As federal immigration agents continue to carry out raids in Southern California, sparking fear in communities across the region, a South Los Angeles neighborhood confronted sheriff’s deputies Monday, believing they were with U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement.
The tense confrontation, much of which was caught on cellphone cameras, unfolded in South Park outside a home near McKinley Avenue and East 49th Street.
Footage of the incident obtained by KTLA shows crowds of residents swarming L.A. County Sheriff’s deputies and yelling at them as they carried out an operation that the department told KTLA was part of an ongoing investigation…