Thread: Occupy ICE protesters in San Francisco report arrests in camp raid

Occupy ICE protesters in San Francisco report arrests in camp raid

By Sarah Ravani
Published 7:18 am PDT, Monday, July 9, 2018

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A sign reading, "No More Detention" sits next to a camp set up by several dozen Occupy protesters outside the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services building to block Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents’ access in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, July 2, 2018. The encampment was reportedly cleared by San Francisco police and arrests were made early Monday, July 9, 2018.

An encampment of activists protesting Immigration Customs and Enforcement and President Trump’s zero-tolerance immigration policy were arrested overnight in San Francisco, the group said early Monday.

“The #occupyicesf camp is currently being raided,” Occupy ICE SF tweeted just after 1 a.m.

Occupy ICE SF@occupyicesf


The #occupyicesf camp is currently being raided. We need any and all folks who are able to come support on the scene ASAP!

Trevor Creech

Breaking: Cops raiding @occupyicesf encampment and arresting protesters




1:13 AM - Jul 9, 2018

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The group had set up camp outside of San Francisco’s U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services offices on Washington and Sansome streets as part of a national protest against the agency, which has come under fire after thousands of migrant children were separated from their parents, some of whom have already been deported.

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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – Authorities took several protesters into custody and cleared out an encampment outside the San Francisco offices of Immigration and Customs Enforcement early Monday morning.

Demonstrators had blocked Washington Street between Battery and Sansome for about a week. The protests were over numerous immigration policies, including the separation of families at the border, along with what they say are excessively long immigration detentions.

Shortly after midnight, authorities moved in.

“SFPD is committed to facilitating first amendment expression while also maintaining peace and safety for residents and visitors and protecting property,” said police spokesperson Grace Gatpandan.

Immigration officials said in a written statement, “ICE, in conjunction with our other federal counterparts, is continuing to monitor the situation and will make necessary modifications to ensure operations resume appropriately.”

The protesters who were taken into custody were being processed by police early Monday morning. Their identities have not been released and it is unclear exactly how many were detained.

Police are expected to release additional details Monday.

https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/20...pment-cleared/

39 Occupy ICE protesters in San Francisco arrested in camp raid

By Sarah Ravani
Updated 12:09 pm PDT, Monday, July 9, 2018

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A weeklong encampment of activists protesting Immigration Customs and Enforcement and President Trump’s zero-tolerance immigration policy came to an end early Monday, when nearly 40 people were arrested overnight in San Francisco.

The group, which goes by the name Occupy ICE SF, had set up camp outside of San Francisco’s U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services offices on Washington and Sansome streets as part of a national protest against the agency, which has come under fire after thousands of migrant children were separated from their parents — some of whom have already been deported.

Zoe Samudzi, a member of the local Occupy ICE chapter, was at home after participating in the protest throughout the week when she received a call from other demonstrators at the scene to come help with “jail support.”

“Throughout the week, it seemed as though the police were increasingly looking to remove the encampment from the space,” Samudzi said. “The attitude, the comments they were making, body language.”

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Activists protested at the West County Detention Facility in Richmond, CA on June 26, 2018 to protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Trump administration's zero-tolerance immigration policy.
Media: Drew Costley, Paul Chinn

Just after 1 a.m. Monday, Occupy ICE SF tweeted: “The #occupyicesf camp is currently being raided.”

Occupy ICE SF@occupyicesf

The #occupyicesf camp is currently being raided.

We need any and all folks who are able to come support on the scene ASAP!

Trevor Creech@zedlander


Breaking: Cops raiding @occupyicesf encampment and arresting protesters




1:13 AM - Jul 9, 2018

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Thirty-nine people in total were arrested at about 12:30 a.m. for lodging in public, and 10 of those people were also booked on suspicion of resisting arrest, said Officer Robert Rueca, a San Francisco police spokesman.

Sixteen of the people arrested are San Francisco residents, 15 hail from surrounding Bay Area cities and eight are from outside the Bay Area, Rueca added.

Occupy ICE SF@occupyicesf

Folks are slowly being released from police custody right now; comrades are shaken, but we’re together in love and solidarity waiting for the rest of our people to come out #occupyicesf

3:23 AM - Jul 9, 2018

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The Police Department raid stemmed from community complaints regarding public urination, cooking with open flames, excessive noise and disturbing the peace, Rueca said.

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