Dramatic police body camera video captured encounter that lead to Nurul Amin Shah Alam's arrest. Other video footage shows Border Patrol agents dropping him off after hours at a coffee shop far from his home.

By J. Dale Shoemaker and Adam Smith-Perez

... On the morning of Saturday, February 15, 2025, Shah Alam left his West Side home for a walk, according to his attorney and a Buffalo police report, Shah Alam, his wife and two sons had arrived in Buffalo as refugees just weeks prior in December 2024 and were in the country legally. Cooped up due to the cold, his attorney said, Shah Alam set out for a stroll when a sunny day arrived ...

As officers point their Tasers at him, Shah Alam moves closer. They fire and he can be heard speaking Ruáingga ...

Shah Alam was eventually charged with assault, trespass and possession of a weapon – the curtain rods ...

Shah Alam pleaded guilty to two charges: trespassing and misdemeanor possession of a weapon – his curtain rod. His immigration attorney, Siana McLean, said those offenses did not warrant detention or deportation by ICE ...

https://www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/26/timeline-burmese-refugees-arrest-to-death/

By Hanna Park, Alisha Ebrahimji, Elise Hammond

... neither relatives nor his attorney were told he had been released by CBP or where was taken, the organization said.

“Mr. Alam was extremely vulnerable. He spoke almost no English and could not communicate without the aid of an interpreter. He suffered from severely impaired vision and had other health issues,” the legal aid statement said.

“He had only been in the US for a few months prior to his arrest. He would not have known where he was or had the wherewithal to contact his family or avail himself of other resources or services that could have assisted him,” the statement continued.

Buffalo Mayor Sean Ryan criticized Shah Alam’s release by Border Patrol, saying agents could have contacted family members or returned him to the county holding center. There, they could have obtained phone numbers for his son or lawyer, who had both been active visitors while he was in custody, according to Ryan.

The Department of Homeland Security pushed back Friday in a post on X saying, “It is ridiculous to blame Border Patrol for an individual’s death a week after their last interaction with them” ...

https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/27/us/shah-alam-death-new-york-border-patrol-wwk-hnk