amid reports that a child was in the car when shots were fired. I'm relieved the man is receiving medical care and the child was unharmed. But enough is enough. New Yorkers deserve the full truth about what happened. DHS must immediately release all body camera footage and ensure a full, independent investigation. When excessive force is used, there must be accountability. No one is above the law. DHS can make all the claims it wants. The footage will speak for itself. Release it.”
The senator's own post on his official account.
Why we used this label
The reference point is whether the ICE officer was justified in shooting the man in the car. Schumer calls the shooting deeply disturbing, says enough is enough and says DHS can make all the claims it wants, which rejects the shooting as justified, so we labeled it Condemned. The closest competing label is Mixed or conditional, which fits his point that accountability follows when excessive force is used and his call for the full truth; he states his reaction to this shooting first, so it loses.