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LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Calif. - A Border Patrol operation outside a Home Depot in Playa Vista on Monday morning erupted into chaos, with about a dozen federal agents taking a man into custody as furious bystanders shouted at them. Witnesses heckled the agents as they tried to leave the scene in a white van. Angelique Ryder-Mitchell says she rushed outside when she heard the commotion.

"They think they’re all Rambo with their paintball guns... they’re such losers," she said, criticizing the agents. "I’m so disgusted with how these federal officers are coming into our city to tear everything up, our relationships, our neighbors, the families in our communities; just to satisfy the political agenda of a criminal in the White House, but that’s my personal take on it."

As the van pu

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