Shocking footage has emerged showing California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers forcibly removing families who were occupying vacant state-owned homes in LA. Crowds of activists showed up to defend the families on Thanksgiving eve.
The videos, reportedly captured Wednesday night in the El Sereno area, make for intense viewing; law enforcement agents are seen dragging people out of the homes, dressed in riot gear, armed with military-style guns and even using battering rams on doors.
This is happening right now in my neighborhood of El Sereno. @LAPDHQ is dragging a family, guns drawn, out of the abandoned home they have been living in. This is cruel and inhuman. They rather they be in the street than in a boarded up home. Abandoned by CalTrans. pic.twitter.com/BjPJwluYMi
— Xolo Mariduena (@Xolo_Mariduena) November 26, 2020
