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Justice department drops cases against LA protesters after officers caught making false claims (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Out of nine “assault” and “impeding” felony cases the justice department filed immediately after the start of the protests and promoted by the attorney general, Pam Bondi, prosecutors dismissed seven of them soon after filing the charges.

In reports that led to the detention and prosecution of at least five demonstrators, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents made false statements about the sequence of events and misrepresented incidents captured on video.

One DHS agent accused a protester of shoving an officer, when footage appeared to show the opposite: the officer forcefully pushed the protester.

One indictment named the wrong defendant, a stunning error that has jeopardized one of the government’s most high-profile cases.

[–] cloudless@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago

The third point is the exact definition of projection.