As Los Angeles and surrounding Southern California cities proceed to be besieged by ICE raids, violent detainments, and protests, one case is sparking distinctive anger and outrage throughout the area.
Narciso Rodriguez was doing his job as a landscaper outdoors of an IHOP restaurant on Saturday within the closely Latino metropolis of Santa Ana when seven masked brokers jumped out of unmarked autos and approached him. Video of his ensuing arrest went viral as a result of the boys are clearly proven beating Rodriguez and punching him within the head as he’s on the bottom.
Native information station KTLA precisely described the assailants as “masked males sporting U.S. Border Patrol vests,” a nod to widespread criticism of the brokers’ refusal to establish themselves as they kidnap brown folks off the streets with out warrants or trigger and throw them into unmarked autos.
And the reality hurts, as evidenced by the Division of Homeland Safety’s defensive response to the newest controversial encounter.
“He ASSAULTED federal legislation enforcement with a WEED WHACKER,” stated an official DHS put up on X Monday. “Maybe the mainstream media would really like our officers to face there and be mowed down as an alternative of defending themselves? What a totally slanted portrayal of what really occurred.”
The whiny put up was accompanied by further video of Rodriguez’s detainment, which confirmed a frantic man making an attempt to run away from a number of armed males and pepper spray whereas holding a piece device. Oddly, the video had no sound, which makes it inconceivable to find out whether or not the weed whacker was even working. In the background, a masked man could be seen pointing a gun at a passing automotive, which solely illustrates the chaos and terror these unhinged “brokers” are unleashing on harmless folks whose solely crime is trying “unlawful.”
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It’s no surprise DHS is pushing again towards the ensuing uproar that sparked extra protests in Santa Ana: It seems Rodriguez is the daddy of three U.S. Marines, together with two on lively responsibility.
“I really feel betrayed,” former Marine Alejandro Barranco informed the Orange County Register. “My dad has no prison historical past. He wasn’t doing something dangerous. He was simply working. The way in which they (federal brokers) attacked him, I don’t suppose it’s proper.”
Alejandro Barranco, who served in Afghanistan, informed the Register his father has no prison historical past and was within the technique of making use of for parole-in-place, which may grant undocumented members of the family of active-duty army permission to remain within the U.S. for an undetermined interval.
The veteran informed group newspaper The Santanero that his father was in a position to name him from a Los Angeles detention facility and “humbly requested him to ‘end the job he was doing when he bought detained.’”
Democratic lawmakers, together with Reps. Mike Levin and Lou Correa, denounced the motion and known as for an finish to the indiscriminate raids and detentions.
“That is simply insanity,” Correa informed the Register. “You’ve a household of three children that took an oath for the nation, prepared to put down their lives for this nation, and their mother and father can’t keep right here?”
DHS is continuous a sample of mendacity about its actions throughout raids and detainments. Officers lied about brokers making an attempt to realize entry to the Dodger Stadium parking zone, and in addition lied after they claimed New York Metropolis Comptroller Brad Lander was arrested for assaulting ICE brokers whereas he was escorting immigrants at a courthouse.
Additionally they lied and stated Sen. Alex Padilla of California was manhandled and detained for not saying his id when making an attempt to ask a query throughout a press convention being held by DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, when video of the incident included clear audio of Padilla figuring out himself.
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The group has rallied across the Barranco household, donating to a GoFundMe to cowl authorized bills and persevering with to carry raucous protests outdoors of Orange County lodges housing ICE brokers and Border Patrol officers whereas they’re on the town doing their soiled work. However the racist Trump administration’s cussed refusal to confess any wrongdoing, as proven of their tireless persecution of wrongfully deported Maryland man Kilmar Abrego Garcia, means Narciso Barranco’s eventual freedom is way from assured.
