MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Tense moments were caught on camera as a volunteer with an immigrant advocacy group was arrested Tuesday night.
The group calls her arrest "illegal," and says her 1st and 14th Amendment rights were violated. They're demanding her arrest be investigated.
The video shows the woman being patted down and placed in and out of an SUV. She is a legal observer volunteering with Vecindarios 901, an advocacy group that supports people affected by ICE.
"Our volunteer crossed the street, and it was at that point, that she was tackled and arrested," Carlos Ochoa with V-901 said.
He says before cameras started rolling, the woman being detained was crossing the street, following orders to back up 25 feet for the ongoing operation.
The observer then started recording the law enforcem

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