A man yelled for help as a group of men – one of whom said he was with Immigration and Customs Enforcement – picked him up and pushed him into a car outside a Los Angeles courthouse Wednesday, video shows.

The detention has been condemned by the county’s top judge and the man’s lawyers, who said such operations will deter people from showing up to court.

Video obtained by the Los Angeles Times shows the man being carried away with his hands bound behind his back. Those detaining him are in plainclothes, and some are wearing masks. The detained man repeatedly screams, “Can you help me, please?” as his body flails.

The man is then pushed into the back seat of an unmarked car. It’s not clear where he was taken.

Neither ICE nor the Department of Homeland Security responded to CNN’s questi

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