'He wasn't resisting' - WA man mauled by immigration enforcement canine
A disturbing image shared by Senator Patty Murray has been reverberating across the internet.
It shows a man’s torso, his right side covered in wounds - lacerations, scratch marks, bite marks - after he was mauled by an immigration agent’s canine. Blood splatters the sheets below him.
The man, Wilmer Toledo-Martinez of Vancouver, Washington, was detained outside his home last month by federal agents.
Senator Murray and Wilmer’s family are calling for his release – and calling out the violent treatment he received at the hands of immigration officers.
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RELATED LINKS
- Senator: ICE dog attack on WA man ‘should shock the conscience’ - Seattle Times
- Vancouver man speaks for first time since viral video of ICE arrest - OPB
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