ICE Raid Sparks Pandemonium as Cops Batter Agitators Blocking Major Bridge

Complete mayhem broke out when an anti-ICE protest devolved into violent clashes on an interstate bridge between Kentucky and Ohio.

Dozens of agitators were arrested and one cop was placed on administrative duty after a raucous protest against the immigration detention of former hospital chaplain Ayman Soliman.

The demonstrators blocked the Roebling Bridge that carries traffic between Ohio and Kentucky.

Approximately 100 people crossed the bridge from the Ohio side. But the protestors were met with force by nearly 50 officers from Covington, Kentucky, according to Cincinnati.com.

Shocking footage showed one officer walloping a protester with violent punches as police wrestled the man to the ground.

Covington Police Chief Brian Valenti claimed the protester, Brandon Hill, had tried to disarm an officer carrying a pepper ball gun.

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Covington police placed the officer who arrested Hill on administrative duty with pay while the investigation is ongoing.

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Another video from the protest showed people wearing neon-colored vests pushing against a black SUV on the bridge.

Police arrested 15 people during the protest, including two journalists, after police said they had refused to comply with orders to disperse.

Covington police said in a statement that officers who initially attempted to talk with the protest’s organizer were threatened and met with hostility.

‘While the department supports the public’s right to peaceful assembly and expression, threatening officers and blocking critical infrastructure, such as a major bridge, presents a danger to all involved,’ the police said.

Among the charges filed against those arrested were rioting, failing to disperse, obstructing emergency responders, criminal mischief and disorderly conduct.

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