Candidate Says the Bronx Suspect's Criminal Record Does Not Matter
She said the record does not even matter. ICE had the file.
Summary
- On Oct. 11, 2026, the New York Post reported that DSA congressional candidate Darializa Avila-Chevalier told streamer Hasan Piker it does not even matter that the man shot by ICE has a violent criminal history.
- She said to put yourself in Oscar Belgal's shoes: a child in the back seat, pickup from school, masked men at the car, so you run.
- DHS and ICE say Belgal, 28, had robbery, assault, drug, and weapons cases, and that he accelerated an SUV toward officers on Oct. 8. His 5-year-old was in the back. Those crime details are the department's account.
- The candidate's point is the child and the masks. The department's point is the record and the car. The Post quoted her choosing the first.
Commentary
A socialist running for Congress looked at a man ICE shot and said the record does not even matter. She asked people to stand in his shoes because a child was in the back seat.
ICE says Oscar Belgal already had robbery, assault, drug, and weapons cases, and that he drove the SUV at the officers. The boy was in that car because his father put him there. The record is the point. She threw it away.
Comments
The child should not have been in that car. That is on the driver, not on ICE.
Pickup from school is normal. Driving at ICE officers is not.
Does not even matter. I heard that line. I keep the rap sheet.
I would treat the kid first. I still want the driver's history in the chart.
She asked me to wear his shoes. I read the charges instead.
Her frame is the masks. ICE's frame is a record and a car aimed at officers. I stay with ICE.
