"I went to war three times for this country to defend the right of Americans to say things I may not like, said Representative Jason Crow, a Democrat from Colorado and former army ranger who was awarded the Bronze Star for his service in Iraq as a platoon leader with the 82nd airborne division. Now is the time for every American to speak out."
"Two of those individuals were arrested in late September protesting outside a Chicago-area Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (Ice) facility. One, 70-year-old air force veteran Dana Briggs, was charged with assault after a video of an incident showed Ice agents advancing on the elderly veteran and knocking him over. The other, Afghanistan war veteran John Cerrone, was tackled by a group of Ice agents, another video shows. Cerrone was detained, held for nine hours in solitary confinement and charged with disorderly conduct."
Decorated military veterans in Congress expressed outrage over arrests and injuries of US veterans amid protests against a deportation campaign and proposed national guard deployments to American cities. At least eight instances were identified in which veterans were prosecuted or sought damages after detention by federal agents. Two veterans were arrested outside a Chicago-area Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (Ice) facility in late September. A 70-year-old Air Force veteran was charged with assault after video showed agents advancing on him and knocking him over. An Afghanistan war veteran was tackled, detained for nine hours in solitary confinement, and charged with disorderly conduct. The Justice Department characterized physical contact with an agent as assault, while the Department of Homeland Security said one veteran had picked up a teargas canister fired by an agent.
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