Army veteran and US citizen arrested in California immigration raid warns it could happen to anyone

[UpInArms]

Source: Associated Press

A U.S. Army veteran who was arrested during an immigration raid at a Southern California marijuana farm last week said Wednesday he was sprayed with tear gas and pepper spray before being dragged from his vehicle and pinned down by federal agents who arrested him.

George Retes, 25, who works as a security guard at Glass House Farms in Camarillo, said he was arriving at work on July 10 when several federal agents surrounded his car and — despite him identifying himself as a U.S. citizen — broke his window, peppered sprayed him and dragged him out.

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Retes was taken to the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles, where he said he was put in a special cell on suicide watch and checked on each day after he became emotionally distraught over his ordeal and missing his 3-year-old daughter’s birthday party Saturday.

He said federal agents never told him why he was arrested or allowed him to contact a lawyer or his family during his three-day detention. Authorities never let him shower or change clothes despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, Retes said, adding that his hands burned throughout the first night he spent in custody.

On Sunday, an officer had him sign a paper and walked him out of the detention center. He said he was told he faced no charges.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/us-army-veteran-immigration-raid-53cb22251a01599a0c4d1a8d5650d050

[MaineBlueBear]

1. And he has no legal recourse for being illegally detained

Trump's America

[liberalgunwilltravel]

5. He has legal recourse

But the process will be slow, painful, and expensive.

[OldBaldy1701E]

6. Which is by design.

After all, we can't have the rabble trying to take some of the wealthy's money!

Or, stopping rich people from doing whatever they want!!

Or, daring to introduce accountability to anyone but the poor and non-pasty, since they have to be blamed for every ill our society has!!!

[Evolve Dammit]

2. Disgusting. Hope he sues big time.

[Girard442]

3. This practice of arresting people who "look illegal immigrant" is a feature, not a bug.

What's up next? Arresting people who:
"Look gay?"
"Look uppity?"
"Look Jewish?"
"Look disloyal?"
"Look Leftist?"
"Look non-Christian?"
"Look non-Aryan?"
Etc.

[Marthe48]

10. All of the above

Traitor felon is out of control.
The branches of government meant to keep him in check are letting him do whatever he wants. If he or his thugs break laws, the (formerly) s.c. rules that anything goes if traitor felon does it.

[Bayard]

11. How about, "Looks like a protester?"

Or, "Looks like a Democrat?"

[democrank]

4. Frightening degradation to our legal system

There should be MILLIONS of us on the streets by now.

[samnsara]

7. can we say lawsuit???? I bet there will be lots of them

[Hugin]

8. I didn't realize the implications of an ICE raid on a marijuana farm until just now...

Homan’s ICE is indeed a Klan revival.

[sinkingfeeling]

9. Hope he files a $10 million lawsuit.