DoJ cases against protesters keep collapsing as officers' lies are exposed in court | Trump administration | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/doj-protesters-federal-agents-cases"In several high-profile cases, the prosecutions fell apart because they relied on statements by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officers that had no supporting evidence or in some instances were proven by video footage to be blatantly false….
The most recent significant fumble came from Minneapolis prosecutors, who last week dismissed felony assault charges they had filed against two Venezuelan men accused of "violently beating" an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer "with weapons" on 14 January.….
ICE director Todd Lyons said ICE and the DoJ had opened an investigation into the case after videos revealed "sworn testimony provided by two separate officers appears to have made untruthful statements", marking a rare acknowledgement of possible wrongdoing by DHS officials.
"It is very unusual for the government to move to dismiss its own case with prejudice,"…..
And on Tuesday, a judge dismissed with prejudice federal assault charges filed against a Minneapolis man accused of "tackling" an ICE agent on 15 December. The judge, Donovan Frank, noted the ICE officer was not injured and called the allegations "vague and contradictory". Federal officers had reviewed multiple videos of the events, and, "None saw a 'tackle' or other kind of assault," Frank said…..
In Chicago, of 92 people arrested for assaulting or impeding officers last fall, 74 cases have resulted in no charges; in 13 cases, charges were filed and dismissed; and five charged cases were still pending, a recent investigation by Fox 9, a Minneapolis-based station, showed. As of the end of January, there have been no convictions.
In LA, the federal public defenders have won all six cases filed against ICE protesters that have gone to trial since June, the LA Times recently reported. Fewer than 1% of federal criminal defendants were acquitted across the US in fiscal year 2024, with US prosecutors traditionally having a roughly 90% conviction rate, the paper noted.
Juries have also issued not guilty verdicts for people accused of assaulting ICE or similar charges in Louisville, Kentucky, Seattle and Washington DC."
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