New York City elected officials and mayoral candidates were quick to condemn the Immigration and Customs Enforcement assault on an amNewYork reporter and alleged assault of another journalist at a downtown immigration court Tuesday morning.

Officers shoved amNewYork’s police bureau chief, Dean Moses, as Moses was documenting the detention of an immigrant who had arrived for a hearing at 26 Federal Plaza. According to Moses, agents shoved Associated Press freelancer Olga Fedorova to the floor, at which point L. Vural Elibol of the Anadolu Agency also fell to the ground and sustained what appeared to be a serious injury.

“He was semiconscious, but he didn’t move from the position for 35 to 40 minutes,” Moses said of the incident.

The Department of Homeland Security called for medical assi

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