Sadly, we’re seeing a lot of reports about ICE and border patrol agents being denied service at places like Minneapolis Hilton Hotel locations – ostensibly over “public safety concerns,” as RedState previously reported.
There’s even one report from independent journalist Cam Higby about a Speedway gas station in Minnesota, where Border Patrol Commander at Large Greg Bovino was allegedly denied service by a man claiming to be a gas station attendant. As of this writing, Speedway has not confirmed if the man was or is an actual employee. But the video shows the scene very active with triggered anti-ICE agitators, and the man was seen trailing Bovino with a cellphone camera in hand in front of the store and near the gas pumps.
Hotels and gas stations are one thing. But hospitals, too? That’s a claim that has surfaced related to an incident in New York involving NYPD detectives who reportedly went to a Brooklyn hospital after one of them sustained an injury while trying to apprehend a suspect.
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There is a lot of he said/she said at play in this one, so let’s first go to the statement made on X by the NYC Detectives’ Endowment Association:
Last week, two NYPD Detectives were mistreated while seeking medical attention at NYU Langone – Cobble Hill Emergency Room after being injured on duty during the arrest of a violent perpetrator. Upon arrival, they were met with rudeness, disrespect, and a lack of basic professional courtesy by hospital administrators.
It is an outrage that any NYPD Detective injured in the line of duty should have to worry about being treated at any hospital in the city they protect. As nurses across the city strike over issues like workplace safety, treating Detectives poorly is not how to make hospitals safer.
No one—especially Detectives injured in the line of duty—should face such treatment. The DEA is investigating this matter and will pursue all available remedies to ensure our members are treated with the dignity and respect they have earned.
Sources with the NYPD are primarily claiming two things: That there was disagreement between hospital staff and the plainclothes detectives over their carrying guns into the NYU Langone Health hospital in Cobble Hill, and that the detectives allegedly heard some medical professionals speculating that they might be members of ICE and should go somewhere else:
The three cops arrived at the hospital after the suspect scuffled and spat on them during a narcotics investigation by cops in Brooklyn North on Friday, the NYPD said Wednesday.
When they arrived at the Cobble Hill emergency room, the detectives were told they could not go into the ER with their service weapons, so one of the cops agreed to hold the gun while his partner was treated, the department said.
However, hospital staff approached the second detective in the waiting room and told him he had to leave because he was armed — causing enough of a stir that the cop being treated intervened.
“And then at that point the two detectives heard members of the hospital staff say something to the effect of believing they were ICE and that they should care elsewhere,” the department said.
“[Hospital staff] were nasty to the officers in the waiting room, accused them of being ICE and suggested they go elsewhere,” one ticked off source familiar with the incident said.
According to an NYPD spokesperson, the hospital has apologized. They (the hospital) also put out a statement:
“Representatives from the hospital apologized to Commissioner Tisch and the NYPD and said hospital staff had a misunderstanding of their policy,” the spokesperson said. “Commissioner Tisch asked that all hospital staff be retrained to ensure that this type of incident never happens again.”
The hospital told Fox News Digital it expressed, in a discussion with Tisch, “our regret for how the situation was handled and reaffirmed our commitment to continue providing the highest quality care to the New York Police Department and all law enforcement agencies.”
It noted that, in 2025, NYU Langone provided care to nearly 1,000 NYPD officers.
“We provided care to the injured officer who was asked to temporarily secure his weapon, as per our policy,” a hospital representative said. “The other two officers were allowed to keep their weapons. NYU Langone always values the opportunity to provide care to members of law enforcement.”
Former NYC mayor Eric Adams (D) went off upon hearing about the incident, and demanded NY Gov. Kathy Hochul (D), who is up for reelection, take action against the hospital:
This is INSANE!!!
A hospital that politicizes emergency care is no longer a hospital. It’s an activist institution pretending to practice medicine.
These NYPD officers put their lives on the line. Medical staff are sworn to treat the injured, not pass political judgment.
We send them into danger and then leave them bleeding when it’s inconvenient.
This is a total moral collapse.
@GovKathyHochul must act and hold this hospital fully accountable.
As for Zohran Mamdani, the Big Apple’s Democrat Socialist, anti-ICE mayor, he’s apparently unavailable for comment.
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