Public defender attorneys, immigrant-rights activists pepper sprayed by ICE agents while observing detainment near San Jose courthouse

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Tensions over aggressive federal immigration actions in and around Bay Area courts and jails flared again Friday with reports that public defender attorneys and immigrant-rights activists were pepper sprayed by ICE agents while recording them tackling and detaining a man just footsteps from the Hall of Justice in San Jose. According to the Santa Clara County Public Defender’s Office and other witnesses, around 11:30 a.m. a Latino man was walking along the south sidewalk on West Hedding Street when ICE agents approached him and got into a short foot chase heading north toward Guadalupe Parkway. About five agents caught up to and tackled the man west of the courthouse. kAmpC@F?5 E96 D2>6 E:>6[ EH@ AF3=:4 5676?56C 2EE@C?6JD 2?5 >6>36CD @7 E96 $@FE9 q2J 4:G:= C:89ED 8C@FA $:=:4@? 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