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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- Video recorded by Ernesto Campos, a United States citizen, shows national agents detaining him aft slashing his tires.
"I don't cognize wherefore helium popped my tires, helium already had my ...," says Ernesto Campos successful the video.
"He had a reason," answers an agent.
"He already had my license," pleaded Campos.
A 44-year-old begetter of four, Campos, has lived successful the U.S. for 30 years and became a national implicit a decennary ago. He's lived successful Bakersfield for implicit 20 years and owns a landscaping concern with 4 employees.
He was driving to enactment erstwhile an unmarked car turned its patrol lights on. Campos says helium stopped, unopen disconnected his motor and gave agents his operator license.
When helium wouldn't springiness them his car keys, they slashed his tires helium told 17 News.
In the video, Campos tells his coworker Isaias Alejandro to rotation down the window, which helium does.
"What's the problem," asked Campos.
"OK, I'm going to person to interruption your window, bash you understand?" said the agent. "It's your fault. I'm going to person to interruption the model if you bash not unfastened it."
The cause past demands the doorway beryllium opened and the passenger, Alejandro, to measurement retired of the car to beryllium detained.
"He's successful the process of immigration. He has a lawyer," explained Campos.
"Oh! Abogado? Lawyer? That's good," said the agent.
The cause proceeds to cod Alejandro's belongings. Campos complains to the cause astir slashing his tires.
"You person my license," says Campos. "Why americium I going to instrumentality off?"
"I'm not going to reason with you, bro. You did what you did, I did what I did," said the agent.
Campos was past detained.
"You're nether apprehension for now, for alien smuggling, a national felony," said different agent. "I'm going to archer you, if you resist, we volition person a fight. Is that what you want?"
Campos tried to explicate Alejandro has an ongoing migration case.
"The feline has a case," says Campos.
Campos was detained for astir 4 hours and past was released erstwhile his citizenship was confirmed. He says he's inactive coping with the concern and lone fractional of his employees showed up to enactment aft the raids.
