Ink drawing of a middle-aged white cop in a bullet proof vest smiling and holding a young latino man in a one-armed headlock. The young man looks terrified; behind him another middle-aged cop says something with a snarl. The drawing comes from a video by Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio, which was posted by The Guardian and reposted by The New Republic for the article “Immigration Agents Laugh at U.S. Citizen as He Records His Own Arrest” by Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling, July 25, 2025.

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This drawing comes from a video by Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio, which was posted by The Guardian and reposted by The New Republic for the article “Immigration Agents Laugh at U.S. Citizen as He Records His Own Arrest” by Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling, July 25, 2025. Even though this frame is used for the video’s thumbnail, it’s still shocking when it happens, the camera turning to reveal one of Laynez-Ambrosio’s companions in a headlock, despite that young man not resisting arrest or presenting any sort of physical threat whatsoever. Several other offices force a different young man to the ground and taze him.