An 80-year-old military veteran says he was surrounded by anti-ICE protesters and knocked to the ground while holding a sign supporting federal immigration enforcement at a Washington state demonstration, prompting a sheriff’s investigation into the incident.
Incident Details
The veteran, who requested anonymity out of fear of retaliation, told The Highline Journal he attended the June 10 protest in Burien, a suburb in King County, Washington, located just 12 miles south of downtown Seattle, to peacefully express support for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement when a confrontation with demonstrators escalated.
Video reviewed by The Highline Journal shows a woman directing repeated verbal attacks toward the veteran through a loudspeaker, a man wearing a shirt reading ‘Anti-Fascism – No Kings in America’ engaging him during the confrontation, and a woman striking the veteran from behind before he fell to the ground while shouting, ‘You’re down! You are down!’
The veteran said a group of roughly 10 to 12 people surrounded him before taking him to the ground. He recalled hearing someone in the crowd tell others to “just ignore him” during the confrontation.
Investigation
The King County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that the incident occurred, with Brandyn Hull, communications manager for the King County Sheriff’s Office, saying that the suspect had yet to be found and identified.
Hull, the communications manager for the King County Sheriff’s Office, told Fox News Digital that the case remains open, and referred the outlet to a June 17 Facebook post from the King County Sheriff’s Office which read, “Detectives are asking for help in finding this suspect, wanted for assault.”
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