A woman who was caught on video getting forcibly pulled from a vehicle by agents in Minneapolis on Tuesday said she feels “lucky to be alive.”
The woman, Aliya Rahman, said she was driving to an appointment at the Traumatic Brain Injury Center when the incident occurred.
Federal agents detain a woman as they pull her from her car days after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 13, 2026.
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“Masked agents dragged me from my car and bound me like an animal, even after I told them that I was disabled,” she said in a statement on Thursday. “This happened just two blocks from where Renee Good was murdered, so I am very aware that this confrontation could have ended differently for me.”
Rahman said that while in federal custody she asked for a doctor but was taken to a detention center, where she said she lost consciousness before being taken to a hospital.
“I may have more to say in the coming days but for now, I am relieved to be safe and ask for privacy as I heal from my injuries and navigate how to move forward from this traumatic experience,” she said.
Federal agents detain a woman after pulling her from a car, January 13, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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In a statement On the incident, Homeland Security told a crowd “began impeding law enforcement operations” of ICE officers and that several people were taken into custody for assault.
“One agitator ignored multiple commands by an officer to move her vehicle away from the scene, she was arrested for obstruction,” the statement, which did not identify Rahman by name, said.
In video of the incident, Rahman can be heard saying she is disabled and was trying to go to the doctor.
-ABC News’ Gaby Vinick
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