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Thursday, June 12, 2025
Democratic senator says he was forced to ground, handcuffed after interrupting Noem’s press conference
US Senator Alex Padilla, a California Democrat, is pushed out of the room as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem holds a news conference regarding the recent protests in Los Angeles on June 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
A US senator from California is forcibly removed after interrupting a news conference being held by the US homeland security chief.
“I’m Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary,” according to an AFP journalist there, as two men pushed and shoved him out of the room.
Padilla’s office says he was forced to the ground and handcuffed after being removed from the press conference.
He is currently not detained, according to a statement from his office.
Kristi Noem was holding a news conference to discuss immigration enforcement arrests that have spiked tensions in America’s second-largest city, leading to street protests and President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops and Marines.
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