60 People Arrested During San Francisco Protest Against Immigration Raids: Police

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The demonstration escalated when some protesters committed assault and vandalized property, police said.

At least 60 people were arrested on Sunday after protests against federal immigration raids in San Francisco escalated into violence, according to the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD).

Police said officers began monitoring the assembly near Sansome and Washington streets around 7 p.m. on June 8 as protesters engaged in โ€œFirst Amendment activity.โ€

The demonstration escalated when some protesters allegedly committed assault and vandalized property, prompting police to declare the assembly unlawful. Many people left the area after the declaration, police said in a statement.

Several protesters had refused to leave and continued to engage in illegal activity as they moved toward Market and Kearny streets, where they vandalized buildings and an SFPD patrol vehicle, it stated.

The SFPD said its officers detained protesters who refused to comply with the dispersal order. Three police officers were injured during the incident, with one transported to a hospital for medical treatment. Police also recovered a firearm at the scene.

โ€œIndividuals are always free to exercise their First Amendment rights in San Francisco but violenceโ€”especially against SFPD officers โ€” will never be tolerated,โ€ the SFPD stated, adding that an investigation into the incident is still ongoing.

Footage shared on social media shows police in riot gear forming a barricade to block protesters gathered outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building in San Francisco.

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie said the protest has since โ€œwound down,โ€ and that the city is working to clean up the damage and restore public transportation services to full operation.

Lurie stated in a social media post that his office will โ€œnever tolerate violent and destructive behavior, and as crowds dwindled, a group that remained caused injuries to police officers, vandalized Muni vehicles, and broke windows of local businesses.โ€

Protests against ICE raids began in Los Angeles on June 6, following the arrest of dozens of illegal immigrants in the city as part of the Trump administrationโ€™s mass deportation operation. Sporadic protests later broke out in New York City and San Francisco.

Byย Aldgra Fredly

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