A crowd of anti-ICE activists tried to force a street shutdown near the Texas Capitol on Saturday, but Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers moved in within seconds, forming a line and driving protesters back as tensions flared on the pavement. The protests follow the shooting by an ICE officer of a woman who appeared to weaponize her vehicle by driving at the officer while she interfered with the enforcement operation.
The DPS troopers moved in after protesters spilled off the sidewalk and attempted to hold the intersection, chanting at officers and shoving against the DPS line as traffic backed up behind them. The crowd’s organizers urged demonstrators to “hold the street,” but troopers advanced in a tight formation, pushing the group back toward
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