WE WILL KEEP TRYING. THIS IS NEW TONIGHT. SACRAMENTO POLICE SAY SOMEONE WAS ATTACKED WHILE DEMONSTRATING IN DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO. THIS HAPPENED NEAR THE JOHN MOSS FEDERAL BUILDING. THAT’S WHERE WE FIND KCRA 3’S PEYTON HEADLEE LIVE. PAYTON, WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED? YEAH, WELL, WE SPOKE WITH THE MAN WHO SAYS THAT HE WAS ATTACKED AND THAT HIS CAR WAS VANDALIZED. AND YOU CAN SEE THE DAMAGE HERE. BIG CRACKS ON THE WINDSHIELD WHERE HE SAYS IT WAS HIT WITH A BASEBALL BAT. AND THEN THE SIDE WINDOW OF THE CAR IS ALSO COMPLETELY GONE. IT IS NOW COVERED WITH A TRASH BAG. SO HE SAYS HE WAS WITH TWO OTHER PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE FEDERAL BUILDING THIS AFTERNOON PROTESTING ICE, AS HE DOES ALMOST EVERY DAY. HE SAYS HE WAS STANDING IN ONE OF THE LANES ON N STREET, HOLDING UP A FLAG WHEN A GROUP OF COUNTER-PROTESTERS DROVE UP. HE SAYS THERE WERE A LOT OF CARS WITH FLAGS DEMONSTRATING IN SUPPORT OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. HE SAYS THAT’S WHEN THE CONFLICT BEGAN, AND HE ENDED UP HERE. AND WHEN THEY ENDED UP AT THAT STOPLIGHT AND OVER HERE, THEY GOT VIOLENT, HIT ME WITH THEIR TRUCK. BASHED MY WINDOWS, GOT INTO A FIGHT, GOT BEAR MACED. AND SACRAMENTO POLICE DID RESPOND TO THE AREA. THEY SAY THE SUSPECTS WERE GONE BY THE TIME THAT THEY GOT HERE. OF COURSE, THIS IS A CASE THAT THEY SAY THEY ARE STILL INVESTIGATING. WE’RE LIV
2 arrested after anti-ICE protester was attacked in Sacramento
Updated: 7:58 PM PST Jan 22, 2026
A man said he was attacked on Saturday while demonstrating in downtown Sacramento outside a U.S. Customs and Immigration facility and his vehicle was also damaged. On Thursday, police said two suspects have been arrested. (Previous coverage in the video player above)Megan Garfield, 41, and Sean McCune, 53, are both facing charges of assault with a deadly weapon, vandalism and conspiracy. Sacramento police said officers responded to reports of an assault Saturday just before 3:30 p.m. in the 500 block of N Street, which is near the John Moss Federal Building.The suspects fled prior to police arrival.The victim, who protests at this location almost daily, said he was standing on N Street holding an anti-ICE flag when a group of counter-protesters drove up with flags supporting the Trump administration.”When they ended up at that stoplight and over here, they got violent, hit me with their truck, bashed my windows, got into a fight, got bear-maced,” Scott Stauffer said.He said he was with two other protesters when it happened.Stauffer’s car was damaged, with large cracks on the windshield after he said it was hit with a baseball bat. The side window was completely shattered and is now covered with a trash bag.Sacramento police said the incident is still under investigation. This story is developing. Stay with KCRA 3 for updates.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel
A man said he was attacked on Saturday while demonstrating in downtown Sacramento outside a U.S. Customs and Immigration facility and his vehicle was also damaged. On Thursday, police said two suspects have been arrested.
(Previous coverage in the video player above)
Megan Garfield, 41, and Sean McCune, 53, are both facing charges of assault with a deadly weapon, vandalism and conspiracy.
Sacramento police said officers responded to reports of an assault Saturday just before 3:30 p.m. in the 500 block of N Street, which is near the John Moss Federal Building.
The suspects fled prior to police arrival.
The victim, who protests at this location almost daily, said he was standing on N Street holding an anti-ICE flag when a group of counter-protesters drove up with flags supporting the Trump administration.
“When they ended up at that stoplight and over here, they got violent, hit me with their truck, bashed my windows, got into a fight, got bear-maced,” Scott Stauffer said.
He said he was with two other protesters when it happened.
Stauffer’s car was damaged, with large cracks on the windshield after he said it was hit with a baseball bat. The side window was completely shattered and is now covered with a trash bag.
Sacramento police said the incident is still under investigation.
This story is developing. Stay with KCRA 3 for updates.
See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel