{"id":42452,"date":"2025-07-09T12:08:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T19:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=42452"},"modified":"2025-07-09T14:07:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T21:07:23","slug":"video-ice-agents-drive-suv-through-protesters-at-s-f-immigration-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/09\/video-ice-agents-drive-suv-through-protesters-at-s-f-immigration-court\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE agents drive SUV through protesters at S.F. immigration court"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Immigration agents clashed with protesters, who were trying to stop an arrest, in San Francisco\u2019s most violent ICE encounter of 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8922888d4b11186dc2d284ce1255106b409614713a11554a9505b8f85620b361?s=160&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g 2x\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8922888d4b11186dc2d284ce1255106b409614713a11554a9505b8f85620b361?s=80&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"\"> by&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/author\/frankiesd\/\">FRANKIE SOLINSKY DURYEA<\/a><\/strong> July 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\/07\/IMG_2148-780x520.jpg\" alt=\"Police officers and masked individuals clash at a building entrance; one person holds up a bicycle amid the confrontation.\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">ICE agents and protesters clashing outside the San Francisco immigration courthouse at 100 Mongtomery St. on July 8, 2025. Photo by Frankie Solinsky Duryea.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Federal immigration agents clashed with around 20 protestors outside the San Francisco\u2019s immigration courthouse on Tuesday morning, trying to stop them from blocking the building\u2019s entrance with their bodies and bikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Agents used pepper spray, shoved people to the ground, and, in one instance, brandished a rifle. A black SUV carrying a detained immigrant sped through half a dozen protesters crowded near its front. A woman holding onto its hood was thrown off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The clash started at 11:18 a.m. on Tuesday when around 10 Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, almost all with faces covered, tried to enter the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2025\/06\/sf-immigrants-arrested-courthouse-ice\/\">courthouse at 100 Montgomery St.<\/a>&nbsp;They were there to escort other agents already inside, who had a young immigrant man in custody.<\/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>ICE has been&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2025\/06\/sf-ice-arrests-tracker\/\">routinely arresting<\/a>&nbsp;asylum-seekers following their immigration hearings, and anti-ICE protesters had gathered at the courthouse that morning, as they said they\u2019ve been doing every Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The agents struggled for over a minute to open the building\u2019s front doo when protesters formed a chain across its entrance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ICE agents, several of whom appeared to be the same officers who&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2025\/06\/sf-protests-clash-ice-immigration-arrests\/\">fought with protesters two weeks ago<\/a>, screamed \u201cFuck you!\u201d and \u201cGet back!\u201d while pushing protesters with their batons. They jostled over bicycles people were using to block the entrance, as high-pitched screams rang out. Protesters wearing keffiyehs shouted \u201cFuck you puto!\u201d \u2014 using the Spanish word for \u201cbitch\u201d \u2014 before swarming onto the ICE agents exiting the building with the handcuffed man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ICE agents in San Francisco clashing with protesters\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GQ_YGzfaQLM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Protesters tried to grab the man and pull him away from officers, but were tossed back by the ICE agents. As police pulled the man back into a waiting black SUV and began driving away, protesters jumped onto the van\u2019s front hood.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A half-dozen protesters blocked the van by amassing in front of it. The van inched forward, indifferent, before gaining speed and driving off quickly. One protester, still lying on the hood of the car, fell off the car\u2019s hood half a block away and was almost run over. \u201cOh shit!\u201d one protester screamed, seeing her fall. \u201cJesus Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There have been&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2025\/06\/sf-protests-clash-ice-immigration-arrests\/\">several clashes<\/a>&nbsp;between&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2025\/06\/sf-protests-clash-ice-immigration-arrests\/\">protesters and ICE agents<\/a>&nbsp;this year in San Francisco but this was the most violent here to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The arrest of the man at immigration court was confirmed by Milli Atkinson, an immigration specialist with the Bar Association of San Francisco. Lawyers with the Rapid Response Network are responding, Atkinson said.&nbsp;<\/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\/07\/IMG_0434-930x620.jpeg\" alt=\"A police officer stands next to an open car door in front of a building marked \u201cSFFD\u201d with red garage doors and the number 13.\" class=\"wp-image-773333\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An ICE agent exiting his vehicle and brandishing a rifle, which he pointed at protesters and press, on July 8, 2025. Photo by Frankie Solinsky Duryea.<\/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\/07\/IMG_2174-930x620.jpg\" alt=\"A group of masked individuals and police officers struggle in front of glass doors at a Chase bank entrance.\" class=\"wp-image-773315\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">ICE agents and protesters clashing outside the San Francisco immigration courthouse at 100 Mongtomery St. on July 8, 2025. Photo by Frankie Solinsky Duryea.<\/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\/07\/IMG_2214-930x620.jpg\" alt=\"Plainclothes police officers in tactical gear detain a masked individual on a city street, as bystanders watch in the background.\" class=\"wp-image-773321\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">ICE agents and protesters clashing outside the San Francisco immigration courthouse at 100 Mongtomery St. on July 8, 2025. Photo by Frankie Solinsky Duryea.<\/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\/07\/IMG_2136-930x620.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people stand and sit by a building beside a large banner reading \u201cStop the Kidnappings\u201d in red and black letters.\" class=\"wp-image-773311\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Protesters had amassed outside San Francisco\u2019s immigration courthouse at 100 Mongtomery St. earlier in the day. Photo by Frankie Solinsky Duryea.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Federal agents then proceeded to walk the eight blocks back to ICE headquarters at 630 Sansome St., as protesters dogged them and chanted \u201cICE out of the Bay.\u201d Several San Francisco police officers, who had gathered at the immigration courthouse earlier that morning, walked behind the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One protester rode alongside the moving convoy on his bike, yelling \u201cICE out the Bay!\u201d and \u201cYou should be ashamed of yourselves!\u201d as onlookers at every street and adjoining coffee shop stopped what they did to watch the moving brawl.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An ICE agent, wearing a light gray shirt beneath his vest, pepper sprayed one protester at Market and Montgomery streets. The man quickly collapsed, and others gathered around him holding his head up and pouring water over his face, telling him not to touch his eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ICE agents attempting to arrest protesters in San Francisco\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ECy9NjzUITI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The agent who used the pepper spray then appeared to be held back by his colleagues, as they kept walking back to ICE headquarters. He stared down a protester in a red keffiyeh for blocks of the walk who was saying \u201cYou\u2019re a traitor\u201d and \u201cYour parents were immigrants, asshole.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Protesters screamed, \u201cYour grandchildren are going to learn not to be like you.\u201d At one point, an ICE agent addressed a protester, saying \u201cJust keep a distance. We get it alright, we get it.\u201d A protestor responded, \u201cIf you get it, why are you doing this.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou know that\u2019s not what I meant,\u201d the agent said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 11:50 a.m., just a block away from ICE headquarters where half a dozen agents were still surrounded by a similar number of protesters, an agent warned protesters that they could be arrested. He then moved forward and tried to arrest two protesters, pushing them into a wall.&nbsp;<\/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\/07\/IMG_2189-930x620.jpg\" alt=\"Police officers detain several people wearing keffiyehs during a street altercation in an urban area with bystanders and vehicles in the background.\" class=\"wp-image-773316\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">ICE agents and protesters clashing outside the San Francisco immigration courthouse at 100 Mongtomery St. on July 8, 2025. Photo by Frankie Solinsky Duryea.<\/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\/07\/IMG_2196-930x620.jpg\" alt=\"Police officers in tactical gear with &quot;POLICE ICE&quot; vests detain several individuals during a street confrontation near a Chase bank branch.\" class=\"wp-image-773319\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">ICE agents and protesters clashing outside the San Francisco immigration courthouse at 100 Mongtomery St. on July 8, 2025. Photo by Frankie Solinsky Duryea.<\/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\/07\/IMG_2234-930x620.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people push against a black car on a city street, some wearing masks and hooded clothing, next to a building with large windows.\" class=\"wp-image-773325\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">ICE agents shoving protesters off the hood of an SUV outside San Francisco\u2019s immigration courthouse at 100 Mongtomery St. on July 8, 2025. Photo by Frankie Solinsky Duryea.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Another uniformed ICE agent stepped out of an unmarked police van at 11:53 a.m. and pointed a matte black rifle at protestors and press, including this reporter, screaming \u201cGet the fuck back!\u201d An SFPD officer stood by and watched from a distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The crowd backed off after managing to free protesters held by agents. One ICE officer yelled, \u201cWe\u2019ll get you next time!\u201d while walking backward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ICE agents retreated the following block, and entered 630 Sansome St. Outside, a line of approximately 20 people had gathered, for immigration check-ins and removal court hearings. They stared at protesters and agents, largely silent.<\/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\/07\/IMG_2238-930x620.jpg\" alt=\"People attend to a person on the ground next to a fallen bicycle at a city street intersection while a man rides by on a scooter. Pedestrians and parked vehicles are visible nearby.\" class=\"wp-image-773326\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Protesters going to check in on the woman who was thrown off the hood of an ICE SUV on July 8, 2025, outside San Francisco\u2019s immigration courthouse at 100 Mongtomery St. Photo by Frankie Solinsky Duryea.<\/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\/07\/IMG_0437-930x620.jpg\" alt=\"Several law enforcement officers, including ICE agents in tactical gear, stand together on a city sidewalk near a 7-Eleven store.\" class=\"wp-image-773334\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An ICE agent being held back by colleagues after protesters told him, \u201cYou\u2019re a traitor,\u201d on July 8, 2025. Photo by Frankie Solinsky Duryea.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/tag\/ice\/\"><mark>MORE ON IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT<\/mark><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2025\/07\/ice-raids-cause-kids-fear-summer-camp-benefits\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/kids-1200x900.jpg\" alt=\"Fearing ICE, S.F. immigrant kids are staying home from summer camp\u00a0\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2025\/07\/ice-raids-cause-kids-fear-summer-camp-benefits\/\">Fearing ICE, S.F. immigrant kids are staying home from summer camp&nbsp;<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2025\/07\/cruel-and-unjust-hondurans-nicaraguans-in-s-f-reel-from-trump-ending-immigration-protections\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_4414-1-1200x900.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018Cruel and unjust\u2019: Hondurans, Nicaraguans in S.F. reel from Trump ending immigration protections\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2025\/07\/cruel-and-unjust-hondurans-nicaraguans-in-s-f-reel-from-trump-ending-immigration-protections\/\">\u2018Cruel and unjust\u2019: Hondurans, Nicaraguans in S.F. reel from Trump ending immigration protections<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2025\/07\/sf-asylum-seeker-immigration-judge-ice-arrest\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/4-1200x900.jpeg\" alt=\"For one S.F. asylum seeker, ICE arrest meant move to more conservative judge\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2025\/07\/sf-asylum-seeker-immigration-judge-ice-arrest\/\">For one S.F. asylum seeker, ICE arrest meant move to more conservative judge<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/author\/frankiesd\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/author\/frankiesd\/\">FRANKIE SOLINSKY DURYEA<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:frankie@missionlocal.com\">frankie@missionlocal.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Intern. Frankie was born and raised in Burlingame but currently attends Princeton University where he studies comparative literature and journalism. He likes taking photos on his grandpa&#8217;s old film camera, walking anywhere with tall trees, and listening to loud music.<a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/author\/frankiesd\/\">More by Frankie Solinsky Duryea<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Immigration agents clashed with protesters, who were trying to stop an arrest, in San Francisco\u2019s most violent ICE encounter of 2025 by&nbsp;FRANKIE SOLINSKY DURYEA July 8, 2025 (MissionLocal.org) Federal immigration agents clashed with around 20 protestors outside the San Francisco\u2019s immigration courthouse on Tuesday morning, trying to stop them from&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/09\/video-ice-agents-drive-suv-through-protesters-at-s-f-immigration-court\/\"> 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":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42452"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42452"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42482,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42452\/revisions\/42482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}