This is the dramatic moment an 80-year-old attorney is flawed byICE agentswhen he tried to meddle in their immigration operation.
Footage out ofSanta Barbaraon Friday showed Doug Hayes being pushed back and pepper sprayed by the immigration officers when he tried to intervene in their arrest.
The eight-minute video — first obtained by theSanta Barbara Independent— captures the wild scene outside Santa Barbara County Probation Department on Carrillo Street.
It begins with onlookers swarming a white Dodge Charger, shouting, honking car horns, and blasting whistles to alert the neighborhood to ICE’s presence.
Twoactivists approach the sedan. One leans into the front passenger window. The other crouches near the rear right tire — and seconds later, an agent bursts from the passenger seat and tackles him.
The man, identified as 27-year-old Santa Barbara resident Jack Randmaa, is wrestled to the ground by two agents and pinned to the pavement as onlookers scream.
Agents can be heard shouting and threatening the crowd with pepper spray as tensions boil over. That’s when Hayes — a well-known Santa Barbara criminal defense attorney whose office is nearby — steps in.
Video shows him trying to confront the masked agents, calling them “cowards” and demanding they reveal their faces.
“Why don’t you do something good? Be a citizen. Be a human being. What are your children going to think of you?” Hayes yells.
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