Outside the Department of Justice Monday was an outcry of support for an organized labor leader.

David Huerta, the president of SEIU California, was arrested Friday morning, while protesting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid in Los Angeles.

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A video of the arrest posted by Bill Essayli, Republican U.S. attorney for the Central District of California, shows Huerta in a checkered shirt. A police officer appears to push Huerta backwards, and he goes down to the ground. He can be seen lying on the ground later in the video.

Huerta’s union said he had to be hospitalized for his injuries.

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