Federal immigration agents shot a Dominican national with a robbery conviction and a pending drug case in the Bronx last week, and New York's establishment press responded by comparing the officers to mass shooters.
Oscar Bergal, 28, was hit in the neck when an ICE agent fired seven rounds into his Honda Civic on Marble Hill Avenue near West 225th Street on Oct. 8. His 5-year-old son sat in the backseat. The incident has become the latest flashpoint in the fight over immigration enforcement, with editorial boards and elected officials lining up to condemn the agents — while burying Bergal's criminal record and the reason federal officers were after him in the first place.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin says Bergal accelerated his vehicle and rammed it toward ICE agents who had approached with badges drawn, giving what Mullin called
