rally for his release<\/a>. California Democratic Sens. Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla also sent a letter to the Homeland Security and Justice departments demanding a review of Huerta\u2019s arrest.<\/p>\nA judge ordered Huerta released in June on a $50,000 bond.<\/p>\n
The case against Huerta centers on a June 6 workplace immigration raid at Ambiance Apparel. According to the original criminal complaint filed, Huerta arrived at the site around noon Friday, joining several other protesters. <\/p>\n
Huerta and other protesters \u201cappeared to be communicating with each other in a concerted effort to disrupt the law enforcement operations,\u201d a federal agent wrote in the complaint.<\/p>\n
The agent wrote that Huerta was yelling at and taunting officers and later sat cross-legged in front of a vehicle gate to the location where law enforcement authorities were serving a search warrant.<\/p>\n
Huerta also \u201cat various times stood up and paced in front of the gate, effectively preventing law enforcement vehicles from entering or exiting the premises through the gate to execute the search warrant,\u201d the agent wrote in the affidavit.<\/p>\n
The agent wrote that they told Huerta that if he kept blocking the Ambiance gate, he would be arrested.<\/p>\n
According to the complaint, as a white law enforcement van tried to get through the gate, Huerta stood in its path.<\/p>\n
Because Huerta \u201cwas being uncooperative, the officer put his hands on HUERTA in an attempt to move him out of the path of the vehicle.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI saw HUERTA push back, and in response, the officer pushed HUERTA to the ground,\u201d the agent wrote. \u201cThe officer and I then handcuffed HUERTA and arrested him.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to a statement from SEIU-United Service Workers West, SEIU California State Council, and the Service Employees International Union, \u201cHuerta was thrown to the ground, tackled, pepper sprayed, and detained by federal agents while exercising his constitutional rights at an ICE raid in Los Angeles.\u201d Video of his arrest went viral.<\/p>\n
\u201cDespite David\u2019s harsh treatment at the hands of law enforcement, he is now facing an unjust charge,\u201d the statement read. \u201cThis administration has turned the military against our own people, terrorizing entire communities, and even detaining U.S. citizens who are exercising their constitutional rights to speak out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Acting U.S. Atty. Bill Essayli, posted a photo on the social media site X of Huerta, hands behind his back, after the arrest.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet me be clear: I don\u2019t care who you are \u2014 if you impede federal agents, you will be arrested and prosecuted,\u201d Essayli wrote. \u201cNo one has the right to assault, obstruct, or interfere with federal authorities carrying out their duties.\u201d<\/p>\n
In an interview with Sacramento TV news oulet KCRA last month, Essayli referred to Huerta as Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s \u201cbuddy\u201d and said he \u201cdeliberately obstructed a search warrant.\u201d<\/p>\n
While speaking with reporters in June, Schiff said Huerta was \u201cexercising his lawful right to be present and observe these immigration raids.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s obviously a very traumatic thing, and now that it looks like the Justice Department wants to try and make an example out of him, it\u2019s all the more traumatic,\u201d Schiff said. \u201cBut this is part of the Trump playbook. They selectively use the Justice Department to go after their adversaries. It\u2019s what they do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Federal authorities are now pursuing a misdemeanor charge against David Huerta, president of Service Employees International Union California,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10540,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9984,237,7,9,8,9983,9978,9977,9980,9982,9976,2624,9979,63,9985,2322,9981,3025],"class_list":["post-10539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-adam-schiff","tag-arrest","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-constitutional-right","tag-david-huerta","tag-federal-agent","tag-felony-charge","tag-gate","tag-huerta","tag-june","tag-law-enforcement-operation","tag-los-angeles-times","tag-misdemeanor","tag-officer","tag-search-warrant","tag-statement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}