During an ICE operation on Monday, WCCO’s cameras caught the stunning moment that an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent dragged a woman along the ground by her arm, with her wrist seemingly attached to that of the federal officer’s by a restraint.
At WCCO’s request, Eric Balliet reviewed the footage. He spent 25 years with the agency now known as ICE, serving as a special agent who would go on to lead the ICE equivalent of internal affairs.
“I’ve arrested dozens upon dozens of human traffickers, human smugglers, child molesters, you name it. I’ve never dragged a suspect one-handed across a street,” Balliet said…