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Defense Attorneys in Antifa Trial Question Police Response in ICE Detention Facility Shooting

Attorneys asked why the police officer who was shot in the neck drew his weapon after he arrived at the facility during an Antifa ‘noise protest.’
Defense Attorneys in Antifa Trial Question Police Response in ICE Detention Facility Shooting
The Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, on Sept. 15, 2016. Louis DeLuca/The Dallas Morning News via AP
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Senior Reporter
2/27/2026|Updated: 2/27/2026
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DALLAS—Defense attorneys in the North Texas Antifa trial questioned whether an Alvarado police officer would have been shot in the neck if he had kept his gun holstered during a protest that turned violent.

​Defense attorneys also laid the groundwork to exclude guns, body armor, and anti-government paraphernalia found in backpacks at the scene by accusing officers of illegally searching their clients’ backpacks as the first week of the trial drew to a close Friday.

Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Senior Reporter
Darlene McCormick Sanchez is an Epoch Times reporter who covers border security and immigration, election integrity, and Texas politics. Ms. McCormick Sanchez has 20 years of experience in media and has worked for outlets including Waco Tribune Herald, Tampa Tribune, and Waterbury Republican-American. She was a finalist for a Pulitzer prize for investigative reporting.
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