LOS ANGELES — An anti-immigration enforcement protester was acquitted Wednesday in downtown Los Angeles of a misdemeanor assault charge alleging he struck a federal officer during a June demonstration.
Brayan Ramos-Brito was the first of dozens of people accused of impeding or attacking federal agents during Los Angeles area immigration-raid protests to go to trial in L.A. federal court.
He was originally charged with a felony assault charge stemming from a June 7 protest in Paramount, but the charge was subsequently reduced to a misdemeanor count of simple assault on a federal officer. Ramos-Brito was acquitted of the charge Wednesday following a two-day trial.
Video of the incident did not show an assault on an officer, CBS Los Angeles reported.
U.S. Border Patrol Sector Chief Gregory Bovino testified during the trial that he saw Ramos-Brito strike the officer with an open palm, CBS LA reported.
Jurors deliberated for a little over an hour before acquitting him.
A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office declined to immediately comment on the case.
The Los Angeles Daily News contributed to this story.
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