New footage has poured doubt on claims by Immigration of Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents that a Utah man swerved into them at a traffic stop on Jan. 26, Fox 13 reported. Last month, the Unified Police Department was tasked with assisting ICE agents at a traffic stop in Murray, Utah. When the officers arrived, the agents had a vehicle stopped and the driver in handcuffs, claiming that he swerved towards them. According to a statement released by the department on Tuesday, when the officers asked for clarification, they “were unable to obtain a clear response from ICE agents.” Despite the officers voicing concern, the driver, who “appeared emotional, expressed distress over alleged threats made by the ICE agents,” was placed in handcuffs by ICE agents, the release said. The man did confess to yelling and honking at the agents but maintained that he never swerved toward them. After the UPD reviewed the surveillance footage that seemed to corroborate the driver’s story, a citation against the man was dismissed. The UPD officials contacted ICE to “express concerns regarding the inaccuracies and inconsistencies in their agents' statements.”
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