ACLU says records show racial profiling, mocking of Marine detained by ICE
The American Civil Liberties Union released records Monday that it says show a police officer racially profiled a U.S. citizen Marine veteran who was detained for deportation and mocking his disability.
Jilmar Ramos-Gomez, a Marine veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, was held for three days in an immigration facility in Michigan in December for possible deportation until his attorney intervened, according to the ACLU. He was born in Michigan.
The ACLU said in a statement that the documents it released show Grand Rapids Police Department Captain Curt VanderKooi "racially profiling" and mocking Ramos-Gomez in his interactions with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
"Here is an officer who sees someone who is Latino, who has a Latino sounding name, and contacts ICE," Miriam Aukerman, senior staff attorney at the ACLU of Michigan, told NBC News.
Ramos-Gomez was arrested on Nov. 21 after he allegedly set a small fire, pulled an alarm and trespassed on a heliport at Spectrum Butterworth hospital, according to police.
A timeline of events provided by the ACLU said that Ramos-Gomez's U.S. passport was located in his bag at the time he was arrested.
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