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A still from Boston police body camera footage showing Officer Lorenzo Hooker arresting Alejandro Orrego Agudelo in East Boston last November. WBUR blurred Orrego’s face because he fears potential police retaliation. (Source: Boston Police Department)

Bodycam video raises questions after Boston police arrest leads to ICE custody

Alejandro Orrego Agudelo spent four months in ICE detention after being arrested by Boston police. But new body camera footage casts doubt on the officer’s narrative, suggesting it was the officer who escalated a tense situation into a violent one. If not for that arrest, Orrego likely would have never ended up in ICE custody.

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