‘We Are Coming For You’: Feds Reveal More Charges Against Anti-ICE Rioters

The Justice Department announced more charges against suspects accused of taking part in the violent anti-ICE riots that rocked parts of California last week.

U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli announced that federal officials had charged three more individuals over violent anti-immigration enforcement riots that broke out in Los Angeles County. Essayli was joined at a press conference by Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman, who told rioters that “we are coming for you” and that law enforcement would track them down.

“We have zero tolerance for violence. As the district attorney said, you have an absolute right to peacefully protest, you have no right to destroy property or to engage in acts of violence, especially at our law enforcement officers,” Essayli said, noting that the Justice Department had charged more than 20 individuals for engaging in violence.

One of those charged was Adam Charles Palermo, who Essayli said “was caught on video participating in the attack, his social media account contained a collage of photographs and videos depicting a man holding flying debris, a California Highway patrol car on fire, and various other damage to California Highway Patrol cars.”

Essayli said that Palermo posted a caption on a post about the riot that of all the “protests I’ve been involved in, which is well over 100 now, I’m most proud of what I did today.”

Palermo, charged with attempted arson of a vehicle used in interstate or foreign commerce, faces a mandatory minimum penalty of five years and a maximum of 20 years behind bars.

Another suspect charged by the Justice Department was Angus Johnson, who Essayli said spit on a California National Guardsman.

“Johnson then spit on other federal police officers present who were trying to keep the peace,” Essayli said. “As our president said, if you spit, we hit, and we will hit you with a felony.”

If convicted, Johnson could face up to eight years in prison.

The press conference comes after Essayli announced last Friday that Alejandro Theodoro Orellana was arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit civil disorder. Essayli alleged that Orellana distributed face shields to those taking part in the violence.