June 26, 2018 Willem Van Spronsen of Vashon Island, at a protest the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma Washington a 68-year-old man wrapped his arms around a police officer’s throat and shoulders in an apparent attempt to free another protester. When police got the man into handcuffs, they found a collapsible baton and knife in his pocket, leading to criminal charges.
July 13, 2019 Willem Van Spronsen Immigration Martyrdom is shot by police, apparently after he started shooting after tossing incindiery fire devices at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma Washington. Van Spronsen tossed lit objects at vehicles and buildings, causing one car fire, and unsuccessfully tried to ignite a propane tank. Officers were called by an ICE employee who saw he had a rifle. La Resistencia made a statement that a person who appears to have been engaged in protest against the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma was shot and killed by members of the Tacoma Police Department. and marks yet another death linked to the detention center, at the hands of the police. protestor killed, appears to have been targeting the parking lot where buses transports immigrants to be caged and transports [illegal] immigrants to the Yakima Airport, from which they are deported. apparently trying to set the deportation buses ...sadly reflect the level of desperation people across this country feel about the government’s outrageous violence against immigrants, which includes the use of detention centers to cage migrants both currently living in the U.S. and those seeking asylum. Deb Bartley, a friend of Van Spronsen’s for about 20 years, described him as an anarchist and anti-fascist, and she believes his attack on the detention center was a suicide intended to provoke a fatal conflict.
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- Police: 69-year-old man dies after attacking migrant jail | Miami Herald https://www.miamiherald.com/latest-news/article232642657.html July 13, 2019 Police said officers called out to Van Spronsen, and shots were fired. ... as the officer was trying to detain a 17-year-old protester June 26, 2018, ...
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Armed man attacking Tacoma’s ICE detention center killed in officer-involved shooting Seattle Times July 13, 2019 Officer Sam Lopez turns away would-be protesters in front of a roadblock near the Northwest Detention Center on Saturday after Tacoma police said they shot at an armed man who was attacking the center. By Brian Contreras and Paige Cornwell A protest outside the federal immigration detention center in Tacoma last year drew headlines when a 68-year-old man wrapped his arms around a police officer’s throat and shoulders in an apparent attempt to free another protester. When police got the man into handcuffs, they found a collapsible baton and knife in his pocket, leading to criminal charges. Early Saturday morning, that man, Willem Van Spronsen of Vashon Island, returned to the Northwest Detention Center, the holding facility for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, this time armed with a rifle and incendiary devices, according to Tacoma police.
four responding officers all opened fire and then took cover, uninjured.
Police said Van Spronsen tossed lit objects at vehicles and buildings, causing one car fire, and unsuccessfully tried to ignite a propane tank.
Officers were called by an ICE employee who saw the rifle. Soon after they arrived, officers reported “shots fired,” said Tacoma police spokeswoman Loretta Cool, although it is unclear who fired first or if Van Spronsen fired at all. The Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office classified his death as a homicide.
Deb Bartley, a friend of Van Spronsen’s for about 20 years, described him as an anarchist and anti-fascist, and she believes his attack on the detention center was intended to provoke a fatal conflict.
“He was ready to end it,” Bartley said. “I think this was a suicide. But then he was able to kind of do it in a way that spoke to his political beliefs … I know he went down there knowing he was going to die.”
Man Attacking ICE Detention Center With Incindieries Is Fatally Shot by the Police - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/13/us/tacoma-detention-center-shooting.html July 13, 2019 The man, identified by officials on Saturday afternoon as Willem Van Spronsen, 69, of Vashon Island, Wash., continued throwing lit on fire objects at ...
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sulidos
Militaires Sans Frontières
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first news thats given me any type of hope or joy in 7 days. did y'all hear he kicked a cops ass last year too. what a stud
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mcgrathc09
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He is Chad made flesh
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OSAMA_BEEN_LAFFIN
rest in power to a real one
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sorry if this is a dumb question, but wouldnt attacking the place also hurt the innocent people there too?
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FyrdUpBilly
A statement from a local organization:
La Resistencia Statement on Shooting Death of Northwest Detention Center Protester
Tacoma, WA-- Early this morning, a person who appears to have been engaged in protest against the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma was shot and killed by members of the Tacoma Police Department. Today marks yet another death linked to the detention center, and another death at the hands of the police. Based on available information, including the police scanner recording, Willem Van Spronsen, the protestor killed, appears to have been targeting not the detention center itself, as has been widely reported in the media, but the parking lot across the street from the detention center which houses the NWDC’s transportation infrastructure. This infrastructure includes a fleet of buses that transports immigrants to be caged at the detention center, and that transports immigrants from the detention center to the Yakima Airport, from which they are deported.
Mr. Van Spronsen was apparently trying to set the deportation buses on fire when he was shot and killed. His actions sadly reflect the level of desperation people across this country feel about the government’s outrageous violence against immigrants, which includes the use of detention centers to cage migrants both currently living in the U.S. and those seeking asylum. This death results from the federal government’s unresponsiveness to the anger and despair people feel at the horrors unfolding both at the border and in the interior, and from the inability of officers to de-escalate rather than shooting to kill.
But for the City of Tacoma allowing the GEO Group’s facility to be built and expanded in Tacoma, this death, and the death and suffering of those inside the detention center would have been avoided. The NWDC has become a liability not just for the tens of thousands who have been caged there, but for the city of Tacoma itself. It’s past time for the city of Tacoma to cancel GEO’s business license. It’s clear that this “business” is a deadly one, that has only brought pain and suffering to our region.
La Resistencia calls on the City of Tacoma to hold immediate public hearings addressing the Tacoma Police’s actions today that resulted in the loss of life at the Detention Center and why the City continues to allow GEO to operate with a city business license.
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La Resistencia (formerly NWDC Resistance) is a grassroots collective led by undocumented immigrants and U.S. citizens based in Tacoma, Washington. It is an unincorporated association founded to confront human rights violations at the Northwest Detention Center and dedicated to ending the detention and deportation of immigrants.
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FyrdUpBilly
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From what I understand, he was not attacking the facility itself. He was attacking buses and the media has not been terribly accurate in reporting. This is neither intended as an endorsement of his acts or a condemnation. Merely passing along info.
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48shadesofgrey
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This guy went in alone knowing full well he wasn't going to survive in order to send a message. He didn't attempt to hurt any people, just damaged property.
It's possible a raid would have innocent casualties, but people are already dying in these camps due to neglect.
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AlmightyGman
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Imagine getting yourself killed by firebombing a federal facility just to "protect" a bunch of people who broke your nation's immigration laws and are being sent back accordingly. I know you guys will fellate him for it since you all have some very naive views on the world, but lol. I'm also curious as to how this is supposed to fit in with the whole anti-armed citizenry angle of the left. Pretty hard to fight against a bunch of genocidal fascists running concentration camps when you're encouraging all of your fellows to disarm.
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48shadesofgrey
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10 minutes ago
throw up pics of your sexy dad, so we can felate him too
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Citydabman
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No one on this sub is encouraging people to disarm dude. I know you fellows have a pretty Naive view of the world but still get your facts right you fucking imbecile
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sparkiebee1
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Imagine, actually giving a shit about your country.
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Fuck_Yo_Carrots
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I'm also curious as to how this is supposed to fit in with the whole anti-armed citizenry angle of the left.
I don’t think you know your audience here, bud
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