# How ICE turned its violent arrest of a US citizen into content

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/stateside-with-kai-and-carter-7845609/how-ice-turned-its-violent-arrest-of-a-us-citizen-into-content
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/stateside-with-kai-and-carter-7845609/how-ice-turned-its-violent-arrest-of-a-us-citizen-into-content.md
Podcast: [Stateside with Kai and Carter](https://stenobird.com/podcast/stateside-with-kai-and-carter-7845609)
Published: 2026-05-15T21:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/series/stateside
Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/69f1f631d7e73f5a692d1d3c/e/6a077ed28b45b8638ce70eb7/media.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/stateside-with-kai-and-carter-7845609/episodes/how-ice-turned-its-violent-arrest-of-a-us-citizen-into-content
Duration seconds: 2555

## Resource

In June 2025, Christian Cerna went to a protest in his neighborhood against ICE raids and allegedly punched a border patrol agent. He later pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault, but denies that he ever hit the officer. Days after the protest, Christian was violently arrested in front of his family by ICE officers, who filmed the whole operation and later posted it to social media. Christian tells Carter Sherman how the experience took a "heavy toll" on him and Sam Levin reveals the reporting behind the story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/stateside-with-kai-and-carter-7845609/episodes/how-ice-turned-its-violent-arrest-of-a-us-citizen-into-content/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/stateside-with-kai-and-carter-7845609/how-ice-turned-its-violent-arrest-of-a-us-citizen-into-content.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.