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Advocates criticize a Los Angeles Home Depot for installing high-pitch noise machines outside to deter day laborers, causing health issues, and allege the devices are linked to ICE raids, which the company denies, claiming they are for safety and anti-overnight parking.
Day laborers outside a Home Depot in Cypress Park protest against noise machines installed by the company, which emit high-pitched sounds intended to deter them from gathering there, amid ongoing concerns about ICE raids and the impact on immigrant workers. The machines, installed shortly after a recent raid, have caused health issues and added stress for the workers, who see the devices as a form of intimidation and weaponization of sound. The nonprofit IDEPSCA and local officials are calling for the removal of the machines and greater support for the immigrant community.
Federal immigration enforcement actions at Home Depot parking lots in Southern California are causing fear and trauma among undocumented day laborers, who continue to work despite the risks, driven by economic necessity and limited legal options, amid ongoing crackdowns and a recent fatal incident involving a worker fleeing from ICE agents.
Samuel Haskell, the son of a prominent former Hollywood executive, has been accused by day laborers of hiring them to move three large trash bags filled with body parts. Haskell was arrested on suspicion of murder after an unidentified female torso was found in a dumpster. His wife and her parents are missing, and the police are also searching for two missing vehicles. The laborers discovered the gruesome contents of the bags and returned the money before reporting the incident to the LAPD. Haskell is currently being held on $2 million bail.
Day laborers hired by Samuel Haskell, the suspect in a Tarzana murder investigation, claim they were paid $500 to move trash bags from Haskell's home, only to discover that the bags contained body parts. The workers returned the bags and money to Haskell, who allegedly tried to pass off the body parts as Halloween props. The men attempted to report the incident to the police but were turned away from two law enforcement stations. Haskell's wife and her parents are missing, and evidence found in the home suggests a murder scene. Haskell has not yet been charged.