A 2,000-strong immigration march that started in the Mission District ended in violence and a mass arrest late on Monday, after dozens of San Francisco police officers encircled a group of some 60 people, tackled several to the ground, and deployed less lethal rounds against onlookers.
Police and fire sources said about 60 people would be arrested. At 10:49 p.m., police officers began zip-tying a group of protesters they had encircled at Fell and Market streets.
There was a sudden scuffle and officers began tackling protesters to the ground. They pushed onlookers away and shouted “Back up!” A few minutes later, a sergeant fired less-lethal rounds at an onlooker, and several other officers pointed their long guns.
At 11:18 p.m., paramedics loaded up a man who appeared unconscious onto an ambulance; he was one of those being arrested. At 11:25 p.m., officers tackled another arrestee to the ground.
Video shows officers tackling people to the ground, pushing onlookers away, following an ICE protest on June 9, 2025.
SFPD officers tackle detainees and push onlookers back on June 9, 2025. Photo by Abigail Van Neely.
A scuffle unfolds between SFPD and detained protestors on June 9, 2025. Photo by Abigail Van Neely.
SFPD remove a seemingly unconscious man from the group of detainees on June 9, 2025. Photo by Abigail Van Neely.
SFPD pushes back a crowd of onlookers on June 9, 2025. Photo by Abigail Van Neely.The arrests followed an earlier, peaceful rally in which hundreds marched through the Mission District to protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The sources said two officers had been injured, but the nature of the injuries was unclear.
The crowd had arrived at the intersection after the earlier thousands-strong crowd had thinned to about 80 people by 10 p.m. Police then declared an unlawful assembly at Market and Van Ness streets.
As of 10:40 p.m., the arrestees were separated in two different groups on opposite sides of Market Street, both surrounded by dozens of police officers. Onlookers shouted “Let them go!” while banging on drums. One whistled “The Internationale.”
Police had cordoned off a two-block radius around the intersection.
Two student journalists with the Daily Californian, who asked to withhold their names, were detained with the group for 30 minutes despite visibly wearing press credentials. They were released by a sergeant around 10:45 p.m.
Arrestees sit on Market Street on June 9, 2025. Photo by Abigail Van Neely.
The mass protest was the fourth in two days in San Francisco, after at least 20 people were arrested by ICE last week. On Sunday, SFPD arrested 154 people including six juveniles, bringing their two-day total of arrests following the ICE protests to over 200.
Marchers had gathered at 6 p.m. at 24th and Mission streets, chanting “Move ICE, get out the Bay!” and in Spanish, “Trump, escucha, estamos en la lucha” — Trump, listen, we’re in this fight.
The crowd listened to speeches from activists and Supervisor Jackie Fielder, who represents the district.
District 9 Supervisor Jackie Fielder speaks to the crowd at 24th and Mission streets on June 9, 2025. Photo by Kelly Waldron.
Mission Action executive director Laura Valdez speaks at the protest on June 9, 2025. Photo by Abigail Van Neely.Fielder criticized Sunday night’s police response against anti-ICE protesters downtown, in which police arrested 154 people including six juveniles. All but one of those people were cited and released.
“We do not send riot police on unarmed protesters,” Fielder said. “SFPD should not be doing Trump’s work for him.”
“Fuck ICE” graffiti sprayed on June 9, 2025. Photo by Abigail Van Neely.
Mayor Daniel Lurie defended the police response, saying the protesters were “violent” and pointing to vandalism or Muni vehicles and downtown storefronts, plus two officers who suffered minor injuries.
Protesters took note of Lurie’s words, chanting in Spanish “Lurie, listen, we are in the fight!”
Around 7:40 p.m., the march continued south on Valencia Street. A group of protesters gathered at the intersection of 17th and Valencia streets where the Mission Station is located. At least 50 SFPD officers stood behind a metal barrier in front of the station.
For a few minutes before the small crowd dissipated, a few people shouted at the stoic officers. When they shook the barricades, police approached with guns with less lethal rounds drawn. Others silently faced off with the officers.
ICE protestors shout at SFPD officers outside Mission Station on June 9, 2025. Photo by Abigail Van Neely.
A protestor faces off with an SFPD officer on June 9, 2025. Photo by Abigail Van Neely.Protestors walked around the Mission for two hours, ending back at the intersection of 24th and Mission streets with a call from organizers to be safe and responsible.
“You can’t act a fool,“ one said. “There are new people here, they’re learning.”
By nightfall, the McDonalds on the corner of 24th and Mission Streets was covered in graffiti. A couple protestors guarded the exterior from those wanting to tag it, yelling “Don’t tag the Mission.”
“Go to the Richmond. Go to the Presidio,” someone in the crowd said. “Do it where they have money to rebuild shit.”
Graffiti on the McDonalds at the corner of 24th and Mission streets on June 9, 2025. Photo by Abigail Van Neely.
Protesters gathered at 24th and Mission Streets to protest ICE raids across the country on June 9, 2025. Photo by Kelly Waldron.
Thousands travel through the Mission in support of the neighborhood’s many immigrants on June 9, 2025. Photo by Abigail Van Neely.
An ‘abolish ICE’ protestor organizer leads the crowd down 16th Street on June 9, 2025. Photo by Abigail Van Neely.
One protestor takes to the trees on June 9, 2025. Photo by Abigail Van Neely.
ICE protestors turn down 24th Street on June 9, 2025. Photo by Abigail Van Neely.
An ICE protestor holds up signs on June 9, 2025. Photo by Abigail Van Neely.
“Abolish ICE” banners wave on Mission Street on June 9, 2025. Photo by Abigail Van Neely.
The streets of the Mission fill with people on June 9, 2025. Photo by Abigail Van Neely.
ICE protestors yell at SFPD outside Mission Station on June 9, 2025. Photo by Abigail Van Neely.
A crowd listens to speakers condemn ICE activity on June 9, 2025. Photo by Abigail Van Neely.
The 24th Street BART plaza on June 9, 2025. Photo by Abigail Van Neely.
Young children join the protest on June 9, 2025. Photo by Abigail Van Neely.
In lieu of the usual Mobile Command Unit, protestors filled the 16th Street BART plaza on June 9, 2025. Photo by Abigail Van Neely.
Posters cover the 24th Street BART plaza on June 9, 2025. Photo by Frankie Solinsky Duryea.
Children watch the Mission protest on June 9 2025. Photo by Abigail Van Neely.
“Abolish ICE,” protestors say on June 9, 2025. Photo by Abigail Van Neely.
