This US citizen went on his lunch break and ended up in a chokehold by a masked federal agent and detained, video shows

Mubashir speaks during a news conference with Mayor Jacob Frey at Minneapolis City Hall on Wednesday. WCCO

Mubashir had just stepped outside into the snowy Minneapolis winter weather to take his lunch break when he says he saw a masked federal officer running toward him “at full speed.”

Within seconds, the agent had tackled the 20-year-old Somali American, forced him into the back hallway of a building and restrained him, according to Mubashir’s account and video footage of the incident. He did not want his last name released publicly due to privacy concerns.

“I told him, ‘I’m a US citizen. What is going on?’ He didn’t seem to care,” Mubashir said at a news conference with city leaders Wednesday. “He dragged me outside through the snow while I was handcuffed, restrained, helpless.”