Los Angeles County prosecutors announced Tuesday that those suspected of attacking downtown Los Angeles announced Tuesday that included those suspected of attacking police officers, including an incident in which the California Highway Patrol cruiser burned on Highway 101.
district. Atti. Nathan Hochman said Adam Palermo, 39, was charged with two counts of assault on a peace official and two counts of destructive devices related to the June 8 incident.
When he announced the charges, Hochman stood next to the TV screen, looping a video that allegedly showed Palermo putting a burning item on a CHP vehicle on the first weekend of protesting against the Trump administration’s immigration attack.
That Sunday (President Trump deployed the National Guard through Gov. Gavin Newsom’s dissent to Los Angeles the day after he deployed the National Guard through Governor Gavin Newsom’s dissent – thousands of protesters heading downtown. Protesters on the highway were cleared late afternoon, with many CHP vehicles and officers parked the roofs under the 101 overpass.
Palermo also allegedly threw a large rock at one of the CHP vehicles. Hochman, who showed off a social media post allegedly posted by Palermo, said: “Of all the protests I’ve been involved in, now over a hundred, and I’m proud of what I’ve done today,” accompanied by images and videos of damaged and burning CHP cars.
“It wasn’t a productive day. It was a destruction day,” Hawkman said.
According to us, Palermo will also face federal arson charges related to the same incident. Bill Essayli, joins Hochman for a press conference.
Hawkman said his office has filed 30 charges about the protests since its first outbreak 10 days ago. Essayli said he filed about 20 cases and all agreed to more prosecutions.
In another alleged attack, Hawkman said in another alleged assault that William Rubio, 23, responded to the trash bins that were thrown by fire near First and Spring Street on June 8.
“These are deadly devices. If these devices are thrown in the direction of a person, they may kill or laugh at that person,” Hochman said.
It is not clear whether Rubio or Palermo has a defense attorney. Palermo is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday afternoon, according to a spokesman for the District Attorney’s Office. Records show that Rubio will be arraigned in the city on July 1.
Hodgeman said they also targeted defendants accused of firing laser pointers at police helicopters, possessing guns when they were detained for breach of curfew and broke into an Apple store occupied by “robbers.”
Essayli announced a new case against the defendants, which allegedly vomited National Guard members and federal law enforcement officers in a confrontation outside the federal building.
“As our president said, ‘If you spit, we hit,’, we will hit you with felony,” Essayli said.
Los Angeles’ top federal prosecutor also gave a more detailed look at the charges filed last week against Alejandro Orellana, who was charged with conspiracy to commit civil illness and helping to indent civil disorders to distribute protective facial shields to protesters.
Essayli said the masks were designed to protect “violent instigators” from ammunition controlled by law enforcement crowds, adding that searches for Orellana’s houses searched for AA bags, metal BB gun pellets and an anti-police notebook, including a page reading “Blue Life.”
When asked why the reason for the reason for providing defensive materials to protesters was a crime, Essayli mocked the idea that peaceful protesters needed to protect equipment.
“He didn’t stand out on the beach,” Eseyly said. “He was handing them out in downtown LA to people who were dressed similarly to those committing violence. They were dressed in gear from top to bottom, they were covering their face, they were wearing backpacks. We’ve talked about what’s been in the backpacks. You’ve got fireworks. You’ve got rocks… There’s no legitimate reason why a peaceful protect needs a face shield.”
If convicted, Orellana faces at least five years in federal prison.
Essayli also reiterated what he called “violence” in the protests “organizers and funders.” He hinted that the people who paid for the masks could also face criminal charges.
While some of the recent protests filed by the Essayli office involved serious violence against the police, including cases where the defendants were accused of throwing Molotov cocktails or concrete blocks on deputies and officials, others have caused legal experts to wonder whether the devout Trump appointment forced Trump’s appointment to commit criminal offenses against the administration’s policies.
Essayli insisted on Tuesday that his office was only chasing those who have caused turmoil in recent days.
“These are not peaceful protesters,” he said. “They have no signs of expressing political messages. They are instigators.”
