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A wild scene erupted today in Santa Barbara between ICE and community members outside of the County Probation Offices. According to the Santa Barbara Independent, the local ICE agents detained a 27-year-old man named Jack Randamaa, a local ICE watcher, after accusing him of slashing one of their vehicles’ tires.
Video shows a couple of agents piled on top of Randamaa, shoving his head to the ground as other community members watched in anger and horror. An 80-year-old attorney trying to advocate for the agents to get off Randamaa was pepper-sprayed in the face by one of the agents pinning down Randamaa with the signature Yoga Cobra Pose. As he was pepper-sprayed, you can see the lawyer throws his hands out while blinded, being eventually thrown to the ground by the Yoga agent.
The Santa Barbara Police arrived to provide “crowd control” for agents, protecting them against the audibly and visibly angered community members. ICE told the Independent that they were able to drive their disabled vehicle back.
Yesterday, ICE went to Rancho Cucamonga courthouse with 14 vehicles to detain 6 people. Today, they returned with 5 vehicles again; this time, community watchers could not confirm whether anyone was grabbed. In Lompoc, however, rapid responders confirmed with L.A. TACO that at least seven people were kidnapped today. In Upland, as well, a gardener was pulled over in his red truck and kidnapped.