VAN NUYS, LOS ANGELES — A automobile wash proprietor in Southern California has filed a $50 million civil rights declare after being arrested and injured throughout an immigration raid at his enterprise.
Surveillance video reveals federal brokers physique slamming 79-year-old U.S. citizen Rafie Shouhed to the bottom simply outdoors of his automobile wash in Van Nuys, Los Angeles two weeks in the past.
Shouhed says the brokers stormed into his enterprise and roughed him up after he tried to ask what they wanted. Video from contained in the enterprise reveals an agent pushing him down.
He says that after he made it outdoors, the brokers pummeled him once more.
“They referred to as themselves ICE individuals, which I do not imagine they’re ICE individuals,” Shouhed stated. “I’ve a coronary heart situation. Three massive individuals had been sitting on my again. The way in which they held me down, sitting on me, and I requested them to let me go, which they completely wouldn’t pay no consideration, and so they took me to the detention heart.”
Shouhed says he was terrified as he tried to elucidate to the brokers that his workers had been approved to be on the job, but he says they took not less than 5 of his workers away in handcuffs. He says he screamed that he’s a United States citizen and had proof in his pockets, however he says they didn’t hear.
“I used to be begging all of them alongside. The one phrases they stated is, ‘You do not F with ICE. You don’t F with ICE. You don’t F with ICE,” Shouhed stated.
Shouhed says he suffered a number of damaged ribs, injury to his mind from being slammed headfirst into the bottom and deep bruising and swelling to his arms from being restrained. He was detained at a federal detention heart for practically 12 hours earlier than lastly being launched.
His household took him to the hospital, and his lawyer filed a civil rights declare searching for $50 million in damages.
“ICE and DHS violated their insurance policies that day. They violated the U.S. Structure. They violated California state regulation,” stated lawyer V. James DeSimone. “We really feel very assured that we’re going to have the ability to obtain justice for Rafie Shouhed in a courtroom of regulation.”
“I did not know the place he was for hours, and along with his coronary heart situation and stents, they might have very simply brought about his demise,” the automobile wash proprietor’s spouse, Debra Shouhed, stated in tears. “It’s totally hurtful.”
Eyewitness Information reached out to federal officers concerning the civil rights declare, however has but to listen to again.
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