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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sun Jun 8, 2025, 07:28 PM Jun 8

What really happened outside the Paramount Home Depot? The reality on the ground vs. the rhetoric [View all]

It began as another Saturday morning at the Home Depot in Paramount, a working class, predominantly Latino suburb south of downtown Los Angeles.

Typically, the store that is nestled along the Los Angeles River bed would be filled with weekend warriors tackling home improvements, workers collecting supplies and immigrants in search of work.

But that morning, border patrol agents were spotted across the street from the Home Depot, gathering around 9 a.m. Word quickly spread on social media. Passersby honked their horns. Soon, protesters arrived. Home Depot eventually closed.

The clashes between authorities and protesters lasted for hours in both Paramount and nearby Compton, though it was far from widespread. The chaos covered the area directly around the Alondra Boulevard store, but it was enough to provide for dramatic TV video.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/really-happened-outside-paramount-home-184604236.html

Long article that breaks things down.

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