Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said on June 17 that charges have been filed against 30 people in connection with recent protests in downtown Los Angeles against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations targeting illegal immigrants.
Hochman said during a news conference that there have been hundreds of arrests in Los Angeles since the protests began, with most involving misdemeanor charges such as curfew violations and failure to disperse.
He said the latest charges were being brought against individuals who “wanted to commit crimes” and “looked at the protest as a cover, an opportunity to go ahead and ply their illegal trade and commit a whole variety of crimes that, in many ways, has done a huge disservice to the legitimate protesters out there.”…