PETERSBURG, Va. — A federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation in downtown Petersburg Wednesday morning drew immediate community response after video of the incident spread rapidly on social media.
The Facebook Live stream showed more than a half dozen law enforcement agents on the sidewalk beside the city’s bus station on Union Street. Multiple sources confirmed to CBS 6 that the agents were working for ICE. The video was shared hundreds of times within an hour before being removed before noon.
“I literally got the call a few moments ago, ‘Yo, ICE is in Petersburg, snatching people up,'” Petersburg businessman Ajani Sekov said…