Video showing a Ukrainian woman being arrested by immigration agents at San Francisco International Airport on Wednesday is drawing attention and raising questions about how the arrest was carried out.This comes alongside a spike in similar stories around the country since June, a trend that has attorneys cautioning their clients not to fly.Subscribe to read this story ad-freeGet unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Video taken of this incident shows a woman in a white shirt and dark pants on the ground outside a store at SFO, while two men — who appear to be dressed in plainclothes — pin her to the floor.The woman shouts out, “You’re choking me!” and “Please help me!” as people gather around and ask the men what they are arresting her for.At one point, the woman shouts out, “I’m from Ukraine!”Doria Robinson, who happens to be a city council member for the city of Richmond, was in the airport just before 7:45 p.m.
that evening.She was waiting to board her flight at the time and recorded video of the incident, which has since been shared by many different accounts across social media.Robinson said she was inside the Harvey Milk Terminal at the B7 gate, already past security, when she heard “a woman screaming at the top of her lungs.”Doria Robinson, a city council member for the city of Richmond, was in the airport and witnessed the arrest.NBC Bay Area“I looked across, and I saw two men taking a woman who was in a shop across the way, pulling her down to the ground, getting on top of her as she’s screaming,” Robinson recalled.Initially, she said she wondered if it was a domestic violence incident or human trafficking.
But as Robinson walked towards the commotion, she realized something else was going on and began recording with her phone.Robinson estimated that hundreds of people around the terminal were also watching this unfold.Robinson said that she did not see the two men wearing any clothing or identification...