Protesters block federal immigration bus from taking refugees from Spokane; Stuckart, others arrested

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Wed., June 11, 2025

Spokane County Sheriff deputies tussle with ICE protesters who locked arms around an ICE van parked outside a ICE facility at 411 W. Cataldo Ave., Wednesday, June 11, 2025.

Colin Mulvany
A woman ICE protester is arrested by Spokane police for not following their order to leave the area near the ICE facility at 411 W. Cataldo Ave. Smoke cannisters and pepper balls were used on the growing crowd a few minutes later.

Colin Mulvany
An ICE agent tussles with protesters at the back gate of an ICE facility in the old Broadview Dairy building at 411 W. Cataldo Ave., Wednesday, June 11, 2025. The agents were try to leave in three marked vehicles but were stopped as dozens of protesters locked arms preventing them from leaving. The event triggered a large police response a short time later.

Colin Mulvany
As the crowd prevented ICE agents from leaving their facility at 411 W Cataldo, law enforcement moved in to deescalate the situation. It ended in multiple arrests and after police shot smoke cannisters and pepper balls into the crowd.

Colin Mulvany
Ice protesters surround a ICE van with agents in it parked outside an ICE facility at 411 W. Cataldo Ave. Police arrived a short time later and started to arrest these protesters who refuse to leave the area.

Colin Mulvany
An ICE agent tussles with protesters at the back gate of an ICE facility in the old Broadview Dairy building at 411 W. Cataldo Ave., Wednesday, June 11, 2025. The agents were try to leave in three marked vehicles but were stopped as dozens of protestors locked arms preventing them from leaving. The event triggered a large police response a short time later.

Colin Mulvany
Ben Stuckart, former Spokane City Council president, second from right, sits with fellow Ice protesters around an ICE van. Stuckart was arrested a short time later as police moved in to quell a the large protest stemming from the detainment of two young immigrants seeking political asylum.

Colin Mulvany
An ICE agent tussles with protesters at the back gate of an ICE facility in the old Broadview Dairy building at 411 W. Cataldo Ave., Wednesday, June 11, 2025. The agents were try to leave in three marked vehicles but were stopped as dozens of protestors locked arms preventing them from leaving. The event triggered a large police response a short time later.

Colin Mulvany
Just as law enforcement was trying to deescalate the ICE protest, hundreds more protesters from another ICE protest being held in Riverfront Park joined in confronting the police around the ICE facility at 411 W. Cataldo.

Colin Mulvany
Protesters move away from a smoke fired in cannisters by after law enforcement after they declared an unlawful assembly around the ICE facility at 411 W. Cataldo Ave.

Colin Mulvany
As the crowd prevented ICE agents from leaving their facility at 411 W. Cataldo, law enforcement moved in to deescalate the situation. It ended in multiple arrests after police fired smoke cannisters and pepper balls into the crowd.

Colin Mulvany
As the crowd prevented ICE agents from leaving their facility at 411 W. Cataldo, law enforcement moved the protesting crowd away from the building. There were multiple arrests and police fired smoke cannisters and pepper balls to disperse the crowd.

Colin Mulvany
After a crowd prevented ICE agents from leaving their facility at 411 W. Cataldo, law enforcement moved the protesting crowd away from a van used by federal authorities. There were multiple arrests and police fired smoke canisters and pepper balls to disperse the crowd.

Colin Mulvany
As a crowd of several hundred arrive from the "ICE OUT" protest held by the Red Wagon slide in Riverfront Park and joined another anti-ICE protest already taking place around the old Broadview Dairy on the north side of Riverfront Park Wednesday, June 11, 2025. The earlier protesters were attempting to prevent people arrested by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency from being transferred to the detention center in Tacoma. After a large group of Spokane Police Department secured the area around the ICE office, the larger group showed up and were dispersed by tear gas.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
At the anti-ICE protest around the old Broadview Dairy on the north side of Riverfront Park, protesters clash with police who showed up to secure the building for the federal authorities, including ICE, which has offices there, shown Wednesday, June 11, 2025.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
As a crowd of several hundred arrive from the "ICE OUT" protest held in Riverfront Park and joined another anti-ICE protest already taking place around the old Broadview Dairy on the north side of Riverfront Park Wednesday, June 11, 2025. The earlier protesters were attempting to prevent people arrested by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency from being put in a small bus and sending them to the detention center in Tacoma. After a large group of Spokane Police Department secured the area around the ICE office, the larger group showed up and were dispersed by smoke cannisters and pepper balls.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
One of many protesters are hauled to waiting vans during an anti-ICE protest Wednesday, June 11, 2025 on Washington Street near the old Broadview Dairy building where protesters had gathered to protest the arrest of migrants by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, who have offices in the old dairy building.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
Smoke from a cannister fired by police begins to drop into a crowd of several hundred who arrived from the "ICE OUT" protest held in Riverfront Park that joined the anti-ICE protest around the old Broadview Dairy on the north side of Riverfront Park on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. The earlier protesters were attempting to prevent two people arrested by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency from being put in a van and sent to the detention center in Tacoma. After a large group of Spokane Police Department secured the area around the ICE office, the larger group showed up and were dispersed by smoke cannisters and pepper balls.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
After several hours with protesters surrounding the old Broadview Dairy building on the north side of Riverfront Park, Spokane County Sheriff's Office personal arrived, equipped with crowd control weapons and riot gear Wednesday, June 11, 2025 on Washington Street, where the crowd grew, chanting "let them go" about individuals arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
Former Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart is handcuffed and arrested at an anti-ICE protest around the old Broadview Dairy on the north side of Riverfront Park Wednesday, June 11, 2025. Stuckart's social media posts about the transfer of two people arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents drew a crowd to the downtown area to challenge the federal authorities.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
A crowd of several hundred arrive from a protest held in Riverfront Park that joined the anti-ICE protest around the old Broadview Dairy on the north side of Riverfront Park Wednesday, June 11, 2025. The earlier protesters were attempting to prevent people arrested by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency from being put in a van and sending them to the detention center in Tacoma. After a large group of Spokane Police Department secured the area around the ICE office, the larger group showed up and were dispersed by smoke cannisters and pepper balls.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
A crowd of several hundred arrive from a protest in Riverfront Park that joined the anti-ICE protest around the old Broadview Dairy on the north side of Riverfront Park Wednesday, June 11, 2025. The earlier protesters were attempting to prevent people arrested by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency from putting them in a small bus and sending them to the detention center in Tacoma. After a large group of Spokane law enforcement secured the area around the ICE office, the larger group showed up and were dispersed by smoke cannisters and pepper balls.

Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review