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   From: MeanDog@stonewall.Dash   
      
   On Sat, 6 Dec 2025 07:56:07 -0000 (UTC), Anders    
   wrote:   
      
   >Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva of Arizona said she was pepper-sprayed   
   >and "pushed around" by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during   
   >a raid at a Tucson restaurant on Friday.   
   >   
   >In a video statement posted on X, Grijalva said it happened as local   
   >Tucsonans gathered to stop a group of roughly 40 ICE agents, many of   
   >them masked and in several vehicles, stationed in the middle of a street   
   >near a restaurant she frequents.   
   >   
   >Grijalva said she was "sprayed in the face by a very aggressive agent,   
   >pushed around by others." She added, "I literally was not being   
   >aggressive, I was asking for clarification, which is my right as a   
   >member of Congress."   
   >   
   >Department for Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin denied   
   >Grijalva's account, saying instead that the congresswoman was "in the   
   >vicinity" of another person who was pepper-sprayed as they obstructed   
   >and assaulted law enforcement.   
   >   
   >“If her claims were true, this would be a medical marvel. But they’re   
   >not true. She wasn’t pepper-sprayed," McLaughlin said.   
   >   
   >“Presenting one’s self as a 'member of Congress' doesn’t give you the   
   >right to obstruct law enforcement," she added.   
   >   
   >McLaughlin also said that two law enforcement officers "were seriously   
   >injured" during the incident.   
   >   
   >A spokesperson for Tucson Police Department, Ofc. Frank Magos, said that   
   >ICE had served a federal search warrant at Taco Giro, a local restaurant   
   >on Friday morning, and "federal tactical resources responded to extract   
   >federal investigative special agents from the area where community had   
   >gathered."   
   >   
   >Federal agents deployed "chemical munitions" and called for emergency   
   >support from Tucson police to make their way out of the area, Magos   
   >said.   
   >   
   >Tucson Mayor Regina Romero and Vice Mayor Lane Santa Cruz said in a   
   >joint statement Friday that federal special agents had conducted a raid   
   >in the city that "rapidly escalated into violence against the public."   
   >   
   >https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/rep-adelita-grijalva-says-was-s   
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