Councilmember Ysabel Jurado opposed Home Depot's Eagle Rock Plaza location and posted 'Take your orange aprons somewhere else,' citing a raid at Westlake Home Depot. Home Depot plans to demolish the former Macy's at Eagle Rock Plaza for the new store. Surveillance video shows federal agents arriving near Home Depot and the CARECEN Day Labor Center, running after vendors and deploying tear gas as people scattered. At least eight to 15 people were arrested, and advocates said a man pinned to the ground was punched. The Westlake store has hosted several operations since June, including one where agents jumped from a Penske truck and arrested 16 people.
On Thursday, surveillance video obtained by The Times shows federal agents arriving in several vehicles across from the Home Depot and CARECEN Day Labor Center, and immediately running after people, including vendors and day laborers. As people scattered, federal agents can be seen deploying tear gas. A man who was apprehended and pinned to the ground by federal officials was punched in the face, according to a statement by the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights.
Home Depot plans to demolish the former Macy's department store in Eagle Rock Plaza to make space for its new location, The Eastsider reported. At least eight to 15 people were arrested during the operation, according to CHIRLA. This specific home improvement store on Wilshire Boulevard and South Union Avenue has been the site of four immigration operations since June 6, including "Operation Trojan Horse," in which half a dozen border patrol agents jumped out of a Penske truck and arrested 16 people.
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