The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/11/04/26-year-old-man-described-by-other-protesters-as-lone-actor-charged/A 26-year-old man is now facing federal charges for a bizarre act that capped off a mostly peaceful day of protests outside the Coast Guard facility where federal agents were being staged for a local operation that called off by President Trump. The events of Wednesday, October 22, and Thursday, October 23, rattled the Bay Area as President Trump's monthslong threat to send National Guard troops to quell non-existent unrest in the Bay Area appeared to be coming to a head. The news broke on the 22nd that around 100 federal agents, possibly from US Customs and Border Patrol, had been deployed to Coast Guard Base Alameda for an upcoming operation likely invo

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