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In the video, agents can be seen kneeling on the man’s back and crushing his neck. At one point the gun falls out of one of the agents’ holsters and after scrambling to grab it, he points it at the crowd of people watching and filming his brutality. His partner briefly draws his weapon and aims at the crowd, too, while the man on the ground repeatedly yells “I am American!” Talisman estimates there were about 30 witnesses gathered at the scene, with many others driving by.
After about 20 seconds, the first officer aims his gun towards the ground, with one hand resting on top of the gun and the other appearing to still be on the trigger. He remains in this position for another seven minutes. “What’re you gonna do? Shoot me?” one witness yells. “Go ahead. Shoot me.”
It was tucked into his belt, which is why it fell out. A proper holster probably would have prevented the rest of what followed.
I did not see that happen in the video.
After the “officer” fumbles and recovers the handgun, I saw him hold it pointed at the crowd for several seconds. He then moved it into a “low ready” position, pointing it towards the ground at a 45 degree angle away from his body. I did not see his finger on the trigger once in the remaining ~7 minutes of the video.
Carrying a firearm without a secure holster was a huge mistake. Pointing the firearm at the crowd after recovery was an even bigger mistake.
To his credit, what I saw after that was proper muzzle and trigger discipline. Without a safe place to store it, the safest thing for him to do was to keep the firearm in his hands, his finger along slide, and the muzzle aimed at the ground.
This person is clearly under trained and under equipped, I’m sure there are many like him in ICE.
Since it probably needs clarification for somebody, I do not agree with how ICE is being used by the current administration. I already has problems with a lot of the ways ICE has been used by previous administrations.