Video: Phoenix Police Tackle Man Talking to Reporter During ICE Protests [View all]
Hundreds of protesters assembled outside Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Phoenix office last Friday night, chanting things like, "Free those kids!" and "Close the camps!"
Amid the crowd, 62-year-old Jorge Soria stood holding a flag and a sign while he spoke with Arizona Mirror reporter Laura Gómez Rodriguez. As video of the incident shows, the two spoke for more than a minute when, out of nowhere, a Phoenix police officer ran up, grabbed him by the neck, and dragged him into an irrigation puddle.
As first reported by the Arizona Mirror, Soria was standing near Gómez Rodriguez, who was wearing a press badge and clearly interviewing Soria when the officer approached.
Phoenix police were unable as of Wednesday to provide a reason for the amount of force used in Soria's arrest, which took place during a protest against ICE's impending roundups of undocumented immigrants. He was one of 14 people that police said they arrested that night, allegedly for failing to comply with commands to move out of the middle of the street and away from the light rail.
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