Antifa suspect Jeremy Lawson charged with assault over brutal attack on videographer at Seattle anti-ICE riot, bail set at $75,000

Editor's note: This report has been updated.


Seattle Police arrested a suspect in connection with the brutal assault on independent videographer Cam Higby outside the Henry M. Jackson Federal Building on June 14, following the nationwide left-wing "No Kings" protests.

Jeremy Calvin Lawson, 33, of Monroe, Washington, who uses the alias "Jack Rack," was taken into custody on Wednesday, according to records.

He was apprehended in Sultan, Washington, and has been booked into the King County Jail on felony second-degree assault charges, jail records show. A judge set Lawson's bail at $75,000 during a Thursday arraignment, ruling that Lawson poses a risk of committing further violent acts.

Lawson has been accused of physically assaulting Higby while the videographer was documenting an anti-ICE and anti-Trump riot outside the federal building in downtown Seattle near Pioneer Square. He allegedly jumped Higby with a group of Antifa-affiliated militants, and then proceeded to throw repeated punches before the videographer was able to escape to safety.


Pictured: Jeremy Calvin Lawson

Seattle Police told The Post Millennial in a statement that Lawson was arrested on the afternoon of July 16 by SPD's Community Response Group (CRG) officers. "CRG, in coordination with homicide detectives, located and arrested a suspect wanted for a politically motivated felony assault that occurred during an anti-ICE protest. The suspect was booked into KCJ without incident," an SPD spokesperson said.

Higby expressed satisfaction with Lawson's arrest, saying he has endured both physical and mental distress since the brutal incident occurred.

"I received threatening text messages just yesterday from whom I believe to be Lawson. Today, he was arrested, and I couldn't be happier," Higby told The Post Millennial in a statement. "Over the past few months, Lawson and his goons have terrorized me and my family both physically and mentally via assault, threats, and harassment."

According to video footage captured by a bystander, Lawson, an individual affiliated with Antifa, was among a group of rioters who confronted Higby as he was sitting down near the federal building located at 915 2nd Ave in Seattle. Lawson, who had been wearing all black and concealing his identity behind a facial covering, could be observed throwing multiple punches, striking Higby in the head, and leaving dents on the journalist's helmet due to the severity of the blows, video shows.

Higby reported that he sustained a concussion from the attack, which left him with blurred vision.

The Post Millennial was the first to identify Jeremy Lawson as Higby's alleged attacker, which ultimately led to his arrest. The Seattle Police Department referred second-degree felony assault charges to the King County Prosecutors' Office (KCPO), the agency said.

Court records show that Lawson has an extensive criminal history that includes charges and/or convictions for assault, criminal trespass, disorderly conduct-fighting, resisting arrest, burglary, illicit drug possession, harassment, and theft. Additionally, Lawson was allegedly seen on video setting several fires in the streets during the June 14 anti-ICE riot.

Lawson's social media accounts are filled with anti-police and anti-conservative postings. He also has a tattoo of the moniker ACAB, which is a phrase commonly used by Antifa, meaning "All Cops Are Bastards."

Higby, a conservative personality for the Gen Z website Today is America, told The Post Millennial that since the attack, he has allegedly received a series of threatening messages from an individual he believes to be Lawson. The alleged threats have included vows to target Higby and his family at the journalist's private residence.


Jeremy Lawson was captured in photographs obtained by The Post Millennial attending an Antifa direct action in Seattle on July 5, just a few weeks after the assault

Earlier this month, Lawson attended another anti-ICE Antifa direct action in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, formerly the CHAZ, despite being named as the suspect in the attack on Higby.

During the arraignment, prosecutors told the Court that Lawson had contacted Higby several times since the incident and attempted to purchase a firearm. The judge issued a no-contact order, ruling that Lawson could have zero communication with Higby throughout the duration of court proceedings.