{"id":69475,"date":"2025-11-19T18:36:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T02:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/?p=69475"},"modified":"2025-11-20T10:22:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T18:22:35","slug":"oakland-ice-school-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/oakland-ice-school-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE operation near Oakland school causes lockdown, car crash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Early Wednesday morning, Satima Flaherty, 37, heard a crash through her window and realized her parked car had been hit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI came outside, and I saw a guy. He was running,\u201d she said, describing a middle-aged man in his 50s. \u201cHe injured himself, but he was running, limping. He didn\u2019t even look back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During an apparent targeted immigration operation, residents told El Tecolote <\/em>they saw federal immigration agents trying to detain a parent who was dropping off their kid at Hoover Elementary School. The Oakland Police Department confirmed in a statement only that an \u201coutside law enforcement agency\u201d was \u201cconducting an investigation\u201d at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Top: <\/strong>The car of a parent dropping off their child at Hoover Elementary is jammed onto a parked vehicle after being targeted by federal immigration officers in West Oakland, Calif., on Nov. 19, 2025. Top right:<\/strong> Adolfo Cardes, a witness, shows a video he took of unmarked vehicles that were involved in a targeted federal immigration operation near Hoover Elementary school in West Oakland, Calif., on Nov. 19, 2025. Bottom:<\/strong> Oakland City Council Member Carroll Fife, grey suit, consoles Satima Flaherty, 37, whose car was hit during a targeted federal immigration operation in West Oakland, Calif., on Nov. 19, 2025. Photos: Pablo Unzueta for El Tecolote\/CatchLight Local<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

According to witnesses, when the parent tried to drive away, agents chased him down with several unmarked cars, leading him to crash his grey Dodge Charger into Flaherty\u2019s black Honda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt first I thought it was a hit and run,\u201d said Flaherty. \u201cUntil I saw ICE.\u201d Flaherty said agents told her that Oakland police would be responsible for the damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her neighbor, Adolfo Cardes, walked over after hearing a loud boom from the crash. \u201cThe car was running, I turned it off,\u201d said Cardes, who found the Charger empty. He and other neighbors started recording nearby agents. In a video clip obtained by El Tecolote<\/em>, neighbors can be heard blowing whistles and horns echoed to alert the community. After a brief stand-off, one masked agent shouted an insult to the residents as they drove off: \u201cYou guys are fucking losers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n