Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims agent said, 'Do something b----' before shooting

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: WBEZ Chicago, IL/NPR

Oct 7, 2025, 6:30am EDT


Body-camera video of a Border Patrol agent involved in the shooting of a woman who was allegedly chasing agents in Brighton Park over the weekend shows an officer saying, “Do something, b----,” before pulling over and shooting the woman five times, the woman’s attorney said in federal court Monday.

The video appears to contradict the government’s allegation that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire on her late Saturday morning on Kedzie Avenue near 39th Street, her attorney, Christopher Parente, said at a detention hearing at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse.

U.S. District Judge Heather McShain denied a request by the federal government to detain Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, 21, pending trial. Martinez and Ruiz, who wore orange jumpsuits for the detention hearing, were charged Sunday with felony assault of a federal officer.

The judge said it “is a miracle to me that no one was more seriously injured” in the incident in which Martinez and Ruiz allegedly followed agents for more than 20 minutes as they drove after conducting an operation in Oak Lawn. But she said the defendants’ lack of criminal history and extensive family and community ties compelled her to release them pending trial.

Read more: https://www.wbez.org/public-safety/2025/10/07/marimar-martinez-anthony-ian-santos-ruiz-border-patrol-shooting-brighton-park

[Marthe48]

1. Do what we can to keep them safe

and their families, friends and community.

[sheshe2]

2. She was called B**** and then was shot FIVE TIMES!

These 'agents' and I use that term loosely, are out of control.

[rubbersole]

4. The bastards never were in control.

Just afraid to go back to prison. Now they don't have to worry about that.

[Bayard]

3. Looks like regular heavy traffic to me in the video

I'm not sure I understand why she didn't drive to a hospital, but--shot five times! No excuse for that, and they should be charged.

[AntiFascist]

5. This is a reflection of Trump just waiting for protesters to "do something" ...

so that he can then activate the Insurrection Act, as if our major cities are burning down as appeared to be happening in the LA Riots during the Bush Sr. administration.

I recall being on Hollywood Blvd the evening before the riots, just after the police who beat Rodney King were acquitted. A very peaceful, very diverse march had been hastily organized in front of the Roosevelt Hotel. The marchers were well behaved and the only thing unlawful was that, perhaps, they did not have a permit to march down the street. Several rows of LA police in full riot gear then quickly showed up with their shields drawn, seeming ready to do battle, and the marchers and onlookers quickly dispersed.

What happened the next day in Los Angeles is probably Trump's wet dream for Portland, Chicago, and any other blue democratic city, in order for him to claim that there is an active insurrection taking place within the US.

As Los Angeles has more recently demonstrated during Trump's illegal Federal invasion this summer, we do not have to take the bait. While there were a few acts of vandalism within a very restricted area of the city, it did not amount to an insurrection requiring massive action by Federal troops or the Federalized National Guard. Trump's claims to the contrary are obvious lies, and Federal judges are now calling him out on this.

We need to keep pushing back with all the judicial and law enforcement resources we can muster. Pritzker seems to have the Chicago city and Illinois state police on his side. Trump's illegally behaving forces will be vastly outnumbered and vastly outlawyered.