Report: Authorities Shackle Five Hispanic Men In Johnson County

The newspaper mixes advocacy and social media footage in this latest bit of messaging and suburban arrest followup without many deets . . . 

At between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m., on election day morning, a line of six unmarked cars carrying law enforcement — men, most wearing face coverings and body armor marked “Police,” “Police Federal Agent” or “DEA” — surrounded a white Subaru at the intersection of 87th Street and Acuff Lane.

Five Hispanic men were taken into custody, the video’s photographer says. In one image, a federal agent with a Mohawk, beard, and with his face uncovered, waved at the camera shortly before binding one detained man in shackles and a belly chain prior to leading him away.

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5 men arrested, detained in chains by federal agents in Johnson County, video shows

"We should not have to live in a country where the government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job," U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said.