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.
Ha you know your stuff. That being said, radio pinpointing takes time and I am actually very good at flying through small gaps - I was an early drone op, hence the phantom II I keep around!
You keep it stripped down in a backpack so it’s easy to move without worrying about security cam footage and you launch from tall buildings. If you’re smart you get a colleague to bring it in days prior and stash it. Biggest risk is someone catching you in the act of launching, which admittedly is very difficult to avoid 100% of the time. Not that I’d know, to be clear. It’s not like I’d fly drones near the capitol during major protests, that’d be really risky and illegal. Don’t do that ever.