The Resistance to Trump's Military Occupations Just Keeps Growing

"For 24 hours a day, seven days a week, protesters have been on the streets outside the federal building-ICE snipers on the roofs and towers watching over them. Over the last week, those protesters have faced repeated tear-gas, pepper-spray, and rubber-bullet assaults. An ICE agent pepper-sprayed a pastor, David Black, directly in his face; a group of agents seized a rabbi, Michael Ben Yosef, and brutally beat him."

"According to Adam Dzurko, a 23-year-old protester, ICE "dogpiled on [Yosef] like a football, punched him, threw him around like a rag doll, just tossing him around." Yosef ended up in the emergency room. So, too, witnesses say, did an octogenarian woman who was simply holding up a protest sign. For that sin, agents pushed her to the ground, and she hit her head on the asphalt, cutting her head and arm. Fellow protesters scooped her up and rushed her to the hospital."

"Dzurko suffers from several medical ailments and has a service dog named Bea who has joined him on the protests. He has kitted Bea out with facial protections against tear gas; on at least one occasion, however, agents have forced both Dzurko and Bea out of their car, stripped them of their anti-gas gear, and, Dzurko alleges, forced them to walk unprotected through the toxic haze as punishment for protesting."

Protesters have maintained a continuous presence outside the Broadview federal processing facility while ICE agents and state troopers have established sniper positions on roofs and towers. Protesters have faced repeated tear gas, pepper spray, and rubber bullets, resulting in injuries and hospital visits. An ICE agent pepper-sprayed a pastor; a rabbi was seized and beaten, according to witnesses; an octogenarian protester was pushed, struck her head, and was hospitalized. A 23-year-old protester alleges agents forced him and his service dog out of their car, removed protective gear, and forced them to walk through tear gas. Agents reportedly drive into crowds and attempt to provoke violence.

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