Case dismissed against LA protester accused of assaulting federal officer with cloth hat [View all]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/10/los-angeles-protester-jonathon-redondo-rosales

Case dismissed against LA protester accused of assaulting federal officer with cloth hat

Judge says US government acted in ‘bad faith’ in case of Jonathon Redondo-Rosales, 36, who spent six months in jail

Sam Levin in Los Angeles
Tue 10 Feb 2026 21.32 EST

A federal judge has dismissed charges against a Los Angeles protester who was accused of assaulting an officer with a cloth hat, with an order saying the government acted in “bad faith”. The man had spent six months in jail awaiting trial.

Jonathon Redondo-Rosales, a 36-year-old TikTok content creator and US citizen, had been in custody since his arrest at a 2 August protest against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

In her dismissal on Monday, the US judge Cynthia Valenzuela issued a strong rebuke of the US government’s handling of the case, noting discrepancies in the government’s account of events and that Redondo-Rosales had documented injuries he himself endured during the incident.

The case is one of many pursued by the Department of Justice against people accused of assaulting federal immigration officers that have fallen apart in courts across the US.

… more … lying ice forgets there are cameras …

(Hat guy. Sandwich guy… )