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Related: About this forumFederal agents violently detained a food delivery driver as he emerged from a D.C. coffee shop Saturday morning.
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Federal agents violently detained a food delivery driver as he emerged from a D.C. coffee shop Saturday morning.
The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/17/dc-arrests-violent-takedown-immigration/
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Federal agents violently detained a food delivery driver as he emerged from a D.C. coffee shop Saturday morning.
The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/17/dc-arrests-violent-takedown-immigration/
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A Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman identified the man detained in the video as a Venezuelan national who she said illegally entered the United States in 2023 and was ordered removed by an immigration judge later that year.
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) 2025-08-17T21:15:16.154Z
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Irish_Dem
(77,240 posts)1. Six federal agents have to use violence to arrest a guy
        On a moped delivering coffee.
What gd coward nazis. 
bucolic_frolic
(53,060 posts)2. This is ICE WWF for the cameras
        He told you they should punch a few and carry them out on stretchers. This is showmanship.
biophile
(991 posts)3. I hope the coffee was supposed to be delivered to a Republican congressperson