Federal authorities on Friday stated US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers clashed with protesters in San Francisco this week, with one knife-wielding suspect now dealing with prices after allegedly threatening to stab an officer and goal his household. The US Division of Homeland Safety (DHS) confirmed the incident occurred on Wednesday outdoors 100 Montgomery Avenue, the place ICE brokers had been finishing up immigration enforcement. Round 15–20 demonstrators surrounded 4 officers, spraying pepper spray and bodily assaulting them. One officer sustained a jammed finger, whereas others suffered irritation from chemical spray, DHS stated. Courtroom filings cited by the New York Submit recognized the suspect as Adrian Guerrero, a US citizen. He has been charged with assaulting an officer and destruction of property. Guerrero is accused of slashing the tire of a government-marked Chevrolet earlier that morning earlier than confronting ICE brokers. Whereas wielding a black knife and carrying a patterned keffiyeh-style scarf with tinted goggles, Guerrero allegedly shouted, “I’m going to f** you up. I’m going to go after your loved ones. I’m going to stab you.” Photographs cited within the grievance present Guerrero confronting brokers, reported the New York Submit. He was arrested nonetheless carrying the knife and clothes described. Federal Protecting Companies and San Francisco police later arrived to assist disperse the group. In response to KQED, confrontations with protesters started earlier that morning close to the immigration courthouse. An ICE officer pepper-sprayed each a protester and a reporter, who stated he was filming the incident when an officer grabbed a bicycle deal with and sprayed with out provocation. “It wasn’t provoked … There have been no aggressive actions apart from me approaching the scene,” the journalist was quoted as saying by KQED. No less than one protester was later detained outdoors ICE’s Sansome Avenue area workplace after being tackled, zip-tied, and brought inside.KQED reported that an ICE officer additionally fired a weapon that launched white powder throughout a scuffle involving a protester and a motorcycle. The confrontation finally dispersed, although many protesters regrouped on the courthouse midmorning. Homeland safety secretary Kristi Noem condemned the assault, saying ICE officers now face a “1,000% improve in assaults” whereas concentrating on harmful offenders. “These acts of violence are fuelled by sanctuary politicians’ rhetoric vilifying our regulation enforcement,” she stated in a DHS assertion. “We won’t and haven’t let this violence cease us or gradual us down”, she added. The assault follows different violent confrontations with federal brokers. In July, ten armed males in tactical gear opened fireplace on an ICE detention centre close to Dallas, the place all suspects had been later charged with tried homicide, in response to the New York Submit.
