Trump Administration Accused of ‘Propaganda’ for Shifting Story in Shooting Amid ICE Protests

 https://time.com/7326794/ice-protests-chicago-marimar-martinez/

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is facing questions from lawmakers over the shooting of a U.S. citizen by Border Patrol agents in Chicago after a criminal complaint filed against the victim differed from the agency's initial description of events.

Just hours after Martinez was shot, the DHS released a statement from Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin that said that federal agents were “rammed by vehicles and boxed in by 10 cars.” The statement also alleged that one of the people who “boxed” in the agents, who it later identified as Martinez, was armed with a “semi-automatic weapon.” After the collision of cars, agents exited the vehicle and fired five times at Martinez—shots that McLaughlin said were “defensive” shots.

Murphy noted, however, that the criminal complaint filed against Martinez the next day tells a different story. The complaint, written by FBI Special Agent Caitlin Malone, said that only two cars rammed federal agent vehicles, rather than the overwhelming 10. There is no mention of her brandishing a weapon, as the original DHS statement implied, nor any firearms at all on Martinez.