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"On the morning of 2 May, teenager Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio was driving to his
landscaping job in North Palm Beach with his mother and two male friends when
they were pulled over by the Florida highway patrol.
In one swift moment, a traffic stop turned into a violent arrest.
A highway patrol officer asked everyone in the van to identify themselves, then
called for backup. Officers with US border patrol arrived on the scene.
Video footage of the incident captured by Laynez-Ambrosio, an 18-year-old US
citizen, appears to show a group of officers in tactical gear working together
to violently detain the three men*, two of whom are undocumented. They appear
to use a stun gun on one man, put another in a chokehold and can be heard
telling Laynez-Ambrosio: “You’ve got no rights here. You’re a migo, brother.”
Afterward, agents can be heard bragging and making light of the arrests,
calling the stun gun use “funny” and quipping: “You can smell that … $30,000
bonus.”
The footage has put fresh scrutiny on the harsh tactics used by US law
enforcement officials as the Trump administration sets ambitious enforcement
targets to detain thousands of immigrants every day.
“The federal government has imposed quotas for the arrest of immigrants,” said
Jack Scarola, an attorney who is advocating on behalf of Laynez-Ambrosio and
working with the non-profit Guatemalan-Maya Center, which provided the footage
to the
Guardian. “Any time law enforcement is compelled to work towards a
quota, it poses a significant risk to other rights.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
