Man tased and hospitalized as ICE arrests dozens in Danbury sweep
During a week of intensified ICE enforcement across Danbury and other Connecticut cities, agents were filmed wrestling a man to the ground next to an auto shop before tasing him; video showed him convulsing afterward, and a 911 call captured an agent requesting an ambulance for labored breathing. DHS said the man physically resisted, reached for a pocketknife, and carried counterfeit identification, and that he was medically evaluated as a precaution. Gov. Ned Lamont said 'this has to stop' after the footage circulated. Separately, ICE arrested 28-year-old Ecuadorian national Leonel Geovanny Morocho-Arteaga during a vehicle stop in Danbury; DHS said he had entered the U.S. without inspection and had a kitchen knife in his car. Advocates and Sen. Chris Murphy said family members were detained after dropping a child at a school bus stop, which DHS denied. Local group Danbury Unites for Immigrants said ICE made nearly 100 arrests across Connecticut that week.
