Man shot in face by ICE files federal suit
Erick Díaz-Cruz, the Mexican immigrant who was shot in the face by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer outside his mother’s home earlier this month, has filed a lawsuit in federal court charging the officer with violating his civil rights.
“This is not just an attack against me, but also an attack against the entire Latino community in the United States,” Díaz-Cruz, 26, said in a statement released by his attorney, Katie Rosenfeld. “This is the right time for our community to come together to protest against and protect ourselves from ICE’s violence.”
The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in the federal courthouse for the Eastern District of New York, contains shocking details of the Feb. 6 shooting that left the victim with serious injuries.