MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Concerns are growing in Memphis after a volunteer with a civil rights observation group was arrested while recording federal agents Tuesday night, Oct. 28, in Orange Mound.
Carlos Ochoa, with the local advocacy group Vecindarious 901, said the arrest happened near Carrington Road and South Prescott Road, where the volunteer was monitoring what appeared to be an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrest.
Ochoa told ABC24 that federal agents instructed the volunteer to cross the street if they planned to record. According to Ochoa, the volunteer complied and was 25 feet away from federal officials, but was then tackled and detained…