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A los angeles The man shot by federal officers while trying to avoid arrest Tuesday morning is a popular local figure tiktok Streamer who documents police activity, immigration enforcement, and daily neighborhood life.
Carlitos Ricardo Parias, 44, was charged with assault on a federal officer after authorities say he crashed his vehicle into theirs when they attempted to arrest him on an immigration warrant. he is one mexican Citizens living in the US illegally, federal officials said. He was shot in the elbow by agents during the encounter and he remained hospitalized in stable condition Wednesday morning. Initial court appearance delayed.
His lawyer, Carlos Jurado, said the hospital has not yet allowed him or family members to see Parias. Parias briefly called Jurado on Wednesday morning and said guards were keeping an eye on him.
“What we want is we want to see him in person,” Jurado said. The hospital did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Parias is famous in the South L.A. neighborhood for his Spanish-language videos posted on two accounts on TikTok that have a combined following of more than 340,000. Videos from 2024 on his page document police activity, car accidents and fires as well as tortilla making, Mexican landscapes, rainy days in Los Angeles, and animals. This year, footage has also focused on demonstrations against immigration enforcement and arrests by federal deportation officers.
Parias is one of many social media users who post about immigration raids and arrests in Southern California, often broadcasting the information in real time to alert community members.
Los Angeles City Council Member Curran Price’s office recently recognized Parias for his reporting. They also shared information about city services like food assistance programs and toy giveaways, said Jose Ugarte, Price’s chief of staff.
,People Some are afraid to go into areas,” Ugarte said. “We realized that Richard was giving a lot of news to many of our residents.”
According to a criminal complaint issued by the office of Acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essaly, federal agents were monitoring Parias’ neighborhood Tuesday morning because they had an administrative immigration arrest warrant for him. When Parias left his home and got into his car, the agents followed him and took him into their vehicles. The complaint says Parias drove his car back and forth, striking law enforcement vehicles. An agent attempted to break the driver’s side window of the car and ultimately at least one officer opened fire. A deputy US Marshal who was assisting in the arrest was hit in the hand by a ricochet bullet.
Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, said this was the second attempt by federal authorities to arrest Parias. He did not immediately respond to requests for comment about whether there was a removal order for Parias or whether he had been deported previously.
His lawyer Jurado said he did not have details of any prior conversations between Parias and federal authorities.
Ugarte and attorneys said Parias had an encounter with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on June 13 while he was documenting their activity. A video posted on a separate TikTok account shows a man identified as Pariyas sitting on the ground wearing a “press” vest, holding his leg. Ugarte said Parias told him he was pushed and needed to go to the hospital.
A video from September on Parías’ page shows a white van partially blocked by two vehicles, with a song about migrants by Guatemalan singer Ricardo Arjona playing in the background. Another video of the scene warns followers to be wary of seeing “how border agents move our people from one car to another.”
Just last week, another video on his page showed police searching a car parked on the side of the road near a graffiti-covered building. The narrator explains that officers find a homeless man dead inside. He says he is reporting from Los Angeles, “where luck and death go hand in hand.”
Chris Newman, legal director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, said independent reporting from community members is essential as immigration agents continue to make arrests throughout the region.
Newman said, “This is another example of how leadership on the street is eclipsing the leadership of people in positions of power, whether it’s in municipal government or the news media.” “They are serving the public interest incredibly well.”
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Taxin reported from Santa Ana, California.