A Los Angeles CW network affiliate had to update a news story that falsely accused Border Patrol agents of abusing a man working as a landscaper in Santa Ana, California, on Saturday. The update followed Department of Homeland Security officials posting a video showing the man attacking Border Patrol agents with a weed wacker before the incomplete video, published by KTLA.
KTLA posted a video on social media reporting that seven or more masked men wearing U.S. Border Patrol vests “are seen violently detaining a Santa Ana father before forcing him into the back of an unmarked car.
The following day, Department of Homeland Security officials posted “the rest of the story” on social media with a video showing the man assaulting the agents with a weed wacker. “Perhaps the mainstream media would like our officers to stand there and be mowed down instead of defending themselves?” officials wrote…