Posted on 07/12/2025 9:33:14 PM PDT by simpson96
A leftist woman who’s been hassling U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents ran to the media to whine after she was unsurprisingly detained.
The woman, a 71-year-old grandmother named Barbara Stone, showed up at the San Diego Courthouse Tuesday with the explicit intent to “document” ICE agents, according to local station KGTV.
She claimed she was a volunteer for a left-wing pro-illegal alien group named Detention Resistance that goes around “showing support for … asylum seekers,” according to Stone’s own words.
Speaking with KGTV, her lawyer added that the purpose of her volunteer work is to “film[] the arbitrary detentions of court participants.”
While documenting the ICE agents at the San Diego Courthouse, Stone at one point allegedly pushed a female agent, prompting the agent to tell her, “Don’t do that!”
“You walked right in front of me!” Stone retorted instead of just apologizing.
The female ICE agent was then asked by her peers whether she wanted to file charges.
“Sure, yeah, at this point, because people are getting out of hand,” the female officer replied.
The agents then went after Stone, who’d already left the scene and was at the time walking toward a stairwell.
She was subsequently stopped, handcuffed, and detained for eight hours, after which she was let go. Stone now claims she was traumatized.
“I have a large bruise there,” Stone told local station KNSD, pointing to a spot on her body. “I feel mentally and physically traumatized.”
Her husband has denied that she did anything wrong.
“She is a soft-spoken person who was here to protect innocent refugees, and she is the last person in the universe who would hit an agent or interfere with their work,” he told KNSD.
Note that logically, his statement didn’t seem to make sense. She was there to “protect” illegal aliens, but she would never “interfere” with ICE’s work? The two remarks seemed to contradict one another.
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Stone faces no charges over her behavior, though her phone was reportedly confiscated and evidently never returned.
In a statement to KGTV, ICE fiercely defended its actions.
“On July 7, a woman assaulted an ICE officer as they were conducting immigration enforcement,” the statement reads. “The individual was detained and questioned at the Edward J. Schwartz Federal Building in San Diego by Federal Protective Services officers. She was later released.”
“Anyone who assaults or actively obstructs law enforcement in the performance of their sworn duties will face consequences which could include arrest. Our officers are facing a 700% increase in assaults against them as they put their lives on the line to arrest murderers, rapists, and gang members,” the statement continues.
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There is an old saying......”if you can stand the heat get out of the kitchen”. Seems like she wants to give it but can not take it
“..the 71 year old grandmother...”
I used to know a 70 year old grandmother in my Karate Class, who could knock you out with her Crescent Kick if she was warmed up and feeling good that day.
Deport her also.
I like how the media throws in “grandmother” in the article. Stupid, fat liberal old broad is a troublemaker and broke the law when she laid hands on a federal agent. She should go to jail for that. Period.
Exactly.
Preferably to any Marxist banana republic of her choice for the rest of her days to permanently stay.
Oh yeah...she sounds like Mother Theresa.
I couldn’t agree more!
Why release her?
They threw J6ers in jail for bumping and interfering with officers.
How many times did the democrat media whores put “grandmother” in front of Merrick’s political prisoners?
And her husband is pusdy whipped too
Lady (and I use the term loosely), you’re not immune from consequences simply because of your age or imagined victim status.
No one is above the law
RE:They threw J6ers in jail for bumping and interfering with officers.
Right.
FAFO
“...asylum seekers...”
These are not asylum seekers. Mexico is an asylum country and they went right through it to get the the US. They are sponges, not asylum seekers.
wy69
Maybe Federal Protective Services (FPS) thought that US Attorney is very unlikely to file charges against her...So let her go with a warning...If this happens again, FPS will arrest her and ask US Attorney to file charges...Just my theory...
This stupid lady is talking tough now...But, will she try to stop ICE agents again? Who knows? It is possible that, if she does the same thing again, Feds will arrest her...Then she will have to show up in front of a federal judge...
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