ICE agents detained two American citizens near a City Heights grocery store Tuesday, witnesses say, in dramatic encounters captured on video. The agency later said the two women were “agitators attempting to impede operations,” though they were released hours later without charges.
The incident unfolded just before 12 p.m. Tuesday in the parking lot of the El Super grocery store off Fairmount and University. Witnesses said it began with federal agents detaining a man who was released a short time later. Community patrollers said when the man was released, he told them the agents let him go because he had legal status.
Those community patrollers, who document federal agents and warn communities across San Diego about their presence, arrived on the scene and one woman said she got out of her vehicle and started recording…