PROTESTING SAFETY
FROM THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT:
Sept 23rd 2025
TheWhiteHouse.org: Designating ANTIFA As A Domestic Terrorist Organization
Oct 15th 2025
Trump called San Francisco “a mess” and said unspecified officials had requested troops for the city,
though Gov. Gavin Newsom had noted
that crime had dropped in the city, with homicides at a 70-year low.
"We have great support in San Francisco, so I would like to recommend that for inclusion, maybe in your next group,” Trump said.
Politico: Trump is Considering Sending National Guard to San Francisco
PROTESTING SAFETY
BEFORE ARRIVING:
- Leave phone at home, turn off, or at least put on airplane mode.
- Or bring a non-contract phone that you can connect to public wifi.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS:
ACLU Protester Rights: ACLU.org/know-your-rights/protesters-rights
What to do if you are stopped by immigration enforcement in public or at your home.
SF.gov/information: Know Your Rights Around Immigration Enforcement
SF.gov/information--know-your-rights-around-immigration-enforcement
BRING:
- Water, Meds, Cash, Contact Info, I.D. or pic of it (optional).
- Numbers to Know: SF Jail Support Number 510-250-1700
CLOTHING:
[Safest] Plain, solid, colors. Comfortable or athletic clothing for walking, etc.
- Different facial masks can have varying levels of defense against tear gas or facial recognition software.
- UV sunglasses can protect against the Retina Readers ICE purchased this year.
Optional: "Bloc Up".
NON-VIOLENCE:
- Non-violence keeps you and everyone safe. And on the NEWS, is always more effective than violence or destroying property.
- Always: Try to de-escalate and use "360 degree situational awareness".
PREP FOR YOUR PROTEST:
HRC Protesting Prep: HRC.org/resources/tips-for-preparedness-peaceful-protesting-and-safety
LEAVING:
Leave with one or more people, many arrests occur after a protest.
Video record any strange activity or officer pressence (Live streaming may work best).
Use 360 degree situational awareness.
Legal Assistance (If detained, etc.):
Legal Solidarity Bay Area
(510) 250-1700
LegalSolidarityBayArea.org/
PHONE/TECH SAFETY
Phone, Offline, Wifi & SimCards. Some Options Are Safer Than Others:
- Safest: Leave your phone at home. Safer: Off. Safe: Airplane mode.
- Turn off facial and fingerprint unlock (neither need a warrant).
- Taking Pics: - Do your best to get no faces (or try not to post any online).
- (Screenshots of pics can remove some metadata.)
- Put electrical tape over all camera lenses when not in use.
- OPTIONAL:
-- Purchase a prepaid or no-contract Android phone to leave off or on airplane mode at home.
-- Before/At Protest: Connect to public wifi (ex: Cafe)
-- Use Browser to go to: f-droid.org and download f-droid.
-- Download Offline Map:
--- Open f-droid, search for and download: the "OsmAnd" map app, Download your city’s map.
--- Download a comm. app like Signal, Briar (uses most battery). (ProtonMail if you must use email).
-- Buy a sim card with data and connect a phone number.
-- Use a Faraday bag.
- (Safe) Browsers: TOR (slow), Orbot (slow), Duck Duck Go, FireFox Focus, FireFox
- Takikng Pics: - Do your best to get no faces. Screenshots of pics can remove some metadata.
LEARN MORE:
The Hated One
YouTube.com/@TheHatedOne/
WHAT TO DO IF YOU ARE DETAINED
San Francisco Jail Support Number
1-510-250-1700
WHAT TO DO IF YOU'RE DETAINED:
ReliefWeb.int: Essential Steps Migrant Parents Preventing Family Separation
PROTESTING IN 2025
Things are constantly changing.
- The best approach is to assume there are "no" citizen protected rights.
- Because at any moment (*cough* martial law), it could become true.
- In the NEWS, the side that uses violence always looks worse and usually loses the battle.
"Violence begets violence." - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- It is Against the Law To:
-- Block an officer's path, touch them, or interfere with their operations.
- You Can Legally:
- Record every move they make and word they say in public spaces.
-- Ask for their name, badge, and who they are with.
-- Remain silent.
-- Ask if you are being detained and walk away if the answer is "no".
- The Law and Respect work both ways.
- But note, in these times, ICE does not respect the law, immigrants or citizens.
- And police can arrest us, we can fill a square with protestors, but we cannot arrest police, though we can sue.
- ICE does not have a legal right to arrest U.S. citizens. That is for the police and others.
SF Protest Points of Interest
- Immigration Courthouse: 100 Montgomery St.
- US Immigration & Customs Enforcement: 630 Samsome, Rm 590
- SF City Hall: 1 Dr Carlton B Goodlett Pl, San Francisco, CA 94102
- More: ActionTogetherWest.org/bayarea
Detention Centers
- SF Field Office: 611 Frontage Rd, McFarland, CA 93250.
- Alcatraz Pier, Pier 33, Ste. 200 (soon).
- FCI Dublin Prison: 5701 8th St, Dublin, CA 94568.
- Corecivic California City Immigration processing center: 22844 Virginia Blvd, California City, CA 93505.
-- Private prison and detention contractor CoreCivic has reached an agreement with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
-- to convert its 2,560-bed California City facility into the state’s newest and largest migrant detention center.
-- LAtimes.com/california/story/2025-06-19/this-new-ice-detention-facility-will-be-the-largest-in-the-state
Mobilize
NO KINGS
NoKings.org
Action Together West
ActionTogetherWest.org/bayarea
SF IMMIGRATION COURTHOUSE PROTESTS
TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, FRIDAYS
8am-4:30pm
Protestor Presence has kept ICE from returning on Tuesdays and ALL OF SEPTEMBER!!!
Mostly Thanks to DSAusa.org/ & LXSPinguinxs: Instagram.com/lxspinguinxs/
Special Shoutout to:
Angélica Guerrero, a San Francisco native, who was tackled and detained by ICE on 8/20/25.
As usual, ICE's crimes being caught on camera, scared the cowards away.
“At the end of the day, those with power do what they want,
and the rest of us have to deal with it unless we organize and fight back.” - Angélica Guerrero
Read More: KQED.org/news/12053144/immigration-activist-says-her-jail-conditions-were-barbaric-after-arrest-in-sf
STOP ICE
StopIce.net: Find or Register Your ICE Rapid Response Team
StopIce.net/?rapidresponseteams=1
7 Steps to Stop ICE
CrimethInc.com/zines/seven-steps-to-stop-ice/
IndivisibleSF.org/
Mobilize.us/Indivisible/
Mobilize.us/NoKings/
Call or Write Your Reps
USA.gov's Find and Contact Elected Officials
1-844-USAGOV1
USA.gov/elected-officials/
San Francisco's Board of Supervisors
SFBOS.org/roster-members
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