Flames engulf an autonomous Waymo vehicle during an anti-ICE protest in downtown Los Angeles, California, on June 8, 2025. The protest erupted after a wave of federal immigration raids began on June 7, with National Guard troops deployed to the city despite objections from local officials. Demonstrators called for an end to deportations and the dismantling of ICE. (Photo by Benjamin Hanson / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by BENJAMIN HANSON/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
  • Casey Robert Goonan was sentenced to 235 months (over 19 years) in prison, 15 years of supervised release, $94,267.51 in restitution, and a $100 special assessment after pleading guilty in January to maliciously damaging property affecting interstate commerce by fire or explosive. The court labeled him a “domestic terrorist” for actions intended to promote federal terrorism crimes.
  • On June 1, 2024, Goonan placed a bag of Molotov cocktails under a University of California Police Department vehicle, igniting it and causing the vehicle to catch fire. He also set additional fires on the UC Berkeley campus on June 13 and June 16, 2024.
  • On June 11, 2024, Goonan threw rocks at the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse to break a window for lobbing Molotov cocktails, but was disrupted by officers.
  • Goonan admitted his attacks were inspired by Hamas’s October 7, 2023, assault on Israel, calling for similar property attacks on Bay Area college campuses in support of Palestine, with the intent to intimidate and coerce U.S. and California governments in retaliation for their policies.
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