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June 12, 2025

Prosecutor Charges 2 L.A. Protesters, Warns Gov't Will Pursue Others as Protests Spread Across U.S.
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The U.S. attorney in Los Angeles announced criminal federal charges
against two demonstrators Wednesday and threatened to come after more
people who were exercising their right to protest.

Bill Essayli: "This is just the two cases we have been able to charge
now. We are looking at hundreds of people. We have video. We have FBI
collecting video. We are collecting bodycam. We're collecting social
media. We're collecting everything."

Protests against attacks on immigrants are gaining steam across the
U.S., hitting at least 35 cities. In Washington state, the mayor of
Spokane imposed a citywide curfew on Wednesday amid protests there. The
raids are continuing, too. In Nebraska, dozens of people were detained
at a meat production plant in Omaha.


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