Border Patrol investigating after SUV seen striking man
Source: Associated Press
Updated 7:15 pm, Friday, June 15, 2018
SELLS, Ariz. (AP) — The Border Patrol says it's investigating an incident involving an indigenous man who is seen on video being struck by an agent's vehicle.
The agency said Friday its Tucson Sector has been made aware of the video taken Thursday on the Tohono O'odham Nation.
Paulo Remes, a resident of the Tohono O'odham Nation, told the Arizona Daily Star he ran onto the dirt road because he knew the agent would hit him. He did not elaborate.
The Border Patrol said in a statement that it's fully cooperating with Tohono O'odham police, which is investigating.
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This part of the border is handled by the Casa Grande Border Patrol Station.
The area has difficult roads with bad visibility, last year two Border Patrol Agents collided on motorcycle killing one agent.
Martin Cizmar MARTIN CIZMAR
16 JUN 2018 AT 17:58 ET
A border patrol agent drives away after hitting a Native American protestor in Arizona/Screenshots
Officials from U.S. Customs and Border Protection are investigating an agent video who ran down a native American protestor with his SUV and drove away, reports BuzzFeed News.
In a video posted to Twitter by a Twitter account associated with the Tohono O’odham Nation, a man named Paulo Remes is hit by the vehicle. The driver doesn’t stop, simply driving away as Remes lays on the ground.
“They just ran me over, bro,” Remes says.
The Tohono O’odham Nation has land on the border with Mexico in southern Arizona, and opposes Trump’s plan to build a wall.
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https://www.rawstory.com/2018/06/border-patrol-investigating-agent-ran-native-american-protestor-drove-away/
By DANIEL POLITI
JUNE 16, 20184:31 PM
Border patrol cars are seen near the old border wall just east of Borderfield State Park where construction is set to begin on
approximately 14.5 miles of new fencing on June 4, 2018 in San Ysidro, California.
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The Border Patrol has launched an investigation after a video published on social media appeared to show how one of the agency’s vehicles hit a man and drove away. The victim, who filmed the encounter on his phone Thursday and was identified as Paulo Remes, is a member of the Tohono O’odham Nation. “They just ran me over, bro,” Remes says at one point in the video that was posted by Indivisible Tohono, a group focusing on the impact of government border policies.
“I’m doing all right, I’m just a little sore, really,” Remes told the Arizona Daily Star. Remes said he was outside his house looking for a speaker when he saw the Border Patrol car and decided to start filming. “I ran into the dirt road in front of my house, because I know they’ll try and hit me,” he said. “I think he saw me on the landline and didn’t think I was recording.” Remes says the agent never stopped to check on him.
The Border Patrol said it is “actively investigating” the incident. Tohono O’odham Nation said in a statement that the tribe’s police department, the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office are all investigating the incident. The tribe has long had strained relations with the Border Patrol since its territory is along the border of the United States and Mexico. The New York Times explains why these tensions have increased in recent years:
Leaders of the tribe have expressed opposition to President Trump’s pledge to build a wall through their land along the border. Largely because officials strengthened security at other points along the border, the reservation of the Tohono O’odham has emerged as an important transit point for unauthorized immigrants and drug traffickers, leading to frequent encounters with law enforcement and the Border Patrol.
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https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/06/tohono-oodham-nation-video-shows-border-patrol-vehicle-hitting-native-american-man.html
