Tuesday morning turned tense very quickly outside Hilltop Community Children’s Center in Pittsburgh’s Knoxville neighborhood, when masked agents moved into a parking lot across the street and detained several workers. Surveillance footage from the block shows people running and unmarked vehicles pulling in just before 8 a.m., while the owner of a local roofing crew said some of his employees were taken. Inside the daycare, staff said they pulled children away from windows and used whistles and even a child’s toy drum to warn neighbors as the scene unfolded.
Surveillance Video Captures Early Morning Detentions
Surveillance video recorded from Orchard Place shows vehicles arriving and agents rushing toward workers at around 7:50 a.m., according to WPXI. In the clip, individuals appear to jump out of unmarked vans and move quickly across the parking lot, a sight that prompted neighbors to call for help. WPXI reported that the action played out directly across the street from the Hilltop Community Children’s Center, within clear view of the daycare building…