SCOTTSDALE, AZ (AZFamily) — Two men are facing charges after investigators said they attacked police during this week’s Homeland Security Investigations raid at the Zipps near Old Town Scottsdale, part of a 15-location operation.
According to police, 38-year-old Matthew Edward Drake and Phoenix Michael Jefferson Waits were part of some 100 protesters at the sports grill at Miller and Camelback roads on Monday evening as HSI agents searched the place and detained several people. Scottsdale police were there as crowd control.
When an HSI transport van tried to leave the parking lot, dozens of protesters circled the van to stop the driver from leaving.
Waits stood in front of the van, so officers forcefully removed him. After being moved, he punched an officer in the face, police said…