Boyle Heights Community Demands Proof in Federal Arrest Case

Community Outrage Over Federal Operation

• 📣 Members of the Boyle Heights community are denouncing a federal operation they describe as violent and unjustified.
• 🎯 Activists claim federal agents engaged in a targeted arrest that terrorized a family, including two children, inside a vehicle.
• 🗣️ Community members are demanding an end to ICE raids and state they will not be intimidated.

Allegations of a Hit-and-Run

• 🚗 The community disputes the federal government's claim that the incident was not a hit-and-run.
• 🚓 They assert that federal agents boxed in and attacked the family's vehicle, then left the scene, and that LAPD was initially investigating it as a hit-and-run.

Demand for Proof of Alleged Assault

• ❓ Community members and their legal representative are questioning the federal claim that the arrested man punched a CBP officer.
• ⚖️ They are demanding proof and video evidence of the alleged assault, questioning the credibility of a government attacking its own citizens.
• 🏛️ An attorney announced plans to file a lawsuit against the federal government over the incident.

Calls for Transparency and Trust

• 📱 It is suggested that video evidence of the alleged assault should be released, as many people have cell phones.
• 🤝 Releasing video would help build trust and transparency regarding the actions of federal agents.