Border Patrol officers arrested Narciso Barranco on Saturday while he was on a landscaping job at a local IHOP, according to KTLA 5. After a video of the arrest went viral online, the officers faced criticism for how they handled the incident, to which DHS responded on social media on Monday.
“He ASSAULTED federal law enforcement with a WEED WHACKER,” DHS said in a post on X. “Perhaps the mainstream media would like our officers to stand there and be mowed down instead of defending themselves? What a completely slanted portrayal of what actually happened.”
News outlets such as FOX 11 LA reported that officers pepper-sprayed Barranco, showing footage of officers repeatedly hitting Barranco, who had run into traffic wielding the weed whacker just moments
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