An ICE agent was caught on camera jumping out of his vehicle in the middle of a Ventura roadway to pepper spray the car of community activists who were tracking his movements — the same week the Department of Homeland Security announced it was pulling back on most vehicle stops nationwide following two d--dly incidents.
Around 6:50 a.m. Tuesday, cell phone video captured the ICE agent stopping in the middle of the road on an exit off the southbound 101 Freeway in Ventura to confront Ryan Drury — a volunteer with @vcdefensa — a community wellness group that alerts residents when immigration agents are operating in the area.
"They do this just to be vindictive," Drury said.
According to Drury, the agent's actions followed a pattern he says he has seen before.
"When we stopped the car from moving at all, they do what they normally do and take out their pepper spray and spray the air-conditioning vent, so that if the driver turns on the air conditioning, then bear mace and pepper spray will come through the vents," Drury said.
Video shows the agent pepper spraying the car, and even with his mask on, he appears to smile, gives a small wave, then walks away.
