Public officials and Northfield community members are denouncing the detainment of Adan Nunez Gonzalez, who was taken by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Nov. 11.

Widely circulated videos on social media capture one man pointing a gun at a vehicle while two others reached into the passenger side of the vehicle where Nunez Gonzalez was seated. Shortly after, four agents slammed Nunez Gonzalez to the ground and put him in handcuffs.

One bystander yelled “That’s my Dad!” and another pleaded with agents to not hurt him. According to Krissa Anderson, who arrived after Nunez-Gonzalez was handcuffed and put into an unmarked vehicle, Nunez Gonzalez was on his way to work with two other people. She says he works for a family-owned painting business.

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