A professor at California State University Channel Islands is due in federal court Monday after he was arrested last week during an immigration raid at a cannabis farm in Camarillo.
Jonathan Anthony Caravello, a U.S. citizen and a lecturer in CSUCI’s math department, was detained by federal agents during a protest that unfolded during the raid at Glass House Farms.
According to witnesses, Caravello was attempting to dislodge a tear gas canister that was stuck underneath someone’s wheelchair. However, in a statement posted on X, U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said Caravello was arrested for throwing a tear gas canister at law enforcement…