Former Spokane City Council president arrested after organizing protest to block ICE from leaving office with detainees

Post Millennial ^ | 6/12/25 | Ari Hoffman

[CFW]

Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown declared a state of emergency Wednesday evening following riots against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in the downtown area. What began as a daytime demonstration quickly turned volatile, prompting police to deploy smoke grenades and pepper balls near Riverfront Park to disperse agitators.

Mayor Brown announced an emergency curfew for downtown Spokane, effective at 9:30 pm on Wednesday and continuing through 5:00 am on Thursday. The curfew applied to the area bounded by Boone Avenue to Spokane Falls Boulevard and Howard Street to Division Street, including Riverfront Park. Exemptions to the curfew included: First responders, attendees leaving the soccer game at the Podium, residents of the affected area, individuals commuting to and from work, and accredited media personnel.

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Per the Spokesman-Review, the curfew was enacted after agitators blocked federal immigration agents from leaving a downtown immigration office. The group blocked a truck that was allegedly carrying two detainees and was bound for Tacoma's ICE processing facility.

According to KXLY and local law enforcement sources, protesters clashed with officers near Riverfront Park, with tensions escalating throughout the afternoon. In a show of mutual aid, SWAT units from Kootenai County were dispatched to assist Spokane Police.

Among those arrested was former Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart, who allegedly attempted to obstruct ICE enforcement actions. Stuckart, who has previously championed sanctuary city policies, is accused of inciting the demonstration in response to the scheduled deportation of a Venezuelan. Stuckart was charged with failure to disperse.

[CFW]

No one is above the law. Right?

Right?

[BHI2025]

Try to imagine the numbing horror if the camel had won.
A nightmare to haunt our minds forever.

[CFW]

Also from Washington:

Illegal immigrant charged in WA with assaulting officers after resisting arrest

Arrest article

[metmom]

Arrested by whom?

Cause I would expect Spokane to give her an armed police escort to protect her while she broke the law.

[Organic Panic]

Lots of illegal alien Ukrainians gonna be sent back home to fill the meat grinder.

[Oorang]

Eastern Washington is quite conservative. Spokane being the only big city in eastern WA is a different story. The mayor, Lisa Brown, is a flaming leftist so I was surprised that she put a curfew in place. I've read the Spokane police and the Spokane County sheriff are conservative but don't really know.

Justs FYI: Detailed timeline of downtown Spokane protest against ICE

Then there is this:

Washington AG Nick Brown leads 21 states against Trump's National Guard order

https://www.khq.com/national/washington-ag-nick-brown-leads-21-states-against-trumps-national-guard-order/article_40035b86-0377-4e4b-a269-dbac61945077.html

[Veto!]

I live in Spokane. Our new Dem mayor looked like a disaster a few months ago, but she’s right to arrest idiots protesting ILLEGALS being removed.

[SoConPubbie]

I live in Spokane. Our new Dem mayor looked like a disaster a few months ago, but she’s right to arrest idiots protesting ILLEGALS being removed.

I would prefer the Feds arrest/charge them since it is almost a guarantee of incarceration.

[CIB-173RDABN]

No one is above the law.

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This is just so perfect after the Democrats used this against President Trump. They provided the perfect motto for this administration. Going after criminals regardless of how powerful they think they are.