Federal agents fired pepper balls after detaining two people in Albany Park Friday morning as the immigration blitz in Chicago continued through Halloween.

Three agents tackled a man to the pavement in the 3200 block of Lawrence Avenue shortly before 9:30 a.m. after they accused him of assaulting one of them.

A friend and neighbor of one of the men detained, who did not want to be identified, said they had just seen the man standing earlier as they had gone to get coffee. When they returned, they saw the man taken to the ground by the agents as a crowd began to amass at the scene.

“It’s actually horrifying,” they said. “It happens so fast. You prepare but then you don’t know what to do.”

At least one agent didn’t have a body camera, while another used a GoPro camera in addition to a bo

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