Two detained during anti-ICE protest at White Memorial Hospital in Boyle Heights: reports say
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Set us as preferred Federal immigration officers reportedly detained two people late Friday evening amid an anti-ICE demonstration near a Boyle Heights hospital, sparking additional action by community immigrant advocates.Immigration agents took the two detainees into custody during a demonstration at Adventist White Memorial Hospital, Boyle Heights Beat reported on Saturday.
Neither the Department of Homeland Security nor the Los Angeles Police confirmed the detentions to The Times.A spokesperson for LAPD confirmed federal agents were present at the hospital while a person in their custody received medical treatment.
The rep said LAPD received reports that “large groups had assembled at the hospital and were causing a disturbance.”In a video shared to social media by observer Michelle Rivera, officers can be seen pinning a person down to the sidewalk at the intersection of Boyle Ave and Pennsylvania Ave, near the hospital.In the video, bystanders can be heard telling agents to let the detainee go.
One officer, wearing a face covering and a vest emblazoned with “POLICE ICE,” tells onlookers to back away from the scene, ordering them, “Do not impede with the arrest.” California Videos of a Long Beach resident screaming that his arm is broken and begging for help as he is pinned to the ground by immigration agents have sparked outrage in the community.The person behind the camera accused immigration officials of detaining two people who are U.S.citizens.
An officer can be heard accusing the detainees of “interfering” with an arrest and informing onlookers, “We have criminal arrest authority.” An officer can also be heard telling a person off-camera, “Your brother assaulted a federal agent.” “He’s being arrested for assaulting a federal agent,” the officer continued in the video.“He’s coming...