Suspected U-Haul Driver Charged With Assaulting Federal Officers After Bay Area Protest | KQED

"Federal prosecutors on Tuesday announced charges against the person accused of backing a U-Haul truck toward a blockade of U.S. Coast Guard officers in Alameda, leading them to open fire, after protests over what was expected to be a major immigration enforcement escalation in the Bay Area last month. When she defied orders to stop, authorities said, Coast Guard personnel shot at the truck."

"Video footage shows that shortly before 10 p.m., a U-Haul truck arrives at Embarcadero and Dennison Street, the Oakland entrance to the island base. The driver appears to get out of the vehicle and join a few remaining protesters for about five minutes, then get back into the truck. After lining up facing away from the bridge, the truck begins to slowly reverse."

"Hours later, when California Highway Patrol officers cleared the road, two protesters were arrested. The crowd mostly dispersed in the afternoon, but federal officers continued to mount a blockade of the bridge late into the night. Video footage shows that shortly before 10 p.m., a U-Haul truck arrives at Embarcadero and Dennison Street, the Oakland entrance to the island base. The driver appears to get out of the vehicle and join a few remaining protesters for about five minutes, then get back into the truck."

Federal prosecutors charged a person accused of reversing a U-Haul truck toward a blockade of U.S. Coast Guard officers at Coast Guard Base Alameda during protests over a planned immigration enforcement action. Coast Guard personnel fired at the vehicle after the driver did not stop, and the Department of Homeland Security reported injuries to the driver and a bystander who were taken to local hospitals. The driver, identified as Thompson, received treatment at Highland Hospital, was detained, evaluated at John George Psychiatric Hospital, and later booked into Santa Rita Jail. Video shows the truck arriving, the driver briefly joining protesters, reversing toward the bridge, and officers firing as the vehicle moved.

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