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Agents pile on protester, who convulses and struggles to breathe
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Agents pile on protester, who convulses and struggles to breathe

By Brittny Mejia
, Rachel Uranga and Mark E. Potts
Immigration agents attempting to detain street vendors in downtown Los Angeles arrest and tackled two protesters, both U.S. citizens, one who is pinned to a curb for several minutes, struggles to breathe and starts convulsing. Homeland security says the pair assaulted the officers.
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Brittny Mejia

Brittny Mejia is a Metro reporter covering federal courts and immigration for the Los Angeles Times. She was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2021 for her investigation with colleague Jack Dolan that exposed failures in Los Angeles County’s safety-net healthcare system. She joined The Times in 2014.

Rachel Uranga

Rachel Uranga covers immigration for the Los Angeles Times. She can be reached at rachel.uranga@latimes.com or via Signal at Uranga.64. She can also be found on Bluesky at racheluranga.bsky.social or X at racheluranga.

Mark E. Potts

Mark E. Potts is the senior editor for video at the Los Angeles Times. A native of Enid, Okla., Potts graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a master’s degree in broadcast journalism. He has created and edited video for DreamWorks, YouTube, Microsoft, Sony and BET.

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