Mistrial declared in Texas ICE ambush case over attorney’s civil rights shirt

A federal choose on Tuesday granted a mistrial within the case in opposition to 9 alleged Antifia members charged in reference to the capturing of a police officer at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention heart in Texas over a T-shirt worn by one of many legal professionals.

U.S. District Decide Mark Pittman cited the shirt that lawyer MarQuetta Clayton wore below a blazer, which depicted civil rights icons. Clayton, who’s defending Maricela Rueda, apparently wore the shirt throughout jury choice.

“I do not know why on earth you’ll assume that is acceptable,” Pittman advised the BBC’s Clayton Texas standard reported.

TRUMP ADMIN WINS JUDICIAL VICTORY AND FREES ICE AGENTS FROM PROTEST RESTRICTIONS IN MINNESOTA

The Prairieland Detention Facility in Alvarado, Texas, the place a police officer was shot within the neck and several other ICE brokers had been shot on July 4, 2025. (KDFW)

Pittman discovered in regards to the shirt, which featured photos of Shirley Chisholm and Martin Luther King Jr., after Clayton requested inquiries to the panel for 22 minutes. Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported.

“This needs to be a primary within the historical past of American jurisprudence, I believe,” Pittman stated. “I’ve no different alternative.”

The opposite attorneys opposed a mistrial. The choose stated he would schedule a show-cause listening to by which Clayton must clarify why she mustn’t face sanctions, the newspaper reported.

Jury choice started Tuesday with 75 potential jurors. A pool of 130 jurors can be known as in subsequent Tuesday to restart the trial, Pittman stated.

ACTIVE SHOOTER KILLED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO AMBUSH BORDER PATROL AGENTS IN TEXAS

The Prairieland Detention Heart in Alvarado, Texas, which was attacked by members of Antifa in July, federal prosecutors stated. A mistrial was declared Tuesday within the trial of 9 alleged Antifa members charged in reference to the assault and capturing of a police officer exterior the power. (Division of Justice; KDFW)

About two dozen potential jurors stated they oppose ICE’s efforts to fight unlawful immigration.

“We’re a household of immigrants,” one potential juror reportedly stated.

The 9 defendants are accused of taking part in an alleged ambush on the Prairieland ICE Detention Heart on July 4, 2025.

The defendants set off fireworks and broken buildings and automobiles earlier than firing at federal officers, federal prosecutors stated. An Alvarado police officer responding to a 911 name was shot within the neck and survived.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP

Prosecutors stated the assault was orchestrated by members of what they described as an Antifa cell in North Texas. The suspects have denied wrongdoing.