A lady who was caught on video getting forcibly pulled from a automobile by brokers in Minneapolis on Tuesday mentioned she feels “fortunate to be alive.”
The girl, Aliya Rahman, mentioned she was driving to an appointment on the Traumatic Mind Damage Middle when the incident occurred.
Federal brokers detain a girl as they pull her from her automotive days after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 13, 2026.
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“Masked brokers dragged me from my automotive and sure me like an animal, even after I instructed them that I used to be disabled,” she mentioned in a press release on Thursday. “This occurred simply two blocks from the place Renee Good was murdered, so I’m very conscious that this confrontation might have ended in another way for me.”
Rahman mentioned that whereas in federal custody she requested for a physician however was taken to a detention middle, the place she mentioned she misplaced consciousness earlier than being taken to a hospital.
“I could have extra to say within the coming days however for now, I’m relieved to be protected and ask for privateness as I heal from my accidents and navigate the way to transfer ahead from this traumatic expertise,” she mentioned.
Federal brokers detain a girl after pulling her from a automotive, January 13, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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In a press release on the incident, Homeland Safety mentioned a crowd “started impeding legislation enforcement operations” of ICE officers and that a number of individuals have been taken into custody for assault.
“One agitator ignored a number of instructions by an officer to maneuver her automobile away from the scene, she was arrested for obstruction,” the assertion, which didn’t determine Rahman by title, mentioned.
In video of the incident, Rahman will be heard saying she is disabled and was making an attempt to go to the physician.
-ABC Information’ Gaby Vinick
