Dave Matthews Calls ICE Agents ‘A–holes’ After Armed Illegal Immigrant Shot in Self-Defense

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• Dave Matthews publicly condemned ICE agents during a Friday concert, calling them “a–holes” after an officer shot an illegal immigrant in self-defense
• Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national in the U.S. illegally, was killed after allegedly attempting to ram ICE officers with his vehicle during a traffic stop in Houston
• ICE stated the officer fired his weapon in self-defense when Araujo weaponized his vehicle and tried to run over law enforcement

Dave Matthews, lead singer of the Dave Matthews Band, used profanity to attack Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during a concert Friday, calling federal law enforcement officers “a–holes” for defending themselves against a violent assault.

“I don’t know why we let people make excuses for why we should kill each other, you know?” Matthews said during the performance. “There’s always reasons that we should kill each other.”

“They tell our children and use their words when they — when they grow up. I wonder what’s wrong with us. I don’t know why we lost our way. So it feels — but maybe we’ve always been like this, we just got better at making things that can kill each other.”

Matthews then named the individual shot by ICE, omitting critical details about the circumstances of the incident.

“Anyway, I wanted to say his name. I wrote it down so I didn’t forget it, this young man who was — well, old man, but we’re all young — this father and grandfather who was murdered by ICE in Houston, Texas. And then they say he’s not even the guy — he’s not even the guy they were looking for. Well, then don’t pull the trigger, you a–holes.”

“So I just wanted to say, I’m sorry if that language offends his family or his friends or his community, but it’s just making me mad anyway, so I want to send this to the memory of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was killed a few days ago in Houston by ICE,” he added.

The facts tell a different story than Matthews’ narrative. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican citizen living illegally in the United States, was shot and killed in Houston after he allegedly attempted to ram ICE officers with his vehicle during a law enforcement operation.

ICE officers were attempting to conduct a traffic stop at approximately 6:50 a.m. when the incident occurred, according to an ICE spokesperson.

Araujo tried evading the ICE officers when he “weaponized his vehicle in an attempt to run over an ICE law enforcement officer, resulting in our officer firing his weapon in self-defense,” the agency stated.

This is not the first time Matthews has targeted ICE agents. After an activist named Renee Good was killed in Minneapolis during an altercation with ICE agents in February, Matthews posted a video condemning federal immigration enforcement.

“I don’t want my taxes to pay for ICE, to masked thugs to roam our streets and terrorize our communities and rip families apart. We should be taking care of each other. We should be minding each other. We should be housing the homeless. We shouldn’t be, you know, throwing people to the ground,” he said.

“Which brings me to Renee Nicole Good,” he continued.

“Murdered in front of her fellow citizens in Minneapolis, murdered in the streets, and no matter what narrative this administration is trying to sell us, we can see the videos.”

ICE officers are tasked with enforcing federal immigration law and protecting American communities from criminal illegal aliens. When confronted with lethal force — such as an individual attempting to run them over with a vehicle — these officers have the same right to self-defense as any American citizen or law enforcement officer.

Fox News Digital contacted ICE for comment but did not receive an immediate response.

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