AN AMERICAN CITIZEN BLOODIED. ICE DROVE AWAY. LEFT FOR DEAD.
In Evanston, Illinois, witness Ryan Garton saw ICE agents punched a Black U.S. citizen and pinned him to the ground as he pleaded: “I’m a citizen, leave me alone.”
His crime. Being black. He ended up hospitalized with injuries to his head, neck and teeth. Bystanders stayed to help after agents left.
DHS says he refused to identify himself. Citizens ABSOLUTELY don not have to prove they are citizens.
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