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Lawsuit Accuses Security Guards At Chicago Home Depot Of Beating, Mistreating Migrant Laborers
Tensions have been rising between migrants looking for work and security at some Home Depot stores across Chicago.
August 8, 2024
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Tensions have been rising between migrants looking for work and security at some Home Depot stores across Chicago—and at one store, those tensions have even led to a lawsuit.
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The lawsuit was filed this week by five recently arrived migrants—Alfonzo Gabriel Arias, Betuel Castro Camacho, Willian Alberto Gimenez Gonzalez, Luis Adrian Gomez, and Juan Carlos Montano—against Home Depot employees and security guards contracted by the company.
Two of those security guards are off-duty Chicago Police officers, according to the complaint.
