A person who drove a U-Haul truck towards U.S. Coast Guard personnel in San Francisco final month was charged Oct. 30 with assault on federal officers, in accordance with the Justice Division.
Justice mentioned that on Oct. 23, Brendan Munro Thompson, 26, accelerated towards Coast Guard personnel standing watch on a bridge connecting Coast Guard Island, which homes Coast Guard Base Alameda, with Oakland, California.
“Let this be clear: there’s zero tolerance for assault on federal officers or property, and people who achieve this will face federal legal prices,” U.S. Lawyer Craig H. Missakian mentioned.
A number of dozen demonstrators have been gathered close by on the time of the incident, protesting attainable deployment of Homeland Safety Division personnel to San Francisco. President Donald Trump had threatened to ship federal brokers to San Francisco to handle what he mentioned was an issue with crime, however ultimately determined to name it off.
At round 10 p.m., Thompson reversed his 10-foot-long field truck towards Coast Guard personnel stationed in a line throughout the bridge, in accordance with the legal grievance.
When the Coast Guard personnel realized the truck was coming towards them, they moved towards a Coast Guard legislation enforcement car parked on the bridge.
The U-Haul truck briefly stopped earlier than persevering with to speed up backward towards the personnel, with a few of them immediately in its path because it gained velocity.
The Coast Guard personnel yelled on the truck to cease however the driver continued to drive towards the personnel, who ultimately fired their weapons on the truck.
The U-Haul truck then stopped earlier than driving ahead and away from the Coast Guard personnel and stopping briefly on the finish of the bridge.
The U-Haul truck drove additional away earlier than the driving force stopped and left the truck. He then bought right into a automotive that had pushed beside it, which then drove away.
Thompson was admitted to a hospital that night with a gunshot wound to the again, after being pushed there by a 3rd occasion.
The truck bought as shut as 15 to twenty ft to the Coast Guard personnel, who mentioned they feared the car contained a bomb, in accordance with the legal grievance.
Thompson is ready to seem in federal district court docket for a preliminary listening to Monday.
Riley Ceder is a reporter at Navy Occasions, the place he covers breaking information, legal justice, investigations, and cyber. He beforehand labored as an investigative practicum scholar at The Washington Put up, the place he contributed to the Abused by the Badge investigation.
