A chaotic scene unfolded Friday morning in downtown Santa Barbara as two federal agents violently arrested 27-year-old resident Jack Randmaa and knocked down and pepper sprayed 80-year-old attorney Doug Hayes.
According to Randmaa’s father, Matt, Jack is a volunteer ICE observer and had been alerted to agents’ presence on Carrillo Street, near the offices of the Santa Barbara County Probation Department.
Jack had apparently approached too close to an ICE vehicle, Matt said, when agents “jumped” him. They also accused Jack of slashing one of the car’s tires. “Sounds like false charges,” Matt said. “He was nowhere near the tire slashed. He had no weapon on him.”…