While Scott Sakiyama was being arrested by federal immigration officers outside his child’s Oak Park elementary school this week, he had what he could only describe as an out-of-body experience.

Sakiyama, a 46-year-old U.S. citizen, was accused of “cutting off (an) agent’s vehicle” and “impeding (a) federal officer,” according to a citation he was later issued. Sakiyama, an attorney, told the Tribune these charges are a “complete fabrication” and that he was merely driving behind the vehicle, honking his horn and blowing a whistle to warn neighbors of their presence.

Sakiyama said two agents drew guns on him — steps away from Abraham Lincoln Elementary School — and told him that if he didn’t step out of the car they would break his windows. While a video filmed by a witness doesn’t captu

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