Federal immigration enforcement officers arrested a worker in a grocery store in Iowa City on Thursday.
In a video captured by a member of the immigrants rights group Escucha Mi Voz, Jorge Gonzalez is seen being tackled to the ground by three officers in the middle of a downtown Iowa City grocery store.
They were not wearing masks or uniforms and only identified themselves as federal agents. When Gonzalez resisted arrest, the officers threatened to shock him with a Taser, holding his arms behind his back as he laid on the ground.
“Hey! Are you ICE or a cop? Are you ICE or a cop? Are you ICE or a cop?” people at the scene are heard saying.
In a statement, Escucha Mi Voz called the raid not only an attack on Gonzalez’ family, but on the entire Iowa City community.
It’s unclear under what charges Gonzalez was detained or where he was taken.
— James Kelley, IPR News.
