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In the indictment, the government alleges that protesters blocked ICE facilities and surveilled and harassed government employees while communicating in a Signal group chat, which they say was used to identify government vehicles.

From Salon • Jun. 23, 2026

"They want to drive in areas where they're most comfortable and, in their minds, feel they're not going to be harassed."

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

As the newly elected mayor of Anaheim in 1978, he angered the city’s Police Department by suggesting the creation of a citizens oversight commission after residents complained that officers regularly harassed and beat them.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

The actress plays an outdoors-loving adrenaline junkie harassed by a group of hunters in director Baltasar Kormákur’s spectacular, unsettling film.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

In a few moments, the harassed face of the Mellower appeared.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer