"The Border Patrol agents who dropped off Shah Alam - who spoke no English and was blind in one eye with partial, blurry vision in the other - appeared to make no attempt to ensure the Tim Hortons was actually a "safe, warm location" that he could access. The van pulled out of the parking lot less than a minute after Shah Alam was seen exiting it."
"Surveillance footage taken at a Tim Hortons donut shop in Buffalo, New York contradicts the US Department of Homeland Security's claim that Border Patrol agents dropped Nurul Shah Alam, a 56-year-old nearly blind Rohingya refugee, at a "warm, safe location" after he was released from jail last week, days before he was found dead."
Surveillance video from a Tim Hortons in Buffalo, New York contradicts the Department of Homeland Security's assertion that Border Patrol agents released Nurul Shah Alam, a 56-year-old nearly blind Rohingya refugee, at a safe location. The footage shows a Border Patrol van dropping Shah Alam at the closed donut shop at 8:18 pm, with the store closed except for its drive-thru window. Shah Alam, who spoke no English and was blind in one eye with partial vision in the other, is seen attempting to enter the locked door before walking across the parking lot. The agents departed within a minute without ensuring he could access the location. Shah Alam was found dead on a Buffalo street days later following subfreezing temperatures.
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