A California professor has been arrested and charged with attacking federal officers after he supposedly threw a tear gas canister at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents during a raid on a cannabis farm. However, witnesses and the California Faculty Association (CFA) union, which represents the professors, say that ICE agents used tear gas first.
According to SFGate, those supporting the professor claim he was trying to help a disabled person who had been affected by the gas when he was arrested. Jonathan Anthony Caravello, a math professor at California State University Channel Islands, was taken into custody last Thursday during a large ICE operation at Glass House Farms in Ventura County.
