Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said several dozen deputies were sent to the city of Paramount after federal agents sought assistance because they came under “attack.”
Luna said deputies were initially dispatched to the area this morning in connection with a “street takeover,” or sideshow.
He said there was a conflict between a crowd that had gathered and the federal agents. Eventually, that crowd grew to between 350 and 400 people, and some began throwing objects at the agents, Luna said.
Luna said he’s had limited conversations with federal authorities, and his deputies had “nothing to do” with helping immigration operations unfolding across Los Angeles this weekend.
His office will not participate in civil immigration enforcement, he said, but “if federal agents who are here doing immigration enforcement come under attack, they’re going to ask for help. And for us at the sheriff’s department, or any law enforcement agency around us, we are going to support any other law enforcement agency that’s asking for help.”
Eventually, Luna added, federal authorities asked for help “because they were violently being attacked.”