Video shows Rafael Veraza holding his face after he and his family were allegedly sprayed through open car window
An Illinois man said his US citizen family – including his one-year-old daughter – were pepper-sprayed in their car by federal immigration agents during a shopping trip in a Chicago suburb.
Video of the encounter outside a Sam’s Club in Cicero shows Rafael Veraza clutching at his face after he was allegedly sprayed through his open window by a cloudy substance fired by a masked agent from a pick-up truck traveling in the opposite direction.
Veraza, 25, told reporters his wife told him to stop their car because she, their daughter, and sister were also hit. The images show the aftermath of the episode with the girl in distress in her mother’s arms with her eyes streaming.
“My daughter was trying to open her eyes. She was struggling to breathe,” Veraza told reporters at a press conference Sunday, a day after an operation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the store.
Obligatory “Fuck ICE” naturally, but this one is particularly jarring. For 3 reasons-
A) “from a pick-up truck travelling in the opposite direction”. What. Tha. Fuck. They are drive-by pepper spraying brown people without pulling them over?
B) Goes without saying at this point, but everyone in that vehicle was a US citizen.
C) DHS straight up lied, denied that anything happened in that parking lot, at all. When it comes to ICE misconduct, the Federal government’s official stance is “pics or it didn’t happen”. Which is a good reminder for everyone to film these animals constantly.
I want to ask, “When will this insanity end?” But of course I know the answer. When the American people make it end and not before.
pics or it didn’t happen
I saw the video, so yeah, there are pics
Which agent did it?
Oh you didn’t see their face? Sorry! Can’t find him.
It should go without saying but their citizenship should have no bearing on their treatment. If they were undocumented, this behaviour would still not be justified.
People without legal status in ones nation state are not less worthy of human rights.
Of course I agree with you completely, it just further illustrates ICEs intellectual dishonesty.
While driving ! Could have crashed into oncoming traffic or people walking and all !
If the one year old didn’t want to be pepper sprayed they shouldn’t have broken the law. Play stupid games win stupid prizes. /s
Was straight up a drive by. Doesn’t matter what your immigration status is wildly stupidly outrageously dangerous to blind drivers.
Don’t read the comments on that video.
I read the comments because of your comment and now I second this. Don’t read the comments on that video.
I third that shit ! DONT READ THE COMMENTS
Curiosity got the better of me. I regret my hubris.
I’M GOING IN
MISTAKES WERE MADE
Some of those people are just absolutely horrible, how can they have that much hate against people, just because of skin colour?
Where is the video on this article? I can’t tell what video they are referring to, but the article keeps referring to video taken after the incident.
There was a video posted yesterday that clearly showed a black truck passing and spraying orange fluid into their window.
Edit: Had to go find it.
Full reporting from Chicago ABC network: https://abc7chicago.com/post/immigration-agents-pepper-spray-1-year-old-girl-cicero-dhs-says-shots-fired-cbp-little-village-father/18135013/
