People packed the steps of San Francisco City Hall Tuesday to denounce what they called a dangerous detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers on city streets. Security camera footage of Monday’s detention showed three people – one wearing a plaid shirt and holding a gun a long with two uniformed and masked ICE officers – approach a man on a sidewalk. One of the agents could be heard asking the man why he was running. The man responded by saying it was because he didn’t know them. The agents then took the man into custody as he repeatedly shouted, “I’m a U.S. citizen.” According to the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office, the man who was detained is their client, but officials wouldn’t share details about why agents may have detained him or if they have made contact with him since he was detained. “We’re still trying to figure out what’s going on in the case,” Deputy Public Defender Francisco Ugarte said. “The issue isn’t this one person. The issue is around the way ICE is making arrests.” During Tuesday’s rally at city hall, Ugarte did not elaborate on questions about a statement ICE released to media outlets about the man who was detained. In that statement, ICE claims the man they arrested, 51-year-old Milton Ramos-Ramirez of El Salvador, has a conviction for voluntary manslaughter in California and may have ties to the Sureños street gang. At the rally, supervisors pledged to quickly pass a supplemental funding measure to go to immigration rapid response teams in the city. “We are here today because it has come to our front door,” Supervisor Jackie Fielder said. “We are here today because in San Francisco, we do not stand for hate. We are here because we want ICE out of San Francisco.” ...read more read less