6 Men Plead Guilty to Federal Charges for Attacking Cops Trapped Under Bridge During ICE Riots

Six men pleaded guilty this week to federal criminal charges for throwing rocks, ignited fireworks, and burning debris at California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers trapped under a downtown freeway overpass during anti-immigration enforcement riots last year, prosecutors announced April 29. The violence occurred at the Main Street overpass on the 101 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles on June 8, 2025, when rioters targeted law enforcement officers during protests against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations. Anti-immigration enforcement demonstrations kicked off in the downtown Los Angeles area on June 6, 2025, when federal authorities began conducting operations at several downtown sites, arresting 44 illegal immigrants. Within hours of the start of operations, labor union and local officials publicly denounced the federal arrests and tensions escalated, leading to clashes between police and protesters over the following three days....