The arrestees include Justice Forral, Erin Lang and former city council president Ben Stuckart, who were all arrested during the June 11 protests. Organizer Jac Archer, who was not arrested June 11, was also arrested this morning.
At recent high-profile immigration protests, SPD arrested more than 40 people and confiscated some of their phones. A week and half later, some protesters have gotten them back, but many demonstrators still don’t know where the phones are.
Spokane Police officers arrested Justice Forral on a warrant from the county Sheriff’s Office for new 3rd degree assault charges leveled against Forral for the anti-ICE protest on Wednesday.
The Department of Homeland Security has posted a list of “sanctuary jurisdictions” across the nation in an effort to force more collaboration with federal immigration officers.
Jennyfer Mesa, founder of Latinos en Spokane and a US citizen, has seen men in vehicles watching her home since February. An arrested immigrant recently said ICE agents confirmed her suspicions by telling him her name and address during his arrest.
For months, federal agents had watched Martin Diaz, who’s lived in Spokane for almost two decades trying to get a green card. They violently dragged him from his backyard, cuffed and arrested him on Tuesday.
