Analysis: As DOJ went after protesters for felony assault, juries and judges were unconvinced0

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• September 12, 2026

LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Justice Department failed to secure felony convictions against most of the 102 protesters arrested in four major cities last year on charges of assaulting federal authorities — a record far below the norm in federal assault prosecutions. All of the dozen cases that made it to trial, mostly in Los