Anti-ICE Demonstrators Claimed Law Enforcement Ran Over a Protester - Then Dashcam Footage Was Released
By Bryan Chai
January 13, 2026 at 4:44pm
The accusation detonated online in minutes: Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents had run over a protester in Tennessee.
The claim spread with the familiar certainty of a verdict already reached, amplified by activists and influencers who didn’t wait for facts because outrage was the point.
On Sunday, an anti-ICE protest in Memphis garnered all sorts of attention due to, as WREG reported, “a viral video circulating on social media that appeared to show a trooper hitting a demonstrator.”
Given the inflamed tensions between the left and ICE following last week’s tragic incident involving a Minneapolis woman who died after driving her car toward an ICE agent, it’s little wonder this blew up.
There’s just one (rather significant) problem with that narrative: It collapsed as soon as authorities released dashcam footage that highlighted the truth of the matter.
https://www.westernjournal.com/anti-ice-demonstrators-claimed-law-enforcement-ran-protester-dashcam-footage-released/