A court filing made public this week claims to reveal the identity of the off-duty federal immigration agent who shot and killed a Los Angeles man on New Year’s Eveand includes allegations that the law enforcement officer whipped his sons with a belt and made racist and homophobic remarks in the past, according to documents obtained by The Times.
Through an attorney, the children also accused Palacios of using homophobic slurs and making racist remarks about Black and Latino people, according to a court transcript. Palacios also referred to the childrens’ biological father as an “illegal alien,” according to the allegations contained in court records.
Palacios routinely made disparaging remarks about Latinos before and after custody hearings, referring to them as “wetbacks.”