Video of Indianapolis ICE arrest captures agents dragging men out of their vehicle

A video showing national agents forcing 2 Honduran men from their institution van successful Indianapolis and detaining them without providing a crushed for the postulation halt is sparking questions and speech astir migration enforcement connected societal media.

The video was posted Friday day connected societal media by Jannette Kennedy, a person of 1 of the men arrested.

The cellphone video shows the men being confronted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents earlier the postulation halt escalates into a forceful arrest.

The apprehension captured connected video

The apprehension occurred connected Feb. 28 soon aft 9 a.m., portion the men were connected their mode to enactment erstwhile they were pulled over, according to the woman of 1 of the men arrested.

It's unclear wherever the apprehension specifically took spot wrong Indianapolis. However, Kennedy said that the apprehension happened adjacent the intersection of West 29th Street and Interstate 65. Landmarks observed successful the video by IndyStar reporters lucifer those from the area.

The operator of the conveyance started signaling a video of the enactment arsenic officers circled the van.

When the video begins, an serviceman wearing a plaid garment and constabulary vest tin beryllium seen lasting against the unfastened passenger-side door. His vest indicates that he's with Enforcement and Removal Operations, a part of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The serviceman grips the passenger's wrist with 1 manus and points a stun weapon astatine his thorax with the other.

In the video, the operator tin beryllium heard asking the agents what they've done and what's going connected successful Spanish.

"Open the door. We are with the police," the ERO serviceman responds successful Spanish. "Don't talk."

Multiple officers bid the operator successful some English and Spanish to unfastened the door. The operator again asks what they've done.

"No, I'm scared. No, I'm scared. No, we're scared. No, we're scared. What did we do? I'm scared. What did we do," helium says successful Spanish.

"I'll unit you," the ERO serviceman says, tucking his stun weapon into his vest.

The men proceed to inquire what they did.

"Give maine immoderate ID! What's your name?" an serviceman asks successful English. "Hey! Look astatine me!"

The camera turns to look the English-speaking officer, who's lasting adjacent to the driver's broadside door. His vest says "POLICE" but does not specify an agency.

IndyStar reached retired to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and asked if immoderate officers assisted with the Feb. 28 arrest. The constabulary section said it is unaware of immoderate IMPD officers participating successful the arrest.

When the camera turns backmost astir seconds later, the rider tin beryllium seen trying to interruption escaped of the manus connected his wrist.

"Yeah, he's fighting," the serviceman says, and 2 much officers travel into presumption down him. Insignias connected their uniforms bespeak that 1 is from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the different is with Homeland Security Investigations.

The rider puts his hands up. The EOR serviceman wraps his manus astir his neck, portion the ATF serviceman leans implicit his enarthrosis pointing a stun gun.

The 3 national agents past unit the rider retired of the car by his shoulders and bring him to the ground.

On the different broadside of the car, a constabulary serviceman asks the operator to unfastened the door.

The camera turns to amusement 4 men restraining the rider connected the sidewalk.

The ATF cause appears astatine the passenger's broadside doorway and points a limb astatine the driver. "Open that doorway oregon you're gonna get tased," helium says.

However, the ATF agent's stun weapon tin beryllium seen holstered connected his idiosyncratic erstwhile helium makes that statement.

A constabulary serviceman from an chartless bureau pushes the ATF cause speech and lunges into the car, toward the driver. That's wherever the video ends.

IndyStar reached retired to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to petition much accusation regarding the arrests. IndyStar did not person a effect from the national bureau astatine the clip of reporting.

Where are they now?

According to nationalist records, some men were booked into the Marion County jailhouse earlier they were transferred to an migration holding installation successful Clay County.

Since their transportation to Clay County, 1 antheral has been moved to a 2nd installation successful Illinois, according to national records.

Neither antheral has been charged with a transgression offense, according to nationalist records.

The rider had entered the United States via a enactment permit, but it whitethorn person precocious expired, his woman told IndyStar.

She didn't cognize wherefore either of the men would person been targeted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, oregon what events whitethorn person led up to their arrest.

She hopes her hubby tin instrumentality home, arsenic he's the sole supplier for their family. He was moving jobs successful Indiana to assistance wage for attraction for their 3-year-old handicapped daughter, his woman said.

Contact IndyStar newsman Noe Padilla astatine [email protected], travel him connected X @1NoePadilla or connected Bluesky @noepadilla.bsky.social.

Ryan Murphy is the communities newsman for IndyStar. She tin beryllium reached astatine [email protected].

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