The Rockingham County woman arrested by ICE on Monday, in an incident that was captured in a video that quickly circulated on social media, was released from jail on Friday. She’s now awaiting trial for allegedly forcibly resisting the arrest. WMRA’s Randi B. Hagi reports.
The woman appeared in the federal courthouse in Charlottesville on Friday morning, in a small hearing room packed with more than 40 people – most of them supporters. WMRA is withholding the woman’s name to protect her privacy.
The Homeland Security special agent who pulled her over, Scott Stein, took the stand during a preliminary hearing. Stein described the woman’s behavior after he grabbed her as “forcibly driv[ing] herself with her legs,” “forcibly turn[ing] her body,” and “forc[ing] her way opposite of my forces” to open the car door. He used the word “force” so many times that the judge said it was unclear what he meant…