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"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."
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