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Trump's America: Multiple Masked Agents Tackle Man to Ground as He Pleads 'I'm Not a Criminal'

Donald Trump's so-called federal agents and police tackled a man to the ground as he pleaded, "Please, I’m not a criminal, I work here, I want to be with my family" in Spanish.

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Donald Trump is destroying the American brand around the globe as his assault on liberty continues. This time, it’s DC, as 5-6 masked men tackled a man to the ground as he was pleading and trying to escape.

“BREAKING: Just saw DC Police + federal agents detain a man on the National Mall. He appeared to try to escape, then was quickly tackled to the ground by several agents + was screaming in Spanish “please, I’m not a criminal, I work here, I want to be with my family.” I asked the agents what the man was being charged with, but they didn’t reply. I’ve also reached out to ICE for comment. @nbcwashington,” NBC Aimee Cho reported on Wednesday.

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It’s unclear at this point why masked men were trying to arrest this man, but one consistent factor we’ve seen in too many of these “arrests” is they are happening without a judicial warrant, and often with an abuse of due process rights.

Screen grab courtesy of video shared by NBC’s Aimee Cho

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