Surveillance video shows federal agents arresting 2 inside Marion County Courthouse
Newly-released surveillance video from inside the Marion County Courthouse shows plainclothes federal agents take a man to the ground in the fifth floor hallway during an civil immigration arrest on Thursday, March 26.
Sheriff Nick Hunter ordered the footage released Friday, April 3, in response to requests from multiple media outlets, including Salem Reporter.
The footage sheds more light on what are likely the first immigration arrests made inside the building. Federal agents from the…
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The agent in the camo jacket had a very strange hold on the man in custody.
That is a hold I have not seen used before by prison, state hospital or police agency staff.
(Risk of injury to person)
I wonder what the deputy said to the federal agent before she pulled up her hood like a child trying to hide. I am also a little stunned that Marion County Sheriff’s Office thinks that concierge service (“let me get that elevator for you, and by the way we have security cameras, you might want to pull up your hood”) for federal agents arresting someone on an administrative warrant doesn’t count as providing assistance. I don’t expect the Marion County DA to be interested in prosecuting but it would be interesting to hear what she and the state AG would say about the question.
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