“You Don’t Want This Smoke”: Philly Sheriff, DA Threaten To Arrest ‘Fake Law Enforcement’ ICE Officers

Philadelphia’s top law enforcement officials have drawn a red line with the Trump administration after an ICE agent killed an activist protester this week during in Minneapolis. 

In a Thursday press conference, Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner slammed President Donald Trump as the ‘criminal-in-chief,’ and vowed to prosecute any federal officers who commit crimes in the city. 

Krasner said that widely circulated footage of the Minneapolis shooting of Renee Nicole Good showed that the ICE officer’s actions were unlawful and violated law enforcement protocols. 

“Silence will not protect us from people who trade in violence to achieve their fascist goals. Our voices will,” Krasner said. “The law must apply to everyone, and therefore we have to use our voices to call out people who commit terrible crimes or justify them. We have to use our voices to remind people that it’s not just a question of what you can get away with. It’s a question of right and wrong.”

PHILLY DA Larry Krasner warns ICE agents in wake of the Minneapolis shooting: “If any law enforcement agent, any ICE agent is gonna come to Philly to commit crimes, then you can get the F out of here.”

“I will charge you with those crimes. You will be arrested. You will stand… pic.twitter.com/xYB0yL65GD

— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 8, 2026

Krasner dismissed the idea that the ICE officer fired his weapon in self-defense, saying “Blocking streets is something protesters, suffragettes have done forever. It’s an incredibly minor offense.

“There is no justification whatsoever in the law for shooting to death someone who is leaving having blocked the street, if that’s even what she did. No justification whatsoever under the Constitution, the U.S. Supreme Court, president or the law for doing that.”

Sheriff Rochelle Bilal echoed Krasner’s comments, calling ICE agents “fake law enforcement,” and saying she is “with the DA” when it comes to prosecuting federal agents that commit crimes in the city.

“…law enforcement professionals – real ones, not the fake, made-up ICE, probably Trump’s new army to attack citizens in the United States. Did you hear what I said? No law enforcement professional wears a mask. None. None.”

“Those that come into our communities wearing masks to commit crime – and thank God for our District Attorney Larry Krasner, who says he’s gonna lock them up. And I’m saying now, we are not going to whisk you away for them to hide your identity. Because when you do it here, you’re getting arrested.”

“You don’t want this smoke,” she concluded. 

🔥🚨 BREAKING: Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal calls ICE agents “fake law enforcement,” and says she will ARREST them for enforcing federal immigration law.

She then threatens them, saying:

“YOU DON’T WANT THIS SMOKE!” pic.twitter.com/fl5gorX9JO

— The Patriot Oasis™ (@ThePatriotOasis) January 9, 2026

It’s worse than that. More chaotic. It’s blue CITIES. Governors like Walz are really govs of the cities. Because mostly the state is red. The blue cities are the confederates here and that makes the whole situation a lot more complicated

— Kira (@Kiradavis) January 9, 2026