Thanks for additional details about Salcedo, Steve.

I would fully expect Mr. Salcedo to express a viewpoint that is most favorable to his own position, especially if he has already or may possibly in the future contemplate filing a civil lawsuit.

However, in just the cursory information from the article that you quoted, it is obvious that Mr. Salcedo's own version is internally inconsistent.

On the one hand, he says: "I gave them my passport, but they didn't care." But then he contradicts himself immediately by stating that ICE correctly classified him as a U.S. citizen.

Obviously, ICE did take what information he provided, and interpreted that correctly. What he meant by saying "they didn't care" when he gave them the passport is unclear. They obviously accepted the passport as valid proof of his citizenship, so in fact, they "cared" about it.

In any event, a brief quote in a Pro Publica article, which, even if accepted at literal face value, shows that the ICE agents correctly accepted what information he was willing and able to give them--his passport--contradicts his own story of them not "caring." Additionally, he admits he gave them no further information about who he was or what he was doing at the scene. He has an excuse for that, but he admits he didn't talk to them. If he found himself in a riot-type situation and refused to answer any questions, or refused to provide any explanation for his presence, it's unclear how anyone would think they have enough information to render judgment, one way or the other.

This is probably lawful since he was released in under 72 hours and over a weekend.

Also, doing a little more googling, there is a better article with a lot more details in the lapublicpress.org. According to this article, apparently backed up by videos etc., Mr. Salcedo was walking past Jack's Car Wash at the time of an active immigration raid. As an unmarked ICE vehicle was pulling out of a driveway, Mr. Salcedo admittedly "walked in front of it. Videos circulating on social media show Pena Salcedo's instant reaction: his closed fist coming down on the hood of the vehicle."

So there you have it. That's potentially attempted assault; it is potentially attempting to interfere with ICE operations.

He was later quoted as saying that he "wanted to get their attention."

Well, he got exactly what he wanted.

70 hours in lock up, but without being charged with a crime (as he obviously could have been), sounds more than fair to Mr. Salcedo.

But again, since I won't pre-judge and we aren't in a position to know what all the evidence is, I'm happy to wait and see what a judge says if he proceeds with a civil lawsuit.

Every single one of these cause celebre anti-ICE stories ends up being much more complex and nuanced than is reported in the MSM or left wing fringe media.

He states he was detained for 70 hours before being released. This must have occurred on a Friday since he was "released Monday morning."