Rodrick Johnson, 67, is one of many residents who were detained by federal agents during the raid. A #US #citizen, he said agents broke through his door & dragged him out in zip ties.
Johnson said he was left #TiedUp outside the building for nearly 3 hours before agents finally let him go.
“I asked [agents] why they were holding me if I was an American citizen, & they said I had to wait until they looked me up. I asked if they had a #warrant, & I asked for a #lawyer. They never brought one.”
In the South Shore raid, neighbors said federal agents used #flashbang #grenades to burst through the building & several #drones & helicopters were deployed.
Ebony Sweets Watson, who lives across the street, said it “looked like hundreds” of agents were outside her front door.
Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including #kids, out of the
building without any clothes on & into U-Haul vans. Kids were #separated from their mothers, she said.