Fitchburg police said officers were called by ICE agents on two separate occasions Thursday morning, requesting assistance when a crowd formed during a traffic stop that turned into an attemped arrest, according to the Fitchburg police department.

Quejanae Beavers-Hatter said she woke up around 6:15 a.m. to commotion outside her apartment on Kimball Street. She said she saw federal agents pull a man out of an SUV by his neck, then put their hands in the SUV to separate a woman and child inside.

Officials said the woman resisted, and it took two hours before she got out of the car.

“They were literally trying to feed their baby while locking arms. It was a lot to see, not gonna lie,” said Beavers-Hatter.

Fitchburg police said they were called to the scene at approximately 7:10 a.m. by I

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