Twin Cities activist Isabel Lopez faced the possibility of decades in prison after being accused of assaulting federal agents during an anti-immigration enforcement protest in south Minneapolis last summer. Yet with just weeks to go before trial, prosecutors downgraded her four felony charges to a single misdemeanor in return for Lopez’s guilty plea.
When she officially pleads later this month, Lopez will hand federal prosecutors their first conviction – albeit on reduced charges – against a Minnesota protester. In exchange, she’s expected to avoid prison time and a felony record…