Robert Held
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But so the bottom line is they can be prosecuted for a crime they commit.
They can be disciplined internally.
You know, those are some of the things that can happen to him.
And they're subject to a civil suit.
Now, notwithstanding the vice president's comments about absolute immunity, the fact is that
Particularly in my case, where the agent that tackled me was not in uniform and apparently off duty.
They're subject to civil claim as well as a criminal prosecution and internal discipline for what they're doing.
Two and a half weeks ago, I was at Broadview and I was monitoring the cars that were going to that.
This is a federal detention.
same one where i reported from a couple months ago go ahead sorry robert and i was watching the vehicles come in and out and i decided to follow a vehicle that was leaving the facility i followed uh that individual um and he i thought he might be i didn't know what he was doing quite frankly but he stopped for gas um when he stopped for gas i took out my phone and just started recording his plate you know we're monitoring the license plates because they've been taking plates off
switching vehicles, plates on cars illegally.
Anyway, he was simply pumping gas and I was on a public sidewalk.
He put the pump down, started walking toward me briskly, broke into a run and then tackled me and then aggressively tried to take my phone out of my hands.
I'm 68 with a bad hip.
I used all my might.
I wouldn't let he was on top of me.
People were honking their horns.
I had said nothing to him.
There's the video.
And he eventually with the honking horns and people shouting at him got off of me.