A U.S. citizen protester was arrested by Department of Homeland Security agents outside the San Francisco immigration court and charged with two federal misdemeanors: destruction of property and assaulting, resisting, or impeding a federal officer. Such charges against a citizen arrested by Department of Homeland Security authorities had not previously been filed in San Francisco, while protesters have faced similar federal charges in Los Angeles, marking an escalation in enforcement practice. The arrestee, Angélica, a trans woman from an immigrant family, was filmed being zip-tied, her head wrapped in a keffiyeh and held down. She was brought to ICE headquarters without a cellphone and later appeared on Santa Rita jail inmate lists after supporters searched local jails.
Bay Area attorneys say this is the first time they can remember such charges filed against a citizen arrested by Department of Homeland Security authorities in San Francisco. While protesters have been charged by federal agents in Los Angeles, moving the practice north is a sign of "escalation," said Angela Chan, the city's assistant chief public defender.
Angélica, a trans woman from an immigrant family, was one of those filmed being zip-tied and led away, her head wrapped in a keffiyeh and held down by officers. Angélica was brought into the Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters at 630 Sansome St. without a cellphone, her partner Renee said. A day passed before her family heard from Angélica again.
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