‘An intimidation tactic’: Trump’s show of force dismays Washington residents
by Chris Stein in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#6ZB8W)
Groups of armed men are descending on the capital's neighborhoods - to actually see it first hand, I didn't like it'
Washington DC's only Home Depot was busy with contractors and customers on Thursday morning - but the Hispanic day laborers who usually gather and wait for work under the parking lot's sparse trees were nowhere to be found.
Two days earlier, masked federal agents swarmed the area and made several arrests, which were photographed by bystanders and posted on social media. Juwan Brooks, a store employee who witnessed the raid, said the agents grabbed anyone who appeared Hispanic.
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