ICE Shooting: Attorney Challenges Official Story

0:00It's April 8th. I'm Corey with The Story. This is Canada News Today, driven by AI. ICE agents shot a man named Mendoza during an arrest in Modesto, California, and now his attorney is pushing back hard on the official story. The lawyer says Mendoza didn't try to run over the officers with his car, and there's no arrest warrant for him in El Salvador where he was acquitted. Of murder charges years ago, he has no criminal record here in the US, just some minor traffic stops. The dashcam video shows the car backing up slowly, bumping another vehicle, then pulling forward and turning sharply over the median while agents draw. Their guns. The attorney calls it a panic move to escape, not an attack, and slams ICE for opening the door during the flea attempt, calling their training, reckless. Mendoza's fiance describes him as a hardworking laborer fixing fire damage with a two-year-old daughter and engaged to a US citizen. She blames the immigration crackdown for tearing families apart, and notes he was pulled

1:00over recently for a cracked windshield. Family and lawyers still can't visit him in the hospital, but a social worker says he stable. He came to the US in 2019, worked steadily, and officials having clarified if he's charged with a crime or held as a shooting victim. No word on gang ties either. The FBI is investigating, while the local sheriff stayed out of it. This case highlights the tensions in these arrests, leaving more questions than answers for now.