Photographer Job Garcia, a US citizen, seeks recompense after reportedly being tackled and thrown to the ground
A US citizen is seeking $1m in recompense from Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agencies after being arrested by officials last month when filming an immigration raid at a Home Depot store.
Job Garcia, a 37-year-old a photographer and PhD student at Claremont Graduate University, was tackled, thrown to the ground, arrested and detained for over 24 hours, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (Maldef) said. The advocacy group is representing Garcia.
The arrest of immigrants has escalated nationwide, notably at Home Depot sites, where undocumented laborers in particular gather in parking lots outside branches of the store chain, waiting to be picked up for casual work.
Hope he wins and it could pay off his tuition.
I don’t know about the million dollars but the right to film in public and to film public officials while they are doing their jobs is covered by the first amendment’s freedom of the press. It’s gone to SCOTUS multiple times and been upheld and strengthened each time. Not saying that there’s no way this particular SCOTUS would overturn those rulings but it would be a huge deal and seriously negatively affect not individuals but a bunch of major corporations so that at least would probably give them some pause.