Truthout⁠74%

ICE Reportedly Killed Maine Man in Second Fatal ICE Shooting in a Week ⁠62%

By Sharon Zhang⁠79%

7/13/2026, 9:09:38 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 21 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Ambiguity (Equivocation), and Confirmation Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 39.6% saturation with 216 hits. Analysis detected 1,313 faulty-reasoning hits from 546 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 57.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠62% (8,437 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 61.50% of the article peer group.

An ICE agent reportedly shot and killed a person in Biddeford, Maine, on Monday, marking the second person killed at the hands of federal immigration agents in a week. 
The office of the Maine Attorney General said that agents were “conducting an enforcement operation related to a final order of removal” when an agent fatally shot a man on Monday morning. 
The Portland Press Herald and Sen. 
Angus King (I-Vermont) have both said that an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot the man. 
Two immigrant rights groups, Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition and Presente! 
Maine, said that the victim was a 26-year-old Colombian man who was authorized to work in the United States, and held a Social Security number. 
King, citing a conversation with Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullen, identified him as “a male in his 20s” who had reportedly been ordered to leave the country. 
Authorities have not otherwise identified the man. 
Witnesses said that, around 7:15 am, they heard multiple shots ring out, and saw agents pulling a man who was bleeding from the head out of the car, per the Portland Press Herald. 
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) claimed that the man “weaponized” his vehicle prior to the shooting, King said. 
DHS has made similar claims following numerous killings by federal immigration agents, including after the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo last Tuesday. 
Then, DHS claimed that the agent shot Salgado Araujo in “self-defense,” and that he “weaponized his vehicle” and tried to hit an ICE officer. 
However, three witnesses to the case who were in the car when Salgado Araujo was shot have separately said that this narrative is a lie. 
In testimonies, all three said that the officers were on the sides of the car, and that there were no officers in front of it, according to their lawyer. 
Video footage from the Press Herald apparently showing the moments before the shooting shows a white sedan slowly taking a u-turn around an intersection that has been blocked on one side by a white SUV with flashing law enforcement lights. 
Figures appearing to be immigration agents run by the side of the car, never appearing to be in front of the car, and two figures wearing dark clothing run around both sides of the car as it drives back in the direction it came. 
The state attorney general has said that the state is conducting an investigation into the shooting. 
One witness who lives in the area, Cecelia Humiston, told the Press Herald that there was a child present at the shooting, potentially the victim’s child. 
“They were with a little girl, she couldn’t have been older than three,” the woman said. 
“She was still in her Bluey pajamas.” 
Humison said that an older woman nearby was yelling, “you took her dad.” 
Protests against ICE quickly erupted in Biddeford after the shooting, with demonstrators calling for ICE to leave the community and criticizing Sen. 
Susan Collins (R-Maine) for her support of immigration enforcement actions. 
Politicians once again called for the abolition of ICE following the killing. 
This included former Maine state senator Troy Jackson and Democratic candidate for Senate, who said: “This rogue agency must be abolished.” 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 21.2%Sharon Zhang: 7.6%Truthout: 5.8%Confirmation Bias21.2%This article: 0.0%Sharon Zhang: 1.2%Truthout: 0.8%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 18.1%Sharon Zhang: 4.8%Truthout: 3.4%Availability Heuristic18.1%This article: 4.6%Sharon Zhang: 0.5%Truthout: 0.9%Representativeness Heuristic4.6%This article: 0.0%Sharon Zhang: 0.2%Truthout: 0.4%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sharon Zhang: 1.5%Truthout: 1.3%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 7.7%Sharon Zhang: 13.5%Truthout: 10.0%Framing Effect7.7%This article: 0.0%Sharon Zhang: 0.3%Truthout: 0.5%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Sharon Zhang: 0.3%Truthout: 0.4%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sharon Zhang: 0.7%Truthout: 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Sharon Zhang: 0.8%Truthout: 1.0%Optimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sharon Zhang: 2.5%Truthout: 2.3%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 39.6%Sharon Zhang: 21.3%Truthout: 12.2%Negativity Bias39.6%This article: 0.0%Sharon Zhang: 2.0%Truthout: 0.9%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 5.3%Sharon Zhang: 2.3%Truthout: 1.4%Fundamental Attribution Error5.3%This article: 0.0%Sharon Zhang: 0.1%Truthout: 0.2%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 1.8%Sharon Zhang: 2.4%Truthout: 1.9%In-Group Bias1.8%This article: 0.0%Sharon Zhang: 2.3%Truthout: 0.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sharon Zhang: 0.6%Truthout: 1.0%Halo Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Sharon Zhang: 1.0%Truthout: 0.3%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Sharon Zhang: 0.0%Truthout: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 13.9%Sharon Zhang: 2.7%Truthout: 1.2%Recency Bias13.9%This article: 3.1%Sharon Zhang: 0.6%Truthout: 0.3%Primacy Effect3.1%This article: 0.0%Sharon Zhang: 0.2%Truthout: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sharon Zhang: 2.5%Truthout: 1.6%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 3.8%Sharon Zhang: 1.0%Truthout: 0.5%Straw Man3.8%This article: 30.2%Sharon Zhang: 5.3%Truthout: 3.7%Appeal to Authority30.2%This article: 0.0%Sharon Zhang: 1.5%Truthout: 1.9%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Sharon Zhang: 1.8%Truthout: 1.5%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Sharon Zhang: 0.2%Truthout: 0.3%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 9.3%Sharon Zhang: 10.1%Truthout: 7.7%Hasty Generalization9.3%This article: 0.0%Sharon Zhang: 0.9%Truthout: 0.3%Red Herring0.0%This article: 4.0%Sharon Zhang: 0.4%Truthout: 0.6%Bandwagon4.0%This article: 11.4%Sharon Zhang: 11.4%Truthout: 8.8%Appeal to Emotion11.4%This article: 0.0%Sharon Zhang: 1.7%Truthout: 1.7%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 2.2%Sharon Zhang: 2.9%Truthout: 3.0%Post Hoc (False Cause)2.2%This article: 0.0%Sharon Zhang: 0.1%Truthout: 0.2%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 3.8%Sharon Zhang: 2.0%Truthout: 0.8%Burden of Proof3.8%This article: 0.0%Sharon Zhang: 0.0%Truthout: 0.1%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Sharon Zhang: 0.3%Truthout: 0.4%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 20.5%Sharon Zhang: 1.2%Truthout: 2.7%Anecdotal20.5%This article: 0.0%Sharon Zhang: 0.1%Truthout: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 25.6%Sharon Zhang: 3.2%Truthout: 1.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation)25.6%This article: 0.0%Sharon Zhang: 0.0%Truthout: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Sharon Zhang: 0.4%Truthout: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Sharon Zhang: 0.4%Truthout: 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Sharon Zhang: 0.3%Truthout: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Sharon Zhang: 1.2%Truthout: 0.3%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Sharon Zhang: 3.0%Truthout: 1.5%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 7.9%Sharon Zhang: 2.2%Truthout: 1.6%Quote-first Misdirection7.9%This article: 2.4%Sharon Zhang: 15.2%Truthout: 9.5%Biased Writer Voice2.4%This article: 3.8%Sharon Zhang: 1.9%Truthout: 2.9%Indoctrination3.8%This article: 0.0%Sharon Zhang: 8.6%Truthout: 7.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sharon Zhang: 0.7%Truthout: 0.3%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Sharon Zhang: 2.6%Truthout: 1.3%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…0.0%

546 words analyzed.

Speakers

7speakers46%attributed speech296writer words
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Writer's voice • 13 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 29 words • 0.0% coverageMaine Attorney General • 32 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 6 words • 0.0% coverageAngus King • 17 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 0.0% coverageMaine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition • 25 words • 0.0% coverageAngus King • 28 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 7 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 33 words • 0.0% coverageMarkwayne Mullen • 19 words • 100.0% coverageDepartment of Homeland Security (DHS) • 22 words • 0.0% coverageDepartment of Homeland Security (DHS) • 24 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 25 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 29 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 40 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 44 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 16 words • 0.0% coverageCecelia Humiston • 26 words • 0.0% coverageCecelia Humiston • 16 words • 0.0% coverageCecelia Humiston • 7 words • 0.0% coverageCecelia Humiston • 13 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 22 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 10 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 12 words • 0.0% coverageTroy Jackson • 21 words • 100.0% coverage
Selected voice

Troy Jackson

100%flagged-word coverage
21 attributed words8.4% of attributed speech92% writer coverage
0%50.0%100.0%Indoctrination+100.0 ptsWriter: 0.0%Troy Jackson: 100.0%100.0%Biased Writer Voice-4.4 ptsWriter: 4.4%Troy Jackson: 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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