First-person account of ICE abuse from @propublica
The creator, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen named Arnoldo Bazan, recounts the traumatic story of how he and his father were violently stopped and assaulted by federal immigration agents. He describes being put in a chokehold, witnessing his father being beaten, and the subsequent aftermath which included his phone being stolen by the agents and his father being deported. The video combines his emotional first-person testimony with actual footage of the incident and concludes with a call for awareness about such injustices, supported by journalistic context from ProPublica.
Creator: @propublica on Instagram
Transcript
I was choking. I was choking. The agent just pulls me in. He just puts me in a choke hold. I couldn't breathe. I told him I was a US citizen. I was 16. My name is Arnoldo Hassan. Me and my dad were abused by federal agents. We were chose. We were kicked. I was going to school. We were driving to McDonald's, having an all in the morning until a car stopped us. Tier started, like, trying to break our windows. They pointed their gun at us. I remember that I was best standing in the corner seeing ho
Topics: Politics
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