The rough arrest this Thursday of an illegal alien at the National Mall upset leftists, including Fox News host Jessica Tarlov, but there was one glaring problem that said leftists hadn’t considered.
The drama started that afternoon when a reporter for D.C. station WRC witnessed federal agents stopping a man in a car.
The agents then asked the man to exit the vehicle. He complied. But when they asked him to stand by his vehicle, he tried to make a run for it, prompting them to slam him into the ground.
Watch as he screams in Spanish that he just wants to be with his family:
BREAKING: Just saw DC Police + federal agents detain a man on the National Mall. He appeared to try to escape, then was quickly tackled to the ground by several agents + was screaming in Spanish “please, I’m not a criminal, I work here, I want to be with my family” @nbcwashington pic.twitter.com/56IlXEvYbN
— Aimee Cho (@AimeeCho4) August 20, 2025
“I don’t owe anything! I don’t owe anything!” he yelled in Spanish, according to station WRC. “Please! I’m not a criminal! I work here! I want to be with my family!”
“My family has papers! My family and my children! Please! Please!” he continued shrieking as he was loaded into an SUV.
The video recorded by reporter Aimee Cho quickly went viral and triggered massive backlash from the left, including from Tarlov.
“This doesn’t make D.C. safer,” she tweeted. “It’ll just make people not come to D.C. The cruelty is always the point.”
Her tweet has since been deleted.
See a copy of it below:
BREAKING: In a MANIC fit, Jessica Tarlov just DELETED the post where she was defending an illegal alien CHILD ABUSER!
We can’t let her memory hole this!
SHARE THIS FAR AND WIDE, let @JessicaTarlov know that we NEVER FORGET! https://t.co/1vHE9wSMAJ pic.twitter.com/qwAskfvnYn
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) August 20, 2025
As noted by conservative commentator Gunter Eagleman in the tweet above, the catch was that Tarlov was defending an “illegal alien child abuser.”
Cho for her part didn’t take note of this until way later in the afternoon.
“ICE has sent a statement on this man’s detention, saying his name is David Perez-Teofani and that he was arrested in Fairfax County in 2024 and charged with aggravated sexual battery against a minor under 13,” she reported at 5:25 pm early Thursday evening.
UPDATE: ICE has sent a statement on this man’s detention, saying his name is David Perez-Teofani and that he was arrested in Fairfax County in 2024 and charged with aggravated sexual battery against a minor under 13 @nbcwashington pic.twitter.com/KOhxoBnXDD
— Aimee Cho (@AimeeCho4) August 20, 2025
Fox News’ Bill Melugin also provided confirmation of the illegal alien’s criminal history.
“DHS says the man … who tried to flee from federal agents in DC before being tackled & screaming that he’s not a criminal is an illegal alien from Mexico who was arrested in January 2024 for aggravated sexual assault of a child under the age of 13,” he explained in a tweet.
The only other catch is that, according to Cho, the charges against the illegal alien were eventually dropped because the victim and her mother refused to cooperate with the police and prosecutors.
Another update: Fairfax County court records show the charges were later dropped (nolle prosequi.) I have reached out to the Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office for comment but haven’t yet heard back. An ICE spokesperson tells me: “Prosecutors refuse to prosecute.” pic.twitter.com/VQt2SWr4Mj
— Aimee Cho (@AimeeCho4) August 20, 2025
Another update: Here is the response from the Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office on the 2024 charges against David Perez-Teofani pic.twitter.com/uoDpHBG1a8
— Aimee Cho (@AimeeCho4) August 21, 2025
However, social media users theorized that the reason the family didn’t cooperate wasn’t to protect the illegal alien but rather to protect the victim.
“You can’t blame the victim for not wanting to testify,” one X user tweeted. “She probably doesn’t even want to be in the same room as him. Mother is right to not make the girl go through the experience again in front of people. Best to get her into therapy. And deport the subhuman.”
As for Tarlov, critics are now demanding she be fired from Fox News over her poor judgment.
Look:
Fire Tarlov!
— NeverForget56 (@NeverForget56) August 21, 2025
Fire @JessicaTarlov Fox!@FoxNews @TheFive
— Rodney Schoemann (@svcllc) August 21, 2025
@JessicaTarlov supports pedophiles. @FoxNews
She’s a Democrat propagandist. The @dnc stands for child abuse according to Tarlovs position.
Fire Tarlov from the airwaves.
— @DrK_VeritasMea (@DrK_VeritasMea) August 21, 2025
FLASHBACK
To when Jessica Tarlov falsely claimed illegals were being raped inside ICE detention centers
Today she defended an illegal arrested in 2024 for abusing a child
Raise your hand ✋️ if you she should be terminated by Fox News… this is BS pic.twitter.com/PVhDLwauUw
— @Chicago1Ray (@Chicago1Ray) August 21, 2025
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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