‘Devastated’ family demands answers after two-year-old driven by armed agents from LA Home Depot parking lot
Masked, heavily armed federal immigration agents arrested a US citizen in the parking lot of a Los Angeles Home Depot store, then entered his car and drove away with his toddler, who is also a US citizen, in the backseat.
The child’s grandmother said the incident had left the whole family shaken. “I am devastated by what has happened to my son and demand an explanation,” she said at a press conference on Wednesday.
The 32-year-old father was picked up during a major enforcement operation at the Home Depot in LA’s Cypress Park neighborhood on Tuesday morning. According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), five undocumented immigrants were also arrested.
“Surely there is a better way of enforcing their policies in a way that does not separate families or place tender aged children like this child in questionable circumstances,” said Renee Garcia, the communications director at the legal aid nonprofit ImmDef. “I think that it’s absolutely traumatizing for a child to be placed in that situation.”
Oh, there is a better way. But the cruelty is the point so you will only ever see this way and worse from this administration.
watched a video yesterday of agents going into a god damn daycare and pulling out a caregiver who was screaming. a god damn daycare.
all the while people are standing by filming and I just felt an incredible amount of rage at watching it. I’m not even american and I was angry. This poor woman was screaming and crying and being dragged out of a fucking daycare centre begging for her life.
If I were a parent and I saw either of these things happening first hand I would go ballistic. And with all the stories going around now of people posing as ICE agents to rob and sexually assault women how do I know these fuckers arn’t one of them?
it blows my mind that there’s no body count on ice agents yet. I’m honestly surprised no one has shot at them.
I’m sure ice agents are also sexually assaulting women with impunity
The DHS has alleged that the 32-year-old “exited his vehicle wielding a hammer and threw rocks at law enforcement while he had a child in his car”.
I assume every single one of ICE’s self-jusitfying stories is false, until proven otherwise.
Media has consistently been putting too much weight into statements and what people say as if it were facts.
I realize this is a weird thing to get caught up on, but I’m gonna guess they didnt have a car seat for that toddler, and that enrages me almost as much as their mere existence
They drove off in the guy’s car, not an ICE vehicle.
Nice way of saying kidnap.
What a shithole country
I’d be honestly going insane if I was that father
Pedophilia has gotten way worse, I see. Better track that child.
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What?
Were they supposed to just leave the child alone after arresting the father? If so, would they have written this same story, but lambasted the officers for leaving the toddler alone?
The Guardian for some reason is really focusing on the part that isn’t actually bad, in a story where bad things happened.
First, in most cases these are unidentified masked men. You don’t know foe sure if they are real government agents jumping out of an unmarked car. These kind of dangerous situations are being intentionally provoked.
Kidnapping is pretty fucking bad, my dude.
Police usually call a family member or something to come pick up the child at the scene or, at the worst, call CPS. Can’t even hold themselves to US cop standards.
“Your kid is at the station” is a pretty common way to do just that.
Nothing says “I believe movies are real life” more than what you wrote there.
no it isn’t. you’re full of shit.
I’m sorry, you think it’s normal for federal agents to drive away in a citizens car WITH a child in it?
Not to mention it was a 1 year old, and the family doesn’t know what happened with the child during the HOURS they had here I their custody.
Cops don’t even drive away in your car, even if it’s evidence. They have to have it towed.
Yeah, just imagine what would happen if he had gotten in an accident. Even ignoring abducting the child, can you imagine what a mess that insurance report would be?
But they’re not cops! They’re masked ice agents ✨ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Doesn’t that mean they have the presidents permission to break the rules?
I’m sure if it happened to them they would be totally cool about it and completely understanding with the unidentified masked men taking off in their car with their 2yo in the back seat. I mean, who wouldn’t be? Lol
2yo? They have people to take care of children at each station or do they just lock toddlers up until someone shows up?
When the kid has been arrested, yes.
Holy fuck. You are insane.
Why did ICE arrest a US citizen? That’s not their jurisdiction. If he did commit an arrestable offense, which is unlikely, local PD should be handling that. Period.
It fucking is now thanks to the lawles fanta fascista running the show.
Why did ICE arrest a US citizen?
FTA: the 32-year-old “exited his vehicle wielding a hammer and threw rocks at law enforcement while he had a child in his car”
According to ICE agents who need an alibi for arresting a US citizen. Everything they say is horse shit till proven real by verifiable sources.
Yeah I want to see the bodycam footage!
According to SCOTUS cops are professional liars
ICE agents are liars.
