Overview

• A bystander video shows a deputy punching Henry Castillo as two Mobile County deputies held him on Dauphin Island Parkway.
• Sheriff Paul Burch says deputies used open-hand, then closed-fist strikes after two ineffective Taser deployments and an alleged grab to a deputy’s neck and vest.
• Deputies reported finding no weapon on Castillo, and post-arrest photos released by the sheriff’s office show cuts to his face, ear, and a gash on his nose.
• Castillo was charged with resisting arrest and attempting to elude, and three other men—Francisco Romero-Medrano, Orlando Caal, and Santiago Choc Pop—were also arrested and booked into Mobile County Metro Jail.
• All four detainees have ICE holds, an ICE representative did not attend the sheriff’s briefing, and advocacy groups accuse local operations of profiling workers in vans.