A man and a woman are facing charges of assaulting a federal officer after Homeland Security Investigations agents tried to arrest the man Wednesday for overstaying his student visa. The pair drove to police headquarters with the HSI agent “involuntarily” in Frazier’s vehicle.
  • Typhoon@lemmy.caEnglish
    288·
    1 month ago

    The agent… did not know where they were going, and “was in fear that he was being abducted.”

    How scary that must’ve been for him to be stuck in someone’s vehicle not sure where they’re going and to be in fear he was being abducted! Terrifying! I can’t believe anyone would do that.

    • A_norny_mousse@feddit.orgEnglish
      34·
      1 month ago

      Sweet irony. Please, give this “man and woman” a medal. Love and kisses.

      And I hope the police welcomed the DHS agent appropriately. Maybe put him in a cell, for his own safety of course. Until matters are resolved. Like, who actually assaulted who.

    • SpicyLizards@reddthat.comEnglish
      29·
      1 month ago

      The HSI agent tried to put the Jeep in park, but Frazier continually pushed his hand away, allegedly threatened to crash the car and said that they were taking him to a police station.

      I guess its like a rubix cube for them.

      • smh@slrpnk.netEnglish
        15·
        1 month ago

        “threatened to crash the car”? Dude was breaking the cardinal rule of being a passenger in a vehicle–“don’t distract the driver”. That’s dangerous and one of the potential natural consequences is crashing the car.

  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
    148·
    1 month ago

    FTA:

    According to the FBI affidavit, the HSI agents walked up to the Jeep, displayed their badges, identified themselves as law enforcement officers and told Bamigboye that they wanted to talk about his immigration status.

    Bamigboye then allegedly jumped into the Jeep’s back seat and yelled at Frazier to drive away.

    One of the HSI agents got into the front seat of the Jeep in an effort to stop Frazier while Bamigboye tried to push him out and a second agent tried to pull Bamigboye out of the back seat.

    Frazier allegedly put the vehicle in gear and drove off. The HSI agent “was now being involuntarily carried in the Jeep as it drove,” according to the FBI.

    The HSI agent tried to put the Jeep in park, but Frazier continually pushed his hand away, allegedly threatened to crash the car and said that they were taking him to a police station.

    I’m pretty sure he was not detained. And, I’m pretty sure that just overstaying staying a visa is not actually a crime. I’m pretty sure that entering their car without a warrant for arrest like that is a crime, and gives a reasonable person fear of imminent bodily harm or death.

    There’s at least cause for a citizens arrest at that point, and while you’re not supposed to remove the person you’re citizens arresting from the area… driving off to a police station is perhaps the most logically “okay” exception to that.

    whatever comes out of this in the courts is going to be fucking metal, though.