Dropped cases against LA protesters reveal false claims from federal agents
Source: The Guardian
Mon 28 Jul 2025 07.00 EDT
Last modified on Mon 28 Jul 2025 09.19 EDT
US immigration officers made false and misleading statements in their reports about several Los Angeles protesters they arrested during the massive demonstrations that rocked the city in June, according to federal law enforcement files obtained by the Guardian.
The officers’ testimony was cited in at least five cases filed by the US Department of Justice amid the unrest. The justice department has charged at least 26 people with “assaulting” and “impeding” federal officers and other crimes during the protests over immigration raids. Prosecutors, however, have since been forced to dismiss at least eight of those felonies, many of them which relied on officers’ inaccurate reports, court records show.
The justice department has also dismissed at least three felony assault cases it brought against Angelenos accused of interfering with arrests during recent immigration raids, the documents show.
The rapid felony dismissals are a major embarrassment for the Trump-appointed US attorney for southern California, Bill Essayli, and appeared to be the result of an unusual series of missteps by the justice department, former federal prosecutors said.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/28/doj-la-protesters-false-claims
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There was nothing "unusual" and there were no "missteps". This form of corrupt malicious prosecution is a "feature" NOT a "bug" because it was all "for show" in order to instill fear (and they know their bended-knee captive media won't follow up on what REALLY happened).
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Thank God for cell phone cameras. Of course, those get impounded, too.
