Nurses in Minneapolis doubted federal immigration officers' claims about a Mexican immigrant's severe injuries.

Intensive care nurses immediately doubted the word of federal immigration officers when they arrived at a Minneapolis hospital with a Mexican immigrant who had broken bones in his face and skull.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents initially claimed Alberto Castañeda Mondragón had tried to flee while handcuffed and “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall,” according to court documents filed by a lawyer seeking his release.

But staff members at Hennepin County Medical Center determined that could not possibly account for the fractures and bleeding throughout the 31-year-old’s brain, said three nurses familiar with the case.

    • chiliedogg@lemmy.world
      3·
      9 hours ago

      It’s almost like incidents without video filmed from multiple people and widely shared online don’t get as much attention as nurses telling a story they were told about an incident we don’t have video of.

      It’s really bad, but it’s also entirely understandable that it gets less attention.

      • scintilla@piefed.zipEnglish
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        7 hours ago

        Its a lot harder to verify which side is wrong in a he said she said. Sure a lot of us on the fediverse will always side against the cops but most people won’t.