SPOKANE, Wash. — Newly released Spokane Police Department body camera video and more than 200 pages of police reports are shedding new light on what officers say happened during a June protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Spokane.
The protest was sparked by the detention of two Venezuelan men living in Spokane. Former Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart called on the community to gather in protest. That gathering eventually led to the arrest of 30 individuals, including Stuckart himself, on charges ranging from assault to failure to disperse.
According to police records obtained by KREM 2 News through a public records request, 34 SPD officers documented their response to the protest. Their reports detailed the size of the crowd, behavior of demonstrators, and the tactics officers used to disperse the gathering…