A confrontation between ICE agents and protesters in Santa Barbara on Friday led to one person being arrested and another being pepper-sprayed.
The incident happened on Carrillo Street, near the Santa Barbara County Probation office. Anti-ICE spotters apparently trailed a group of ICE agents in three vehicles to the area.
According to police, someone damaged one of the parked ICE vehicles on Carrillo Street.
Witnesses said ICE agents confronted a man near one of the vehicles, accusing him of causing damage to it. They arrested him.
People on hand said when an attorney who happened to be there tried to intervene, he was either tripped or knocked to the ground, and pepper-sprayed.
Agents then drove a few blocks to the Santa Barbara Police Station with the damaged vehicles, apparently in an effort to de-escalate the situation.
The small crowd that had assembled eventually dispersed.
The presence of agents in the area led to a brief lockdown at nearby Santa Barbara High School.
