From Reader Francis.

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OAN Newsroom
UPDATED 1:45 PM PT – Friday, November 27, 2020

A group of activists who illegally occupied several vacant homes clashed with law enforcement during an attempted eviction.

According to reports, the radical activist group’s plan to slander the California Highway Patrol backfired when their own video showed their aggressive behavior.

On Thursday and Friday, the group ‘Reclaim and Rebuild Our Community’ posted a series of videos to Instagram. The videos were taken during a confrontation in Los Angeles.

The group claimed one video showed “stormtroopers getting ready to violently evict folks.” However, the recording actually showed a single officer calmly responding as the group advanced on him.

The video was taken Wednesday night as CHP officers attempted to evict the protesters, who had occupied a group of houses owned by the state’s transportation department, ‘Caltrans.’

CHP was forced to declare an unlawful assembly, which went ignored by the mob. At least three people were detained.

In a press release Thursday, the group touted their seizure of 15 homes in Los Angeles and called ‘Caltrans’ an “irresponsible slumlord” with a history of “environmental racism.” The homes were purchased by the state, over a decade, for a freeway infrastructure expansion project and slated for demolition.

A spokesperson for ‘Caltrans’ said the long-abandoned homes were “unsafe and uninhabitable for occupants.” The spokesperson added CHP had to move into re-secure and board them up.