Community members and religious leaders gathered Wednesday to denounce an Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid at a Downey church, alleging federal agents targeted a Spanish-speaking man in the church parking lot.
Reverend Tanya Lopez, senior pastor at Downey Memorial Christian Church, described witnessing five men in plain clothes with police badges and bulletproof vests detaining an individual.
“He could have just been walking down the street and choosing to walk through our parking lot,” Lopez said. “A lot of people do that all the time.”…