DHS agent goes to war with California cops over cover up and releases evidence from Costco

A federal agent is alleging the San Diego Police Department is trying to cover up his confrontation with an off-duty officer at a Costco — who allegedly directed a racial slur at him and knocked him out.Immigration officer Chu Ding filed a lawsuit last week against the city and several officers, alleging they hashed up the 2024 incident.Surveillance video shows San Diego cop Jonathan Ferraro blocking Ding from leaving as he waited for a nearby parking spot.When Ding knocked on his window, a plain-clothes-wearing Ferraro allegedly got out of the car and called Ding a “Chinese piece of s–t” and slammed him to the ground.Ferraro then informed Ding he was a police officer and flashed his badge.Multiple bystanders called 911 to report the off-duty officer as the attacker, but the lawsuit claims at least six 911 operators labeled Ding as the offender.The lawsuit claims 911 operators provided emotional support to Ferraro’s wife during the incident.“While hanging up on one of the callers who complained about Ferraro and chastising another caller for the way he was speaking to Ferraro, a 911 operator and her supervisor stayed on the call with (Ferraro’s wife) Jessica Ferraro to provide emotional support,” the lawsuit said.Operators upgraded the call to a Priority 0 call, directing more than a dozen officers, including a lieutenant, a sergeant, two detectives, and a media relations spokesperson to the scene.Department leadership knew the incident would dominate the media and wanted to filter their response, the lawsuit alleged.“The news that an off-duty SDPD officer had screamed a racial epithet and body-slammed a federal officer, knocking him out, would be a public relations nightmare,” the lawsuit says.“In order to get ahead of this problem, the spokesperson for the department responded to the scene to coordinate the optics.“The only way to prevent Mr.

Ding from criticizing the department was to get him to admit to wrongdoing,” the lawsuit added....