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Case dismissed against LA protester accused of assaulting federal officer with cloth hat
(www.theguardian.com)
This gets wilder the more you read it.
[Judge] Valenzuela’s ruling noted other problems with the prosecution. In January, Redondo-Rosales’s attorneys moved to request materials related to a different case in which the government said [ICE officer and alleged victim] ZC was assaulted by another protester. That case was dismissed after it was revealed that ZC had not previously disclosed that he was convicted of a harassment offense in 2021.
Redondo-Rosales’s attorneys also sought use-of-force and personnel records from ZC and other officers who arrested Redondo-Rosales. US prosecutors, the judge noted, opposed the requests for more records and said ZC would not be called as a witness in Redondo-Rosales’s trial, despite being the alleged victim.
Officers so credible they can’t even testify to their own “assault” in court because the fact they’re thugs with records a mile long hurts their case more than it helps.
It’s great the judge dismissed the case with prejudice, but Jesus, that’s 6 months of his life he’s not getting back.