A recent immigration stop in San Bernardino, California, ended with three gunshots from federal officers after the driver fled the scene in his vehicle. While the Department of Homeland Security claims that the officers acted in self-defense after the driver struck two agents, the passengers believe footage of the altercation reveals that it was the passengers, not the officers, who were the victims.
On Saturday morning, Francisco, an undocumented immigrant who has been in the U.S. for 23 years, and his 18-year-old son and 23-year-old son-in-law—who are both U.S. citizens—were returning home when unmarked vehicles surrounded their truck. The recordings of the incident begin with four officers—armed, masked, and dressed in street clothes with black vests with the word "police"—surrounding the car. One officer had a black baseball cap with "CBP" across the front, presumably for "Customs and Border Protection." The passengers can be heard asking the officers, "What do you want?" and asking why the officers pulled them over, as an agent yells, "Francisco! Roll down the window!"
