ICE and CBP Negligent and Excessive Use of Guns

U.S. citizen Alex Jeffrey Pretti was shot ten times at point blank range by an ICE agent killing him despite posing no threat and exerting no resistance.

Reverend Kenny Callaghan had an ICE agent point a gun in his face and ask, "are you afraid now?" for simply telling him to stop harassing a woman. He was detained for 30 minutes during which the agent repeatedly returned to ask if he was "afraid yet" and then finally let go without any charges after which the agent made a racist comment, "You’re white anyway. You wouldn’t be any fun."

Father of two Keith Porter Jr was shot and killed by an off-duty ICE goon outside his apartment on New Years Eve likely due to him engaging in celebratory gunfire which happens a lot in LA without the celebrant getting shot by someone and is usually charged as a misdemeanor.

Mother of four Viviana Corral was threatened with guns by two immigration agents with one saying, "you better not do it" for merely walking up to film them detaining a neighbor.

Roofers were targeted by ICE\CBP on top of a two-story house in a New Orleans suburb of Kenner despite being informed that all have legal permits to work in the U.S. Multiple agents pointed guns up at them despite not being a threat. They also chased someone else with guns drawn in an excessive use of force found distressing to neighbors. The raid was done purportedly to target one specific person but then they used that to harass everyone else working on site, apparently for being Hispanic.

A peaceful protestor said something to an ICE agent wearing an American flag mask and in response the agent pushed him and pointed his assault rifle at him

Marimar Martinez & Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz were targeted by CBP agents who instigated an accident.

Two women U.S. citizens had their car windows dangerously smashed in by an AR-15 muzzle after which they were zip-tied, arrested and held in federal custody for hours before being released with just minor citations. Agents were unhappy with the women for merely honking their horns alerting people to ICE.

Jennifer had her apartment door busted in by immigration agents without showing a warrant, had her phone knocked out of her hands as she filmed and was dragged by her hair while holding her 2-year-old baby. One agent screamed, "put your fucking hands up, stupid" and another pointed an assault rifle at her 13-year-old daughter. They were detained for an hour as agents asked them about a cousin who had not lived there for years.

Two women had their car window smashed, an assault rifle pointed directly at them and were detained for hours before being released with minor citations for merely exercising their 1st amendment rights and following ICE vehicles from a safe distance.

A woman driver was threatened with a gun by a plain-clothed ICE agent for merely following and recording him at a safe distance according to a video and reports from a police officer who witnesses it.

A person recorded an ICE agent threatening them with a pistol

Father of three Carlos Jimenez stopped near an elementary school bus stop to let ICE agents know through his passenger window that kids were going to be there soon after which his lawyer conveyed, "the male officer immediately had his gun drawn and pointed at Mr. Jimenez’s head and told him to get the f

A combat veteran peacefully protesting was accosted by a masked immigration agent who pointed a handgun at his face through his open car window and said, "bang bang, you're dead liberal"

A 14-year-old girl was dragged out of her family truck by gunpoint during an ICE raid where she fell to the ground resulting in bruising on her ribcage and was then zip-tied. Her mother, Anabel Romero, was shoved to the ground and was kicked repeatedly resulting in bruising of her ribs and shoulder despite holding her hands empty in the air waiting for instruction. They also put a gun to her head and said they were going to "f%#king blow her head off." She was zip-tied as well and asked to go back to her children of which the agent laughed and said, "we're taking better care of them." They were detained for 3 hours despite telling them her social security number and date of birth and that she had her ID in their truck.

State Rep. Hoan Huynh's vehicle was surrounded by six federal immigration agents with one officer having their gun drawn who prevented him from following an unmarked vehicle which he had the legal right to do.

U.S. citizen Pertissue Fisher was handcuffed and detained for hours during an ICE raid on a South Shore apartment building in Chicago of which she noted it was the first time a gun was ever put in her face and said that "they just treated us like we were nothing."

Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez was shot and killed by a plain clothed ICE agent driving an unmarked car who claimed he was in danger but immediately afterwards described his injuries as "nothing major". Law enforcement experts who examined videos of the incident noted multiple reckless and unprofessional actions taken by the agents that went against standard training practices which contributed to this tragic death.

A 15-year-old boy with significant speech and hearing disabilities was wrongfully handcuffed, detained and separated from his mother by border patrol agents for several minutes after they aggressively pointed their guns and a taser at him and his mother outside his high school. They ostensibly downplayed the incident as a case of mistaken identity because they are as inept and incompetent as they are thuggish. His mother characterized the aftermath of the traumatic incident as: "He says he has nightmares. He doesn't want to go to school. Every day I have to wake him up, and it's just so hard for him."

A 17-year-old US citizen teen was racially profiled, pulled over and held at gunpoint by a man outed as an off-duty ICE agent by the family's lawyer. He yelled "Freeze, police! Put the car in park right now!" and intimidated and threatened the boy for 10 minutes only letting him go when neighbors intervened.