U.S. Senator Alex Padilla of California — a Democrat — was forcibly removed from a news conference in Los Angeles Thursday after interrupting remarks being made by Homeland Security Kristi Noem.
Video shared by an NBC News reporter showed Padilla face down on the floor, being handcuffed by what appeared to be DHS officers.
Senator Padilla’s office sends me this video of his take-down and detention at Sec. Noem’s press conference in L.A. pic.twitter.com/RLUVYP1Jsb
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Noem was speaking about the riots in the city, which began Friday in response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents conducting operations to apprehend criminal illegal aliens.
“If you assault a law enforcement officer, we are going to come after you and
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