WHITE CENTER, Wash. — Less than ten days after Washington’s new law banning face coverings for law enforcement took effect, videos captured masked immigration agents making arrests in South King County.
KING 5 obtained footage from two arrests in White Center and Burien that appear to show agents wearing masks — now prohibited under state law. The arrest in Burien happened Wednesday and the one in White Center happened Thursday morning.
Arrest captured in White Center
Video taken just after 8 a.m. Thursday shows masked agents arresting the driver of a red pickup truck at the intersection of 17th Avenue Southwest and Southwest 98th Street in White Center.
In the video, agents wearing face coverings detain the driver. Right next to him is an SUV with flashing red and blue lights. The vehicle also displayed a yellow “New Driver” sticker…