CAMARILLO, Calif. (KABC) — Federal brokers carried out an immigration enforcement operation at an agricultural space in Ventura County on Thursday that led to a conflict with demonstrators.
The operation was happening at a farm alongside Laguna Highway close to Camarillo. AIR7 was over the scene surrounded by fields as federal brokers fashioned a line throughout the road.
At one level, a gaggle of protesters have been seen going through off with brokers, a few of whom threw smoke canisters in the direction of the rising crowd.
“We have been talking our thoughts like we will as U.S. residents. We obtained tear-gassed… I obtained hit with a paintball. This isn’t OK,” stated one demonstrator. “That is what we have to be doing as individuals — coming collectively towards them, the tyranny. They’re evil.”
“That is actually unhappy to know that this is happening proper now, when supposedly it was supposed to alter,” stated one other. “That is insane .”
The scenario escalated when extra smoke canisters have been launched, sending the group of protesters operating in the other way. The native hearth division was seen close to the positioning offering remedy for these affected by the smoke and tear fuel.
At the very least one individual was seen pinned down on the bottom by the federal brokers.
Eyewitness Information didn’t instantly observe anyone else being detained or arrested.
After tear fuel was deployed, a number of individuals have been seen throwing what appeared like rocks again on the brokers.
One other second noticed a lady holding a flag standing in entrance of an advancing navy automobile in what seemed to be an try and cease it. At occasions, it appeared as if the girl was poking the passing navy autos with the flag.
A couple of minutes later, a person tried to cease a navy automobile by stepping in entrance of it, however the automobile stored shifting. Ultimately, the person moved to the facet however not earlier than throwing what seemed to be a bottle of water on the windshield.
Simply earlier than 2:30 p.m., a number of federal brokers fired extra smoke canisters in the direction of the group, solely to have the wind blow the vast majority of that smoke again on the brokers. The transfer, nonetheless, led to the group momentarily dispersing from the road, permitting a number of federal autos to drive away from the realm, previous the protesters.
Federal brokers have been conducting an immigration enforcement operation in an agricultural space of Camarillo Thursday.
DEVELOPING: We are going to add extra particulars to this report as they turn out to be out there.
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