Video shows ICE agent stabbing car tire
The ACLU of Oregon filed a complaint alleging an agent damaged a vehicle in Hillsboro during a brief interaction.
By Jonathan Reed ·
A video released by the ACLU of Oregon shows an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent stabbing the tire of a couple's car in Hillsboro.
The organization filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security over the incident that occurred just before 7 a.m. on Oct. 7.
According to the filing, the couple noticed a vehicle they believed was an ICE car in their Beaverton neighborhood. They followed it at a distance into the Safeway parking lot in Hillsboro's Tanasbourne Village. The couple's car captured the events on video.
Kelly Simon, the legal director for the ACLU of Oregon, stated that the clients were trying to leave. The filing says the couple saw masked officers in vests marked with ICE meeting with two other cars. The officers yelled that they were ICE and blew whistles to alert shoppers. Simon said the agents noticed the recording and began engaging the couple.
The video shows an agent running toward the car with a shopping cart. Simon said the couple never received instructions to stop. As the car left the parking lot, it was followed onto Stucki Avenue. Another vehicle boxed them in. The footage shows an agent from behind stabbing the Tesla's tire multiple times until it popped. The agents then departed.
The couple pulled over and called 911. They are remaining anonymous due to fear of retaliation. Simon described the experience as chilling, noting that people are afraid similar incidents will happen to them. She said it is unsettling to have a masked federal officer approaching physically without knowing what they will do.
The Hillsboro Police Department confirmed a report was made. The department stated it could not reach ICE to establish the facts. The City of Hillsboro lists this incident among other reported ICE events in its public documents.
