A TIKTOK user posted a disturbing video on the popular social media website and called on people to ‘photograph on ice cream [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] Agents on sight. ”
“Shoot ice officers. That’s right. If Ice Agents try to take you or a loved one, she will shoot,” said Tiktok user Belal_Donq in his video.
The user claimed that agents in masks, unmarked vehicles and without their badges had appeared and claimed that the agents could “be someone.”
“The way they put on with masks, with unmarked vehicles, no badge, nothing nothing. It can be someone. It can be gang members. You have the right to shoot at them,” he continued. “This would be the best self -defense case. You are just afraid of your life. You don’t know who is behind that unmarked vehicle or who is behind that mask.”
He then says that the way agents reportedly show up “is ridiculous.”
“Where is our country coming to? Why would you like to become an ice agent? Do you like to separate children from their parents? Do you like to deport students who study? I understand a gang member or criminals. But innocent people. It’s ridiculous.”
“They pull themselves up like the Mafia. You might as well shoot them and have your day in court.”
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Calling a thread of the video and promised that actions would be taken against the person who posted the video.
“If you threaten or try to harm a law enforcement officer, we will find you and prosecute you to the full size of the law,” wrote in a message about X.
User Belal_Donq seemed to be bringing down the video on Sunday evening after Fox News Digital contacted him on Tiktok.
National Border Patrol Council Vice-President Hector Garza told FOX News Digital that this kind of message is not only dangerous, but that it also ‘real violence in perspective’.
“This type of rhetoric is not only dangerous, it only shouts at work and undermines the rule of law. Our agents risk their lives every day to protect this country, and they deserve to do their work without being afraid to be aimed at wearing the uniform,” Garza said.
“The National Border Patrol Council unambiguously condemns any form of violence or threats aimed at federal law enforcement officers, including our colleagues at ICE,” he continued.
Garza added that “he encourages” all social media platforms to take rapid and decisive action against content that promotes violence. ”
“Free speech does not apply to encouraging criminal actions, and allowing such content remains online, puts lives in danger,” said Garza.
This incident comes less than a week after Tiktok de Hashtag, “#Carteltok”, removed from the search engine after cartel members were caught on their use to emphasize their crimes and recruit human smugglers.
A spokesperson for Tiktok told Fox News Digital that the platform in addition to the removal of “#Carteltok”, the platform also removed “well -known leaders of cartels of gangs” that violated the policy of the organization.
Many of the videos in question showed cartels that blink piles of money, jewelry and luxury items that were used to seduce teenagers in America and Mexico to smuggle illegal immigrants across the American border.
Representatives of Snapchat, Tiktok and Meta, who owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, previously told Fox News Digital that they have policy to combat such content and remove such content when it appears on their platforms.
Fox News Digital reached Tiktok and Ice for comment on the video, but received no response.
