ICE Officers Drive Through Protesters Trying to Stop Arrest at SF Immigration Court

In videos, the protesters can be seen standing in front of the glblock doors and using bikes to block the sidewalk between the building and waiting vehicles.

The officers, wearing masks and green “ICE Police” vests, yell “Get back” and “Fuck you” at protesters as they try to push through the crowd and clear the path to the front doors, grabbing onto multiple people’s bicycles and pushing others away from the doors. Protesters can be heard shrieking and yelling, “Shame on you.”

After about a minute, the ICE officers who were inside exited the building, surrounding a man in handcuffs. As they lead him to one of the waiting vans, protesters grab at the group, with one even reaching for the man in handcuffs, trying to pull him away from agents.

After the man is forced into the back of one of the waiting vans, video footage shows protesters continuing to yell and bang on the doors and sides of the vehicle. Officers try to pull them off the van, shoving one person with a bicycle and throwing another onto a non-ICE vehicle stopped in the next lane.

As the van pulls away from the courthouse, at least half a dozen people stand in front of it and jump on its hood to block its path. After most of the protesters clear the lane, one person continues hanging onto the van’s hood as it breaks away from the crowd. In videos, the person can be seen falling from the side of the vehicle seconds later as it crosses an intersection about half a block away from the court.

Atkinson, the Immigrant Legal Defense Program director, confirmed the arrest made on Tuesday, adding that an attorney with the Rapid Response Network was meeting with the person.