Petaluma native charged with conspiracy for alleged role in Spokane anti-ICE protest (Spokane WA)

https://www.pressdemocrat.com ^ | July 24, 2025 | PHIL BARBER

[11th_VA]

On June 11, a former president of the Spokane City Council sent out an alert over social media. Two men had reported for an appearance in immigration court there...

The former council member, Ben Stuckart, urged followers to disrupt that enforcement.

Among those responding to the call that day was Bajun Mavalwalla II, a Petaluma native and military veteran who had relocated to Washington.

The resulting demonstration became confrontational. Protesters blocked an ICE bus as the agency attempted to transport the two detainees to Tacoma for immigration hearings, deflating the vehicle’s tires. Several people were arrested.

… Prosecutors paint a different picture.

“When federal officers attempted to leave the building through a secure parking lot on the south end of property,” the government’s media release states, Mavalwalla II, five additional defendants and “other co-conspirators blocked the driveway and/or pushed against officers, despite orders to disperse and attempts to remove the defendants from the property.”

A group of protesters then placed trash cans, bags of cement and sand, benches, signs and other objects in front of doors and exits to block the exit of federal officers and detainees, the release continues.

..on July 15, he (Bajun) got a knock at the door of his Spokane home at 6 a.m. Ten FBI agents were on hand to take him into custody.

… Mavalwalla and eight other people have been indicted for conspiracy to impede or injure officers, a charge that carries a sentence of up to six years in custody, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised released. Two of the defendants — not Mavalwalla — were also charged with assault on a federal officer...

[11th_VA]

ICE is fighting back now … BTW , it’s Spo-CAN not Spo-CANE; though some people call it Spo-COMTON

[Eli Kopter]

Put them in the hwll hole D.C. jail where the Jan. 6 prisoners were.

[Tennessee Nana]

Years ago there was a great steakhouse in Petaluma called Cattlemans...

[No name given]

Pronto.

[Rio]

Yeah. Been there.

From October 2024:

The days of the “bean girl,” salad-dressing boat and massive plates of meat are over in Petaluma. Cattlemens steakhouse is closing after more than five decades of belt-loosening meals in River Town.

The location at 5012 Petaluma Blvd. North, which launched in 1970, plans to close by the end of the year, company spokesperson Miranda Smith in a statement.

The owner of the 3-acre site where Cattlemens has held its lease received city approval last year to demolish the 9,000-square-foot restaurant building and replace it with a Chick-fil-A. Staff at the Petaluma location will have an opportunity to transfer to other locations; the nearest being 4619 Redwood Drive in Rohnert Park. Founded in 1968, Cattelmens currently has eight locations throughout Northern California.

[HerrBlucher]

I used to be a bartender at Cattlemen’s in Petaluma. Circa 1978-79

[Ronaldus Magnus III]

Years ago there was a great steakhouse in Petaluma called Cattlemans...

There is still a Cattlemans in Roseville, Kalifornia. Large, expansive interior with great steaks.

I love animals, they're delicious.

P.E.T.A

People

Eating

Tasty

Animals

.

[Organic Panic]

SpoKiev.

[11th_VA]

Hahaha - yeah, that too

[GSWarrior]

From the Santa Rosa Depressed Democrat.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Spokane Public Radio (may it RIP) says "Federal agents arrest Spokane activists for actions during anti-immigration enforcement protests."

Spokane Public Radio
By Owen Henderson
July 15, 2025

How odd is this? NPR does not mention:

• Placing trash cans, bags of cement and sand, benches, signs and other objects in front of doors and exits to block the exit of federal officers and detainees (18 U.S. Code § 1501: Interfering With a Federal Officer
• Indictment for conspiracy to impede or injure officers (18 U.S. Code § 372 - Conspiracy to impede or injure officer)
• Assaulting a federal officer (18 U.S. Code § 111 - Assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers or employees)

[Tennessee Nana]

We were stationed at Hamilton AFB in Marin County in 1973