Overview

• Video footage shows Border Patrol agents tackle, punch and pepper-spray Narciso Barranco as he ran across a busy intersection holding a weed whacker
• DHS asserts Barranco swung the gardening tool at an officer while fleeing but his family says he only raised it instinctively after agents did not identify themselves
• The landscaper, who has lived in the United States for more than 30 years and is father to three Marines, had begun exploring a “parole in place” pathway to legal status
• He was first held in an overcrowded Los Angeles cell with scarce water, food and delayed medical care before being moved to Adelanto this week
• His eldest son says he is recovering and worried about unfinished work as local leaders and lawmakers press for clarity on potential charges and his treatment