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72-year-old woman says she was hit with pepper spray while recording ICE agents in Manhattan Linda Wolff, an immigrant rights supporter, filed a federal tort claim against ICE after the incident.

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What happened

72-year-old woman says she was hit with pepper spray while recording ICE agents in Manhattan Linda Wolff, an immigrant rights supporter, filed a federal tort claim against ICE after the incident.

Why it matters

A 72-year-old woman says her civil rights were violated when an ICE agent in Manhattan sprayed her with pepper spray.

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Three weeks ago, Linda Wolff, an immigrant rights supporter who can often be … NBC News flipped this story into Top Stories•25d

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “A judge ordered ICE agents to stop retaliating against an Ohio videographer.”
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Multiple web search results confirm a judge issued a temporary injunction/order for ICE agents to stop retaliating against an Ohio videographer (Moorman).
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web search NEUTRAL — A Judge Ordered ICE Agents To Stop Retaliating Against an Ohio Videographer.After an ICE watcher in Springfield won a temporary injunction against ICE in a First Amendment lawsuit, the agency moved th…
https://reason.com/2026/09/11/a-judge-ordered-ice-agents-to-…
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web search NEUTRAL — When an ICE agent pulled up to the end of the driveway, he allegedly pointed his arm out the window and photographed Moorman's and his wife's vehicles. Other ICE observers in the area have also report…
https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/local/federal-judge-order…
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web search NEUTRAL — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) mission is to protect America from the cross-border crime and illegal immigration that threaten national security and public safety.
https://www.ice.gov/?lv=true
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Claim 2: “Actress from ‘The Munsters,’ ‘Andy Griffith Show’ dies at 88 Nina Shipman... died Sunday of natural causes”
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The claim is confirmed by both web search results (Hollywood Reporter) and a specific Wikipedia entry for Nina Shipman, stating she died at age 88 of natural causes on September 6, 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following notable deaths occurred in 2026. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2026
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Julia Jean "Lana" Turner ( LAH-nə; February 8, 1921 – June 29, 1995) was an American actress. Over a career spanning nearly five decades, she achieved fame as both a pin-up model and a film actress, a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lana_Turner
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nina Shipman (August 15, 1938 – September 6, 2026) was an American actress, best remembered for her roles during the Golden Age of Hollywood and Western classic films.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Shipman
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Claim 3: “Linda Wolff, an immigrant rights supporter, filed a federal tort claim against ICE after the incident.”
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Multiple sources confirm that Linda Wolff filed a federal tort claim against ICE following the pepper spray incident.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 5, 2024. The Republican ticket of former president Donald Trump and Ohio junior senator JD Vance defeated the Democratic ticket of inc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidentia…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The relationship between immigration and crime has been a subject of extensive research, political discourse, and public debate. Immigrants are disproportionately represented in prison populations in …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_and_crime
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Immigration has been a major source of population growth and cultural change in the United States throughout much of its history. As of January 2025, the United States has the largest immigrant popula…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_the_United_Stat…
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Claim 4: “Former Judge Says She Was Fired 48 Hours After Questioning ICE Former Judge Chloe Dillon had raised concerns about ICE detaining an unaccompanied minor.”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that former San Francisco immigration judge Chloe Dillon filed a lawsuit/whistleblower complaint alleging she was fired after questioning ICE regarding the detention of an unaccompanied minor.
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web search NEUTRAL — On Thursday, former San Francisco immigration judge Chloe Dillon filed a whistleblower complaint against the Department of Justice.
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/sf-judge-fired-ice-22…
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web search NEUTRAL — Former San Francisco immigration Judge Chloe Dillon has filed a lawsuit alleging that the Justice Department fired her for challenging ICE’s enforcement tactics.
https://newrepublic.com/post/215343/former-judge-says-fired-…
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web search NEUTRAL — A former San Francisco immigration judge is suing the Trump administration.According to the complaint, Dillon said the detained minor could not be placed in expedited removal proceedings and had the r…
https://wsbt.com/news/nation-world/ex-san-francisco-immigrat…
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Claim 5: “Federal court rejects Trump administration order keeping Michigan coal plant open”
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Three independent web search results (including AP) confirm a federal court ruled that the Trump administration's Energy Department exceeded its authority by forcing a Michigan coal plant to remain open.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2020 United States presidential election in Michigan was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Colu…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 5, 2024, to elect a Class I member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Michigan. It was held concurrently with…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_Senate_elec…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 United States presidential election in Michigan took place that November 5 as part of the 2024 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia partici…
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Claim 6: “ICE Worked Together With the Forest Service to Arrest 5 Campers in Washington”
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Only one specific web search result reports the arrest of 5 campers in Washington by ICE and the Forest Service; other results are general agency descriptions or unrelated content.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mount St. Helens (known as Lawetlat'la to the local Cowlitz people, and Loowit or Louwala-Clough to the Klickitat) is an active stratovolcano located in Skamania County, Washington, in the Pacific Nor…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency within the United States Department of Agriculture. It administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands covering 193 millio…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a federal law enforcement agency under the United States Department of Homeland Security. Its stated mission is to conduct criminal investiga…
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Claim 7: “72-year-old woman says she was hit with pepper spray while recording ICE agents in Manhattan”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that 72-year-old Linda Wolff alleges she was pepper-sprayed by an ICE agent in Manhattan while filming an operation.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 20th Century Studios, Inc., formerly Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, is an American film production and distribution company currently owned by the Walt Disney Studios, the film studios divisi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 40 Wall Street (also the Trump Building; formerly the Bank of Manhattan Trust Building and Manhattan Company Building) is a 927-foot-tall (283 m) neo-Gothic skyscraper on Wall Street between Nassau an…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, developed a social and professional relationship with financier and child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that began in the late 1980s and …
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