Sherman serves as the commander of Joint Task Force 51, the command headquarters for the 4,000 federalized National Guardsmen and 700 Marines assigned to protect federal personnel

The incident occurred amid heightened political tensions nationwide, including protests against federal immigration authorities over aggressive sweeps of migrants and immigrants, and deportations.

A day after federal agents forcibly restrained and handcuffed U.S. Sen Alex Padilla at a Los Angeles news conference, leaders of the country’s two political parties responded in what has become a predictable fashion — with diametrically opposed takes on the incident.

The senator is known on Capitol Hill for being kind and nerdy. His forcible removal from a news conference resonated as a call to action among Democrats.

A curfew for part of downtown Los Angeles continued for a second night Wednesday, as protests against the Trump administration’s immigration raids continue in the city, where the president has tested legal limits by mobilizing National Guard troops and Marines.

If they can do this to a senator, they can do it to any of us,” said demonstrator Kathleen Miller. Organized by the Sonoma County Democratic Party, the impromptu protest attracted nearly 100 people.