Drunk driver reportedly slams into police car during a traffic stop with another driver
A 36-year-old woman crashed into a police car while the officers conducted a completely unrelated traffic stop.
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Law enforcement officers (LEOs) pull over motorists by the tens of thousands daily. However, as just about any cop will tell you, there’s hardly such a thing as a routine traffic stop. Consequently, a drunk driver in Pennsylvania crashed into a state trooper as the officer was conducting a traffic stop with another motorist.
A Pennsylvania woman and alleged drunk driver drove into the rear of a police car at a traffic stop– and she wasn’t part of it
A Pennsylvania State Police vehicle pulled over a motorist on I-476 in Delaware County. Keeping safety and visibility in mind, the troopers parked their cruiser with their emergency lights on, prompting drivers to move right and stay clear of the traffic stop.
The police officers were standing on the left shoulder to avoid oncoming cars. Unfortunately, at around 11:30 p.m., a woman driving a “Dodge sedan,” likely a Charger considering its popularity, neglected to move out of the way. The driver, later identified as Sara Lawver, crashed into the rear of the police cruiser, nearly hitting the officers as she did so.
According to the Philly Voice, the 36-year-old driver wasn’t injured in the crash. Interestingly enough, police report that there were no tire marks or indications that Lawver had attempted to brake before crashing into the cruiser. Understandably, the officers on the scene conducted a Standardized Field Sobriety Test (SFST) with the possibly drunk driver.
Lawver failed the field sobriety test, leading to a drunk driving arrest. While police didn’t release her blood alcohol concentration (BAC), they did charge her with more than a single driving under the influence (DUI) charge. It’s unclear whether law enforcement dismissed the first driver from the traffic stop.
Instead, law enforcement charged the drunk driver with two counts of driving under the influence and three counts of “recklessly endangering another person.” The third count likely referred to the motorist that the police had pulled over before the crash. In the state of Pennsylvania, the legal limit for a driver’s BAC is 0.08%. That’s a fairly typical legal limit for the United States, with few exceptions. For instance, Utah has a BAC limit of 0.05%.
VIDEO: Suspected drunk driver crashes into patrol car during South Carolina traffic stop
drunk driver slams into patrol car during traffic stop in moncks corner© Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office
Video released by the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office in South Carolina shows a woman, who authorities say was drunk, crashing her car into a patrol car while deputies were making an arrest on the side of a road.
drunk driver slams into patrol car during traffic stop in moncks corner© Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office
This happened just after 2:30 a.m. on June 14 when deputies were taking a suspected drunk driver into custody near the intersection of South Live Oak Drive and Wildwood Lane.
While the deputies were standing just steps away from their patrol vehicle, an impaired driver slammed into the patrol car, according to the sheriff’s office.
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Deputies say the woman driving the car, Lauren Michelle Skinner, 32, was arrested by the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
Skinner was charged with transporting alcohol in a motor vehicle with a broken seal, second-offense driving under suspension and second-offense driving under the influence.
No deputies were injured during the incident.
“This could have ended with one of our deputies being killed,” Berkeley County Sheriff Duane Lewis said. “People often don’t realize how quickly a normal traffic stop can turn into a life-threatening situation. Our deputies face this danger every day. Impaired driving is reckless, selfish, and puts everyone at risk — including those who protect our communities.”
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Can ICE agents detain U.S. citizens? What powers do they have to arrest people? Your most common questions answered.
The agency has spearheaded President Trump’s immigration crackdown and been at the center of some of its most controversial incidents.
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement, known as ICE, has been one of the more controversial arms of the federal government for years, but the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis brought the agency to the forefront of American politics.
ICE has been at the center of President Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown since he returned to the White House in 2025. The agency’s aggressive tactics have led to unprecedented numbers of deportations, arrests and people held in detention. They’ve sparked mass protests, legal challenges and renewed calls for it to be abolished.
When major news breaks, sometimes it can be easy to feel left behind if you’re not up to date on the latest facts. To help our readers catch up, we’ve compiled answers to some of the most common questions about ICE found in search data since the shooting.
Here’s a quick primer on what ICE is, what role it plays and what the law says its agents are — and are not — allowed to do as they carry out Trump’s mass deportation agenda.
What does ICE stand for?
Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
When was ICE formed?
ICE was established in 2003 as part of the Homeland Security Act, a sprawling national security bill passed in response to the 9/11 terror attacks. That bill took a wide range of national security functions that had previously been spread out across various parts of the government and brought them all under the purview of the newly created Department of Homeland Security.
When it was formed, ICE effectively absorbed the duties of two now-defunct government agencies: the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the United States Customs Service. Though ICE itself is relatively new, the role it took over from those other agencies — enforcing immigration laws — has been carried out by various parts of the government since the nation’s founding.
What does ICE do?
ICE’s primary job is to enforce immigration laws inside the U.S. It does not typically patrol America’s borders. That job is carried out jointly by Customs and Border Protection and the Coast Guard.
The agency is split into two main divisions. The first, and by far more visible, is what it calls Enforcement and Removal Operations. This is the arm of ICE that carries out immigration raids, runs detention centers and deports people out of the U.S.
The second division conducts more complex and involved investigations into transnational crime, including drug smuggling, human trafficking, gang violence and a variety of financial crimes.
How big is ICE?
According to its website, ICE has more than 20,000 employees across 400 offices throughout the United States. Its staff includes 6,100 deportation officers, 6,500 special investigations agents, 700 intelligence analysts, 1,700 attorneys and various other support personnel.
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Those figures don’t appear to include a major influx of new ICE employees that have been hired recently thanks to a $30 billion infusion of additional funding included in the massive spending bill Republicans in Congress approved last summer. ICE has been on a furious recruitment push that has brought in 12,000 new officers and employees in less than a year, the agency said. The huge influx of money, which also includes $45 billion to increase ICE’s detention capacity, will arguably make ICE the largest and best-funded federal law enforcement agency in U.S. history.
Who is in charge of ICE?
ICE’s acting director is Todd Lyons, a career ICE official and former Air Force member who oversaw the agency’s Enforcement and Removal Operations before being promoted in March. Lyons took over the position from Caleb Vitello, who was demoted after less than a month on the job amid complaints from the White House about lagging deportation numbers. Lyons reports directly to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
Is ICE the only agency carrying out immigration raids?
No. The Trump administration has reassigned thousands of people from other parts of federal law enforcement to support ICE’s deportation efforts, including agents from Border Patrol, the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration and even the Internal Revenue Service. Though ICE has become something of a blanket term for any federal agents carrying out an immigration operation, any given operation will likely involve personnel from several different agencies and possibly local or state authorities as well.
One of the most important figures in Trump’s immigration crackdown is actually a member of the Border Patrol. Greg Bovino, whom Noem has called a “commander at large” within the agency, has been spearheading immigration operations in major cities across the country. By frequently joining high-profile raids in person, Bovino has become the public face of the Trump administration’s immigration policy.
What powers does ICE have to arrest people?
As members of federal law enforcement, ICE officers have the authority to stop, detain and arrest people they believe to be in the country illegally. In public spaces, they can make arrests without a warrant, but they must have cause or reasonable suspicion to believe that the person is violating immigration laws.
Can ICE agents detain U.S. citizens?
Legally, no. By the letter of the law, ICE only has the authority to detain, arrest or deport people who are believed to be in the country illegally.
In practice, however, there are many accounts of American citizens being caught up in the administration’s raids. The news site ProPublica identified upward of 170 incidents where citizens were held by immigration authorities, including some who were detained even after showing a legal government ID.
ICE can detain citizens if they allegedly commit a crime, such as interfering with an immigration operation or assaulting officers. ProPublica’s list includes 130 people who were held for alleged infractions, though those cases “often wilted under scrutiny” and very few resulted in convictions.
Does ICE need a warrant to enter a private home?
It’s complicated. For decades, courts have found that warrantless entry violates the Constitution’s ban against unreasonable searches and seizures in most circumstances. Under that long-standing precedent, ICE or any other law enforcement agency needs a warrant signed by a judge to enter a private home or business.
However, the Associated Press recently reported on a secret ICE memo in which the agency tells its officers that they can defy that limitation and enter a home with only an administrative warrant, which they can sign themselves. The memo does not outline the legal reasoning ICE is using to assert this power, and it’s unclear whether courts might force the agency to abandon the policy. For now, though, ICE does appear to be operating under guidance that it does not need a judicial warrant to enter a private home.
Is it legal to film ICE?
Yes. You have a constitutional right to record ICE officers, or any other law enforcement, as long as you are not obstructing them in any way. DHS officials have claimed that recording ICE operations can be illegal, but that runs counter to a long history of court rulings that have established a First Amendment right for citizens to record police activity.
Can ICE legally use force?
Yes. Federal law stipulates that immigration officers must use the “minimum non-deadly force necessary” to accomplish their mission.
The law and DHS policy both allow agents to use deadly force, but “only when necessary” and in circumstances when they have a “reasonable belief” that they or someone nearby is facing an imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury. They are not allowed to use deadly force to stop a fleeing subject or in cases when a suspect appears to be a threat only to themselves.
How many people has ICE deported since Trump returned to office?
Last week, ICE reported that it had conducted 622,000 deportations since the start of Trump’s second term on Jan. 20, 2025. While that’s well short of the goal of 1 million annual deportations the administration had set for itself, it’s still enough to shatter the previous annual record of 316,000 set during Barack Obama’s presidency.
Why do ICE agents wear masks?
ICE says its agents wear masks to prevent “doxing” — a term used to describe the unauthorized publication of someone’s private information, including their name, address or other personal data. ICE claims that doxing of its officers “can (and has) placed them and their families at risk.”
Federal law requires any federal immigration agent making an arrest to identify themselves as an immigration officer “as soon as it is practical and safe to do so.” That language gives the agents a certain amount of discretion to decide when identifying themselves is “practical and safe.” Immigrant rights groups argue that ICE and other immigration agents often refuse to identify themselves, or even lie about their identities, in violation of federal law.
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The White House Confirms It Altered Photo of Arrested Protester to Depict Her Sobbing: ‘The Memes Will Continue’
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The White House has confirmed that it posted a fake arrest image of a Minnesota protester to its official X account Thursday.
CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale reported, “The White House has confirmed its official X account posted a fake image of a woman arrested in Minnesota after interrupting a service at a church where an ICE official appears to be a pastor.”
Dale continued, “The White House image altered the actual photo to wrongly make it seem like the defendant was sobbing. Asked for comment, the White House sent a link to a spokesperson’s X post that said, ‘Enforcement of the law will continue. The memes will continue.’”
On Thursday, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI arrested a civil rights attorney who took part in the protest on a Minnesota church.
“So far, we have arrested Nekima Levy Armstrong, who allegedly played a key role in organizing the coordinated attack on Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota,” Bondi wrote. “We will share more updates as they become available. Listen loud and clear: WE DO NOT TOLERATE ATTACKS ON PLACES OF WORSHIP.”
Bondi also announced the arrests of protesters Chauntyll Louisa and William Kelly, with “more to come.”
The White House posted a photo of what appeared to be an upset Armstrong sobbing as an officer escorted her toward the camera.
However, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem posted a nearly identical photo of Armstrong appearing calm as she was led away.
Some observers claimed the difference in the photos was brought about through A.I.
Anna Bower, senior editor at Lawfare, wrote, “Hi @WhiteHouse @PressSec. Was this photo digitally altered to make it appear that the defendant is crying? A similar photo posted by @Sec_Noem does not show her crying.”
Other pundits followed suit. InsiderWire, which bills itself as “News for Patriots by Patriots,” posted, “Great job! But why use an AI photo?”
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Podcaster Jordan Crowder wrote, “Not just ai. Bad ai.”
Brett Maiselas with MeidasTouch wrote, “This is some dark, evil shit,” while MeidasTouch itself wrote, “Can you please provide comment on why this image was manipulated using AI to make it appear that the woman was crying?”
Also joining the protesters was former CNN anchor-turned-podcaster Don Lemon.
Bondi attempted to bring charges against Lemon on Thursday, but a federal magistrate judge “refused to sign a complaint bringing charges” against him, according to CBS News justice correspondent Scott MacFarlane.
Many others also commented on the photo differences.
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AOC Did Not Mince Words When A Reporter Asked About Trump’s “Cognitive Decline”
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was confronted by a reporter asking about Trump’s “cognitive decline” after his remarkably rambling speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland…and let me tell ya…she had some choice words.
ICYMI, during his hour-plus-long speech for world leaders, Trump confused Greenland for Iceland multiple times, claimed Switzerland would be speaking German if it weren’t for the US in WWII (despite it already being an official language), and said people in “Iceland” referred to him as “daddy,” amongst other strange moments.
This speech came shortly after another bizarre (and this time, two-hour-long) speech he had this week at a White House briefing celebrating his first year in office on Tuesday. During this speech, he praised the Hells Angels motorcycle gang, rambled a story about a mental institution in Queens, NYC that took him by surprise as a little league baseball player, and said he wanted to rename the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of Trump.” He also confused Greenland for Iceland in this speech.
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Amid Donald Trump’s cognitive abilities being…well, on full display, reporter Pablo Manríquez (@PabloReports) asked AOC, “Real quick, how big of a factor is Donald Trump’s cognitive decline, given what we’re seeing in Davos?”
She replied, “I think that the president has been acting in increasingly erratic ways.”
She then pointed out the double standard in how Joe Biden was treated amid questions about his mental acuity, compared with the current response to Trump. “I think it is really damning when we think about the degree to which mass media outlets reported on Joe Biden, and yet — you know, that resulted in the Democratic Party changing its nominee, etcetera. Yet, we are seeing behavior from Donald Trump that is increasingly erratic and alarming, and everyone’s pretending that this is normal,” she said.
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“I don’t really understand why that is. It is very bizarre,” she continued. “But then, importantly, I think that for our European partners and for our global partners, I think what they also see is the result of not just one man, right, but also the entire government apparatus and a party that is willing to watch someone decompensate in front of the world and do nothing about it.”
“I don’t know what’s going on, but I find that the standard — it would be helpful if we could apply an even standard here and far more, you know, a fraction of the reporting that was dedicated a year or two ago to see that applied right now,” she ended.
You can watch her response here.
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Naturally, people online had thoughts to share about AOC’s reply:
“Now why is @aoc the only one saying this??? Dems everywhere should adopt the same language. Honestly laughed out loud when she said he was decompensating.”
“It’s true. Today, Trump couldn’t even remember the country he’s threatening. Instead of Greenland, he called it Iceland.”
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“She’s one of the good ones. More American politicians should say those words.”
And lastly, “100% truth from @AOC.”
Do you agree with her take? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
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