"Kat Abughazaleh, a 26-year-old Palestinian American and Democratic candidate for Congress in the 9th District of Illinois, has been indicted by the Department of Justice on charges connected to protests outside an ICE facility. The indictment alleges that Abughazaleh and a handful of other protesters conspired on the morning of September 26th to prevent an ICE agent "from discharging the duties of his office, and to injure him in his person or property.""
"The indictment accuses Abughazaleh and the other protesters named in it of banging on an ICE agent's car and attempting to stop it from entering an ICE facility by physically surrounding it, scratching the word "PIG" into the car, breaking a side mirror, and breaking off a rear windshield wiper. As MSNBC reports, other defendants include Michael Rabbitt, a Cook County Democratic Committee member, and Cat Sharp, a candidate for the Cook County Board of Commissioners,"
Kat Abughazaleh, 26, is a Palestinian American Democratic candidate for Congress in Illinois’s 9th District who has been indicted by the Department of Justice on charges related to protests outside an ICE facility. The indictment alleges that she and several protesters conspired on the morning of September 26 to prevent an ICE agent from discharging official duties and to injure him. The indictment accuses them of banging on an ICE agent’s car, physically surrounding it, scratching the word "PIG" into the car, breaking a side mirror, and removing a rear windshield wiper. Other named defendants include Michael Rabbitt and Cat Sharp. Assaulting an officer can carry up to eight years in prison. A video showed Abughazaleh being thrown to the ground by an ICE agent outside the Broadview facility.
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