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New York Democratic congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier told Twitch streamer Hasan Piker on Saturday that the criminal record of a man wounded by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer "doesn't even matter." The comments followed a targeted operation in which Oscar Belgal, a 28-year-old Dominican Republic national, was shot by an ICE agent.
The Department of Homeland Security states that Belgal is in the country illegally and refused to comply with lawful orders during the encounter.
Both Piker and Chevalier disputed the emphasis placed on Belgal's criminal history by New York and federal authorities, arguing that his past offenses did not warrant the lethal response.
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch provided details of the incident at a news conference near the shooting site late Thursday.
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