Federal workers face daily harassment by ruthless agitators in DTLA: ‘War zone every day’

A federal employee detailed the daily abuse she endures at the hands of ruthless agitators in downtown Los Angeles — saying it feels like walking through a “war zone every day.”

The woman, who did not want to be identified, told The California Post that she and co-workers are regularly harassed at the Edward R. Roybal Federal building, which houses the Central District courthouse and offices for other agencies, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

“I get called a fascist,” the staffer said. “Last week, they were spitting on cars and using racial slurs against my co-workers.

“It’s totally deranged and unacceptable.”

The Post has learned that members of Antifa have been posting up in the back of the federal building since the summer to hurl insults and intimidate employees, including judges, by recording their faces and license plates. 

The employee said she and others are “fed up and frustrated” over the terrifying behavior.

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“It feels like an insurrection,” she said. “They are using violence and intimidation to terrorize federal employees. I feel like I’m in a war zone every day.”

The building has been ground zero for violent protests, including one on Friday evening that saw several people arrested as demonstrators clashed with agents.

In December, a deranged dimwit with a bone to pick with ICE was charged with hurling Molotov cocktails at the federal facility – but failed to light them first.

The female employee said she turned up to work an hour later.

“I was walking to the front entrance and saw the crime tape up,” she said. “Fortunately, he did not light them, but it shut down the entire lobby.”

Jose Francisco Jovel, 54, who has a criminal history spanning nearly four decades, spewed anti-ICE rhetoric during the would-be attack, saying he wanted to blow up the building and “spray down” all of the officers.

He called his actions a “terrorist attack” and accused the officers of “separating families.”

“This was a clear and deliberate attack on federal law enforcement, and it is emblematic of the constant attacks these brave men and women endure day in and day out as they put their lives on the line to arrest murderers, rapists, and gang members,” Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said at the time.

Jovel was carrying even more Molotov cocktails, as well as four knives and a Leatherman multi-tool, authorities said. Because the bottles were not lit, they never caught fire, and there were no injuries or damage to federal property.

Jovel’s past crimes include an attempted murder charge in 1987, an armed robbery charge in 1991 and a charge of annoying or molesting a victim under 18 in 2007.

More than two dozen DHS agents were also attacked at an LA hotel in June — when another nut-job allegedly tossed a light Molotov cocktail at them that landed in the bushes.

No one was injured in that attack.