Blue city joins LA chaos as anti-ICE agitators injure officers in violent riots

The Austin Police Department (APD) has released mugshots of 8 radical who were arrested aft anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agitators turned convulsive this week.

The arrests came amid nationwide unrest that began successful Los Angeles connected June 7, erstwhile protests against caller ICE raids successful the LA country turned violent, with agitators burning cars, throwing objects and fireworks astatine police, vandalizing property, blocking roads and resisting apprehension passim past weekend. 

The LA riots person since bled into different large cities crossed the country, which are bracing for much protests and imaginable unit connected Saturday.

After Monday's protests successful Austin, Texas, APD said the section "is committed to transparency and nationalist information and is sharing details regarding the events, serviceman injuries, arrests, and preparations for the days ahead." 

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Austin constabulary arrested 8 alleged agitators connected June 8 pursuing protests that turned convulsive downtown. (Austin PD/ Brandon Bell)

"APD afloat supports the constitutional close to peaceful protest and values civic engagement. However, unlawful actions that spot the assemblage oregon officers astatine hazard volition not beryllium tolerated, and these incidents volition beryllium addressed," APD said successful a property release.

The Austin objection began astatine the Texas Capitol connected Monday evening, which was closed astatine the time. Protesters moved done downtown Austin and yet gathered astatine the J.J. Pickle Federal Building, "where individuals began defacing spot with graffiti," APD said. 

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Nationwide demonstrations successful solidarity with Los Angeles are scheduled to hap this upcoming week arsenic President Donald Trump continues preparations to nonstop further instrumentality enforcement to assistance ICE raids successful California.  (Brandon Bell)

"Officers issued dispersal orders and moved the assemblage westbound on 8th Street. Two individuals were arrested for criminal mischief related to the graffiti," constabulary said.

Tensions continued to escalate passim the evening arsenic agitators began throwing rocks astatine officers, and 1 idiosyncratic spat successful an officer's eye, according to police.

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The Austin Police Department arrested 2 radical accused of graffitiing a national gathering downtown. (Brandon Bell)

"In an effort to de-escalate, officers concisely withdrew, but the assemblage precocious again. Officers held their presumption to forestall further harm and to support some protesters and themselves, deploying pepperball towards the ground, to saturate the area," APD said.

Officers with the Texas Department of Public Safety, which helped respond to the rioting, deployed teardrop state to deter agitators from the national building. Some protesters threw scooters and barricades into roadways arsenic officers continued trying to incorporate the crowd.

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By the extremity of the evening, APD made 8 arrests, noting that a full of 4 officers were injured and hospitalized successful the riots. Three of the 4 officers were struck by rocks and the 4th suffered a enarthrosis injury. They are expected to marque afloat recoveries, APD said.

Nationwide demonstrations successful solidarity with Los Angeles are scheduled to hap this upcoming week arsenic President Donald Trump continues preparations to nonstop further instrumentality enforcement to assistance ICE raids successful California.  (Brandon Bell)

Conor Williams and Abigail Pore are charged with transgression mischief related to graffiti connected a national building, Alexandra Haddix is charged with nonaccomplishment to obey a lawful order, Cody Bates is charged with harassment of a nationalist official, Edgar Tovar is charged with reckless driving, Shaneal Harun is charged with rioting and resisting arrest, Margarito Perez Montalvo is charged with interference with nationalist duties and resisting apprehension and Hayden Perez is charged with nonaccomplishment to obey a lawful bid and harassment of a nationalist servant. 

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott connected Wednesday announced the deployment of National Guard troops crossed the authorities successful effect to protests.

"The State of Texas stands acceptable to deploy each indispensable unit and resources to uphold instrumentality and bid crossed our state," Abbott's property secretary, Andrew Mahaleris, told Fox News Digital successful a connection earlier this week. "Texas National Guard soldiers are connected standby successful areas wherever wide demonstrations are planned successful lawsuit they are needed."

A idiosyncratic displays signs during an "ICE Out of Austin" objection connected Jun. 9, 2025, successful Austin, Texas. People gathered during an exigency protestation against the ongoing ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) raids and deportations crossed Los Angeles. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

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Mahaleris noted that portion "peaceful protests are portion of the cloth of our nation," the Lone Star authorities "will not tolerate the lawlessness we person seen successful Los Angeles."

"Anyone engaging successful acts of unit oregon damaging spot volition beryllium swiftly held accountable to the afloat grade of the law," Mahaleris said.