Video shows ICE agent pointing handgun in face of North Hollywood bystander
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Set us as preferred A federal immigration agent pulled out their handgun and pointed it just inches from the face of a bystander during an apparent operation in North Hollywood Friday morning, according to video obtained by The Times.The bystander was not detained or taken into custody by federal officials during the incident, but a person who appeared to be a masked federal agent shoved the man into bushes and pointed the handgun directly at his face after the bystander tossed a spray canister into the street that had been dropped by another agent, according to video and a witness.
A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a request to comment on the incident.The encounter occurred just before 8:30 a.m.
near the intersection of Vineland Place and Otsego Street, said Damari Butler, a resident.Butler was sitting on his balcony when he said he saw a pedestrian get tackled on the sidewalk by two masked men who appeared to be U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.Butler said there seemed to be no warning before the man was tossed into nearby bushes.That’s what prompted Butler to record.
“There was no asking what his name was, no ID, nothing,” Butler said.“They just grabbed him.”The video shows a masked ICE agent taking a pedestrian into custody on the sidewalk, as a man with two dogs on leashes stands nearby.
After a few seconds, a second masked person wearing tactical gear that says “ICE Police” across the chest runs over, telling the man with the dogs to back up while aiming what witnesses say was a can of pepper spray at him.The man with the two dogs is then seen stepping back as the two agents handcuff the man on the sidewalk.Someone can also be heard yelling “ICE!” in the background.
As the agents carry the man by his arms, one agent is seen in the v...