A North Carolina protest against immigration enforcement turned into a lesson on consequences after a student’s alleged assault on an officer was caught on video.
Last week, as the Department of Homeland Security continued its Operation Charlotte’s Web in and around the Tar Heel State’s most populous city, thousands of students reportedly stopped showing up to school out of supposed concern for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity. Friday, some of the students who went to school later skipped out to protest ICE, leading to one young woman’s arrest for allegedly chucking a beverage at a Kannapolis Police Department officer’s head.
Footage circulating online showed the officer standing by while the group, said to have included roughly 75 students from A.L. Brown High School in Kannapolis, North Carolina, shouted and cursed at him. At the same time, a woman, said to be 18-year-old Emily Cervantes Ramos, was said to have approached the officer from off camera before allegedly striking him with a full disposable drink cup.
Despite allegedly cutting school, Ramos was quickly taught a lesson on Isaac Newton’s third law of motion as her action drew the equal and opposite reaction of the officer chasing her down, cuffing her, and hauling her away to be charged with assault on a government official and resisting police officers.
NEW: 18-year-old girl arrested after throwing a drink at an officer’s head during an anti-ICE protest in North Carolina
Emily Cervantes Ramos was chased, tackled, and handcuffed after throwing a large fountain drink at a Kannapolis police officer
Ramos was charged with assault… pic.twitter.com/NWTT5ZbNoC
— Unlimited L’s (@unlimited_ls) November 24, 2025
In the video, members of the crowd could be heard shouting things like, “You not even an officer. You just a no-life a** b*tch,” and, “That’s what you get you f*cking d*ckhead.”
Others cried out after Ramos was being cuffed, “She didn’t even do anything,” and, “F*ck you! F*ck you!”
In a statement posted to Facebook which also detailed three driving citations issued related to the protest, Kannapolis Police Department Chief Terry Spry said, “We believe in every individual’s first amendment rights but if any person’s actions become illegal in situations such as these, we have no choice but to take appropriate action in order to protect the people and property of our City.”
Meanwhile, prior to Ramos’ reported release, a since-deleted crowdfunding campaign sought to raise money for her and her family and referred to the suspect as a “courageous young woman who was recently detained during a peaceful protest” without mentioning the alleged assault on the officer.
Instead, the post claimed the students who cut school and hurled invectives at officers were “using their voices in such a positive way, standing up for what they believe in.”
“Unfortunately, the situation took a turn when an officer intervened aggressively, snatching a bullhorn from a young girl and dragging her to the ground,” it went on. “Moments later, Emily was chased, cuffed, and treated harshly by the same officer. It was one of the most distressing things many of us have ever witnessed, and it should never have happened to someone peacefully exercising their rights.”
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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