LA car wash owner sues for $50m after being slammed and detained in Ice raid | California
A 79 -year -old owner of a Los Angeles region car wash, US immigration officials hit the US citizen and detained it for almost 12 hours after the federal government is looking for $ 50 million damage.
Rafie Ollah Shoveled, including broken ribs and a traumatic brain damage, said that this month was subjected to significant injuries during a migration raid. The agents violated the Constitution, the California Civil Rights Law and the Fundamental Human Lesson, James Desimone, a civil rights lawyer representing the man, expression Thursday.
“The behavior of these masked agents was unlawful, reckless and ruthless,” Desimone said. “If this could be in the light of an American elderly citizen who does not make any crime, it could be to anyone. This was not law enforcement officers, our democracy cannot survive if the federal agents operate on the law.”
The incident comes with Donald Trump’s management of the campaign to deport the aggressive mass with raids in Southern California. Operations increase after abolishing restrictions on such activities at the beginning of this month and allowing agents to continue to sweep the raids. Ministry of Internal Security (DHS) He swore Mücü Fighting the area in Los Angeles ”.
Meanwhile, a large number of US citizens have been sweeping in immigration operations in the state and faced lawsuits and legal claims for federal government behaviors. The mother of a 15 -year -old US citizen who accused Trump administration of fake imprisonment and “unreasonable racial profileization ğı, which federal agents, who were detained at arms forced by weapons, sought 1 million dollars of compensation.
After the September 9 incident, SHOUD is looking for damages from DHS, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Migration and Customs Protection (ICE) and border patrol, as well as attack, battery and deliberate emotional distress as well as intentional.
Late that morning, masked agents entered Shouled’s car wash in Van Nuys – the video seems to be pushing the owner down when entering the building. “The lawyer’s office said,” He went out to provide evidence that his employees were authorized to work, “but the agents swore to him, pushed him and said,” The body hit him on the sidewalk. “
A group of three agents jumped on his back, withdrew Shouled’s arms, and according to a statement, he has recently had heart surgery and ignored the protests he needed for medical assistance. Although he was never accused of a crime, he was detained for about 12 hours in an detention center in Los Angeles. His lawyer’s office said he was held in custody even after he said that representatives knew the status of citizenship and did not allow him to call his family.
After Shoveled was released, broken ribs were treated in a hospital for a traumatic brain damage and injuries in the elbows. The photos taken after the event show wide bruising on the arm.
In an interview NBC4 Los AngelesShoveled shocked what happened. “I thought this is a beautiful country, a good country. Why do they do this kind of thing to you?”
DHS said in a statement, referring to an anonymous spokesman, the September 9 Border Patrol Operations resulted in the arrest of five unquestioned immigrants in Van Nuys. “He blocked the operation and was arrested for attacking and blocking a federal officer,” said Shoveled.
Free released. The lawyer could have died in Shouled.
In a press conference this week, Desimone said, “The video shows you that the Buz is the way I use our community. “Instead, they immediately resort to force.”
DHS said in his statement that the agency and the components continue to implement the law every day in Los Angeles, even in the face of danger ”.
