{"id":41769,"date":"2025-06-09T12:06:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T19:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=41769"},"modified":"2025-06-09T12:06:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T19:06:06","slug":"san-francisco-police-arrest-60-following-anti-ice-protest-downtown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/06\/09\/san-francisco-police-arrest-60-following-anti-ice-protest-downtown\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco police arrest 60 following anti-ICE protest downtown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/cropped-eleni4-edit-scaled-1.jpg 2x\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/cropped-eleni4-edit-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Smiling person with curly blonde and black hair, wearing a black sleeveless top, standing outdoors with trees and a clear sky in the background.\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/cropped-joerb3-edit-scaled-2.jpg 2x\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/cropped-joerb3-edit-scaled-2.jpg\" alt=\"A man with glasses and a beard smiles while sitting on grass in a park, wearing a white shirt.\"> by\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/author\/elenib\/\">ELENI BALAKRISHNAN<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/author\/joer\/\">JOE RIVANO BARROS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>June 8, 2025 (MissionLocal.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_5446-780x585.jpg\" alt=\"Photographers and journalists document a clash between police officers in riot gear and protesters at metal barricades on a city street.\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>San Francisco police officers and protesters in a standoff on June 8, 2025, near the ICE headquarters. Photo by Eleni Balakrishnan.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hundreds of protesters who&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MLNow\/status\/1931904013961981966\">rallied<\/a>&nbsp;against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in San Francisco on Sunday night got into a standoff with dozens of police officers, ending hours later with the arrest of about 60 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The crowd began assembling outside the ICE headquarters at 630 Sansome St. around 6 p.m. The mostly peaceful protest escalated once people noticed police vans full of officers in riot gear awaiting the next block over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The gathering crowd yelled, \u201cWho do you protect? Who do you serve?\u201d and held signs that read \u201cFuck ICE.\u201d A man shouted at the assembled officers: \u201cYou guys need to stand up too!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/mission-local-logo-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Mission Local logo, with blue and orange lines on the shape of the Mission District\" class=\"wp-image-639216\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Want the latest on the Mission and San Francisco? Sign up for our&nbsp;<strong>free daily newsletter<\/strong>&nbsp;below.Sign up<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dozens of San Francisco police officers trickled in from vans, and the crowd of hundreds stationed outside the ICE headquarters moved toward to the police at Jackson Street, formed a line, and began pushing towards the officers. A couple people threw eggs and at least one glass bottle. The officers formed a cordon line and a standoff ensued for some 40 minutes, until SFPD declared unlawful assembly at 7:33 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RIGHT NOW<br><br>SFPD arrived in force at the anti-ICE protest in San Francisco. Several hundred protesters have now been in a standoff w\/dozens of police for 40 min.<br><br>SFPD just declared unlawful assembly, but hard for crowd to hear. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yhbJWHn8t5\">pic.twitter.com\/yhbJWHn8t5<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Mission Local (@MLNow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLNow\/status\/1931904013961981966?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Crowd members brought metal barricades to form a barrier between them and officers, and the police used them to push back against the crowd. Officers rushed the crowd soon after. At that point, at least one person was tackled to the ground and arrested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spear Minteh, 35, said an officer reached out and hit him in the chest as police advanced toward protesters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt seemed like they were just angry,\u201d said Minteh, who added that he hasn\u2019t been to protests in years, since those with Occupy Wall Street. Today, hearing the news in Los Angeles, he felt compelled to come out. \u201cI wasn\u2019t expecting it to get violent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SFPD continued pushing the crowd block by block down Sansome Street, in San Francisco\u2019s Financial District, and ushered dispersal orders throughout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of 8:30 p.m., the crowd had largely dissipated from near the ICE headquarters, but people spread around the downtown area, tagging buildings and pulling trash bins into the street. At one point, glass storefronts at Chase Bank and Fendi were smashed in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few blocks away,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/oaklanduprising\/status\/1931934668397642080\">video showed several dozen protesters<\/a>&nbsp;were barricaded by police and threatened with arrest after 9 p.m., and eventually officers began zip-tying and arresting members of the crowd one-by-one as of 11 p.m. Also around 9 p.m., BART had closed Embarcadero Station \u201cdue to civil disturbance on Market Street.\u201d Trains resumed service as usual by 9:50 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A police spokesperson said that the department declared an unlawful assembly after some in the crowd \u201cbecame violent\u201d and committed crimes ranging from \u201cassault to felony vandalism.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While many dispersed, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SFPD\/status\/1931956246275621253\">statement<\/a>&nbsp;said that \u201ca small group\u201d refused to leave the 200 block of Montgomery Street, and officers arrested some 60 people, including juveniles, and recovered one firearm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two officers suffered minor injuries, with one transported to a hospital, the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mayor Daniel Lurie defended the police,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DanielLurie\/status\/1931957300828524682\">writing<\/a>\u00a0that \u201cviolent and destructive behavior\u201d led to the arrests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"479\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-22.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41770\" srcset=\"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-22.png 479w, http:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-22-211x300.png 211w, http:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-22-106x150.png 106w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Supervisor Jackie Fielder arrived at the mass arrest a little before 11 p.m., asking to speak to Commander Derrick Lew. He told her the protest was \u201cnot straight First Amendment stuff\u201d as two officers had been injured. Fielder criticized the number of police officers on scene \u2014 many dozens, and at least a dozen vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A sergeant told Fielder that most of those arrested would be cited and released. The final protesters were loaded into vans at around 2 a.m., five hours after arrests began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_5333-853x640.jpg\" alt=\"Person holds a rainbow flag with the Mexican coat of arms at a city street protest; other people stand nearby holding signs.\" class=\"wp-image-764844\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A man waving a Pride and Mexican flag at the anti-ICE protest in San Francisco on June 8, 2025. Photo by Eleni Balakrishnan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_5373-853x640.jpg\" alt=\"A group of protesters stand in a city street holding signs and a Mexican flag; some wear masks and dark clothing. Tall buildings are visible in the background.\" class=\"wp-image-764845\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anti-ICE protesters in downtown San Francisco on June 8, 2025, before SFPD dispersed the crowd. Photo by Eleni Balakrishnan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_5476-853x640.jpg\" alt=\"A line of police officers in riot gear face a crowd of protesters holding signs on a city street in front of a brick building.\" class=\"wp-image-764846\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">SFPD officers and protesters squared off during the June 8, 2025 anti-ICE protests in downtown San Francisco. Photo by Eleni Balakrishnan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_5414-853x640.jpg\" alt=\"A group of police officers in riot gear stand on a city street, holding batons and wearing helmets and protective vests.\" class=\"wp-image-764847\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">SFPD officers at the anti-ICE protests on June 8, 2025. Photo by Eleni Balakrishnan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_5422-853x640.jpg\" alt=\"Protesters holding signs confront uniformed police officers wearing riot gear on a city street lined with brick buildings.\" class=\"wp-image-764849\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">SFPD officers and crowd members on June 8, 2025, during the anti-ICE protest in San Francisco. Photo by Eleni Balakrishnan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DKnwpDuJQ5N\/?hl=en\">protest<\/a>&nbsp;was called by several groups, including&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.norcalresist.org\/\">NorCal Resist<\/a>, to rally against deportation arrests that have ramped up this week across the country, including in San Francisco: At least&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2025\/06\/ice-arrest-san-francisco-toddler\/\">15 people were arrested during their check-ins with ICE<\/a>&nbsp;in the city this week, including several children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In another incident, a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2025\/06\/ice-mother-detained\/\">39-year-old mother of two was arrested<\/a>\u00a0after being told to check in with her case officer in San Francisco. Within 36 hours, she had been put on a plane to an Arizona detention center, separated from her husband, 10-year-old daughter, and 5-year-old son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Several dozen protesters surrounded by SFPD right now at Montgomery &amp; Pine, being zip tied &amp; taken one by one.<br><br>They\u2019re shouting \u201cNo ICE, no KKK, no fascist USA!\u201d<br><br>This comes a few hours after SFPD rushed anti-ICE protest. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uOXIRj9ugT\">pic.twitter.com\/uOXIRj9ugT<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Mission Local (@MLNow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLNow\/status\/1931949656457810326?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The protest was also called in solidarity with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2025\/06\/08\/us\/la-immigration-protests-photos-map.html\">actions in Los Angeles<\/a>&nbsp;over the past three days: Thousands of people have taken over streets to push back against deportation raids there, especially in the Latino-heavy city of Paramount.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re kidnapping people, and they\u2019re just taking them off the streets with no due process,\u201d said Kathleen Dobson, who was in the crowd today and said she was disturbed by recent events. \u201cIt can happen to any of us. We need to fight for those who\u2019s can\u2019t.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Donald Trump, in response, has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/06\/07\/us\/la-immigration-raid-protests\">deployed some 2,000 National Guard troops<\/a>&nbsp;over&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/06\/08\/us\/newsom-formally-asks-trump-to-pull-national-guard-out-of-la.html\">Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s objection<\/a>&nbsp;\u2014 the first time a president has done so since 1965, when&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/06\/08\/us\/lbj-national-guard-alabama-1965.html\">President Lyndon B. Johnson brought the National Guard to Alabama<\/a>&nbsp;over the objections of Gov. George Wallace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, the troops were meant to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.presidency.ucsb.edu\/documents\/the-presidents-news-conference-the-lbj-ranch-2\">protect civil rights protesters<\/a>&nbsp;marching from Selma to Montgomery. Trump, on Sunday,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114649780431129598\">wrote<\/a>&nbsp;that he was calling out troops to \u201cliberate Los Angeles from the Migrant Invasion, and put an end to these Migrant riots.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_5323-853x640.jpg\" alt=\"A person holds a sign reading &quot;ICE: Leave Californians Alone! Hands Off&quot; at a protest, surrounded by other demonstrators in a city with tall buildings in the background.\" class=\"wp-image-764843\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A woman holding a sign reading \u201cICE, leave California alone\u201d at the June 8, 2025, protests in downtown San Francisco. Photo by Eleni Balakrishnan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_5317-853x640.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people stand outside a building holding signs that read &quot;People United Will Defeat Fascism&quot; and &quot;People United Will Win&quot; during a protest.\" class=\"wp-image-764840\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Anti-ICE protesters in downtown San Francisco on June 8, 2025. Photo by Eleni Balakrishnan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_5488-853x640.jpg\" alt=\"Broken glass and shattered windows at the entrance of a Chase Private Client bank branch; graffiti is spray-painted on the building\u2019s exterior wall.\" class=\"wp-image-764842\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chase\u2019s storefront was smashed at some point during the anti-ICE protests on June 8, 2025. Photo by Eleni Balakrishnan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/author\/elenib\/\">ELENI BALAKRISHNAN<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:eleni@missionlocal.com\">eleni@missionlocal.com<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/miss_elenius\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eleni reports on policing and criminal justice in San Francisco. Follow her on Twitter @miss_elenius.<a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/author\/elenib\/\">More by Eleni Balakrishnan<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/author\/joer\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/author\/joer\/\">JOE RIVANO BARROSSENIOR EDITOR<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:joe.rivanobarros@missionlocal.com\">joe.rivanobarros@missionlocal.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joe was born in Sweden, where half of his family received asylum after fleeing Pinochet, and then spent his early childhood in Chile; he moved to Oakland when he was eight. He attended Stanford University for political science and worked at Mission Local as a reporter after graduating. He then spent time at YIMBY Action and as a partner for the strategic communications firm The Worker Agency. He rejoined Mission Local as an editor in 2023. You can reach him on Signal @jrivanob.99.<a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/author\/joer\/\">More by Joe Rivano Barros<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More demonstrations:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Today 6:00 PM, SF:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/occupyoakland.org\/event\/the-bay-area-demands-ice-out-of-our-communities\/?instance_id=316572\">https:\/\/occupyoakland.org\/event\/the-bay-area-demands-ice-out-of-our-communities\/?instance_id=316572<br><br><\/a>Tomorrow 6:00 PM, Fruitvale BART:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/occupyoakland.org\/event\/the-bay-stands-with-la-interfaith-vigil\/\">https:\/\/occupyoakland.org\/event\/the-bay-stands-with-la-interfaith-vigil\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by\u00a0ELENI BALAKRISHNAN\u00a0and\u00a0JOE RIVANO BARROS June 8, 2025 (MissionLocal.org) Hundreds of protesters who&nbsp;rallied&nbsp;against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in San Francisco on Sunday night got into a standoff with dozens of police officers, ending hours later with the arrest of about 60 people. The crowd began assembling outside the ICE headquarters&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/06\/09\/san-francisco-police-arrest-60-following-anti-ice-protest-downtown\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41769"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41769"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41771,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41769\/revisions\/41771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}