Charges dropped against Brooklyn Park woman who saved ICE agent

Brooklyn Park woman helps save ICE officer

A Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, woman being detained by federal agents ended up using her medical training after one of them started having multiple seizures.

BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. (FOX 9) - Two women will no longer face charges after being accused of obstructing ICE operations in January.

ICE obstruction charges dropped

What we know:

Federal court documents obtained by FOX 9 show that the charges against Tippy Amundson and Heather Zemien were dropped on April 22. 

The charges were dropped with prejudice, meaning they cannot be refiled. 

What we don't know:

The court documents did not say what led to the dropping of the charges

Brooklyn Park woman saves ICE agent

The backstory:

Amundson and Zemien told FOX 9 in January they were helping children get off the school bus and get home when they spotted an ICE agent hiding behind a trash can outside an apartment complex.

At that point, she says, they began honking their car horn, and ICE agents quickly swarmed their car.

The two were detained, but as they were being transported to the Whipple Federal building, one of the agents in their car began to have a seizure. 

Amundson says she alerted the other agents, saying that the agent needed immediate medical attention and to call 911. 

She says the other agents had no idea how to render first aid, so they took her out of her handcuffs, and she helped the man until emergency crews could arrive.

Amundson says she was shocked at the perceived lack of training the agents had, including basic first aid skills, which she learned during her time as a teacher.   

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