Fresh-faced 'Quaker pacifist,' 24, is 'violent ANTIFA goon responsible for bloody attack on ICE officer'
Robert Jacob Hoopes, 24, was arrested in the home he shares with his girlfriend and roommate after allegedly attacking an ICE officer and leaving him covered in blood. He is accused of attempting to breach Portland's ICE office on Macadam Avenue on June 14.
Dressed in dark clothing and a gas mask with pink respirators, Hoopes allegedly threw several rocks into the building and helped barricade the front doors from the outside to prevent employees from leaving the building.
While an ICE officer was attempting to clear the obstruction, Hoopes allegedly threw a rock into the opening, hitting the man in the face and causing 'significant injury,' the affidavit, viewed by Daily Mail, said.
A photo of the agent included in the affidavit showed a large smear of blood on his cheeks and chin after he sustained a two-inch gash above his right eyebrow.
The would 'bled profusely, to the point of obstructing his vision,' the affidavit said.
After allegedly wounding the officer, Hoopes is said to have led a charge with two others, using a stop sign as a 'makeshift battering ram' to strike the front doors four times. The attack caused nearly $8,000 worth of damage, according to the filings.
Hoopes was identified by federal investigators after The Oregonian published an article showing a photo of him with his gas mask on top of his head and his tattoos visible.
The FBI used facial recognition software to analyze the image, which found 30 possible comparison photos, including one from Reed College Smugmug photo-sharing page called 'Canyon Day April '23.'
Hoopes, who has a degree in computer science, had a matching tattoo of vines up his forearm as seen in the Oregonian's photo.
After getting access to his alumni information and finding an address and driver's license, officers then surveilled his address on July 10.
Around 9am on July 25, Hoopes and his girlfriend, Fable Sorenson, looked out their bedroom window before a 'flood of armed officers race[d] into our driveway and charge at our house with assault rifles,' she wrote on Facebook.
'Because everyone in my household is a safe, caring person, I was convinced they had the wrong house and couldn't understand what could warrant this kind of threat to our lives,' Sorenson wrote.
'Jacob attempted to ask through the window if the police had a warrant and they responded by aiming laser reactive targets on his body, threatening his life.'
Sorenson said she instructed her boyfriend to open the door as she 'feared we would die if we continued to ask for a warrant.'
She claimed that she, Hoopes, and their roommate were 'screamed at, handcuffed, and put on the street in our underwear.'
Hoopes was arrested and charged with aggravated assault of a federal officer and damaging government property.
The Reed College graduate pleaded not guilty.
His girlfriend defended her boyfriend's actions. She wrote on Facebook that he was a 'pacifist Quaker, who is the most compassionate, loving, gentle person I have ever met.'
'He cares deeply about people, his community, and those who are vulnerable to injustice,' she said.
She accused the federal government of being 'insane and corrupt' for arresting her boyfriend and not giving a 'f**k about the terror they were causing us.'
'It's so important to remember that this is not just about me or Jacob, but instead the larger evil of fascism, which seeks to destroy vulnerable communities,' she continued.
'ICE is not welcome in Portland. Abolish ICE.'
Around 100 Quakers showed up for Hoopes outside the courthouse on Monday before his hearing, according to Julie Peyton, who is also a Quaker and posed about it on Bluesky.
Hoopes, who works as a waiter, is not the 'simple Quaker pacifist' that he would 'like you to believe he is,' Assistant US Attorney Gary Sussman said at the hearing.
'He was front and center. He was leading the charge. He hurt a federal officer,' he said.
Sussman requested that the supposed pacifist be held without bail, but Matthew McHenry, Hoopes' attorney, said he had no criminal history and had strong ties to Portland.
US Magistrate Judge Youlee Yim You agreed to release Hoopes pending trial after asking those in the gallery who knew him.
Hoopes was ordered not to have any contact with an ICE officer or be near the building. He will also have to undergo a mental health evaluation and take the medications prescribed to him, The Oregonian reported.
He also has to wear GPS monitoring.
Daily Mail has reached out Sorenson and Hoopes' attorney for comment.
Several protests have broken out in front of Portland's ICE facility since Donald Trump retook the White House in January and began implementing his immigration policies.
Hoopes is one of 23 people who have been arrested since June in connection with ICE protests, according to the local outlet.
He faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.
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