Speaking before the march stepped off, Brooklyn Councilman Chi Osse<\/a> called for abolishing ICE \u2014 and more.<\/p>\n \u201cWe need Nuremberg trials for the people of ICE, for the people who are committing crimes against humanity here in our country,\u201d he told the crowd. \u201cI refuse, I refuse to call them law enforcement. They are agents of chaos.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t want to hear s\u2014 about reforming ICE, I don\u2019t want to hear s\u2014 about training these ICE agents. We need to abolish ICE.\u201d<\/p>\n Protesters chanted, \u201cShut it down!\u201d \u201cICE off our streets now!\u201d and \u201cWhen immigrant rights are under attack, what do we do? Stand up right back!\u201d as they marched through the frozen streets.<\/p>\n Kristy Jensen, 41, who lives in Brooklyn, was holding a sign saying, \u201cWe see the murders, we hear the lies, we will fight back\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s a big job by this administration to spread false information and lies about the reality of what we are seeing, people being murdered in the streets,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd we need to fight back and show them that we see what\u2019s happening, we hear what\u2019s happening, and we don\u2019t accept it, and we will fight back against it.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m outraged at the state of this country, and the fascist tyranny that is taking over by ICE, and it needs to be stopped, and we, as a nation, need to be angry, we need to organize, and we need to fight back,\u201d Jensen added.<\/p>\n The protest was organized by The People\u2019s Forum.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat we\u2019re seeing are political executions that are meant to terrify the whole population into submission as they disappear our neighbors, our fellow immigrant workers, and, you know, lay siege on, you know, the democratic rights of us all,\u201d said Wally, a 24-year-old UPS worker who lives in Brooklyn, said.<\/p>\n Department of Homeland Security officials said that around 9:05 a.m. Central Time, officers were conducting an operation to detain an undocumented man wanted for a violent assault. Another man, Pretti, then approached a U.S. Border Patrol agent with a 9-mm. semiautomatic handgun, according to the agency.<\/p>\n \u201cThe officers attempted to disarm the suspect but the armed suspect violently resisted,\u201d DHS said on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cFearing for his life and the lives and safety of fellow officers, an agent fired defensive shots. Medics on scene immediately delivered medical aid to the subject but (he) was pronounced dead at the scene,\u201d DHS added.<\/p>\n DHS said Pretti also had two magazines of ammunition on him and no ID, adding, \u201cthis looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement.\u201d<\/p>\n The officer who shot the man is an eight-year Border Patrol veteran, per federal officials.<\/p>\n Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O\u2019Hara said police believe Pretti<\/a> was a \u201clawful gun owner with a permit to carry.\u201d<\/p>\n Several bystander videos of the shooting soon emerged, filled with multiple whistles being blown and profanities shouted, adding to the chaos. The videos showed Pretti wearing a brown jacket and black hat with a phone in his hand, but none appears to show him visibly displaying a weapon.<\/p>\n The victim was identified by his parents, who said he was an intensive care unit nurse.<\/p>\n The shooting comes weeks after dozens of protests erupted against ICE following the fatal shooting in Minneapolis of 37-year-old Renee Good,<\/a> who was killed on Jan. 7 by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot into her vehicle.<\/p>\n On New Year\u2019s Eve, 43-year-old Keith Porter was fatally shot in Los Angeles by an ICE agent, who said he had heard gunshots outside his apartment.<\/p>\n The agent encountered Porter holding a long rifle and ordered him to put it down.<\/p>\n \u201cThe ICE officer identified himself as law enforcement,\u201d DHS said in a statement to ABC7<\/a>. \u201cIn response, the individual pointed his weapon at the ICE officer. The officer ordered the subject to put the weapon down. When the subject refused to comply, the officer fired defensively with his service weapon at the subject to disarm him. The subject fired at least three rounds at the officer.\u201d<\/p>\n Porter\u2019s family disputed the DHS version of events, saying he was instead firing gunshots to celebrate New Year\u2019s.<\/p>\n![\"Anti-ICE](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/anti-ICE-protest-march-Union-Square-01.24.24-AA-Julian-Roberts-Grmela.jpg\")
Anti-ICE protesters march through the streets after gathering at Union Square in Manhattan on Saturday afternoon. (Julian Roberts-Grmela \/ NY Daily News)<\/p>\n