Overview
- The filing alleges agents shoved and body-slammed the owner after he tried to show worker authorization documents during the Sept. 9 raid.
- Surveillance video reviewed by KTLA shows a federal agent pushing him to the ground inside a hallway at the business.
- He says agents ignored his pleas about recent heart surgery and held him nearly 12 hours at the Metropolitan Detention Center without medical care before releasing him without charges.
- After his release, doctors treated him for multiple broken ribs, serious elbow injuries, contusions, and post-concussive symptoms.
- The claim names DHS, CBP, Border Patrol, and ICE and cites the California Bane Act, with his attorneys holding a Marina del Rey press conference today.