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tblue37

(67,271 posts)
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 10:33 PM 2 hrs ago

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b----' before shooting.

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Body-camera video of a Border Patrol agent involved in the shooting of a woman who was allegedly chasing agents in Brighton Park over the weekend shows an officer saying, “Do something, b----,” before pulling over and shooting the woman five times, the woman’s attorney said in federal court Monday.

The video appears to contradict the government’s allegation that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire on her late Saturday morning on Kedzie Avenue near 39th Street, her attorney, Christopher Parente, said at a detention hearing at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse.

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In the charges filed Sunday, prosecutors notably did not mention a loaded gun in Martinez’s car that was referenced in a previous statement by the Department of Homeland Security. But in court Monday, Hennessy said Martinez had a loaded firearm on the passenger side of her car but never brandished it. Martinez’s attorney, Parente, said she has a valid firearm and concealed-carry license.


https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10/06/marimar-martinez-anthony-ian-santos-ruiz-border-patrol-shooting-brighton-park
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b----' before shooting. (Original Post) tblue37 2 hrs ago OP
K&R spanone 2 hrs ago #1
So literally everything ICE said was a lie except that ICE did in fact shoot her. SunSeeker 2 hrs ago #2
Of course all of the right wing whacko gun groups who pushed moniss 2 hrs ago #3
grr proud patriot 39 min ago #4
They are going to keep getting worse. bob4460 11 min ago #5

moniss

(8,141 posts)
3. Of course all of the right wing whacko gun groups who pushed
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 11:09 PM
2 hrs ago

2nd Amendment claims for everyone will be silent for her and nowhere to be found.

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